Aston Villa v Stoke City Post-Match Thread

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Stoke are like Wimbledon back in the 1980s.
I hope they get into financial difficulties and get franchised  and moved 50/60 miles away from Stoke.
Somewhere in mid Wales will do. Change their name to The New Saints Potters ? Six Towns Cefn Druids? Or how about Rhyl ? As big a shit hole as Stoke but with the dog shit all over the beach instead of the pavements. Wankers !

[villan from luton]

Havent seen the game or read anything else, but great to see Clark and Baker stand up to the test. I had my doubts about Clark in a physical way, but seems he is proving me wrong and great to see that

[Dave]

Westwood must be one of the first names on the teamsheet at the moment.Thought Baker was very solid aswell.One of the most pleasing things about the game was that our young side weren't bossed about by Stoke's Alehouse football mentality.Clark's tackle on Kenwyne Jones, just before halftime, epitomised this when the whole Villa team jumped into the melee to defend their team mate.

You mean the tackle on Showcross and Jones had a go him ... Yes Clarky "did" him!

Yes, I stand corrected.Clark and Baker seem to have a knack of taking out a player and still winning a freekick for themselves.That was one of the instances today when the Ref's poor display went in our favour.

Jones clipped Clark's heels - it was definitely the correct decision.

[danlanza]

What was the slap in the face bit about in the first half? Think a Stoke player hit one of our players, but didn't catch it all.

Nzonzi, the dirty bastard pushed our lad in the face, should have been sent of then, he was sent of with 1 minute to go so we never had chance to take advantage.

[villan from luton]

What was the slap in the face bit about in the first half? Think a Stoke player hit one of our players, but didn't catch it all.

Nzonzi, the dirty bastard pushed our lad in the face, should have been sent of then, he was sent of with 1 minute to go so we never had chance to take advantage.

I thought I read that Shotton had been sent off

[ciggiesnbeer]

They were needling and bully the whole game. I saw Huth smash Lowton across the face, Lowton reacted and another Stoke player then body checked Lowton as he walked away. To his credit he didnt punch him out. They were definitely trying to get our young team to lose their heads. I am happy our lads kept their cool.

[nigel]

The Back 3/5 were exceptional today.
Stoke thought they could bully these young guns but came unstuck.
Clark  had Jones in his pocket and even grew in stature when handed the arm band.
Walters was reduced to mouthing off at Lowton, who was superb.
Baker, again, was fantastic, as was Herd and Lichaj.
Westwood was stunning, and thoroughly deserved his MoM.

Good post mate this young team is going to be something special if we can keep them together with this manager. Westwood will be an international soon and well deserved, there are some nuggets out there we have never heard of and our scouts are finding them.

When I first saw Westwood play I said straight away that we were looking at the new Petrov. The sort of player we've been missing. The frightening thing is, is the lad will only get better. He and Bannan look to be forging a bit of a partnership.
His pass completion is phenomenal,

[silhillvilla]

Guzan is a beast, loved the bit when he squared up to Jones and jones backed away.

[bob]

Results have improved, just about. It's not been too difficult to see some positives over the last few games though.

The defence are doing well. Baker could be a beast I reckon. 21, he looks like he could be my dad (it's possible I see myself as younger than I really am too).

Westwood has quietly played himself into the team and looks like he is handling the step up in class. He's shown glimpses of decent quality and deserves credit given it would be a pretty tough role for anyone playing in our midfield in this league.

Let's face it, the team is a mess. Kids in almost every position. We need them to step up. That's why we need to support them; Bakers doing great,, Westwoods getting on with things. Crazy that it's more than can be said about several more senior players.

[silhillvilla]

What was the slap in the face bit about in the first half? Think a Stoke player hit one of our players, but didn't catch it all.

Nzonzi, the dirty bastard pushed our lad in the face, should have been sent of then, he was sent of with 1 minute to go so we never had chance to take advantage.

I thought I read that Shotton had been sent off

Correct

[nigel]

Westwood must be one of the first names on the teamsheet at the moment.Thought Baker was very solid aswell.One of the most pleasing things about the game was that our young side weren't bossed about by Stoke's Alehouse football mentality.Clark's tackle on Kenwyne Jones, just before halftime, epitomised this when the whole Villa team jumped into the melee to defend their team mate.

You mean the tackle on Showcross and Jones had a go him ... Yes Clarky "did" him!

Yes, I stand corrected.Clark and Baker seem to have a knack of taking out a player and still winning a freekick for themselves.That was one of the instances today when the Ref's poor display went in our favour.

Watch it on MotD, Jones pushed Clark in the back, which was what we got the foul for, and Clark lost his footing and went into Shawcross.

[villan from luton]

Guzan is a beast, loved the bit when he squared up to Jones and jones backed away.

I remember when he got bullied v Blackburn, he has come on massively

[FrankyH]

Westwood must be one of the first names on the teamsheet at the moment.Thought Baker was very solid aswell.One of the most pleasing things about the game was that our young side weren't bossed about by Stoke's Alehouse football mentality.Clark's tackle on Kenwyne Jones, just before halftime, epitomised this when the whole Villa team jumped into the melee to defend their team mate.

You mean the tackle on Showcross and Jones had a go him ... Yes Clarky "did" him!

Yes, I stand corrected.Clark and Baker seem to have a knack of taking out a player and still winning a freekick for themselves.That was one of the instances today when the Ref's poor display went in our favour.

Watch it on MotD, Jones pushed Clark in the back, which was what we got the foul for, and Clark lost his footing and went into Shawcross.

It looks like I stand to be corrected twice ! I sat at the very top of the Trinity in my defence , looking foward to MOTD now.

[silhillvilla]

Guzan is a beast, loved the bit when he squared up to Jones and jones backed away.

I remember when he got bullied v Blackburn, he has come on massively

I love Guzan, real legend in the making I think.

[Dan England]

Guzan is a beast, loved the bit when he squared up to Jones and jones backed away.

I remember when he got bullied v Blackburn, he has come on massively

I love Guzan, real legend in the making I think.

I really think we have 5 or 6 future legends we just need the other 5.