Stoke City v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Chris Jameson]

Only one way to flush em out -

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind.....

She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand
And she laughed no more!

PGW, let's have a look. eastie, careful.

[eastie]

Only one way to flush em out -

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind.....

She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand
And she laughed no more!

PGW, let's have a look. eastie, careful.

Don't let the  red and white pants fool you , cj

[Chris Jameson]

I tell you what, I reckon Stoke fans are the loudest in the country, bloody brilliant they are.*





*That should do it.

[paul_e]

It's because of the quality of their pitch playing surface - ''The Green Green grass of home''

That sounds reasonable, they've tried really hard for years to preserve the surface by keeping the ball away from it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Our matches against Sturk tend to be either thrillers, that 2-2, the Lowton goal and the 4 on 1, the 3-2 at theirs when Laursen was made to look a donkey. Or utterly wank 0-0 borefests.

[silhillvilla]

Hopefully we wrote in Stephen Ireland's loan agreement that he Has to play against us.

[eastie]

Hopefully we wrote in Stephen Ireland's loan agreement that he Has to play against us.

Not on his recent form .

[JUAN PABLO]

0-0

Ill take that

[Brend'Watkins]

Our matches against Sturk tend to be either thrillers, that 2-2, the Lowton goal and the 4 on 1, the 3-2 at theirs when Laursen was made to look a donkey. Or utterly wank 0-0 borefests.

Seeing as we can't score at the moment and our defense is so poor that they act like attackers for the opposition I'd take that wank borefest right now.

[Matt Collins]

Not optimistic without gabby and I suspect without vlaar.

Think if herd is back we could go 352 with albrighton the attacking one of three in midfield. Benteke and kozak up front in a pretty lumbering front two

Out of interest, those suggest kozak benteke and albrighton in a front three, who plays on the left? Benteke??!

[Tuscans]

Shawcross and Huth out, Ireland ineligible....

Big chance for 3 pts here.

[ChicagoLion]

Whilst Sturke are playing their brand of total football, I say we stick Hillneous, Benteke and Kojak up front and just hoof the ball in their general direction, what could possibly go wrong

[supertom]

Whilst Sturke are playing their brand of total football, I say we stick Hillneous, Benteke and Kojak up front and just hoof the ball in their general direction, what could possibly go wrong

With Huth and Shawcross out, it might not be such a bad idea. Well, I'd go as far as Benteke and Kozak up top.

[Monty]

I think Matt Collins may well be right in predicting the three-at-the-back, it does look like a great fixture for it. I hope Albrighton would be included in that system somehow because he's our one player available right now with the confidence to take on defenders in the attacking third, wherever he's playing.

[SoccerHQ]

Depends if Herd is fit. If not I think it will be a straight 4-4-2 with Albrighton on the right and maybe Delph having to play left.