Stoke City v Aston Villa Match Thread

[bertlambshank]

I can't think of many things that ruin my weekend like a Villa defeat.

Im getting used to it

[curiousorange]

Super Marc off, Bacuna on. Joy.

[olaftab]

I can't think of many things that ruin my weekend like a Villa defeat.

Yes. Hate to say it but it makes a big difference to how I deal with the rest of the weekend.

[supertom]

westwood has been utterly fucking useless today

He's not good enough. We've got to get quality in midfield. Delph seems to have hit the wall too. So we're fucking awful in the middle.

Of course he's not good enough, and he never has been and he never will be either. He's not Premier League class but that's the type of player Lerner will only pay for these days.

Sadly yes. Genuinely there's probably 6 players in our squad I'd rate as good enough long term. The rest are bobbins. I mean even in early matches you should be able to see some ability, or some potential, like we saw when Ash Young arrived, or Barry for example.
So many of these look utterly poor.

[Jon Crofts]

Inspired sub, but then again, what's he got on the bench?  Oh yes, dross that he bought.

[devilla]

Albrighton off?!

Lambert - I would question your judgement

[Toronto Villa]

As much as Lambert has to be accountable for some of what we are seeing it must be shit to as picks the team that Vlaar, Benteke, Okore, Gabby, N'Zogbia etc are all out injured

[pbavfckuwait]

I asked the question eariler on if Tonev is the answer what is the question, well one more if Bowery is the answer I fucking give up Lambert your team, your tactics get a fucking grip

[Dan England]

westwood has been utterly fucking useless today

Villa have been fucking useless.

We've been incredibly unlucky with injuries yet again, but there is so little quality in the squad that we get exposed very quickly.

Long ball time again. We're not a passing team either as it turns out.

We are no unluckier than anyone else when it comes to injuries. We have a really poor squad, it is the lack of suitable cover that hurts us.

[bertlambshank]

Albrighton off?!

Lambert - I would question your judgement

Why Albrighton picked up a knock.

[lovejoy]

I can't think of many things that ruin my weekend like a Villa defeat.

Yes. Hate to say it but it makes a big difference to how I deal with the rest of the weekend.

Same here. Usually I drown my sorrows, if I win I celebrate with some booze.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Albrighton off?!

Lambert - I would question your judgement

I'm being to question his judgement more and more every week.

[ozzjim]

As much as Lambert has to be accountable for some of what we are seeing it must be shit to as picks the team that Vlaar, Benteke, Okore, Gabby, N'Zogbia etc are all out injured

Put those 5 into the side and we are very different, but the back up to those he has bought have been really poor so far.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think our fundamental problem is that we have far too many players who aren't good enough

[Toronto Villa]

Is Man city winning again any consolation?

*clutches desperately at any straws in the vicinity*