Aston Villa vs Stoke Match Thread

[Grande Pablo]

I didn't see this one coming.  Sylla has looked lost since coming on, & a few others not much better.  Cack.

[manic-road]

First 10-15 minutes we were cruising, then imploded.

[Deano's Mullet]

What are his tactics? Everything is geared to going down the left and that's it. Their midfield is pissing all over ours, in fact do we have one?

[David_Nab]

Baker has once again demonstrated that he is nowhere near Premier League class, he is a liability. That is on top of Bacuna having an absolute nightmare.

Both of them have been useless shame as both were excellent against Chelsea.In general since scoring we just slowed to a snails pace and other than Delph and Benteke have been sloppy all over the pitch.The subs have not helped as Sylla has again been woeful

[john e]

Don't agree that it's game over
All depends on which villa team comes out in second half
If we can get one back it'll make things interesting

[PeterWithesShin]

Shockingly bad at times. Delph and Benteke only two doing anything. Stoke still a bunch of snidey cheating twats.

[JUAN PABLO]

I thought no adam and Ireland , this would be a home banker . ffs  .     Lambert makes Hughes look like guardiola

[PaulWinch again]

Just when you start to think, hey, maybe Baker will become a dependable to flight central defender, you get a brutal reminder of his weaknesses.

Yep he is never going to make it, because all the mistakes he makes now are exactly the same as when he first came into the side. He's just not good enough.

[Toronto Villa]

It's never fucking dull is it? Another corner turned, another head on collision with reality.

[supertom]

Piss poor. Two home wins on the spin. 1-0 up after 5 minutes and looking in good nick. We've switched off big time and we've been punished. Dire stuff.
Sylla looks poor as per normal. Baker again has been suspect. In the last couple of weeks he's been solid, but that's the problem with Baker and why he's got no place being a regular in the Premier League, he switches off. I don't mind him for the odd game, but anything more than 4-5 games in a row and he'll bollocks us up. Poor player, lets be fucking honest.

I don't think we're out of the game yet. Benteke looks sharp, so we'll see. Lambert needs to dish out a rollicking and get some composure back in the side. It's not looking good though.

How can we go from the Chelsea performance to this utter shambles? Bloody hell.

[Stu]

Yikes. How's wrong was I? We shell shocked stoke in the first five mins, then got complacent. Stoke looked like scoring with every attack, and once again there's acres of space down our left side.

[Goldie.7]

Before this game my mate gave me some money to buy him a ticket for Southampton, he'll be pissed when he finds out he's going by himself.

[PaulWinch again]

This is going to take one hell of a turnaround.

[johncvilla88]

After about 5 minutes it's looked like Boys vs Men. All our players were been blown over by the wind first half and then expecting a free-kick!

[manic-road]

It just shows our lack of depth in the squad and quality in midfield when you have the likes of Sylla coming on....