Aston Villa v Stoke City post match thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Stoke were good

I thought they were a well organised physical outfit who are prepared to revert to thuggery when needed.

They won every physical battle.

We made them look a lot better than they are.

I thought they played some decent football at times, not something that's often said about Stoke
And the thuggery was from both sides what there was of it

You probably had to be at the game to see that they are still a bunch of snidey, cheating, cynical bastards. That isn't as better fan than yow typer post, more the cameras wouldn't have picked up on a lot of it.

[john e]

Lets face it we can only play our brand of quality football against the top teams in the league, against everyone else we just turn into a load of tossbaskets

[ChicagoLion]

The good thing is that 9 days ago I would have taken these last 2 results, I still feel warm when I think about what we did to Chavski last week.

[eastie]

Didn't realise the crowd was only 30k - poor souls!

[john e]

Stoke were good

I thought they were a well organised physical outfit who are prepared to revert to thuggery when needed.

They won every physical battle.

We made them look a lot better than they are.

I thought they played some decent football at times, not something that's often said about Stoke
And the thuggery was from both sides what there was of it

You probably had to be at the game to see that they are still a bunch of snidey, cheating, cynical bastards. That isn't as better fan than yow typer post, more the cameras wouldn't have picked up on a lot of it.

Fair enough,

[London Villan]

It was the emptiest I've ever seen Villa Park at the final whistle. Must have looked great on TV.

[not3bad]

Good one week, shit the next. That's Villa.

[ChicagoLion]

Stoke were good

I thought they were a well organised physical outfit who are prepared to revert to thuggery when needed.

They won every physical battle.

We made them look a lot better than they are.

I thought they played some decent football at times, not something that's often said about Stoke
And the thuggery was from both sides what there was of it

You probably had to be at the game to see that they are still a bunch of snidey, cheating, cynical bastards. That isn't as better fan than yow typer post, more the cameras wouldn't have picked up on a lot of it.

It showed up on my TV 3000 miles away. We looked intimidated by it at times.

[villan from luton]

Stoke were good

I thought they were a well organised physical outfit who are prepared to revert to thuggery when needed.

They won every physical battle.

We made them look a lot better than they are.

I thought they played some decent football at times, not something that's often said about Stoke
And the thuggery was from both sides what there was of it

I think they intimidated a few of our players and won most 50 50s, yes they played decent possession football from 3-1 up. They were hardly put under any pressure though.

It was Villa who made the what I would call cheap pooe challenges, KEA was lucky early on and there were many occassions when petulance took over and snidey challenges. We were a fucking disgrave and the tactics throughout were awful. We were crying out for width, but Lambert chose to play him in the number 10 role.

[Karlos96]

Just knew something like this would happen only Villa could beat Chelsea then get hammered by this rubbish.

Got to say I don't think I can take much more of the guy behind us 20 years we've had to listen to his crap he excelled himself today willing Stoke to score every time they went forward and actually cheering when the fourth went in. He's like that every game moaning how shit we are does your head in.

[Kingthing]

If there was one team to bring us back down to earth it was Stoke at Villa Park.

[Ron Manager]

Every now and again the Villa will come up with a performance like that. Its something we have to live with Im afraid.

Probably win the next two and posters will be saying positive things about Lambert again.

In essence Lambert is a mediocre manager. Weimann is a very mediocre forward and Sylla doesnt even rate as mediocre.

There is no chance of any positive changes whatsoever.

[Big Dick Edwards]

That was shocking. All I need now is to hear the word excellent in Lambert's post match interview!

[sirlordbaltimore]

Every now and again the Villa will come up with a performance like that. Its something we have to live with Im afraid.

It's not really every now and again though is it ?, as this seasons home form shows quite bluntly

[brontebilly]

Stoke were good

Hughes is a better manager.

you must have forgotten the miracle he worked at QPR prior to Stoke then. Not saying he's not doing a good job there with his resources but let's not get too carried away. I know this will be batter Lambert week, and I'm really blaming anyone but this is how it starts. By the end of the evening Bruce, Pulis and Poyet will all be better managers.

Of those you have mentioned I think Lambert is the weakest manager.

Hughes was dreadful at City and QPR. Seems like a good fit at Stoke but I wouldn't trust him with too much money.