Aston Villa v Stoke City post match thread

[ez]

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

A headache for the marketing department selling season tickets after the wins against Norwich and Chelsea. Our poor home form brought right back into the spotlight.

[SoccerHQ]

That was like the Norwich game in reverse.

Stoke are a decent mid table team who play a bit more possession football nowadays but really that was embarrassing making more look like Barca for the first half.

Only us yet again could come up with this sort of result and performance after the Chelsea game. This is increasingly Lambert's calling card as a manager, following up a great result with an awful run of form. Can't see us getting anything next week other than another thumping.

[pooligan]

Eleven home defeats now this season,must be another club record under Lambert. Just how bad must it get,before our clueless owner wakes up and realises he needs to change this clueless manager.

[richard moore]

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.

Every now and again Ron?!?! Last week was the 'every now and again' performance, today was the much more par for the course unmitigated shit

[john e]

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.

Every now and again ?

We've just lost our 9th home game and the season isn't over yet

[eastie]

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.

 I would be looking at koeman as next manager but I daresay lerner thinks all is fine in 11th place .

[richard moore]

Eleven home defeats now this season,must be another club record under Lambert. Just how bad must it get,before our clueless owner wakes up and realises he needs to change this clueless manager.

You've already answered your own question. He's clueless so he doesn't know and he doesn't care either. Just ask any fan of the Cleveland Browns. He has turned us into the English equivalent

[taylorsworkrate]

The 2nd half today was just out and out depressing. Not that the 1st half was anything to write home about.

We were so slow and turgid on the ball, when urgency was called for. There was absolutely zero movement from our forward players and the balls into the box were abysmal. Baker reverted to type and Vlaar appeared to be trying to emulate him today.

We're like the bloody samaritans at times. Newcastle had lost 5 home games in a row, and then we rock up and get them out of that particular funk. Now Stoke who are worse away than we are at home, and it looked like they were a top 3 team easing to a victory at bottom 3 strugglers.

[levico]

No surprises today. This is what we really are not the team that beat Chelsea. What's more depressing is that nothing is going to change,we'll probably avoid relegation, Lambert will get a new contract, Summer signings will be more of the same and next season will be another flirtation with relegation. Just what's the point?

Welcome back. We have missed you for couple of matches.

Only because I've been in Barbados watching England lose.

[bridgwater villa]

to all season ticket holders and the hardcore fanbase.

following 22 years as a season ticket holder until 2008 I had enjoyed many ups and downs as a Villa fan however I did not regret one moment in the holte end followed by the trinity rd upper. But in the last 3 years I have never known such a period as a Villa fan, I know we have had relegations, poor seasons, boring football ( thanks for that David o'leary, I almost slept through a game once).

But the never ending trawl towards premiership survival and then the yearly celebration by the chairman the most important thing for Aston Villa is being ignored the season ticket holder and weekly fan, the lack of entertainment,communication and a total disregard for the financial and emotional commitment is at best corporate suicide.

hearing yet another bunch of inbreds celebrating a victory at the fucking home of football makes me want to puke, so here is my point, to all of you at the game today and who will be there next week and the week after that I salute you all.

Its you guys that remind me of my favourite saying.

VILLA TILL I DIE.

[john e]

No surprises today. This is what we really are not the team that beat Chelsea. What's more depressing is that nothing is going to change,we'll probably avoid relegation, Lambert will get a new contract, Summer signings will be more of the same and next season will be another flirtation with relegation. Just what's the point?

Welcome back. We have missed you for couple of matches.

Only because I've been in Barbados watching England lose.

Jonah

[myf]

Quite a wounder that. Only villa can go to such extremes in a week.  What an opportunity today was to reach safety and go a run. Aside from a number of poor players and a lack of tactics, we really do lack leaders on the pitch. It all turns to shit much too quickly

[Nev]

Hardly a surprise, and this more than anything else, damns the manager.

[loughborough villain]

At least when I play on the pitch in May, I can be sure it won't be the worst performance there this season.

Me too, I just hope Nathan Baker is marking me!

[TopDeck113]

After last week's high, normal service at Villa Park has been resumed...