Stoke City vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Ger Regan]

Very very encouraging.

[rob_bridge]

Yippee

[Smirker]

Good result and decent performance but room for improvement and some close shaves toward the end.

Will absolutely take 3 points though.

UTV

[Ron Manager]

2nd in the league chaps!

[GarTomas]

Did we just see a game out and look largely comfortable?

[DB]

Nice way to start my holiday! Get in.

[TopDeck113]

Boooooo! Worse opening away win than last season! Lambert out! ;-)

[SamTheMouse]

Impressive. Having experience in key positions makes all the difference.

[olaftab]

Well done Paul, Roy and the lads. Great start with a depleted team.

[Toronto Villa]

Very much so Ger. very solid, wasteful but at least we created chances. Importantly we have some key pieces to come in who are all upgrades on the players that started today. Even Joe Cole can add something. Plus if we can get one more in, of genuine quality in midfield it will help immensely.

Very encouraging start indeed.

[andyh]

Well done Villa. Very professional.
Some very good performances, particularly from Cissohko, Vlaar and Delph.
Very impressed with all the debutants, and well done to Young Jack.

Onwards and upwards.

[Quiet Lion]

Really pleased - for the first time in a while we looked like a team

Aly looked very good as did all of the defence

[Smirker]

Did we just see a game out and look largely comfortable?

Not sure about largely comfortable but yeah.

[KevinGage]

Great start.  Jack looks like he belongs at this level.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I liked the way none of the players looked like they were shitting themselves with 20/25 to go, unlike myself and Villa over the last couple of seasons.