Stoke City vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

We're last on MOTD because we had the least drama in our game. Same as it always is. There were two other 1-0s but they both had missed pens and / or red cards

Chill out with the conspiracy theories!

[silhillvilla]

Some things never change.

[olaftab]

Bojan had som moments of spark but our defenders kept him quiet, fortunately. I was very surprised how well Cissokho, Hutton and Richardson played, especially Cissokho and Hutton. Richardson worked his socks off and I hope he keeps it up.

Watching the game on Sky choice and commentator described Bojan's problem as being up again a very tough customer in Aly Cissokho.

[curiousorange]

I see we're last on MOTD tonight as usual. Now I wait to see how fleeting they have made the glimpse of anything Villa related on the opening titles.

 no one watches or pays serious critical attention to MOTD now do they?

I hope not. It is a relic packed with tedious has beens or never beens. I till have a lot of respect for Lineker even though he only gets excited about golf these days, but even with him the show is not the cultural opinion maker it used to be. Time has passed it by and thats a good thing.

A brief shot of Benteke celebrating, and his back, at that. One thing I did notice was there's a sticker commemorating Ipswich winning the UEFA Cup in 81.

[saunders_heroes]

Watching the highlights now and it's such a relief to see us defending so well. Hutton looks rock solid.

[olaftab]

Well that was good game by us. Hughes was very fair with  his pistol match comments.

[Matt Collins]

Pistol match? Bit early for that

[myf]

Completely off the subject but did anyone else see a bird shit in Ashley Youngs mouth during the Man.Utd game?

Yep - here it is:

https://vine.co/v/M37F1mB5IzB

And it's a bird of the feathered variety (I presume!)

Gobshite!

[olaftab]

Pistol match? Bit early for that

I must check before pistoling in future. That's two typos today for me.

[pauliewalnuts]

In Lambert's first year, one of the things I liked was that when we didn't have the ball, we'd work really hard to get it back, we'd harry and hassle the opposition, close them down in midfield, and make it difficult for them to play, then try to do something when we had the ball back.

Other than the first few games last season, we hardly saw that at all.

Today, there was plenty of that again. It is only one game (and let's not forget, the first game last season was an even more impressive performance), but it was good to see some of that coming back today.

[silhillvilla]

Those slating Gabbys miss ? No time poor angle

[Olneythelonely]

Match of the Day made it look like a smash and grab.

[Goldie.7]

Those slating Gabbys miss ? No time poor angle

He had time to hit it wide, so he had time to hit it in.

[Olneythelonely]

Those slating Gabbys miss ? No time poor angle

He had time to hit it wide, so he had time to hit it in.

There was that huge defender in the way mind. He should have scored, but not the open goal some said it was.

[Goldie.7]

Completely off the subject but did anyone else see a bird shit in Ashley Youngs mouth during the Man.Utd game?

No, but I wish I had.
EDIT: Now I have. Chapeaus aloft to that bird. It had a better aim than Ashley has with 90% of his crosses.

Better view with added zoom of the landing http://gfycat.com/RevolvingObedientHyena