Stoke City vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Ger Regan]

I have to say, it was the most comfortable 1-0 victory that I can remember us having for quite some time. I could get used to that.

[DeKuip]

Why do we wear those hideous claret shorts?

Surely the blue ones we used in 95/96? would be a far better alternative for when we can't wear white shorts.

I know there's a lot of cost cutting going on but surely we won't have enough of them still lying around! It might mean phoning round all the players who had them.

[nigel]

Why do we wear those hideous claret shorts?

Surely the blue ones we used in 95/96? would be a far better alternative for when we can't wear white shorts.

I know there's a lot of cost cutting going on but surely we won't have enough of them still lying around! It might mean phoning round all the players who had them.

I can't understand why we needed to change to claret shorts. I've been to several games and seen on TV teams with the same colour shorts.
I know it was the norm for all the kit not to match, but doesn't seem such an issue these days.

[Matt C]

We no longer look soft. Defense looked stronger. We were less naive and a more cohesive unit. Good start.

[villan from luton]

Liked the fact Lambert had enough confidence in Grealish to give him 20 minutes as well. The last time I felt so despondent before a season was when we signed that shit Peter Withe and Tony Morley, lets hope we have a similar season :-)

[kippaxvilla2]

 a worse win than on the first day of last season.

Brilliant, when desperately trying to find negatives from a winning start to the season this is a doozy!

I don't know what a doozy is. 

Edit:  I've since educated myself.  Thanks I agree.

[Somniloquism]

How much of that performance yesterday - good shape, some feisty challenges, fighting to get the ball back when we lost it - was down to the impact made by a certain Mr Keane? Quite a lot I reckon.

Yep, just like the first day of last season and the 6 months before then we when saved ourselves. The Keane effect goes back in time.

The best thing about this result is that it is against a team we will probably be around come the end of the season. I could go through this season and lose 10 nil to the top four if it meant we got at least three points from each of the bottom 10.

[john e]

 a worse win than on the first day of last season.

Brilliant, when desperately trying to find negatives from a winning start to the season this is a doozy!

I don't know what a doozy is. 

Edit:  I've since educated myself.  Thanks I agree.

In fairness kippax that's one of the all time greatest lines ever written on here

[Steve kirk]

Such a great feeling when we win and it makes your weekend, now cmon Villa follow it up with 3 points against Newcastle, just praying now that Ron is still with us at the end of the transfer window.

[JUAN PABLO]

Just seen result

Excellent

Clean sheet three points

I'm having a Chinese . Celebration

[Matt Collins]

Was it like a MON era away performance?

Think we'll need more creativity at home. Maybe same personnel but Richardson and n'zogbia wide and Weimann behind gabby?

[Big Dick Edwards]

Credit to Senderos. He looked extremely committed throughout that game. You could see it in his face at the end. Long may it continue.

[villan from luton]

Nice that players are actually playing for their places now

[Smirker]

Just seen result

Only just? How?

[silhillvilla]

I have to say, it was the most comfortable 1-0 victory that I can remember us having for quite some time. I could get used to that.

It's nice to not concede an injury time equaliser. I've become so conditioned to conceding late goals.