Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread

[silhillvilla]

come on villa ffs

[Toronto Villa]

Stoke really are big at the back. Any cross coming in has to be perfect to get to Benteke

[Jimbo]

Stoke bossing this.

[VillaAlways]

I'm really worried were going to lose this.

[Toronto Villa]

this is so untidy

[Tuscans]

This is when the Lambert vibe comes back into the players, they've kinda forgotten a little what they've been doing the last week. It will come in time though, something we don't have much of.

[Monty]

We get the ball in midfield, there aren't enough options, we go wide, rushed cross, nothing doing, they get the ball, loads of space through the midfield, look dangerous. It's like a lesson in the problems of 4-4-2.

[Toronto Villa]

Honestly, Stoke are such a dirty bunch. You can change the manager just not the culture.

[silhillvilla]

Our problems run too deep I fear.

[ez]

I said earlier Stoke are no better than us. I was wrong.

[Jimbo]

We're going nowhere. Timbo needs to change this.

[hilts_coolerking]

We get the ball in midfield, there aren't enough options, we go wide, rushed cross, nothing doing, they get the ball, loads of space through the midfield, look dangerous. It's like a lesson in the problems of 4-4-2.

Having said that, it did get us a goal which has been our achilles heel for ages.  We were looking good value for most of the first half but conceding that goal seems to have drained our confidence.

[supertom]

High tempo doesn't suit Sanchez. He's looked hopeless today.

[PaulWinch again]

Stoke will win this at this rate.

[Stu]

No urgency and no ideas. We need to win this for fucks sake.