Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread

[Axl Rose]

I'd bring bacuna on, gabby or Sanchez off. Our decision making in the final third is one of the main problems. Too often its left to our full backs to create, when it should be Delph, gil( if he was on) or Sinclair doing that.
Weimann... Come on, better corner, please

[supertom]

There's gonna be so much injury time we might as well play the whole game over again.

[Summers]

Walters takes Cissokho down with a Suplex. :|

[Toronto Villa]

this has an air of inevitability about it doesn't it?

[Bad English]

Nearly 32,000 but too much Stoke singing for my liking.

[JUAN PABLO]

gaby needs dropping

every manager he plays under he looks shit

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It'll take time for any new manager to make a difference, which is why Lambert should have been sacked last month. We still look like a Lambert team; no confidence, no ideas, no discernable game plan and no goal threat.

Sorry Stu but Lambert should have been sacked last May.

[Summers]

Bacuna should be on for Gabby by now.

[usav]

this has an air of inevitability about it doesn't it?

Stoke was about the worst team we could have played today.  The Wimbledon of the noughties.

[VillaAlways]

It'll take time for any new manager to make a difference, which is why Lambert should have been sacked last month. We still look like a Lambert team; no confidence, no ideas, no discernable game plan and no goal threat.

Was hoping for that new manager bounce though and we haven't even had that really. Worrying times

[Toronto Villa]

Co-commentaor says as Ireland goes off "one or two spectacular goals from Ireland in his time here". Really? 'cos I missed all of those

[ozzjim]

Sinclair has to be up top. Bacuna wide left cutting in, Gil right when fully fit.

Sanchez has been very poor.

Gabby is a massive, massive problem. Just not a premier league footballer any more.

[hilts_coolerking]

Well it's true I don't like the system, but really I'm unsure how it was down to the it that we scored. With respect, you haven't answered the specifics of my point at all. I don't like it because of how we're playing today. It's how teams who play with this sort of setup always play.

Put it this way: we've played other systems and had much worse days than this.  In fact things have been so bad that this is one of our better games.  I know you have an ideological objection to 442 as if it's some sort of horrific totalitarian nightmare but Sherwood can't afford to play theoretically.  He has to play the system he has most faith in, which he believes the players are most comfortable with and, above all, which he thinks will get us the greatest number of points.  He's got 12 games to go.  It's easy for you, or me, or anyone, to say '442 is dead' but you, me, or anyone, don't have the responsibility of getting the points.

[ez]

Looks like stoke are going to go for it.

[kippaxvilla2]

He's got a big job on here.  I think they've left it too late this season.