Aston Villa vs Stoke Post Match Thread

[tomd2103]

Good morning everyone, its nearly time for me to head to work to face two of the most vile one eyed Albion fans you will ever meet, cant wait, dont react Steve dont react.

Just tell them the Stoke fans have now claimed their favourite song and they'll have to think up a new one.  "Pride of Sandwell" maybe. 

[villadelph]

I'm sure it's been mentioned but 11 corners and 10 of them were dreadful. Why can we not get a player who swings a decent one in? It can be a very potent weapon if you've got decent delivery, I can't believe how desperate we are at them at a time we don't create that many chances. Also why have we got a captain that wants out in the summer? What sort of message does that send out to the team, give it to Clark immediately.

The same message a dead beat owner sends when he sticks a for sale sign on the club going into the season and does little to propel the team into a respectable position.

I would have never given Vlaar the armband post-contract rejection.

[LeeB]

I'd play Weimann as an out and out nr 9

I'd sooner play with 10 men. Weimann is absolutely atrocious and I don't buy this bluster that the reason he's abysmal is because he's played out of position. If he can't play football he can't play football. He had a simple header at Arsenal but he muffed it with his shoulder, he couldn't control his bladder never mind a football and his crossing yesterday was laughable. Okay so he isn't a winger but I do expect a premiership footballer to strike a ball from A to B without stubbing the turf or spooning it directly above his own head. He's utter garbage and the fact that he runs around a lot is a red herring. Micky Quinn was a statuesque lump of lard but he knew where the net was (and the burger van), I want my strikers scoring or creating goals, Weimman does neither and is a waste of a jockstrap. We'll look back in bewilderment in years to come that this oaf managed to get a game for the Villa. He's absolute rubbish.

I'm in full agreement with this. You could take any workmanlike striker from the two divisions below us and they'd give us as much if not more that Weimann. He's way out of his depth.

[LeeB]

I'm not one for omens, but I saw a cat get run over on the way to the game.

I was washing the kids plates up on Saturday evening, and after washing my son's Villa plate I put it on the upper level of the shite, two-tiered rack my wife bought from IKEA.

It slipped straight through, and then off the saucepan below and straight onto the floor.

We're doomed.

[RussellC]

I'd play Weimann as an out and out nr 9

I'd sooner play with 10 men. Weimann is absolutely atrocious and I don't buy this bluster that the reason he's abysmal is because he's played out of position. If he can't play football he can't play football. He had a simple header at Arsenal but he muffed it with his shoulder, he couldn't control his bladder never mind a football and his crossing yesterday was laughable. Okay so he isn't a winger but I do expect a premiership footballer to strike a ball from A to B without stubbing the turf or spooning it directly above his own head. He's utter garbage and the fact that he runs around a lot is a red herring. Micky Quinn was a statuesque lump of lard but he knew where the net was (and the burger van), I want my strikers scoring or creating goals, Weimman does neither and is a waste of a jockstrap. We'll look back in bewilderment in years to come that this oaf managed to get a game for the Villa. He's absolute rubbish.

I'm in full agreement with this. You could take any workmanlike striker from the two divisions below us and they'd give us as much if not more that Weimann. He's way out of his depth.

Thirded. I've been saying for 2 seasons now that I think Weimann would struggle to make an impact in League one, in any position. People keep saying that he could do a job as a 'Number 9' seem to ignore the number of more-than-presentable chances that he's fluffed in his Villa career. For every half decent finish, I reckon there are at least 5 bad misses. Gabby gets a lot of stick (and rightly so this season), but Weimann is has contributed much, much less than him in their respective Villa careers,

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm pretty sure a player with over 20 top flight goals wouldn't struggle in Division 3. And every striker misses presentable chances.

[Damo70]

For me we have a team pretty much full of players who individually consistently perform below a 7 out of 10.