Aston Villa vs Stoke City Match Thread

[villasjf]

Is kozak injured?

No one will ever know

No pictures of him in the training pics.

[garyshawsknee]

I think jack , gil and ayew have looked half decent at times but all on bench.

To not play one of those at home is pretty grim, if this works against us today, be interesting to see who he blames, bet it ain't himself.

[clash city rocker]

And this weekend's team selection has been made by lancelot.

[Tuscans]

I see one hell of a lot of sideways passes today

[aev]

Fk me....he is so random.

[kippaxvilla2]

When he gets the team together at the hotel he starts off with the line 'it could be you.'

[Jimbo]

Crespo's beard is looking lustrous.

[pauliewalnuts]

And this weekend's team selection has been made by lancelot.

Ha ha, very good.

[Monty]

If Amavi is left midfield it might just work.  He said.

I reckon that's his 'thinking'. Get it on Gestede's head as often as possible. It could be very dull, but it might, just might, pay off.

If you're going to go long ball in the Premier League you have to be diamond-solid at the back, because you're going to spend most of the match without the ball. It's not the days of Watford and fun direct football anymore - if you go long you'll just give it away most of the time, and if you're as porous defensively as we are (and will continue to be today, I'd bet) then you're just manufacturing a perfect storm, whereby you have none of the ball and concede lots of chances.

Tim's tactics don't just strike me as wrong, today - they're exactly wrong, almost like he was trying.

Oh well, let's go.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ah, you can't go wrong if you do a good huddle.

[pauliewalnuts]

We need to bring NRC back as huddle coach.

[dutchvilla]

it looks like there is a single tactic - amavi to cross for gestede

[aj2k77]

I see one hell of a lot of sideways passes today

As soon as the ball gets in to Stokes half the game will be played at walking pace.

[Ozzjim]

To go from the football we played against QPR last season to this selection in 6 months is almost as impressively bewildering as I can imagine for a manager.

[silhillvilla]

So glad I haven't gone