Aston Villa v Stoke City post match thread

[villadelph]

Our corners are staggeringly shit. Charlie Adam took one in the second that was a beauty even if we did clear it ok, ours are just shit. And we can't even just blame it on Westwood, they were no better after he went off.

To be fair, I think Jack whips in a decent ball. Regardless, doesn't exactly look like an England international does he?

[ktvillan]

From the beeb

"I will use the international break to get my players fitter because they are not fit enough yet to play the way I want them to play. For some of them it will be like a mini pre-season."

Jesus weeps.

The headless chicken approach requires a lot of stamina

[SamTheMouse]

Post match interview on WM Sherwood says "i need to keep shuffling the pack to find out what works".
He is admitting he doesn't what he is doing. This is going to be the toughest season supporting Villa yet.

If he doesn't have a clear idea of how he wants his team to play, he should not be a manager. Maybe a coach. But not a manager.

That comment pretty much takes out any pretence of long-term, joined-up thinking, and fists it to within an inch of its sorry life.

[Lastfootstamper]

What the fuck was that? Flabbergasted.

[aj2k77]

If you shuffle the pack and it comes up with 5 at the back against Stoke at home, take a fucking mulligan and have another go because you don't have to be a genius to work out that isn't going to work. Every single person on the match thread called it. All complete amateurs just with a knowledge from watching football from afar could tell just looking at the 11 names it was going to equal bugger all and would need changing at half time.

He's not just shuffling his cards each game to stumble on something he's doing it every 45 minutes. Is it possible to appoint a worse manager than Lambore? I think we might have done it.

[PaulWinch again]

How are they not fucking fit enough in October?! Nonsense

[clash city rocker]

Mr. Sherwood....it is not a game of cards you stupid sod , so stop making such bloody stupid comments...other managers must be bloody laughing at you..!!! A decent chairman would be shaking his head at you  !!! Imagine a brain surgeon  making those comments...ffs Sherwood take responsibility.

[levico]

He's like a compulsive gambler who is getting more and more desperate and ends up ruining everyone's life around him.

[aj2k77]

He's like a compulsive gambler who is getting more and more desperate and ends up ruining everyone's life around him.

Compulsive bull shitter more like. He's come out with some strange shit this season. The jobs too big for him.

[Walmley_Villa]

Post match interview on WM Sherwood says "i need to keep shuffling the pack to find out what works".
He is admitting he doesn't what he is doing. This is going to be the toughest season supporting Villa yet.

If he doesn't have a clear idea of how he wants his team to play, he should not be a manager. Maybe a coach. But not a manager.

That comment pretty much takes out any pretence of long-term, joined-up thinking, and fists it to within an inch of its sorry life.

Sherwood has said exactly what everyone is thinking, he just keeps rolling the dice hoping it works. What the fool doesn't realise is that if he had started the Liverpool game with the the team that finished against Blues and gone for the jugular he might have got a result. The team has no chance of gelling whilst he keeps chopping and changing. The thing that really grates me is that when a player has a decent game like Gil v Leicester and Ayew v Blues, they don't get a sniff the next game, talk about confidence destroying.

Tim is clueless and he needs to go.

[Villafirst]

Go for Rowett! I can see Blues getting promoted and Villa relegated!

[mrfuse]

I honestly dont think Fitness is the issue Tim. Setting the Team out incorrectly would be my starting point.

[CJ]

What an utter, disgraceful pile of shit that was. Couldn't believe the line up when I heard it - exactly where was the  creativity - oh, that's right, all sat on the bench. The team that finished the game should have been the one that started the game. The man hasn't got a fucking clue. But the players aren't exempt from criticism - Richards missed a sitter, and ffs a short corner in the last minute of time added on and players in the box. The club is a complete shambles. And now we need to win two and hope teams above us lose games just to get out the bottom three - we are firmly cut adrift and, without a Benteke to get the goals we need, I really can't see us staying up with this chancer in charge - he is simply out of his depth.

We've got 2 weeks now to sort this out and the first thing we need to do is get rid of Sherwood and get someone in who can stabilise us, keep us up so we're here for when the big money kicks in, then move on from there. I never thought I'd hear myself say this but it may need to be Allardyce for a couple of years, or maybe Sean Dyche, or even (God forbid) Nigel Pearson - then look for something more progressive in a couple of years. One thing's for sure - keep Sherwood and we're down

[Legion]

Abject.

[claret and blue blood]

This guy has managed to make us feel as low as we ever have , we've lost our status as a big club and are continuously embarrassed on our own ground to the likes of Stoke ,how much longer do we have to endure this, I can see where the Geordies boycott idea came from but with Lerner as owner we are just pissing in the wind on a ferry 😡