Stoke City vs Aston Villa Pre Match Thread

[Lastfootstamper]

They didn't completely outplay us, they were crap as well. Apart from that Charlie Adam effort it was a crap game between two crap sides. We were awful though, 3 at the back to home to sodding Stoke. That's the game Sherwood should have been binned as we seemed to have no tactics or game plan and it's the game he said some of the players weren't fit enough and the break coming up would be like a mini pre-season. It was October. Admitting he had failed to get them fit in the actual pre-season should have been immediately sackable.

I think that was the game that convinced me this was the season we were going down.

At the time Stoke had I think 1 league win and every single game Jack Butland had been motm. Yet in that game I think we mustered one shot at goal which showed me we weren't good enough in the final third and nothing has changed.

Amavi getting splinters in his arse as Richardson repeatedly got turned inside-out is my abiding memory.

[Steve kirk]

An against the odds backs to the wall win to bring that 4 letter word HOPE back onto these pages
Stoke 1 Villa 2

[ASHTONVILLA]

Villa to win 2-1 with goals from Gabby and Gestede (you have to keep hoping).

[PeterWithesShin]

Sat in the services having a Burger King as it was a doddle getting here.

[Legion]

What a coincidence. So am I!

[LeeB]

Legion and PWS sitting in KFC
K-I-S-S-I-N-G

[Malandro]

Do they still put unnecessarily thick slices of tomato in their burgers?

[dave.woodhall]

Legion and PWS sitting in KFC
K-I-S-S-I-N-G

It's BK actually. Get your homophobic, defamatory, scurillous, libellous, innuendo-laden accusations factually accurate before polluting this site with your filth.

[QuintonVilla]

"We want Lerner out, Randy Lerner out
I just don't think you understand
From European nights, to relegation fights
We want Randy Lerner out!"

[Pete3206]

Sacha Baron Cohen did the Football Focus predictions today. He's tipped us to surprise a few people with a much improved performance and only a 3-0 defeat.

[The Edge]

Sacha Baron Cohen did the Football Focus predictions today. He's tipped us to surprise a few people with a much improved performance and only a 3-0 defeat.

A 3-0 defeat?
We can only dream of a 3-0 defeat with this useless/gutless bunch. We'll be blown away.......
Go on Villa prove me wrong. PLEASE!!!

[aj2k77]

Bunn
Hutton
Cissokho
Okore
Lescott
Gueye
Westwood
Veretout
Bacuna
Gil
Agbonlahor


Subs

Guzan
Richards
Clark
Sinclair
Green
Lyden
Gestede

[A Northern Soul]

How Bacuna, Lescott and Gabby can retain their places after the last game and aftermath is simply staggering

[kippaxvilla2]

Same as it ever was.

[aj2k77]

Will we see any effort today? Not sure, but there will be no repercussions if they don't anyway.