Stoke City vs Aston Villa Pre Match Thread

[olaftab]

2-0 Stoke I hope I'm wrong and we somehow get a win but I can't see it.

et tu Darren?..quam frustretur!

[frank black]

If we win this, the boobs should replace the Orange Dot.

The boobs could keep us up!

Sid james laugh.......

[sickbeggar]

Could be similar to Liverpool if they score early and we collapse. Depends on how much of the stuffing was knocked out of us with last result 4-2

[wittonwarrior]

Well they completely outplayed us at Villa Park - think we are in for a difficult afternoon;  at least  the Villa fans will be Champion league standard

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

[b23]

The Mavericks in From Dusk Till Dawn

Stoke 2 v 0 Villa

[wittonwarrior]

Sitting here already to go and my train is not for another 3 hours - come on your lions.

[maigrait]

Hoping for some sort of a result here. We are stuffed as regards relegation but some shining light required even if its going a kid or two a game.
1 - 1

[Malandro]

Stoke 7 Cowards 2

[paul_e]

I've put down for a win, I think the comments from Garde and the 2 weeks to 'stew' on the performance against Liverpool will prompt a response and I think Stoke are in pretty average form right now.  I know it's not in line with the thoughts of many on here but I just can't believe we have a squad that are so unprofessional that they won't be needing a result to fix their collective pride.

[Lizz]

Boring 0-0.

[PeterWithesShin]

Waiting for Mr Sox to pick me up. I'm looking forward to it.

[AV82EC]

For some bizarre reason I'm really looking forward to this. It's probably for the beer and sing song because it isn't the football.

[SoccerHQ]

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.

[auntiesledd]

I hope I'm wrong - particularly for the ever-magnificent away support - but I can see Stoke going 2 up by h/t & playing the rest off the game out like a training session. So come on Villa: surprise us all why dontcha?!