The Mind Numbing Task of the Stoke City v Aston Villa (R) Post Match Thread.

[aj2k77]

Great clipped ball for their penalty, Westwood of course oblivious to someone behind him but it was a cracking ball.

The second goal shows the lack of fight and desire in the side, complete half soaked, half arsed pussies the lot of them.

[stuart445]

Both team and manager are marking time until it's official. It's to be hoped that once its out of the way, Garde will end the Villa careers of several of that squad.

Including his own hopefully, you can't spend 2 weeks calling the players shit and that you'll pick a team that want to fight in the next match and then go and pick the same team that lost 6:0.

Also another awesome Half Time team talk from Mr Garde 11 minutes afterward we were 2:0.

[Ads]

Twas cold, we were shite, Stoke a little less shit, our support was good and the new Lerner song catchy.

Roll on August 6th and hopefully the first day of better times.

[Matt C]

Their second goal was farcical.

Add it to the growing collection.

[saunders_heroes]

Both team and manager are marking time until it's official. It's to be hoped that once its out of the way, Garde will end the Villa careers of several of that squad.

Including his own hopefully, you can't spend 2 weeks calling the players shit and that you'll pick a team that want to fight in the next match and then go and pick the same team that lost 6:0.

Also another awesome Half Time team talk from Mr Garde 11 minutes afterward we were 2:0.

Agreed. I'm surprised at the lack of criticism of Garde this last week. It's one thing saying these things behind closed doors but another slagging off your players in public. You want them on your side for crying out loud.

[DaveD]

This lot have actually got me to the stage where I'm past caring.

I'm well beyond that and discovering what happens *after* past caring.

[class-of-82]

So today I found out
Lyden is not better than Westwood - really
Green is surely not fit to lace bacunas boots- really

[kippaxvilla2]

How many corners did we win today?

I'm sure we'll find out in Tony Pulis's post-match interview.

'Four corners we had compared to their one, you count them, they had one, that's a fact.'  Tony Pulis.

[Witton Warrior]

Expect to be beaten every week now so the only flicker was when we scored and I thought "I hate you even more for the merest hint that we might get something from this but I know we won't you bastards"

See you all Tuesday night - bet it's shit....

[Lobsterboy]

We are so predictably shit these days all I expect is that we get beat and they rarely let me down.

It's come to something when I'm 'celebrating' a consolation goal against Stoke

Relegation can't come soon enough to finally put me out of my fucking misery

[KevinEaton]

I think the comments from Garde over the past 2 weeks have been aimed as much at the board as they have the players. He's basically said "these players are shit, but you didn't let me sign anyone so I have to pick them again this week"

He knows we are down, he's doing everything he can to let the board know we can't go into next season with the same squad

[Jimbo]

Defeat runs through us like the writing in a stick of rock. Changing that is going to be some task.

[aj2k77]

Defeat runs through us like the writing in a stick of rock. Changing that is going to be some task.

I think it's going to take new ownership. Someone to come in with his own men and say this is not good enough, this is a disgrace, some of you have been shocking and will be removed and will never get to work at a club as big as this in your life again and you've let yourself down.

Right now there's just an air of complacency and never mind around the club, just drifting from day to day. The odd daft as a brush sound bite comes from someone at the top, we hear of a new plan, or a new appointment but we've seen nothing actually change as of yet.

[Risso]

I can taste that Portuguese wine already...

[AV82EC]

It is really all rather sad. If I was still clinging on to any faint chance of staying up it disappeared fully today. Any midfield having to cope with the abilities of Westwood and Bacuna deserve a medal and Vertetout and Gana ran their bollocks off to compensate but to no avail. Agbonlahor, just utterly useless.

Bunn - 5 - ok but doesn't have the presence to dominate in his own 6 yard box.
Hutton - 6 - tries hard can't fault his commitment but just lacks any quality further up the pitch.
okore - 6 - tackling and reading of game good but can't head a ball for toffee and his distribution is um erratic.
Lescott - 7 - did alright today
Cissokho - 5 - not a good day defensively but better offensively.
Gana - 7.5 - motm for me ran well, tackled and distribution ok with the odd bit of sloppiness
Bacuna - 1 - 1 point for the goal I can't think of any other useful thing he did
Westwood - 0 - useless utterly useless. Didn't track runners all game and his lack of physicality is not made up for by being neat and tidy with the ball.
Vertetout - 6 - good work rate but needs longer studs and better final delivery.
Gil - 5 - too lightweight for this league and lacks the turn of pace to capitalise on the space his skills create for him.
Agbonoahor - 3 - another typical Gabby performance, a few half arsed runs, plenty of miscontrol of the ball and no end product.

Sinclair - 5 - lively when he came on with some purposeful running with the ball.
Gestede - 3 - added nuisance value

Garde - 5 - I think he's a good manager, I think he's got the right ideas but he lacks any quality in the squad to deliver on that. He needs to look at alternative way of playing that removes the Bacuna/Westwood names from his team sheet as a start.