Daweii

He is the quintessential example of a guy that ignored school in the hope of becoming a pro footballer. He's lucky he got what he wanted as if he didn't he'd seriously be too thick for McDonalds.

Weimann getting the other 4? Sounds realistic to me.

I'm just getting tired of repeating the same crap over and over again.. Sure I would love him to go, but all the protests in the World are not going to change Lerner's opinion. He's very clearly not bothered what any of us think he's made that very apparent.. I just can't be bothered. If he's here next season so be it, let's hope it's better than this one but our protests aren't going to change a thing.

Top 10 by Christmas next season or I'm not even going to bother making excuses for this man again. I like to believe I have been rather lenient with him.. I'll give him another 17 games + whatever we have left of this season to show me what he can do.

Herd as captain for me.. The guy has guts and a fighting spirit. I have seen big bulky super manly defenders turn into a flinching mess after getting hit in the head. Herd got smashed in the head 3 times yesterday and not once apart from the last when Huth knocked him out did he flinch or back out of a challenge. He then comes on Twitter after the game and says he's just fine, the guy is tough and a fighter and we need that in a captain.

Not saying i disagree but who on our team is thick as shit? Gabby mainly though the rest are thick in a footballing sense players like Bannan, Bent, Hutton etc.. They are "good" (excluding Hutton) at what they do but just don't have the brain to keep up with him. They are always in the wrong places and never on his wavelength.. Maybe they will improve the more they play with him, but some just don't get what he's trying to do. I actually think Weimann, Gardner and N'Zogbia are on his wavelength much of the time.. The link up play with Weimann yesterday proved it for me, but so many in our side just don't get him.

I'm sure if he said "that bald guy you used to play with is here" he'll think about it lol.

Weimann and Bent to start up front next season.. Weimann is the missing link. Gabby I don't know where he's gonna go, may have to find a different club unless he trains hard in pre-season to be a permanent winger.

Ireland is too smart for our side.. I know it gets said every time but we have to rebuild the side around him. If we sign another lot of players that are thick as shit we'll continue to be using him at 50% of his potential.

He was unfortunate in the second half.. I think he second guessed himself given the time on the clock when he got the chance. He knew the team hadn't had many chances and didn't want to waste it. He caught himself in two minds.. Shoot and possibly score, miss and waste a chance, or pull it back and play it to Gabby in a better position. He chose the later and seemed to lose composure when he saw how many defenders were closing in on him. He'll get more composure as he has more games in the Premier League so he'll learn from this.

Carruthers didn't play tonight even though Gardner and Bannan were average.. Played out of position just like I mentioned earlier. Should have played would have probably done better, we couldn't have done any worse.

We had 7 shots 3 of which were on target.. The only shots on target were pretty much Weimann's.

Weimann gets MOTM for me without his goal this would have been a loss.. He needs to start every game from now on he's the only striker we have right now with any quality the rest are a waste of space. Ireland was good again today and Herd put in a shift until he was KO'd.. Lichaj was solid again, though the rest of our squad need to improve rapidly.

A draw isn't our fault.. Everything we've done to a Stoke player no matter how light has been given as a free kick. Our players are walking on eggshells they don't know what is a foul or not in the eyes of the ref.

A decision that was wrong has lead to Herd getting **** over..

I said it earlier if we lose it's not through lack of trying but because of the ref..

Carruthers on now!

If we lose here it's not gonna be through lack of trying it's gonna be down to the ref.

We just need to weather the storm.. Every team attacks a bit more after going down, once their adrenaline wears off we'll be free to go forward a bit more.

Feel vindicated.. Me and a few others were going on like a broken record "play weimann, play weimann, he'll be great" now he's done that.. Thank you Andi.

McLeish is even shouting from the sidelines to keep possession, pass it more and to get forward.. Much of the time. I do think if we get some better players we will start playing the kind of football we want to see. We have some of the players already they just need adding to.

From the BBC.. - Four of the previous seven Premier League meetings between the two sides, including the last two, have ended in draws. Stoke have two victories and Villa one. - Stoke are yet to win at Villa Park in the Premier League. Edit: Lol beaten..

42pts 2005/06 So after missing out on our home run this could end up being an historic record breaking season after all :? McLeish after 17 games had 19 points.. In O'Leary's last season he had 17 points after 17 games. If McLeish can't beat 42 points when at the same point in O'Leary's last season he had 2 points more he is truly bad.

Unfortunately we are now in the position where we have to hope McLeish spends it well.. We are in a situation where if we don't buy anyone we go down.. We could still go down after buying but we would have at least tried to stay up. If we went down having not spent a penny you know for a fact Sky Sports would be saying, "if only they spent in the summer" ignoring McLeish completely.

It seems better to me to play a true winger than Bannan or Gardner out of position. I play Carruthers with the intention of if it doesn't work replace him at half-time.. I think it's worth a risk though as if Albrighton was fit he'd be playing instead and right now given his form he'd be a risk as well.