Ratings and Reactions: Stoke 0-1 Villa

[samjp26]

Good, hard work. Managed to catch the second half and we defended solidly. Grealish is a great tool to have been we're up like that!

The whole defence looks good, including Senderos, what a start to the season!!

[KitKat]

BBC caputured this moment forever for us

 

[Ghost]

Freakish option in the poll 

[Nigel]

Match of the day, here I come!

[Dr_Pangloss]

Senderos and Cissokho played very well.

They did, Senderos was excellent in the second half particularly, he was my man of the match.

[villarule123]

[KHV]

Hutton, Sissokho, Vlaar and Senderos certainly looks a much better back four

[GNeeUs]

Our defense looks fantastic.  Add Okore and Sanchez into that..... extremely solid.

 

Love Cissoko... big, strong, solid and fast left back.  Big improvement! 

[foreveryoung]

Solid at the back. With Sanchez and benteke in I know its a long way to go but I don't see us relegation fodder

[robojoel]

Wow, I might actually enjoy this season if we carry on like that.

Defence was excellent, played as a unit and Cissokho MOM for me.

Midfield worked hard and did enough, still lacks quality

Attack was fairly dreadful but had its moments, Andi is a natural finisher and sometimes thats what you need. N'zogbia looked clueless though

 

Fair play to Lambert and Keane, all the players looked like they knew what they were doing, and unlike last season we played as a team throughout the match.

 

UTV

[John]

Get in there!!! Solid at the back and held the lead well. 3 points on the board.

[AVFCDAN]

Loving the passion showed by Senderos there, people will do well to remember this game when he eventually makes a mistake, hes clearly a decent player on his day.

 

Delph and Richardson didn't stop running all game, excellent effort all round.

[ArteSuave]

An entire defends putting in a good performance.

It brings a tear to your eye.

[Davkaus]

Freakish?

[P3te]

We are staying up say we are staying up!.. Too soon?

1/13th of the way there

[smetrov]

34 more points should do it....

[Stockport_Villain]

I'll have a bit of that. Always nice to start the season with a win

[alreadyexists]

Yes great result! Didn't get to see the match but delighted with the result. Love that freakish is an option in the poll.

[Nigel]

Senderos really surprised me today.

[R.I.C.O.]

Great win at a place we don't usually do well at. It's nice to hold on to a lead and the defense looks pretty solid all of a sudden!