Ratings and Reactions: Villa - Stoke

[Jonoridge91]

 

Clark and Vlaar guilty for their first goal

Not sure what Clark could have done. Hutton lost his man and Vlaar missed the header. 

 

Hutton didn't lose anything. The goal came from the left didn't it? If anyone it was Delph if I remember. 

 

Still can't believe we just lost that. To think a draw would of moved us out of relegation. Now we've actually dropped another place down.

[maqroll]

I'd take Guzan out of goal too that guy is just to used to letting goals in.

He wasn't at fault for either goal

[Newry_Villan]

No doubt Sherwood will have had his eyes opened as to how blatantly below average we are.  He has his work cut out.  If he keeps us up it will be a miracle.  I bet he can't wait to mark his stamp on the squad in the summer.

[Fab]

That was poor. 

[Marka Ragnos]

 

 

After that horrible first 90 minutes, I can't believe people have the temerity to blame Vlaar. Yes, he screwed up badly. He knows it, no question. But the match was already lost.

But it was 1-1 and looked like it would end that way.

You can't defend the touch. Boot it out do anything but don't take that touch. We're scrapping for points. A draw would have been an improvement and stopped a run of 6 losses on the bounce. A captain should know this. A captain should know that with 2 mins stoppage left we have what we hold. 1 point is a dam sight better than no points when your scrapping.

Now we're 19th and have another L beside our names. Nothing to build on and nothing to salvage from what prior to the game was a happy Villa Park.

 

If Villa's only problem this year were that our captain didn't know how to do his job for one millisecond, we wouldn't be in the drop zone. I blame Vlaar for mucking it up badly, but I refuse to indulge in overstating his role in our loss. I'm sure he feels destroyed.

Edited February 21, 2015 by Shifted To Neutral

[Neil]

Lambert mkII. I don't blame the manager(s), and I don't even blaim the players for being at the level of their relative costs...book stops at the owner for me.

[switters]

Sanchez struggled badly in 2nd half but we were just outnumbered in the middle so I don't know if he deserves all the blame for that. Sherwood needed to make a change in formation 'cause Sinclair and Agbonlahor were not in the game at this point and we were losing it in CM.

 

the approach was a positive one to start with but when you lose control of the match, you have to switch things around. 

[Marka Ragnos]

Lambert mkII. I don't blame the manager(s), and I don't even blaim the players for being at the level of their relative costs...book stops at the owner for me.

Word!

[foreveryoung]

Hope sherwood learns from this one. First game in charge, an should make changes for the next game. Players still not playing at 100%, needs Sherwood to remind them 'loudly' of this, an that it won't be tolerated in the position we are in.

[chappy]

Absolutely dire second half by both teams. Moment of total idiocy by Vlaar. We are really in the scheisse. Clark motm, Sinclair the only other who comes out with any credit. Devastated.

[Shaw_nuff]

Lambert mkII. I don't blame the manager(s), and I don't even blaim the players for being at the level of their relative costs...book stops at the owner for me.

Book... LOL

[Hanky]

Well that's confirmed something I already knew. Those players are absolutely appalling. They can't even do the basics properly. We're going down.

[Don_Simon]

The worst thing is it doesnt even hurt anymore. Its anticipated, expected and dealt with. My son is going to severely dislike me for bringing him up as a Villa fan.

[bojong]

After that horrible first 90 minutes, I can't believe people have the temerity to blame Vlaar. Yes, he screwed up badly. He knows it, no question. But the match was already lost.

But it was 1-1 and looked like it would end that way.

You can't defend the touch. Boot it out do anything but don't take that touch. We're scrapping for points. A draw would have been an improvement and stopped a run of 6 losses on the bounce. A captain should know this. A captain should know that with 2 mins stoppage left we have what we hold. 1 point is a dam sight better than no points when your scrapping.

Now we're 19th and have another L beside our names. Nothing to build on and nothing to salvage from what prior to the game was a happy Villa Park.

If Villa's only problem this year were that our captain didn't know how to do his job for one millisecond, we wouldn't be in the drop zone. I blame Vlaar for mucking it up badly, but I refuse to indulge in overstating his role in our loss. I'm sure he feels destroyed.

Of course it isn't Vlaar's fault we are where we are and I'm sure he feels bad and cares, and I like him a lot, but he clearly cost us the game. And I'm afraid this could be a much bigger than one lost point. Without his mistake we'd be 17th and psychologically I think that could have made a massive difference. I certainly would feel much more confident. We didn't play well, but it would have been acceptable result and kept us above QPR and Burnley. Now we're chasing them and I don't like that setting.

[El Zen]

I find myself in a kind of state of denial. Surely we aren't this bad? Surely there is more than enough talent in our side to keep us safe? Everything is going to be ok in the end, isn't it? I just can't see us going down. In a way it's like a cognitive dissonance because, good grief, we aren't very good at all and we can certainly go down.

I'm trying to figure out exactly what is wrong and there is nothing specific that jumps out. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of wrong with the club that is manifesting itself on the pitch. Even with a new manager in place we seem to be in utter limbo. Lambert didn't create the mess that is at the core of our troubles but he couldn't fix it either. Can Tim? I'm scared.

Edited February 21, 2015 by Michelsen

[JimmyRimmersGloves]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM  TS We go on to the next bit like we go again????

[poitier]

Well, that was like watching one of our toothless possession-based performances minus the possession.

 

It was a very poor game that we probably didn't deserve to lose, but I am genuinely shocked at how badly the team played today and that Sherwood didn't change things up in the second half.

[NurembergVillan]

Got Manchester City on the telly now.  It's like watching a different sport.

[Chap of Steel]

Bit harsh to compare Sherwood to Lambert after one game in charge.

Unfortunately though time is running out - and fast.

Best we can hope for is that Sherwood makes the necessary squad/tactical changes and we pick up some points very soon.

2 shots on target against Stoke is very disappointing, though.

[The Fun Factory]

Goodbye Gary, hello Manish.