JoshVilla Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 We kept a clean sheet last time, and I'd like to think that we've improved defensively since then (even if it's just slightly, especially from set pieces), and Benteke is definitely in form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Stoke have only won once this calendar year. Watch em get a second today. If you need a bad run ending, we're the team to lose it against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Gone for <2.5 goals at 8/13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) I hope for the best....this Stoke team is nowhere near as good as Liverpool last week and the players just may be waking up to the urgency of the situation before it gets too late. I'd like to see us grind out a victory similar to the Sunderland away game last November. However I'm preparing for the worst. We always lose to teams on chronically bad runs, its been happening since time immemorial. Stoke are a **** awful team to play and with their ten meathead cloggers they will go out to cripple our creativity and score from set pieces and the predictable long throw ins. Vlaar and Baker will have to be on top of their games today and not commit any stupid mistakes, but I'm kind of expecting it really. Basically we need to use our home games to pick up points and make each one like the QPR game. The away fans have been brilliant this season, but Stoke is an awful place to go. You know the ref will protect their meatheads whilst they go out to end one of our player's careers. I just pray they don't target Benteke, bunch of scumbags. The day Stoke get sent back to their rightful place in the lower leagues will be a great day for football. Edited April 6, 2013 by R.I.C.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 .this Stoke team is nowhere near as good as Liverpool . Wasn't it Stoke 3-1 Liverpool at the Britannia ? Anyway stoke have only scored 1 in their last 5 PL games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Have a feeling I am gonna get pissed off today, I foresee a individual mistake happening again. Lets hope that we really give everything we got today for 90 minutes, that is the most important thing for me today. Would be fun to see Bent given a try in the second half if he is up for it. No bannan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I have a feeling there is going to be a red card in this match Hopefully not one of our players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 We seem to be the team that clubs use to break crap runs of form so i'm not expecting a thing from todays game. Pulis will have instructed Huth and Shawcross to try and finish Benteke's season ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Benteke might well get a severe case of Huth rash today.....especially if Bannan plays. But, on the plus side, we've been passing the ball around and moving the play nicely of late, so be interesting to see how Stoke cope with football below shoulder height! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 -----------Guzan Lowton-Vlaar-Baker-Bennett --Westwood-Sylla-Delph ----Weimann--Gabby -----------Benteke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Cannot stand Stoke. Not looking forward to this one whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Can see us winning this, Stoke are a poor side. Edited April 6, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Seems to be more villa fans than stoke fans here. Hopefully we can crank up the atmosphere cause it's made a difference before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 .......................Guzan....................... Lowton.....Vlaar.......Baker.........Lichaj Gabby....Holman..Westwood..Bannan .............Weimann..Benteke............... Something a bit different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Starting 11: http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/261878/teams Guzan Lowton Vlaar Baker Bennett Sylla Westwood Bannan Weimann Benteke Agbonlahor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Noooooooo Bannan Prove me wrong suposed "mini Iniesta"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Well thats a loss then **** Bannan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Not the starting XI. This just from the villa account @AVFCOfficial: #AVFC: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar [c], Baker, Bennett, Westwood, Delph, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Bowery, Benteke. #AVFCLIVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) 4-2-4? Edited April 6, 2013 by LondonLax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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