OPINION
Do Aston Villa have any players available for their clash against Stoke on Saturday? Judging by the latest update on their official Twitter account, Dean Smith is going to struggle to name a squad of 18 players for the trip to the Bet365, so it is no shock to see so many Villa fans raging over the current state of the squad. Jack Grealish will “definitely” miss yet another game, which is the biggest blow of them all as Villa have won just two of 12 league games while he has been sidelined. James Chester and Axel Tuanzebe being absent doesn’t help the defence either and Lovre Kalinic being 50/50 is a worry. John McGinn is also suspended for the next two games, so Smith is going to have to pull off a miracle to get a victory at Stoke this weekend. Luckily for Villa, the Potters have been wretched this season and they could get a result. That won’t stop their pessimistic fanbase from having a good old meltdown though.
The boss provides an injury update ahead of this weekend's clash with Stoke City ??
Press conference replay ? https://t.co/PpGE5mVq3q #PartOfThePride #AVFC pic.twitter.com/Bs9M3sQaXN
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 21, 2019
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Is the physio still the same bloke that took 2 months to get Ron Vlaar fit from a calf strain?
— glyn lloyd (@cabmanglyn) February 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/Rick_avfc1/status/1098578786226970625
Medical staff are a joke
— Matty talbot ? (@talbotm33) February 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/BenRyanY/status/1098578188345753600
Haha no on the bench at stoke then crazy
— ?ANDREW? ?????????? (@Villa19UTV) February 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/ElliotBennettAV/status/1098585210394955781
Noooooo
— Dan (@villanews11) February 21, 2019
Wtf are the medical staff doing… as clueless as half of the players.
— Matthew_AVFC (@MatthewAVFC01) February 21, 2019