Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Sunday evening.

[eastie]

A win today could see us move up 6 places into the top 9 and only 4 points behind spurs so this IS a huge game -players coming back into fitness and the transfer window almost here- things may not be as bad as some think!

[Irreverent ad]

Delph starts!

Agbonlahor returns. But Young is out!

[PaulWinch again]

Come on you Villa boys

[Linus]

Where's the creativity in midfield? Bannan on the bench? Delph preferred over Reo-Coker? Wow. Thank fuck I'm too ill to go

[eastie]

Delph and who in centre midfield?hogg?

[Ian.]

Young out, suspicious. Hmm.

Good luck young Delph, fingers crossed he comes through this game ok.

[TaxDodger]

Let's not be at home to Mr Cock Up today Villa.

[PaulWinch again]

I am delighted to see Delph back, bit concerned about him starting but he must be ok.

[kieron]

Friedel; Lichaj, Cuellar, Collins, Warnock; Albrighton, Delph, Hogg, Downing; Agbonlahor, Heskey.

Subs: Guzan, Pires, Delfouneso, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Clark, Bannan.

[Shrek]

What a fucking joke, Hogg instead of NRC??? What the fuck?

[Ian.]

To be fair I think if Delph needs to come off NRC is his replacement. Delph needs games to get fit.

In the long run Delph is our way forward not NRC, and lets face it we aint in the running for top spot are we.

[eastie]

Strong bench - petrov or nige for hogg and we would look pretty solid- interesting to see how this team plays without ash as it could soon become the norm.

[TaxDodger]

Delph instead of Bannan? Can he really be match fit?

[supertom]

What a fucking joke, Hogg instead of NRC??? What the fuck?

Strange one yes. Maybe Nige isn't quite fit enough yet, but then again, Delph is playing.
Hoggy has been playing well mind you, so deserves to keep his spot to be fair.

It's a gamble playing Delph this soon, so hopefully it pays off.

2 up front is good to see. We need goals.