Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[villajk]

Train just left Euston.

That was an awful performance.  No positives that I can think of to say about it.  What a waste of time and money.

[curiousorange]

Wake me up when we show some sodding ambition, please.

[Greg N'Ash]

Absolutely dire. A deadly combination of no desire, no ability and no belief.

Looking at our upcoming fixtures I'm expecting some giant 'We told you so' banners in the Holte End around mid January.

Aye. said when he arrived it would be a carcrash and my opinion hasn't changed. Its like Graham at spurs - any other manager would have been given a bit of leeway but the ABAM contigent will make sure its a battle of wills between themselves and Lerner. He really knows nowt about the culture of english football

[Louzie0]

Sell Bent?  Are you mad?

he's a shadow of his form last season. he likes it passed on the floor to his feet - not something he's gonna get in an AM team

He's had it enough to be 5th with Gabby on the premiership scoring table.
Why on earth would we break up a partnership like that?

Forget tonight.  As Scarlett said, tomorrow is another day.

[Stu]

It was spineless and exactly the way he played so often in his previous job. Sorry, but much more of that, and as far as I am concerned, he can fuck off.

The thing is we ALL knew that it was going to be like this. I can't believe he's our manager, he's fucking shit, what were the board thinking?

He was an utterly dreadful appointment which stank of a lack of ambition back in the summer, now the proof is on the pitch.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Even when they were getting 9th they were playing defensively and scored an average of a goal a game. He wasn't setting the world on fire with brilliant attacking displays.

That may have something to do with the fact he never had a striker. I take it we're not going to class Cameron Jerome as a striker.

And he has been playing Delph as a defensive midfielder all season with Petrov getting forward more. I agree with the rest of your concerns though.

Unsurprisingly, Delph basically failed as a defensive midfielder, so why persist, even if it was only for 5 minutes. There's a good footballer in there but not a defensive midfielder. As for Petrov, apart from cutting Bale in half, I forgot he was playing tonight.

[Small Rodent]

That was awful. If this was Italy there would be allegations of match-fixing. If it was the FA Cup we would have been derided.

But astonishingly when I look at the table, the only team above us I'm surprised at is Newcastle.

[Compass]

Newcastle believed in themselves against Spurs and it paid off. We just took it from behind and that's unforgivable. I just can't see why any fan would make up excuses for a manager who sets us up that way.

[JUAN PABLO]

Lee Clarke , paul Lambert or Brendan Rodgers . Anyone please .

[jonzy85]

Midfield of Hutton - Herd - Petrov - Heskey......is that our worst ever?

I almost felt sorry for the defence with that in front of them. Herd looked out of his depth tonioght, but that might be a bit harsh  considering what he was being asked to do.

It seemed that Herd was supposed to be keeping an eye on VDV, which left Petrov chasing the shadows between Modric and Parker. The two lads up front looked lost.

How did AMcL think the game would turn out any other way than it did? Like a lot of posters, I have been reluctant to get on his back, but that line up, then the reluctance to change it was terrible management.

Gary Neville and Danny Murphy in as co-managers....at least they can spot the problems!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Gary Neville and Danny Murphy in as co-managers....at least they can spot the problems!

Southgate and Townsend had it spot on too. They were very objective and had nothing good to say about us. I got the feeling they were embarrassed for us.

[SteveD]

A performance and team reflective of the club in general - no ambition. If you're going to park a bus, at least make sure it's not on bricks. Spurs have moved way ahead of us (they are turning down the likes of £30m for Modric, we're buying Hutton), so the result is no surprise. What was disappointing was the overall attitude. They were chasing a third when we were either too inept to keep the ball or interested enough to push forward looking for one. I've absolutely no issue with where McLeish comes from either, couldn't give a monkeys. He just happens to be the horse for the particularly aimless course we're on.

[Louzie0]

Newcastle believed in themselves against Spurs and it paid off. We just took it from behind and that's unforgivable. I just can't see why any fan would make up excuses for a manager who sets us up that way.

'Not only a draw would be extremely difficult to get, but a win would be impossible. Come on now, use your head. We have a non-existent midfield, a collapsible defence and a tactically clueless manager. Gabby won't have the ability to one man our team to a draw against a top 6 on form side away from home, nevermind a victory.'
(Pre-match thread)


So, goodness me. You must be very happy.  We lost a match and you foretold it.  Glee!!  Who do we shoot first?

Can we keep enough players to turn out against Swansea?

[Hopadop]

The Spurs fans around me were moaning that they should have had five or six, and that their goal difference wasn't improved enough.

That was it. No question they weren't going to win comfortably after the first 30 seconds. We've become goal difference fodder.

[Greg N'Ash]

Midfield of Hutton - Herd - Petrov - Heskey......is that our worst ever?

I almost felt sorry for the defence with that in front of them. Herd looked out of his depth tonioght, but that might be a bit harsh  considering what he was being asked to do.

It seemed that Herd was supposed to be keeping an eye on VDV, which left Petrov chasing the shadows between Modric and Parker. The two lads up front looked lost.

How did AMcL think the game would turn out any other way than it did? Like a lot of posters, I have been reluctant to get on his back, but that line up, then the reluctance to change it was terrible management.

Gary Neville and Danny Murphy in as co-managers....at least they can spot the problems!

yep. select two guy's in midfield who can't pass accurately more than 5 foot in either direction, stick in a kid and 30+ midfielder breathing out his ass.. just suicidal against a midfield like VDV, modric and parker. Even in terms of keeping the score down it looks a daft midfield