Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[villajk]

If it makes anybody feel any better we've a friggin 25 minute wait at Milton Keynes.  What a crap night.

[Mazrim]

If it makes anybody feel any better we've a friggin 25 minute wait at Milton Keynes.  What a crap night.

You have my sympathies.

[villajk]

If it makes anybody feel any better we've a friggin 25 minute wait at Milton Keynes.  What a crap night.

You have my sympathies.

Thank you.  A bit of solidarity doesn't go amiss under the circumstances.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I got to the pub a minute before kick off so didn't see any of the build up. I thought we were superb tonight for the first 37 seconds.

Then... I witnessed probably the most gutless, inept, pathetic, spineless, effortless, lilly livered shower of shite in many a year.

A centre back at right back, a right back on the wing, a defensive striker on the other wing, two centre backs and left back who make the same fucking mistakes every week as well as a central midfielder with the stamina of an asthmatic donkey. An £18m striker who can't score from more than 6 yards out. 

A £10m winger who has shown his best form over the last two games gets dropped and a drunk driver gets to play before a young kid who can cross a ball to our forwards.

As for bringing on Delph on 85 minutes what the fuck was the point in that? How the fuck does Heskey even get on the subs bench? I wouldn't give him the steam off my piss never mind £60,000 a week. I don't give a fuck that he runs around a lot. Give me £600 a week and i'll do the same - and i won't fall over as much as that tumbling bear.

A few weeks back McLeish said he would drop anyone who wouldn't follow his instructions, particularly with regard to defending set pieces. So, take a look at Adebayor's first goal..how similar to Ballotelli's a few weeks back? As for the 2nd goal tonight? You wouldn't see that at West Smethwick Park.

Still, with Randy worried about his kid at school, General Krulak teaching at another school and that helpless Paul Faulkner in charge is it any wonder we're in the state we are? It's no wonder the players don't perform when there is no leadership on any level within our club.

Fair play to those that wasted more money going to Spurzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz tonight.

[CJ]

If it makes anybody feel any better we've a friggin 25 minute wait at Milton Keynes.  What a crap night.

If it's any consolation my son was watching it in a bar in Reykjavik with beer at £5.80 a bottle!

[Matt C]

I picked a good time to be far away from the UK by the sounds of it.

Two clubs not all that long ago fighting similar battles now heading in very different directions.

[villajk]

If it makes anybody feel any better we've a friggin 25 minute wait at Milton Keynes.  What a crap night.

If it's any consolation my son was watching it in a bar in Reykjavik with beer at £5.80 a bottle!

He has my sympathy but it's no consolation as I've had no alcohol.  I could murder a beer or glass of wine mind, but not allowed.

[Iago]

We looked awful and disjointed, and made elementary mistakes. Embarrassing to be associated with the club.

[Pete3206]

I suggest McCleish tries this in midfield, rather than Heskey for the next game.

[Dave Clark Five]

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

Don't expect this in January.

[Ray Graydon]

Just feel gutted, there was just so many things wrong

The set up of the team was all wrong, spineless, cowardly & lacking any pretence of going for a victory. This is exactly what the noses kept telling me he would bring to the club & it looks like they were right. I can accept a loss if we have give it a go but we were second best by such a margin it was frightening.

Mcleish needs to realise that sort of shit might be acceptable across the city but we deserve & expect better. His interview afterwards on 5live bemoaned missed chances - "if we had took our couple of chances it would have been a different game". Fuck me if Spurs had took theirs it could have been 10!!! Take some fucking responsibility for your team selection!!

We have no creativity, can't hold the ball & played without any fighting spirit, it needs to change & quick. We lack leaders on the pitch & haven't the players or the tactical awareness to  change a game when things start to go against us.

I don't just blame Mcleish, the players need to front up & produce better than what was on show tonight.

Clark & Albrighton must be wondering how they can't get a game when we are performing like this, but certain players seem to play like shite week in & week out but are guarrenteed selection (collins, Hutton, Heskey). I hope we don't lose our young talent because we keep playing players who have had more than enough chances.

I think we will be in real trouble come the New Year but hope i'm wrong.

Performances like this just aren't good enough & it's been a while since I've felt that this is just the beginning, the worst is yet to come. Mcleish shouldn't underestimate the effect a performance like this can have on a season.

He & the players better come out fighting against Swansea.

[eamonn]

Haven't read the thread, and only caught brief highlights on SkySportsNews.
This evening I was asked to volunteer and pack up some shoe boxes full of toys wrapped in Christmas wrapping that are being sent to disadvantaged kids in Russia, the Ukraine and parts of Africa next month. So I did.
A bit annoyed about missing the match but not majorly. I thought we would have showed some bottle at least but by the sounds of things we certainly didn't and I'm glad I didn't stay in to watch us show how a new mediocrity has tightened it's grip on the Villa.

[Vanilla]

'Our game plan is, don't concede a goal'.

'What do we do boss if we concede a goal'.

'Just keep kicking ball about until ref blows for full time'.

Game summed up by when Gabby took the ball down the left wing, turned around and saw no one and was forced to pass it back in the direction of the half way line.

[Ray Graydon]

I suggest McCleish tries this in midfield, rather than Heskey for the next game.

Let's get the signing on fee sorted & put it straight in against Swansea!!

[coreyfeldman]

bent is playing so badly at the moment and gabby is playing so well, why are we playing gabby through the middle? he's our only goal threat. as to heskey playing another 90 minutes as a midfielder?? fuck me what's happening to our club, where's the positivity??