Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Hillbilly]

We will win.

[Matt Collins]

Very hard to predict a Villa side these days. I think I'd go:

Guzan - lichaj vlaar Clark Bennett - albrighton kea delph - Holman - bent gabby

Subs: given Lowton Westwood bannan n'zogbia weimann benteke

Lowton has looked shakier of late and lichaj might be better against bale. I'd be surprised if bent doesn't start. Holman looked good in the hole. Delph adds more steel than bannan.

We could play more of a narrow 4 in midfield: Holman kea delph bannan. But I think this might leave us more predictable and playing in very straight lines

Gonna be a tough game whatever. We used to have a great record against spurs but that's all changed in recent years. I remember 2separate  games where we went 2-0 down at whl, only to come back and win 5-2!

[Legion]

whats a sharm bar?

A bar in Sharm, Egypt I would think.

[*shellac*]

AVB 2 - 1 AV

Bent for us, Bale and Defoe to score for Spuds.

[andyh]

Have a horrible feeling we'll get battered.
I think we'll give it a right go, but their quality will come through, and although we'll be 'plucky' and 'determined' we will still be miles behind the big boys.

4-1 Spurs.

[N'ZMAV]

I don't think we've been very convincing at the back, and our narrow midfield will not work against Spurs. Lennon and Bale will hammer us down the flanks if we don't give Lowton and Bennett any protection.

I think I'd go with this team.

Guzan

Lowton
Vlaar
Clark
Bennett

Albrighton
KEA
Delph
Holman

Bent
Agbonlahor

[N'ZMAV]

We'll lose 3-0 Bale Hat-Trick

[eastie]

2-3
       
                            Guzan

    Lowton.    Clark.      Vlaar.     Bennett

                  El ahmedi.    Delph.     Holman
         
                                  Nzogbia

                          Bent.     Gabby


Subs- given,lichaj,benteke,Weimann,bannan,herd,albrighton

[tom jennings III]

I think we're going to struggle unfortunately.

2-1 to the Cream Eggs, Holman with ours

[Risso]

A straightforward 2-0 to them.

[Chico Hamilton III]

We can't possibly play as badly as we did last year at White Hart Lane ( spineless, clueless, Heskey in left midfield...) . Although I think they'll beat us

[CJ]

We'll give them a better game than last year but sadly think we'll still lose =- 3-1 to them

[supertommykN'iba]

2-2, Bent & Vlaar with a late equaliser.

[darren woolley]

3-0 Spurs.

[Villafirst]

4-4 As a few years ago. I seem to recall we were 4-1 up with 20 minutes to go in that game.....then super sub Marlon Harewood came on.