Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Sunday afternoon.

[Richard Richard]

Bent on the bench again.

[eastie]

Unchanged- must admit I expected bent to be in the starting line up today.

Friedal dropped for lloris

[PeterWithesShin]

Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar (c), Clark, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, Albrighton, Holman, Agbonlahor, Benteke.

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa are unchanged for the clash with Tottenham.
The team that started the match against West Brom gets the nod at White Hart Lane too.
That means Brad Guzan in goal, Fabian Delph partnering Karim El Ahmadi and Gabby Agbonlahor alongside Christian Benteke up top.
In other news, Brad Friedel loses his place for Tottenham, meaning his top-flight consecutive appearance record is at an end.

VILLA: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar (c), Clark, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, Albrighton, Holman, Agbonlahor, Benteke. Subs: Given, Bent, N'Zogbia, Lichaj, Bannan, Westwood, Weimann.

TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Gallas, Caulker, Dempsey, Lennon, Bale, Dembele, Sandro, Defoe. Subs: Huddlestone, Adebayor, Dawson, Sigurdsson, Friedel, Falque, Townsend.

[PeterWithesShin]

Big Brad's run of top flight games to an end. Well done on the run Brad.

[SoccerHQ]

Pretty surprised by that, maybe Gabby will play a bit wider this game?

[Fin Feds Dad]

I expected bent to start

[PaulWinch again]

Strange but come on you Villa boys.

[eastie]

Let's hope the strikers do what they did to man city.

[Yossarian]

Surprised Bent doesn't start and Benteke does. Benteke had the touch of a pinball machine last week whereas when Bent came on he did what he was supposed to and score.

[Yossarian]

Big Brad's run of top flight games to an end. Well done on the run Brad.

Indeed that's quite an achievement.

[tarzansbrother]

I expected bent to start

I didn't after him moaning in public. Good decision by the manager as he picks the team not our players. Albrighton lucky to start. Hope their new keeper has a poor debut.

[Toronto Villa]

I watched Walcott come off the bench yesterday and score a key goal for Arsenal. Nasri,Dzeko and Aguero were all on the bench for Man City. You could make a case for all 4 being as big a reputation player as Bent is. I'm sure all of the them would have wanted to start for their teams but they didn't. Bent should have kept his mouth shut, played his part and understood that we are all having to pull together right now. No room for passengers or egos. He's a really important player for us and I hope he sees that and gets his down.

[Risso]

It'll be a good decision as long as Benteke doesn't do his impression of a baby carthorse again, with the first touch to match.