Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ez]

Bent should be playing though.

He should. A 20 goal a season striker not starting is very strange.

[villadelph]

At this rate we'll have 25 points at the end of the season. 5 points from the 21 we've played for just isn't good enough. I don't know what it is but we are a well below average team at the moment. And if I hear one more supporter blame it on luck I'm going to put a feckin bullet in my head. We make our on luck boys and we look garbage, plain and simple. I want to start winning again. Lambert hasn't instilled a winning mentality in the players at all up until this point. McLeish got more out of a much more limited squad.

Fuck.

WE NEED MORE.

[Eigentor]

Two seasons ago we were in the relegation zone by New Year, but still managed to climb to ninth.

[citizenDJ]

It was a fairly even first half, really, but I think Hilts was right in that there was a sense that Spurs could play better than they were and we were just about as good as we can be.

We were second best in the second half, and in the end it was routine enough for Spurs, who look like a half-decent side.

To repeat my thoughts from the match thread, to lose at White Hart Lane isn't a disgrace in and of itself but it does put that extra pressure on us for the next game, which isn't an easy one. A draw, obviously I suppose, would have just kept us ticking over.

Anyway, five points from seven games is poor stuff, I'm afraid. I still think it'll get better, but I'm not so sure at the moment how much better.

[Jimbo]

Nobody seriously expected us to get anything here did they? It was predictable codswallop from start to finish. We might get wins against Norwich, then Reading on the 27th of November. I can't see where else a win will come from between now and then.

[The Man With A Stick]

I still think we're in better shape than this time last season, without Ginger Bollocks in charge.

[onje_villa]

Fair comments about Spurs being a top side but we were very poor today. And they missed as many sitters as we did, they're just a better team with much better players.
Feel El Ahmadi is way off the pace despite everyone banging on about his passing stats.
Midfield is responsible for a lot of our issues at the moment.

One positive, despite him being poor against the Boggies, I though Vlaar was excellent today, well done Skip.

[villa `cross the mersey]

There was absolutely nothing in it until we missed that chance. Not worried yet.

Are you related to Neville Chamberlain Steve?

[Steve R]

The only thing that worried me was the substitutions. Emptying midfield wasn't going to help our cause any more than it did against Southampton. A second goal for them was all but inevitable.

It's still very different from the game last year. Progress is still progress. As no doubt everyone will point out, if Benteke had put away one of the good chances that came his way it could have been different.

I didn't see exactly what Bennett's injury was, but it didn't look good. 

[damon loves JT]

I am afraid the last couple of seasons have affected my ability to think positively. I just don't expect us to win. It is a shite attitude but I can't shake it off.

[mrfuse]

Not going to get too upset didn't expect to win, at least we didn't roll over.

Dont agree with Bent starting, away from home against a good team that have Just beat Man United away we needed an outlet and Bent doesn't work hard enough to be that man.

Who says Bent would have been where Benteke was for the chances?

[CJ]

Expected to lose this one but if Benteke had taken one of those two chances things may have been different.  Not too concerned about losing this - they're a better team than us.  What really concerns me is losing to two of the promoted teams in the first 7 games of the season.  We needed those points on the board and we didn't get them.  Failure to pick up 4 points from the next 2 games and I think we're really in the shit - especially with both Mancs and Arsenal in November.  I think it's going to be a long hard season and PL really needs to shore up our midfield pretty sharpish

[brian green]

I wish I had never allowed the words Mentally Frail to come into my head.   Now I cannot think anything else about performances like that one and Southampton and Wet Spam.   Mentally frail.

[Richard Richard]

McLeish got more out of a much more limited squad.

Fuck.

WE NEED MORE.

Posting so soon after a defeat is probably not best for you mate, give it a few hours next time or you may come out with something as insane as this again.

[mr underhill]

too lazy to look it up but what  did we get points wise after the first 7 games last season?