Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Right well the decision not to pick Bent was a mistake, the chances missed by Benteke were absolute sitters. I'm not writing Benteke off, but Bent is a proven scorer and had scored in last two league games and should have played. I'm not panicking but one worry is that when we are behind the changes Lambert makes seem to empty the midfield completely and isolate the strikers and they haven't been remotely successful. We need to start getting some wins.

We were losing last week and Lambert's sub scored the goal.

Agreed, but I'm thinking of Southampton and this game. Also he dropped the player who got that goal, which doesn't really send the right message.

[AvFc4eVeR]

I will start to worry if we get to November on less than 9 points. Any less than that going into Nov fixtures and we better hope there are 3 or 4 teams worse than us!

[PaulWinch again]

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.

I'm the same and unfortunately it seems like a lot of the players share it.

[ez]

Was anyone else halfway off their seat as Benteke met that cross? Ho hum.

[Witton Warrior]

Fulham away and Norwich at home, must take a minimum of 4 points otherwise we're deep in the shit.

What I am thinking.
Starting to think the "must win this" thoughts when looking at playing shit teams at home...

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

And if I hear one more supporter blame it on luck I'm going to put a feckin bullet in my head. 

I haven't heard anybody saying we have been unlucky.

As far as I can tell the arguments have all revolved around whether at this point in time we are seriously shit or moderately shit, becoming more shittier or less shittier, where the blame lies for us getting into this shit in the first place, and what methods needs to be used to extract us from the aforementioned shit.

[villadelph]

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.

Insane?!

Buddy, we lost to West ham and got walloped by Southampton.. where do you expect to get wins?

Results, and only results, matter.

[Goldie.7]

You just know after the break we be piss poor again, happens after every international also Norwich need points and their playing us so it's almost a guarantee they'll win.

[Witton Warrior]

Was anyone else halfway off their seat as Benteke met that cross? Ho hum.

Like last week when he robbed the ball and advanced on goal before not scoring?

[Malandro]

thought we would get totally creamed today, so not all bad.

[villadelph]

Some of your expectations are far too low.

[Richard Richard]

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.

I'm the same and unfortunately it seems like a lot of the players share it.

Me too, perhaps thats why i'm so relaxed over this defeat, were just to familiar with it.

[claret and blue blood]

We are in dire need of a DM, who wins the ball for us in midfield ? I was 10% optimistic we could win here but the other 90% was proved right.Patience and the holding of nerves are going to prove a real test for us fans, but what choice have we got ? Any one else think Chris Herd could have played today ?

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

At half time at 0-0 I was pleased with how we had kept it at 0-0 and asked for us to be a little more patient in the last third and retain the ball better.
The problem we had was that we were playing as well as we could and our substitutions made us worse - their substitutions improved them. Darren Bent is just the type of striker we needed when we purchased Heskey, as a struggling side he offers the square root of fuck all unless he is 6 yards from goal. Sadly a pitch is 110 yards. The fact of the matter is we're not good enough. Delph, Bannan and Albrighton have all started games this season and they're clearly not good enough. El Ahmadi doesn't instill me in confidence when we play 4-4-2. Holman, you can't fault his effort or work rate but the quality is championshipesque. As for the youngsters like Bennett, Lowton and Benteke, they need to be given time, but it would help their development if they were playing with experienced premiership players and not the likes Delph, Bannan and Albrighton.
Spurs are a million miles ahead of us, the diffference being they have an astute business man who knows his football in Daniel Levy, we have Lerner who doesn't give a fuck.
Even West fucking Brom are better than us and it fucking hurts like hell.

[VillaAlways]

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

I hate to worry you but it was 11 and we were unbeaten