Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[The Situation]

I think the post-2nd goal wrist slashing has clouded the performance overall up to their first.  I thought we were equal if not slightly better, given Benteke should have given us the lead.  But AVB really has them set up as a counterattacking team and the lucky goal played exactly into their hands.

Absolutely, we were very comfortable up until that fluke of a goal, then it was only after that they looked better than us.

However, the table doesn't lie and after 7 games we have the not so grand total of 5 points.  We needed to buy some quality in the summer but we bought a load of kids instead.  That's a noble ambition if you've just had a comfortable season before, but we didn't, and we can't afford the luxury of letting so many players come to terms with Premier League football all at once.  It's a recipe for disaster.

Aston Villa is not a child sex trafficking buisness

[villa `cross the mersey]

We have four or five players adjusting to playing in the Premier League, the "old boys" are coming to terms with a new style of football and people still expect us to win every game.
Patience is a virtue (to coin a phrase) and just as long as we the fans and the board show a bit of patience I feel certain that PlL's vision will pay off. It's going to take years rather than months.
Some of our current squad won't cut the mustard and it's up to PL to weed them out and bring in players that will improve the squad, but that will take at least two or three transfer windows to show whether or not he's the man for the job.

By which time we will be in the Championship and it will be too fecking late - patience may well be a virtue however in the modern game results matter more than anything else. Personally I have seen nothing in this manager that suggests we will be anything other than strugglers. Maybe, just maybe we will take that step down and come back stronger but its far too much of a gamble to take.

[ktvillan]

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

I think we were unlucky.  Nice knowing you.

[PaulWinch again]

I think we'll be fine as I've seen enough from some of the players to suggest they'll be good. However we need to play our best players like Bent and bed the likes of Benteke in gradually. Learn from your mistakes Mr Lambert.

Lambert acting the hard man today?

Well precisely that sort of pettiness can not be afforded. Bent had scored his last two games and should have been playing.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Calm down. We did ok. Focus on winning the winnable games eg Norwich and Fulham

Any game is winnable.

[The Situation]

For all of us that thought it couldn`t be any worse than the "Scottish Manager"- Is Lambert any better? He seems just as tactically inept as McLeish and with a similar stubborn streak. Fitness wise we seem to run out of steam in every game.
I have a feeling that Bent will be replaced by Holt in January  - Its all very well saying its early days and all that shit but we really do look poor and I faill to see where the improvement is gonna come from in this squad of players.

Dude chill out. You're overreacting. Get some fresh air.

[mrastonvilla]

Calm down. We did ok. Focus on winning the winnable games eg Norwich and Fulham

This

We'll be fine

[PeterWithesShin]

Apparently results and the table don't lie as it shows us near the bottom. So it won't lie that 3 of our 4 defeats came against sides in the top 8. And that we've only played 2 of the rest of the current bottom half. Disgraceful, sack everyone associated with the club.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I think the post-2nd goal wrist slashing has clouded the performance overall up to their first.  I thought we were equal if not slightly better, given Benteke should have given us the lead.  But AVB really has them set up as a counterattacking team and the lucky goal played exactly into their hands.

Absolutely, we were very comfortable up until that fluke of a goal, then it was only after that they looked better than us.

However, the table doesn't lie and after 7 games we have the not so grand total of 5 points.  We needed to buy some quality in the summer but we bought a load of kids instead.  That's a noble ambition if you've just had a comfortable season before, but we didn't, and we can't afford the luxury of letting so many players come to terms with Premier League football all at once.  It's a recipe for disaster.

Aston Villa is not a child sex trafficking buisness

Would have made an interesting poll question not much over a year ago though.

Who would you prefer as Villa manager ?  Alex Mcleish or Jimmy Saville ?

[Proposition Joe]

Apparently results and the table don't lie as it shows us near the bottom. So it won't lie that 3 of our 4 defeats came against sides in the top 8. And that we've only played 2 of the rest of the current bottom half. Disgraceful, sack everyone associated with the club.

And if it doesn't lie, Liverpool are also for the drop along with us I assume?

[The Situation]

Nice to see the Negative Nancy's are back this week.

[Pete3206]

Boo fucking hoo.

Had chances, wasted them. Punished by the better side. Fulham next, move on.

I wasn't aware that you had to throw the towel in after 7 games.

[eastie]

Think lambert cut off his nose to spite his face with leaving bent out- albrighton is not good enough at this level and Delph looks poor - decent enough 1st half but wrong team selections  have helped towards this defeat- bent had scored in his last 2 games and should have started.

[Legion]

Darren Bent needs to start against Fulham.

[nick harper]

I'm just fed up of expecting to lose. Our results in 2012 must be among the worst in the club's entire history. Lambert has an enormouse job to change my mindset.