Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[Legion]

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[eastie]

@MatKendrick: Villa: Steer, Lowton, Vlaar, Baker, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Bacuna, Albrighton, Sylla, Tonev, Kozak #avfc

[eastie]

@MatKendrick: Villa subs: Guzan, Clark, Helenius, Weimann, Bowery, Johnson, Robinson

[eastie]

@JackWoodwardAV: 7 changes. Only Vlaar, El Ahmadi, Bacuna, Tonev stay in. Kozak first start! #avfc #avtv

[Olneythelonely]

That is a desperately poor team, a lot worse than I expected.

[Dante Lavelli]

That's about right for me given the number of injuries and limited chances we'll have to test players elsewhere.

[Olneythelonely]

I'm amazed Helenius isn't getting a start.

[eastie]

@MatKendrick: Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Paulinho, Lamela, Holtby, Defoe, Sandro, Fryers, Kane. #avfc

[cheltenhamlion]

Albrighton rather than Helenius? Odd. Let's hope that he has a point to prove and takes some confidence from it.

[eastie]

@MatKendrick: Tottenham subs: Subs: Gomes, Soldado, Naughton, Townsend, Dembele, Dawson, Chadli. #avfc

[taylorsworkrate]

Tottenham look a really big price at 21/20 (paddypower) now.

[eastie]

Spurs much stronger line up than i expected - fear this is asking too much of our starting line up to win this

[PaulWinch again]

Spurs side looks pretty good to me. I think we'll struggle badly, but come on Villa.

[Smirker]

I'll be furious if we go out of the cup tonight.

[olaftab]

It's effectively 8 changes from regular team. This is the sort of selection where I start questioning the Managers motives. Neglecting cups is not a good thing.