Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

I don't think this will be any good for confidence.

[Tuscans]

Fair do's but we're pretty shite!

[NorthYvillan]

how was that not "foot up"?

[Louzie0]

Fight back starts here

[richard moore]

Oh well, we can focus on the league now (cliche number 141) and at this rate, we might well need to..

[Tuscans]

I will be shocked if we don't concede any less than 5 against Man.City

[pauliewalnuts]

What worries me is that there's a thin line between building something and just becoming the next Wigan, bobbing along and surviving on the cheap.

I don't think we are doing that yet but one thing I thought we really needed to do in the summer was buy better players than we had.

We didn't though, I suspect we've just bought more from the same place we did our shopping last year.

I worry that this is going to become another season of struggle when I see nothing to suggest technical improvement.

Spurs are now in a totally different galaxy to us, which I can accept but it makes me shudder when we get the ball and fail to string two passes together, as that's something we do far too much still.

[mrfuse]

how was that not "foot up"?

I thought that, anywhere else on the pitch it would have been given.

[SamTheMouse]

Who is this fat useless twat of a referee?

[Villafirst]

Worrying lack of quality in depth. Has Lerner bothered to come across this season?

[PaulWinch again]

What worries me is that there's a thin line between building something and just becoming the next Wigan, bobbing along and surviving on the cheap.

I don't think we are doing that yet but one thing I thought we really needed to do in the summer was buy better players than we had.

We didn't though, I suspect we've just bought more from the same place we did our shopping last year.

I worry that this is going to become another season of struggle when I see nothing to suggest technical improvement.

Spurs are now in a totally different galaxy to us, which I can accept but it makes me shudder when we get the ball and fail to string two passes together, as that's something we do far too much still.

Exactly, what is the point if you don't strive for something other than survival?

[Toronto Villa]

Reporting in from VP. I can confirm that it is a tight race to see who is the most shit tonight between us and the ref. I think we are just about edging it.

[Tom_Mc9?]

In which case tell the fans before they buy tickets that we're not fussed with the cup and won't be putting a competitive team out.

To be fair you must have expected us to play this kind of line up before going?

[ozzjim]

People need to just accept that against the top sides refs will not be fair 90% of the time.

[SoccerHQ]

Oh well, we can focus on the league now (cliche number 141) and at this rate, we might well need to..

Rich, you'll be delighted to hear me say now this is not 2007 anymore and Spurs are finally the real deal.