Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[Stu]

Bad tackle from Westwood, could have been a red to be fair.

[VillaAlways]

I see Dowd is being true to form so far

[PaulWinch again]

We need to get on the ball here.

[Jimbo]

Come on, Villa. Let's mash these cock-titted chicken lovers.

[Fergal]

I see Dowd is being true to form so far

Who do manyoo need to win this one?

[PaulWinch again]

Stop going long Vlaar.

[Axl Rose]

I like our energy.come on Villa! Concentrate, no pointless long balls, please.

[Stu]

All a bit dull so far.

[Fergal]

Eriksen on the bench is just the type of classy number 10 we need. Spurs made all the fanfare about buying him, now he's on the bench. I hate Spurs, it's as if teams like them, Chelsea and Man City just buy players to stop other teams buying them!

Eriken's first choice for them I'm sure. It's just that he's played two international games and Spurs have a big squad.

Just heard interesting and distressing stats on the radio. Since we last finished above Spurs in 08-09:

- Spurs gross spend is c £300m. Net spend of £4m
- Villa gross spend of c £180m, net spend of about £60m I think.

That's obviously in part because Spurs also had a much better transfer policy going into that period, meaning they could sell bit part or indeed main players for  decent price, or even super profit. We've effectively written off the values of all bar about 5 players who played for us in the four years up to last summer.

Shame really, with the money we have spent if we had been better managed we would be on a par if not miles ahead...

[Uknowthescore]

Kovac is shit would rather helenius play if benteke injured

[PaulWinch again]

Kovac is shit would rather helenius play if benteke injured

That's the spirit give him a chance.

[PaulWinch again]

We need to get the ball on the deck.

[Fergal]

We certainly need to show a bit of composure and quality today..

[PaulWinch again]

That was better.

[Malandro]

Kovac is shit would rather helenius play if benteke injured

yeah he is awful, lets sell him... or should we maybe give him more than 3 games?