Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Post-Match Thread

[Somniloquism]

Spurs deserved the win, and we gave a decent account of ourselves. Good to see Benteke back.

But I can I take this opportunity to say how much I find the presence of Phil Dowd at Villa Park distasteful in the extreme. He should be banned.

He is indeed a cxxt!

I couldn't believe he let the blatant tug on Gabby in the first five minutes go without a caution. It was cynical and Gabby could have been through and past the covering defender. But I didn't really see much wrong from him today which was actually shocking.

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[saunders_heroes]

Another thing, I can't be the only one who is sick to the back teeth of seeing away fans spilling onto our pitch in delight so often these days. Lerner should open his wallet just for that reason alone. We lose way too many home games. It's embarrassing.

[Walmley_Villa]

When will an opposition keeper win MOM? We never seem to work an opposition keeper.

The result was no surprise and you spend money and get quality. Desperately missing a creative midfielder!

[Matt Collins]

Bacuna playing very well. Do think him in front of Lowton is worth a shout. Would be a mix between width and stability

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Spurs deserved win.

When Benteke came on, it gave the whole team a lift and I thought an equaliser looked on the cards.

Their second goal killed us off completely and it could've been a bigger defeat. Two great saves from Guzan.

Delph played well (though over did it at times - trying to do too much and got his obligatory yellow card for stupid tackle).

Phil Dowd is a extremely poor referee. It can't be just our games he does it in (if it is, then we're incedibly unlucky), so it begs the question why is he still allowed to ref?

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Ad@m has it nailed down; we lost to a team who were better than us last season by some distance and who have spent another £100 million. How are you supposed to compete with that on a regular basis?

Roll on December when we play mid-table at best dross like Fulham, Palace and Man United. I would love to have seen how many points one of the Sky luvies would have had after our bloody start.

[Stu]

Another thing, I can't be the only one who is sick to the back teeth of seeing away fans spilling onto our pitch in delight so often these days.

Have to agree, that is becoming A Thing.

[Phil from the upper holte]

We do desperately need to start buying a couple of £8-£12 million players each window now. We have the basis of a solid squad, but we need to start adding quality.

i think you'll be disappointed if you want that sort of investment.

We clearly need to buy better players than those we have, but the days of that sort of investment are over.

How much was Kozak? I ask because it doesn't say on wiki.. I think that money should have been saved and spent in January on a decent midfielder, I think £8m for a midfielder is possible it's just Lambert doesn't spend big. The lack of creativity is a very big worry.

[olaftab]

I take my hat off to the lady (yes down graded now) after this comment in pre match!

Susanna Reid has backed spurs to win 2-0
Slag

porcelain bitch no personality.

[olaftab]

Another thing, I can't be the only one who is sick to the back teeth of seeing away fans spilling onto our pitch in delight so often these days.

Have to agree, that is becoming A Thing.

I hate them being close to the touchline. I think we should restrict them to the upper tier.

[Somniloquism]

Kozak looked woeful. He doesn't appear to be able to win headers, he's slower than any striker I've seen in a long time and considering his size, the ease with which he's brushed off the ball is embarrassing. I truly hope he comes good but I'm not impressed so far.

This for me. Due to illness and holiday, this was my first live viewing of him. When Benteke was first starting, you could see the quality he possessed even though he was very raw. But with Kozak, there doesn't seem to be anything. His flick ons were awful, passing awful, reactions slow and was pushed off the ball very easily. Benteke showed in the first 5 mins what Kozak doesn't have a fraction of. It should have been a half time changeover, instead fans chanted for his introduction which probably wouldn't help with any confidence Kozak has. The other problem with playing Kozak is we hoof more then when Benteke is on.

[Stu]

Spurs deserved the win, and we gave a decent account of ourselves. Good to see Benteke back.

But I can I take this opportunity to say how much I find the presence of Phil Dowd at Villa Park distasteful in the extreme. He should be banned.

He is indeed a cxxt!

I couldn't believe he let the blatant tug on Gabby in the first five minutes go without a caution. It was cynical and Gabby could have been through and past the covering defender. But I didn't really see much wrong from him today which was actually shocking.

Agreed again; that should have been a booking, but Westwood was lucky not to have seen a red. Not much wrong with Dowd today IMO.

[eastie]

Bacuna playing very well. Do think him in front of Lowton is worth a shout. Would be a mix between width and stability

Yep in place of either kea or Westwood - need to  add some width to our game and creativity in midfield.

[silhillvilla]

The narrow formation is a nightmare, it didn't work last season and it sure won't work in 2013/14 or ever. Just hope it doesn't take lambert til February again to realise the error of his ways.