Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Post-Match Thread

[Rudy65]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

[Rudy65]

Comment from the Guardian - on the money I think. He needs to find a different approach to home games....

Villa struggling to stamp authority at home

So Aston Villa's search for successive home Premier League wins in the same season goes on. August 2010 was the last time it happened. On the face of it there is no crime in being unable to beat Manchester City and Spurs back-to-back. But it was not so much the result against Spurs as the performance. Paul Lambert, the Villa manager, said: "I didn't think there was much in that."

A personal view would be that Spurs were playing within themselves while Villa, until Christian Benteke came on, looked toothless and devoid of ideas. Look at the stats: Villa had 31% possession in the first half, a figure that increased to 37% come the end. In total Villa made 309 passes, Spurs made 532. Villa were the home team. It is hard to know what their game-plan is at times at Villa Park, where they so often struggle to impose themselves on opponents (we've debated the need for a 'No10' before). From the midfield trio through to the three up front, only Fabian Delph emerged with any credit against Spurs. There is no doubt that Lambert will not be impressed that André Villas-Boas, the Spurs manager, talked for the second time this season about Villa playing "long balls".

Villa are not a team that bangs it aimlessly from back to front (not that AVB said they were). And there is no doubt they carry a real threat on the counter-attack. But is there another way of playing that involves keeping the ball more, especially at home?
Stuart James

The Guardian are spot on. Possession says it all

[Rudy65]

Someone mentioned earlier on the thread that the most shocking thing about losing again is that it doesn't hurt as much as it used to.  It's getting the same for me

This is exactly how i feel about yesterday. I hate betting on us to lose but at home it's easy money i wish it wasn't and we were solid but sadly we are terrible.

And extremely dull too watch

[eastie]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

Maybe that is sending out a 'message to you Rudy'.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

or against Newcastle & Norwich both of whom we're supposedly better than

[eastie]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

or against Newcastle & Norwich both of whom we're supposedly better than

We will finish above hull, Norwich and newcastle .
'Would you bet against us '? , as a wise man once said

[Rudy65]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

Maybe that is sending out a 'message to you Rudy'.
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'Mirror in the bathroom' was a much better record in my view

[Rudy65]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

or against Newcastle & Norwich both of whom we're supposedly better than

We will finish above hull, Norwich and newcastle .
'Would you bet against us '? , as a wise man once said

I will have a tenner with you that we wont.

Bar, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City (both second half) we have been poor all season.

[eastie]

It's not the same as the good old days of football , Today's players have 'too much too young '

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

or against Newcastle & Norwich both of whom we're supposedly better than

We will finish above hull, Norwich and newcastle .
'Would you bet against us '? , as a wise man once said

I will have a tenner with you that we wont.

Bar, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City (both second half) we have been poor all season.

I'd put Liverpool away in there as well.

[Rudy65]

I always wait for 24 hours-ish before commenting as I tend to be upset and too subjective just after another home defeat.
So it comes down to did Spurs look £100m better than us? No I don't think they did.

Can we play someone crap now please...

We did, Hull, and didnt look any better as a result

or against Newcastle & Norwich both of whom we're supposedly better than

We will finish above hull, Norwich and newcastle .
'Would you bet against us '? , as a wise man once said

I will have a tenner with you that we wont.

Bar, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City (both second half) we have been poor all season.

I'd put Liverpool away in there as well.

Ay?

[olaftab]

The Guardian are spot on. Possession says it all

Yes very bloody spot on Mr James. It's so clever to say the obvious after the event!

[Rudy65]

It's not the same as the good old days of football , Today's players have 'too much too young '

Villa Park hasn't been a 'house of fun' for a long time

[Rudy65]

The Guardian are spot on. Possession says it all

Yes very bloody spot on Mr James. It's so clever to say the obvious after the event!

Thought it was a fair summary. He was commenting about the games after it had finished so I guess it would be obvious after the event

[olaftab]

Yes however there is nothing clever about what journos and pundits say after match.