Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Spurs are shite by the way, they were there for the taking today.

Absolutely they were, but we're so feeble, the result is no surprise.

[SamTheMouse]

Things have been shit but you can't honestly say that was a bad performance. We deserved something from that and if the referee had sent off whoever it was who headbutted Benteke - as he should have - I think we'd have won.

It was a spawny away win by one of the spawniest and most contemptible sides in the history of professional sport.

[TonyD]

The wireless said cheddery should have gone.   Mr Green was chuffed at the Spurs come back.

[JUAN PABLO]

theres something about Villa this season



playing a out of form shit spuds team with twenty minutes to go and winning

then losing 2-1


the omens are not good

[Deano's Mullet]

Second half even with Benteke still on the pitch you can see how it was sent up. We can blame Benteke all we like - and he was a twat - but we still only had one shot on target and set our stall out to defend, we let them have so much of the ball. Awful marking for their first and I think we all knew their winner was inevitable. Six straight defeats and Lambert will feel he has an excuse tonight but its still not good enough. Cant fault some of the players effort but the tactics are just too negative. Another home defeat and we play like minnows at Old Trafford.

[paul_e]

Very harsh to be blaming Benteke, that's a really harsh red and could only have been acceptable if Mason had gone for the 'headbutt' as well.  Chadli was pretty lucky to only get a yellow for the 2footer on Westwood as well.

How we fell apart when things went against us shows the mental weakness that Lambert has proven himself to be incapable of fixing but it doesn't stop today being one where we can feel very hard done by a very weak ref.

[rob_bridge]

Not good enough.  We lost through our own ability to self destruct.  Spurs deserved to win IMO

Rubbish

[VillaAlways]

6 defeats on the spin unacceptable regardless of the circumstances. Utterly spineless from the team. Lambert out

[Matt Collins]

Not good enough.  We lost through our own ability to self destruct.  Spurs deserved to win IMO

Absolute bollocks. They were shit

[ktvillan]

I've never known a club so ready and willing to shoot itself in the foot.  Despite Spurs being totally mediocre, the result was inevitable the moment Benteke went off.  I just wish I was a bit more savvy with these betting websites as I could make a fortune predicting Villa's  self-inflicted downfalls.  I bet Burnley can't fucking wait to play us to get their first PL win.

[PeterWithesShin]

Very harsh to be blaming Benteke, that's a really harsh red and could only have been acceptable if Mason had gone for the 'headbutt' as well.  Chadli was pretty lucky to only get a yellow for the 2footer on Westwood as well.

How we fell apart when things went against us shows the mental weakness that Lambert has proven himself to be incapable of fixing but it doesn't stop today being one where we can feel very hard done by a very weak ref.

No matter how soft we think it is, in this day and age if you stick your hand in a players face the odds are high it is a red if an official sees it. Every player in the game knows that, yet the prat still did it.

[JUAN PABLO]

Not good enough.  We lost through our own ability to self destruct.  Spurs deserved to win IMO

Absolute bollocks. They were shit

which is more worrying

[paulcomben]

I have decided simply to daydream about winning lots of games again. Under Tony Pulis. In the Championship.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Fucking painful. We deserved to get something out of that.

Pretty angry at the ref and Spurs.

[aj2k77]

Second half even with Benteke still on the pitch you can see how it was sent up. We can blame Benteke all we like - and he was a twat - but we still only had one shot on target and set our stall out to defend, we let them have so much of the ball. Awful marking for their first and I think we all knew their winner was inevitable. Six straight defeats and Lambert will feel he has an excuse tonight but its still not good enough. Cant fault some of the players effort but the tactics are just too negative. Another home defeat and we play like minnows at Old Trafford.

Gabby came out earlier in the season and said this year the emphasis was on defending and trying to nick something. Exactly not how to approach nervous teams in shit form, we are now firmly in to the habit of defending. There needs to be an overhaul how we approach playing football. It's dire and so are our results.