Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

I actually think sanchez is one of our best players by far but he likes to give the opposition the chance to score goals . lets out he stops doing it.

He has, but that challenge that late was insanity.

and the rangers giveaway

[eamonn]

It's usually the worst teams that are "unlucky" and I'm getting sick of shit excuses each week for being losers.
Without Benteke and Delph we look inept but all we had to do was defend for a few more minutes. Instead we let a man free at a corner and Sanchez again shows his naiveity by committing a needless free-kick for the winner. And Baker will overtake Dunne's record of PL own goals if he somehow cons his way out of a living organism in the top flight for the next decade.

[JUAN PABLO]

I actually think sanchez is one of our best players by far but he likes to give the opposition the chance to score goals . lets out he stops doing it.

Mainly due to tiredness. Once he's fit enough to last 90+ minutes of Premier League football those mistakes won't happen.

so  a lambert mistake then?

[eric woolban woolban]

Worst run in 47 years apparently.

Thats nice

And I remember what happened 47 years ago. We got relegated. Anyone want to bet against the same thing again this season?

looking at my Villa record book it was over two seasons. Four at the end of 66/7 two at the start of 67/8.
62/63 they lost ELEVEN in a row.

[joe_c]

I'm too aggravated by the bullshit bottle out referee to give any thought to our failings.  The yellow card for Vertonghen seemed to give Spurs the signal that they could get away with murder and they did. God I hate them.

[JUAN PABLO]

theres going to be one shock in the next two games

a win against Soton Im thinking

[curiousorange]

They were saying after Pardew got that win yesterday that it proves a run of bad form is no time for knee-jerk reactions. But I'm at a loss wondering what else would improve the situation. When we lose to superior opposition, we get smashed. When we lose and should win, it's always because we sit back and wait for the worst. When we win, it's always a mad panic waiting for the final whistle, and with a couple of very rare exceptions, always close.

Lambert is clueless. I'm not needlessly scapegoating him for today - there are some very sheepish Spurs fans doing the rounds on Twitter - but the squad has a mindset that they don't deserve to be any better and he's to blame for that, surely?

[rob_bridge]

theres going to be one shock in the next two games

a win against Soton Im thinking

4-1 to beat West Ham

You heard it here first

[kippaxvilla2]

Ironic that finally after Lambert retrieving the incriminating photos he had of the manager gabby finally gets dropped is now a shoe in for the next three games

[ez]

I don't see the red card as the reason we lost. With composure we could have seen that game out. Time was on our side.

[timeoutbigbar]

Feel physically sick.  Fuck off Benteke you prick.

[pauliewalnuts]

They've just shown the red card incident again and it's amazing that Mason can get away with shoving his head in Benteke's face and not even get a talking to.  If Benteke had gone down like a sack of spuds Mason would have gone instead.  And then Benteke is pushed at least 3 times by a Spurs player, again often deemed to be enough for a red.   Totally inept from the officials.

I thought that was incredible.

He clearly had his head in Benteke's face, and the second Benteke touched him ran straight to the ref.

What a ******, but we were suckered there.

[aj2k77]

I'm too aggravated by the bullshit bottle out referee to give any thought to our failings.  The yellow card for Vertonghen seemed to give Spurs the signal that they could get away with murder and they did. God I hate them.

That's what happens though isn't it. We've let ourselves become fucking non entities in this league. When you used to see crap like Fulham conned out of games against Glamour clubs by dodgy decisions that's what is happening to us now. Twice in 2 seasons Vertonghen has assaulted players here and got away with it, he's even debagged someone in the penalty area and got away with it.

[rob_bridge]

I don't see the red card as the reason we lost. With composure we could have seen that game out. Time was on our side.

Red card didn't help us but Vertonghen should have gone.

And Spuds were shit.

We should have got a least a draw.

[aev]

In a massive clutching of straws slice of optimism maybe the fact they feel cheated by the ref might galvanise them.

If not I think we are in deep doo doo.