Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[aj2k77]

23 losses in 36 games, Lerner doesn't give a shit and Lambert has no professional pride, why would you want to continue doing a job as poorly as that, walk man.

[Deano's Mullet]

39% possession. you cannot win games by continually letting the other team keep the ball. Even with Benteke on the pitch we still didn't have enough of the ball.

[mr underhill]

well I can't see Lambert loosing 12 in a row so that's a positive

[aj2k77]

39% possession. you cannot win games by continually letting the other team keep the ball. Even with Benteke on the pitch we still didn't have enough of the ball.

Stats do not matter to Lambert, said so himself. I don't know what he does believe in, but it hasn't worked for the last 2 years.

[OCD]

39% possession. you cannot win games by continually letting the other team keep the ball. Even with Benteke on the pitch we still didn't have enough of the ball.

Doesn't really count for much when you've had to play a chunk of the game with 10 men.

[Ian.]

of course what Benteke should have done is be a girl, feign a head butt and go down like a sack of 'spuds' and get that fucker sent off..... instead of being a man and slap the obnoxious twat.  Well thats todays football and everything I utterly dislike about it.....

Actually when you put it like that it's actually quite true. Modern football is no men's game is it.
Benteke knows he can't do it by the letter of the law but the letter of the law stinks.

[Deano's Mullet]

Every game we play it feels we like we are holding on for dear life. The best counter-attacking teams still feel like they are controlling the game. We never ever feel in control of a game. We hit the post in the first half and put some crosses in but lets face it with our defence we still looked vulnerable. Kudos to Guzan but Adebayor should have scored.

[brontebilly]

Gave it a good go this evening. Spirit was a lot better and we finally had players supporting Benteke. Lambert to be fair was rewarded in his decision to start Nzogbia and Weimann with both being involved in the goal. However we looked in trouble I thought even before Benteke's moment of madness. Thought Rico and Gabby should have been a lot earlier when any number of our players were blowing out their holes from about the 60-70 min mark. The Spurs substitute trio in comparison improved them hugely

For the majority of the game though it was two very poor sides. Cissokho seemed on a one man mission to break the all time Villa misplaced pass record, Lowton's efforts to play Adebayor offside in the first half were pub football esque, very little again from Cleverley and Nathan Baker hoofing everything in sight. For all our huff and puff, Guzan was our best player. Our team is bereft of genuine quality and that is the reason we are staring into the barrel of another relegation fight.

Guzan 9, Lowton 4, Vlaar 6, Baker 5, Cissokho 4, Westwood 6, Sanchez 6, Cleverley 5, Nzogbia 6, Benteke 4, Weimann 6. Gabby 5, Rico 5

[Flamingo Lane]

of course what Benteke should have done is be a girl, feign a head butt and go down like a sack of 'spuds' and get that fucker sent off..... instead of being a man and slap the obnoxious twat.  Well thats todays football and everything I utterly dislike about it.....

Or even be a "man" and feign a head butt (I've never seen a "girl" feign a head butt in a game of football, I have seen many "men" do so).

[curiousorange]

Even though that performance was far better than I expected, it was still a standard Villa performance - play half decently, panic because you don't think you can sustain it, get shafted by some refereeing decision that you need to put out of your mind, retreat behind the ball and hope for the best.

[Deano's Mullet]

Gave it a good go this evening. Spirit was a lot better and we finally had players supporting Benteke. Lambert to be fair was rewarded in his decision to start Nzogbia and Weimann with both being involved in the goal. However we looked in trouble I thought even before Benteke's moment of madness. Thought Rico and Gabby should have been a lot earlier when any number of our players were blowing out their holes from about the 60-70 min mark. The Spurs substitute trio in comparison improved them hugely

For the majority of the game though it was two very poor sides. Cissokho seemed on a one man mission to break the all time Villa misplaced pass record, Lowton's efforts to play Adebayor offside in the first half were pub football esque, very little again from Cleverley and Nathan Baker hoofing everything in sight. For all our huff and puff, Guzan was our best player. Our team is bereft of genuine quality and that is the reason we are staring into the barrel of another relegation fight.

Guzan 9, Lowton 4, Vlaar 6, Baker 5, Cissokho 4, Westwood 6, Sanchez 6, Cleverley 5, Nzogbia 6, Benteke 4, Weimann 6. Gabby 5, Rico 5

Spot on

[aev]

39% possession. you cannot win games by continually letting the other team keep the ball. Even with Benteke on the pitch we still didn't have enough of the ball.

Doesn't really count for much when you've had to play a chunk of the game with 10 men.

One shot on target all game too.....and this type of stat has been there all season.

[Deano's Mullet]

39% possession. you cannot win games by continually letting the other team keep the ball. Even with Benteke on the pitch we still didn't have enough of the ball.

Doesn't really count for much when you've had to play a chunk of the game with 10 men.

Maybe but what was possession count before Benteke went off? At one point in the first half after we'd scored  it was 30% in our favour for about 20 minutes. You'd like to think at home at least we would see some more of the ball than we do.

[kippaxvilla2]

He's just been on sky and said we were excellent.

[pauliewalnuts]

Even though that performance was far better than I expected, it was still a standard Villa performance - play half decently, panic because you don't think you can sustain it, get shafted by some refereeing decision that you need to put out of your mind, retreat behind the ball and hope for the best.

It is also worth noting that against QPR for the first 20 minutes we played very well, too.

Our problem is we are capable of doing that on a relatively regular basis, but we then go and totally fuck it all up anyway. Those, today, should have been the three easiest points we'd get all season, Tottenham were so dreadful.

Even given that, though, 38% possession and 1 shot on target, which is about par for the course this season.