Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[Rudy65]

It wasn't a red card.

It was by the laws of the game

[aev]

I listened to Souness et al after the game and they were saying that we lacked quality in important areas of the pitch.

I think this year injuries and suspensions are really hindering us, because with everyone fit and available I would think that the following wouldn't be out of place in a top 6 team.....

Guzan
Vlaar
Delph
Cleverly
Benteke.

That is just under half a team (though it rarely seems to get on the pitch at the same time).The others making up the team are not totally hopeless which leads me to the conclusion that they are just being coached ineptly. The really disappointing thing is that the inept coaching seems to have been going on for seasons now.

[Risso]

We lost against the worst Spurs side in living memory because three players Benteke,Agbonlahor and Sanchez were totally unprofessional.

Simple as that.

Even with 10 men we had the game in the bag.

It's nowhere near the worst Spurs side in living memory. Unless that person is about 12 years old.

I'd agree with the rest though.

But  they were poor and have been most of the season. Before today they were one point ahead of us

They were wank today. Which is why i'm convinced we'd have won if Benteke used his brain.

I'm with you Ped, that was the most comfortable we've been all season, until Benteke allowed himself to get wound up.  To be honest, after that we were quite fortunate Weimann didn't join him, as he seemed intent on doing his "ooh, look at me, I'm all pissed off and that with the rampant injustice of it all" routine.  Another grade one idiot.

[KevinGage]

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.

How much is that really worth though?

I'm sure Burnley could point to the odd 15/20 minute purple patch here and there.

Most relegated sides aren't completely dreadful in every minute of every game they play too.

They're dreadful for long enough to ultimately come a cropper though, and we have that look about us. 

Maybe there will be three teams even worse than us again this year, but we are wretched.

[Risso]

I listened to Souness et al after the game and they were saying that we lacked quality in important areas of the pitch.

I think this year injuries and suspensions are really hindering us, because with everyone fit and available I would think that the following wouldn't be out of place in a top 6 team.....

Guzan
Vlaar
Delph
Cleverly
Benteke.

That is just under half a team (though it rarely seems to get on the pitch at the same time).The others making up the team are not totally hopeless which leads me to the conclusion that they are just being coached ineptly. The really disappointing thing is that the inept coaching seems to have been going on for seasons now.

Benteke on form is class, I'll give you that, but Vlaar?  Not in a month of Sundays.  On recent showings, the jury would have to be out on Cleverley as well, and Delph is all fart and no shit.

[SoccerHQ]

It was a red card.

How Spurs didn't get a red card for any of their various assaults during the game was staggering.

Similar to how the Chelsea game panned out a few years back when Benteke saw red. We can barely win with 11 men, no chance with 10.

[aj2k77]

It wasn't a red card.

Of course it is. 99% of the time when a player does that he's off if the officials see it.

Got to disagree, I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen a bit of face pushing earn nothing but a talking to or yellow cards both ways.

The ref was looking for a way to get them back in to the game, glamour club versus plodders and we gave him the chance to oblige. A top 6 vs top 6 game would not have seen anyone off for that.

[curiousorange]

I remember a long time ago - possibly 2002/03 - when a terrible Villa side took the lead against Spuds through Allback and conspired to lose 2-1. We look very similar to that side. We'll probably win about three more matches and it'll be up to how many draws we can take from the other matches.

[Steve kirk]

We had 5 straight league defeats in 1966/67 so 6 straight defeats must be even further back than 47 years ago and maybe the most consecutive league defeats in our history, and I am sorry to say number 7 is coming up at West Ham.

As those six conscutive defeats were over 2 seasons this is our worst record since 6

We had 5 straight league defeats in 1966/67 so 6 straight defeats must be even further back than 47 years ago and maybe the most consecutive league defeats in our history, and I am sorry to say number 7 is coming up at West Ham.

We lost the last 4 of 66/67 and the first 2 of 67/68.

We lost 11 in a row in 62/63

23.03-A Fulham 0-1
29.03-A Blackpool 0-4
01.04-H Everton 0-2
06.04-A Burnley 1-3
09.04-H Manchester U 1-2
13.04-H Sheffield W 0-2
15.04-A Wolves 1-3
16.04-H Wolves 0-2
20.04-A Bolton 1-4
01.05-A Sheffield U 1-2
04.05-H Nottingham 0-2

We lost the last 4 of 66/67 and the first 2 of 67/68.

We lost 11 in a row in 62/63

23.03-A Fulham 0-1
29.03-A Blackpool 0-4
01.04-H Everton 0-2
06.04-A Burnley 1-3
09.04-H Manchester U 1-2
13.04-H Sheffield W 0-2
15.04-A Wolves 1-3
16.04-H Wolves 0-2
20.04-A Bolton 1-4
01.05-A Sheffield U 1-2
04.05-H Nottingham 0-2

But as those 6 defeats were over 2 seasons this is our worst losing run in 51 years, even Lambert cant match or beat 11 can he?

[Rigadon]

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.

Me too, I absolutely loathe Spurs.

And their stupid wanky slow song. Behind the obvious few suspects Spurs are right up there in my "Bunch of Wankers" league.

It is by a long, long way, the biggest ****** trick of a song known to man.

[Ian.]

Very rare I get a feeling of being sick to the stomach after any defeat anymore but I defy anyone not to be feeling like that after tonight.

We actually play very well, I was happy with what I saw so to lose that was gutwrenching.

We are deep in the s*** now.

Yeah I agree, absolutely frustrated after that result. I feel very drained and really annoyed to lose this one. I was so convinced we'd win and Benteke would get on the score sheet.
Friggin nightmare and now he's banned for 3 matches for a poxy slap.

It's crap, ok he can't do that but a 3 game ban?

[villasjf]

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

I thought he looked like he had been crying.

[Jimbo]

It may be a natural reaction to push somebody's head away if they're grinding it in your face, but in football all you need to do is drop and he's off. We're not a thinking club, is the nicest way I can put it.

[andyh]

The mindset at the club is totally and utterly unhinged.
To me Lamber hasn't an ounce on technical nous or ability whatsoever.
So, we are one up, and fairly comfortable (due to the utter shiteness of spurs). We give a way a crap corner and concede. So, that's when the brain dead one decides to take off a striker and bring on Richardson! Why? It that his prompt to shut up shop and take what we have , When we have just conceded ? Then we go behind and the fucker decides to bring a striker on!!

The whole set up stinks of total mismanagement and incompetence.

[Risso]

So, after Burnley, we've got the equal worst goal difference in the division with QPR.

And next up two games against the two form teams of the Premier League.  It could very well be 8 losses in a row.  What is our record for most losses in a row?