Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[Lky]

Truly abysmal he was. Watch the game.

[Clampy]

Truly abysmal he was. Watch the game.

I did, i was there.

[saunders_heroes]

I don't get the 'we played well - we were unlucky argument'. Spuds missed 3 + ? excellent chances 1st half. We didn't create anything bar the goal (although Benteke was unlucky with the shot that hit the bar). Two very poor teams today. I would hate to count the amount of sheer just simple mistakes by both sets of players. Sanchez in particular was truly abysmal - he must have 20 misplaced passes / missed tackles, basic f**k ups. The midfield is simply sh**te and if you cant defend, create or score you are doomed. Gonna have a sore head in the morning.

You must have been drunk if you thought Sanchez was 'truly abysmal'.

He looked good at times but he gave the ball away too much and the free kick he gave away for the goal was an absolute sickener. He's got a lot to learn.

[Lky]

So was I. Mistake after mistake after mistake.

[rob_bridge]

Sanchez played well for an hour and ran out of steam.

[Clampy]

So was I. Mistake after mistake after mistake.

If you insist.

[Richard E]

Truly abysmal he was.

Are you channelling the spirit of Yoda?

[olaftab]

Mason got exactly what they wanted as they couldn't cope with him. Get him to react and off the pitch and the prat fell for it.

Wanker Mason committed two offences before Benteke had a go at him. It was extreme provocation and the Ref, his ass and the the 4th official  did not see Mason first barge into Christian, off the ball, than aimed to dummy headbut him. Both of those required intervention that would have avoided the retaliation.

[saunders_heroes]

So was I. Mistake after mistake after mistake.

If you insist.

He lost the ball loads of times.

[john2710]

Things just aren't going our way, from the so called random fixture list that gives us the top 6 teams in 7 games, I've never known any team get drawn that run of games.

Couple this with a succession of injury's to key players.

At times we don't help ourselves, the QPR performance was inexcusable.

We can't be critical of the team today but with the team down to 10 men & fighting to hang on to a lead Gabby switching off at the corner is criminal.

The real cost is losing Benteke for the next 3 games.

Please stop this top 6 fixture nonsense

Other teams still manage to compete against the top 6. We just plain give up and accept defeat

Last season we beat Arsenal, Chelsea & Man City.

This season we get to play them all in succession, no one else gets that kind of random 'luck'.

[Mister E]

He looked good at times but he gave the ball away too much and the free kick he gave away for the goal was an absolute sickener. He's got a lot to learn.

Yep, spot on

[Clampy]

So was I. Mistake after mistake after mistake.

If you insist.

He lost the ball loads of times.

I thought he had a decent game and he looks like he could be a good player for us when he properly settles.

[Dave]

I though Sanchez looked alright.

Which has basically been the problem with our central midfield - they're all 'alright'.

Westwood, Sylla, El-Ahmadi, Richardson, Gardner - apart from Delph, sub one in for another and it'll probably be about the same. Nobody really doing anything apart from just being 'alright'.

[olaftab]

Truly abysmal he was. Watch the game.

I did, i was there.

Sanchez was no where near abysmal. He was very effective for about an hour but got tired and should have been subbed. His tiredness resulted in two free kicks near the end and they scored from one. This was the fault of people on the touchline.

[rob_bridge]

I though Sanchez looked alright.

Which has basically been the problem with our central midfield - they're all 'alright'.

Westwood, Sylla, El-Ahmadi, Richardson, Gardner - apart from Delph, sub one in for another and it'll probably be about the same. Nobody really doing anything apart from just being 'alright'.

Yep Milner, Barry, Merson and Taylor have been a cut above the rest in the last 15 years. Lots of mediocrity in that time