Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[Tom_Mc9?]

I think he was knackered. He ran about five times as much as he does usually so it makes sense.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I can think of several good things about this game, but none of them are primarily about the manager.

I defend him often, but even I know he's been shite recently. Today, however, I think he didn't do too much wrong.

[saunders_heroes]

I can think of several good things about this game, but none of them are primarily about the manager.

I defend him often, but even I know he's been shite recently. Today, however, I think he didn't do too much wrong.

His team lost another game. That's 6 on the trot.

[PeterWithesShin]

Actually thought Sanchez and N'Zogbia were both good up until they ran out of steam and taking Zog off was a bad error .

If Zog was out of steam didn't it make sense to take him off?

[pauliewalnuts]

I can think of several good things about this game, but none of them are primarily about the manager.

I defend him often, but even I know he's been shite recently. Today, however, I think he didn't do too much wrong.

There was the usual spinelessness he's spent two years instilling in us, mind. Ultimately it is his team, we play poorly, we lose, we play well (ish), we lose.

It just seems like some sort of groundhoggish barrel of shit we're floating in.

[brian green]

So much for my pre season theory that nobody would have a pop at our players within 20 yards of Keane.   I did not see much input from him or Lambert when Benteke got suckered ten feet away from them.

[pauliewalnuts]

So much for my pre season theory that nobody would have a pop at our players within 20 yards of Keane.   I did not see much input from him or Lambert when Benteke got suckered ten feet away from them.

I noticed that when Benteke hit the post, the camera panned to our bench, they were all jumping up, heads in hands, and Keane was just staring at the ground.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I can think of several good things about this game, but none of them are primarily about the manager.

I defend him often, but even I know he's been shite recently. Today, however, I think he didn't do too much wrong.

His team lost another game. That's 6 on the trot.

Sometimes it's the manager's fault, other times there are other factors. I am not saying he's doing a good job right now, but QPR was primarily his fault; today wasn't.

[Louzie0]

I am watching MOTD 2 and what comes to mind is crappy ref and defensive ineptitude right at the end. Otherwise we were laughing.

[mackattak]

Gabby at fault for there first goal, he seems really off the pace and needs to be shipped out. Not tracking his man Chadli who was lucky to be on the pitch after his studded tackle earlier.

[silhillvilla]

So much for my pre season theory that nobody would have a pop at our players within 20 yards of Keane.   I did not see much input from him or Lambert when Benteke got suckered ten feet away from them.

I noticed that when Benteke hit the post, the camera panned to our bench, they were all jumping up, heads in hands, and Keane was just staring at the ground.

Probably had his mind on the jungle .

[tomd2103]

Reading the match reports, everyone thinks we were hard done by, that the red was harsh and that we were the better team until it happened. Even if the red was warranted, Lambert set up the team in a way which paid off, and he can hardly be blamed for our best player being silly. I think we need to be honest with ourselves - I don't particularly want Lambert as Villa manager, but he was unlucky today.

Maybe so Monty, but we still reverted to type after we scored and seemed happy to sit back rather than continue to get at Spurs.  There's just a total lack of ambition running through the club. 

I really disagree with that. Sure, Spurs came back into it, they're a good team in desperate form, and we're in bad form as well and best at counterattacking, so there was nothing odd in that pattern asserting itself. Besides, we created quite a few opportunities between the goal and the red card. It was the sending off which turned the game, particularly as it was our best player getting ejected. That's the only valid analysis of the game, I think.

I was at the game, so would have to watch it again, but I seem to remember a clear drop in attacking intent after we scored.  That might have been down to what has happened in the past few games, but we have done it many times before. 

I think you are right to a certain extent.

I recall a couple of changes for Spurs straight after Kane came on but equally they struggled to create anything either until the first goal. The sort of game a better Villa team would have seen out 1-0

I don't know, they created a few very good chances in the first half. 

[villa_cads]

Really don't like current players as pundits watching their own teams. Really soft sending off, guy puts his head in your face, you have the right to push it away.

[richard moore]

Very frustrating and gifting those obnoxious wankers the cause for celebrations akin to winning the treble and having the 'pleasure' of walking out the ground amongst them made it far worse.
For all Lambert's failings before and during this game it WAS the officials total incompetence and bias towards those annoying cheating twats epitomised by that little shit Mason that gave the points to them.Fuming .

Don't worry, they don't have much to celebrate. Just endless years of the Europa Cup and thinking they have arrived when they never have. They are about 10 rungs up the ladder of Premier League mediocrity from us, that's all.

[Louzie0]

So much for my pre season theory that nobody would have a pop at our players within 20 yards of Keane.   I did not see much input from him or Lambert when Benteke got suckered ten feet away from them.

I noticed that when Benteke hit the post, the camera panned to our bench, they were all jumping up, heads in hands, and Keane was just staring at the ground.

Probably had his mind on the jungle .

Do witchettygrubs fight back?