Aston Villa vs Tottenham Post-Match Thread

[Clampy]

I didn't realise that was Harry Kane's first premier league goal of the season today. By the way they're were wobbling on about him on motd just, i'd thought he'd be neck and neck with Aguero.

[not3bad]

It's fair to say Mason was the match winner for Spurs because he got Benteke sent off but escaped scott free himself.

[Villa in Denmark]

It's all mine / a Danish commentator's fault.

30 seconds before the corner for their first the commentator pipes up with "spurs have created nothing in the second half and.look devoid of ideas.".

"That's stuffed it. It'll finish 2-1 to them" I said to my son.

I only saw the second half and would describe it as marginally less inept than the last 3 games I've seen. Sounds like the first half was a bit better?

Gabby was guilty of the kind of ball watching Benteke got caught out with a few times in his first season.
Unacceptable for someone with his experience.

[tomd2103]

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

See, this is the kind of thing where I question Lambert's thinking.  It was clear Sanchez was pretty much done after an hour on Monday night, so it would be reasonable to think it would be the same again today.  Him and Westwood are similar as in they are both more defensive minded.  Why not start Richardson alongside Sanchez and then bring on Westwood when Sanchez started to tire?  Oh no.  Let's run him into the ground again to the point where he makes a tired lunge in the final minutes which costs us the game.  I just don't think he is a very smart manager.   

[Monty]

He was quite good when he came on, Kane, but his 'goal' was a jazzily deflected shot, which was otherwise on course to find a home in Guzan's arms.

[Grande Pablo]

Watched an NBC feed, & they were adamant that the ref had seen the Benteke-Mason incident at first hand, taking advice from either the Assistant Ref or even 4th Official.

If that's the case, couldn't Mason still be eligible for retrospective action?

Sour grades on my part, but it would make me feel a million times better seeing this snivelling little shit get his come-uppance.

[SoccerHQ]

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.

Dunno maybe it's his style not to waste energy at missed chances.

He did get up and celebrate the goal at least.

[Archie]

Yes, I agree that today we have been unlucky, but it is quite clear that we can not explain so many defeats in a row only with the bad luck.
Our percentage of possession is always awful, we can not keep the ball, and we do not defend in the midfield, this is the reason why our opponents play constantly in our box and in a situation like this before or later it is sure that you concede one, two, or even three goal.
I have the impression that nobody at the club sees this, otherwise Lambert would not have renewed his contract.
I am very concerned for the future, we are the worst PL team for level of play, if we do not improve quickly we could not escape the relegation this year.

[supertom]

Ultimately we had one shot on target today. We can bemoan misfortune, and Benteke getting sent off, but we're not getting enough shots on target. If you wanna score that's what you need to do first and foremost. Shooting practice very much required.

This wasn't quite the disaster of the last 5 games but the reality is, we lost to a shit Spurs side who are all over the shop right now. Lambert still needs the old heave ho because he'll continue to get things wrong.

Bentekes sending off is a blessing in disguise in some regards, because he's been rushed back. He's half cooked. Stick Bent up with Weimann in the next game, or have Zogbia and Grealish either side of Weimann. Andi's not great but he's our top scorer and he's a hard worker.

I think our next two games are actually harder than a shitty Spurs side, which the press continue to wank over as if they're something special.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ultimately we had one shot on target today.

That pretty much says it all, to be honest. That's why we are where we are, with the momentum we have. And this was far from our worst performance - it wasn't even close to being the worst, and nor was Monday night - and that's probably the worst thing about this.

[SoccerHQ]

I didn't realise that was Harry Kane's first premier league goal of the season today. By the way they're were wobbling on about him on motd just, i'd thought he'd be neck and neck with Aguero.

Yeah he scored the other 8 against Total Network solutions in the europa league I think.

[pauliewalnuts]

The one thing I noticed about Kane today is how utterly fucking punchable his face is. he looks like a cross between (that tit) Lee Chapman and (that tit) Antoine Du Beq.

[ChicagoLion]

I didn't realise that was Harry Kane's first premier league goal of the season today. By the way they're were wobbling on about him on motd just, i'd thought he'd be neck and neck with Aguero.

Yeah he scored the other 8 against Total Network solutions in the europa league I think.

I bet TNS would be dancing in the Street if they got to play us

[olaftab]

I wonder if he would have been subbed had we not been down to ten men. I'm not sure if there was another center midfielder on the bench. No, he wasn't abysmal and he didn't give the ball away again and again either. He did ok for me.

It was an opportunity to move Cleverley to centre and bring on Grealish as with N'Zogbia off we needed someone to run at their defence but there we are...

[LTA]

I will say I was pleased me had the nouse to drop Agbonlahor after his half-arsed display on Monday.  I would have expected when he came to be fired up with a point to prove.....but no.

Having seen the sending off again, I'm sorry, but Benteke was always going to walk.  You raise your hand to an opponent and one of the officials spots you, your asking for trouble.  Naive from him, though the behaviour of one or two Spurs players should be looked at as well.