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Author Topic: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread  (Read 50319 times)

Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #165 on: April 11, 2015, 06:50:55 PM »
The way it's going those half wits from Smethwick  might struggle to get another point this season.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #166 on: April 11, 2015, 06:51:20 PM »
This will mean nothing to anybody who doesn't know Worcester, but big up to Nathan Baker from the Christopher Whitehead massive.

Offline Tokyo Sexwhale

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #167 on: April 11, 2015, 06:53:15 PM »


Sherwood on the Sanchez sending off, and seems to confirm that Gabby and Clark are out of the semi-final.

Unless some of the others come back, we might struggle to fill the bench with experienced players.

             G Agbonlahor   Hamstring Injury   no return date   
        C Clark   Knee Injury   no return date   
        C Gil   Hip/Thigh Injury   19th Apr 15   
        S Sinclair   Hamstring Injury   19th Apr 15   
        A Westwood   Hamstring Injury   19th Apr 15   
        A Hutton   Ankle/Foot Injury   19th Apr 15   
        A Cissokho   Groin/Pelvis Injury   19th Apr 15   
        C Herd   MCL Knee Ligament Injury   1st Jun 15   
        P Senderos   Calf/Shin Injury   19th Apr 15   
        L Kozák   Broken Leg   no return date   

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #168 on: April 11, 2015, 06:55:23 PM »
Ok so a few points...
1. People should get off sanchezs back. He was ok today, not great but ok. He may well have saved the three points with that foul and shaped the future of the club by keeping us up.
2. Richardson was clearly struggling against qpr and got his ass handed to him. He stood up and was counted today, so fair play.
3. Joe Cole still has something to offer. When he gets on he always seems to pick the right pass or hold on to the ball and win a free kick. He should probably be here next season, grealish will learn a lot from him.
4. I have criticised cleverley previously but sherwood has unlocked the potential in him. Sign him up now.
I'd also add:
5- Guzan is number one. There's been some question to his place at the moment. Granted his form has dipped in recent games, but he was back to his best today. That catch right at the end was vintage Guzan and something he does very well, which Given isn't perhaps great at. It just took that last surge of pressure off us.

I was surprised to see Guzan being questioned. It hadn't even crossed my mind. The point about how often Sanchez shows for the ball is a good one, it's what I like about him and a reason why I give him a little more slack. Hopefully he'll be more adjusted to the pace of the game next season and having had a full pre-season. He's certainly got the right attitude and must be doing something right to make Sherwood a fan.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #169 on: April 11, 2015, 06:56:09 PM »
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Tim Sherwood spoke of the "overwhelming joy" he felt as Villa saw off his old club Tottenham 1-0 at White Hart Lane.

Sherwood admitted the victory was "sweet" due to the fact it was his first return to Spurs since departing at the end of the previous campaign.

But the claret and blue boss was far more interested in the vital three point haul that put Villa "within touching distance" of safety in the Barclays Premier League.

He said: "The emotion is overwhelming joy for the football club.

"To come to a tough place like White Hart Lane against a team who have a great record here and are going well in the division and pick up three points is magnificent.

"I thought we deserved it. I wouldn't care if we didn't deserve it as long as we got them.

"We carried on from the game against QPR in midweek.

"I thought we played excellently that night but we didn't get what we deserved.

"We came here and thought we could have a go at Tottenham. That's what we did. I think we deserved to win.

"There was heart and desire. I won't take anything less. They know that.

"To be honest, they have performed like that since I have been at the football club.

"We haven't got what we have deserved in some football matches but today we did."

Villa are now 15th in the top-flight table with 32 points and Sherwood is quietly confident his team can win the survival race.

He continued: "We have some tough games coming up. But we are in touching distance.

"There's still a lot of hard work to be done but we fancy our chances to stay in this division."

Carlos Sanchez - red carded this afternoon - will now miss the semi-final of the FA Cup next Sunday and Sherwood said he will assess several other players in the coming days.

Ciaran Clark hobbled off early on and Gabby Agbonlahor was withdrawn in the second half.

He added: "Carlos knows that if he gets sent off he misses the semi-final.

"He has probably never played at Wembley before.

"But he sacrificed himself for the club. I want characters like that."

On the injuries, he joked: "I am going to get Petrov and Cowans warmed up because they might have parts to play."

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #170 on: April 11, 2015, 06:58:04 PM »
Well looking at the return dates at least some of them should make it.

Offline villan from luton

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #171 on: April 11, 2015, 07:00:35 PM »
Sanchez should not have had to be put in that position, the ref was letting Rose kick his way through two challenges before he was given a bit of his own medicine
The ref was awful. But it's not an excuse. You play to the whistle. It's exactly the sort of challenge Sanchez keeps on trying to make. Sometimes he's a day late and the players well past him. But if he does catch them it's probably going to be a yellow. Sadly it was his second of the game.

How many more posts are you going to make in this thread about Sanchez.  I think you have made your point.
One post for every misplaced pass and heart palpitation.
I think I'm done now.


Thank McGrath Spuds didn't score after he got sent off or heaven knows what you would be saying :)
Probably nothing. I don't think I'd have survived mate. ha ha.

I would have been the one whingeing about him costing us two point lol

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #172 on: April 11, 2015, 07:01:39 PM »
We're definitely light in midfield - could be a chance to try a back 3 with Okore, Vlaar and Baker.  I fancy Bacuna and Richardson to be more effective as wing backs than they are as full backs.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #173 on: April 11, 2015, 07:03:14 PM »
Brilliant!

Offline SW9-VILLA

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #174 on: April 11, 2015, 07:03:24 PM »
Villa win and I backed the winner of the National as well. Good times!

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #175 on: April 11, 2015, 07:03:55 PM »
Normally Id have a pop about Sherwood calling us 'the football club' but I'll let it slide this once.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #176 on: April 11, 2015, 07:05:17 PM »
We're definitely light in midfield - could be a chance to try a back 3 with Okore, Vlaar and Baker.  I fancy Bacuna and Richardson to be more effective as wing backs than they are as full backs.
If we get Cissokho back we could play Richardson in defensive midfield. He played the first few games of the season there and did okay. It seemed as if Cissokho wasn't too far off, so hopefully he's close.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #177 on: April 11, 2015, 07:07:13 PM »
I like the idea of Grealish having some space at Wembley to at the Liverpool defence. Crying shame though that Gabby will likely miss out.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #178 on: April 11, 2015, 07:09:51 PM »
One thing is for sure we won't lose at Wembley for a lack of trying to win. In fact that kind of attitude is more likely to get us the result we want.

After such a poor second half performance against QPR, you really have to give Sherwood some praise for getting the lads' heads so focused. Not only was it a 110% effort from all, there was a lot of quality shown in our play.

Gabby was so unlucky not to provide Legion with an update of his favourite goal; it was only the post that prevented Gabby scoring an almost identical goal to the brilliant last minute winner from Ashley Young at Goodison.

Delph should have finished off Spurs after being set up by Benteke. Great that he was there but a very poor effort from him and an area of his game that still has loads of space to improve. At least today he was involved for the full 90 minutes, in fact, the whole team deserve massive credit, there were no weak links, every man put in a massive shift and looked to play the ball intelligently.

Best of all, despite having so many players out, whoever comes in seems to be able to slot in rather than completely changing the shape of the team. Sherwood and his backroom boys deserve huge credit for that.

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Re: Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread
« Reply #179 on: April 11, 2015, 07:09:59 PM »
I like the idea of Grealish having some space at Wembley to at the Liverpool defence. Crying shame though that Gabby will likely miss out.
A bit more space might also suit Zogbia. I'd imagine he may come back into the side.
Hopefully Gabby's back for the City game. We could get a lot of joy attacking their back line with pace.

 


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