Tottingham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[GarTomas]

Everyone played well, but Baker and Vlaar were absolutely superb, rock solid. Also, now that he has more passing options ahead of him, Cleverley finally looks a player.

A brilliant away performance, and I'm warming to Sherwood more and more. He may be far from the finished article, but he's articulate and positive, and the team look like they know what they're meant to be doing.

This sums up Sherwood for me too.

[villan from luton]

Great team performance
Sanchez does give the ball away to much,
 but this is exaggerated on the match thread because when he does it 15 posters tell us he's done it,
 I saw Delph, Wieman, Richardson, Benteke also pass to the opposition with not a single comment from anyone

he's not great at ball retention, but he does do other things like break a lot of play up, and put himself about, to much in his case today

I think he's become a bit of a scapegoat with Richardson, an easy option to moan about, I thought they were both reasonable today

I think possession of the ball is something Sanchez is normally very good at.

[supertom]

Great team performance
Sanchez does give the ball away to much,
 but this is exaggerated on the match thread because when he does it 15 posters tell us he's done it,
 I saw Delph, Wieman, Richardson, Benteke also pass to the opposition with not a single comment from anyone

he's not great at ball retention, but he does do other things like break a lot of play up, and put himself about, to much in his case today

I think he's become a bit of a scapegoat with Richardson, an easy option to moan about, I thought they were both reasonable today

Carlos gave my ticker a torrid time as per usual. He gives it away as much as he wins it back and he does it in dangerous positions. I think he's too much of a liability for me. Anytime he's on a yellow it's heart in mouth with some of his challenges. Sometimes he's that late that he gets nowhere near the player (thankfully). On this occasion he caught Rose and get a Red that I think he's been due this season. He's not a dirty player, just very clumsy.

I think we can just about handle a 2 man with Delph and Cleverley, thanks to their mobility. Ideally Westwood would be back soon.

Alternatively, if Cissokho is fit, I'd consider putting Richardson in as the anchorman. He did okay there in the first few games. As maligned as Rico is, he did okay today.

[puppyfeat]

I thought Sanchez 'took one for the team' with that second yellow - probably knowing it would cost him his semi final place too. Top man.

I had a feeling we'd get something out of the game today as we're totally motivated right now to stay up, but Spurs players clearly couldn't care less about another season in the Europa, which is all they have to 'play for'.

[Jon Crofts]

I thought Soldado was close to being our man of the match.

Hahaha yes. Colossal waste of money this fella

Soldapup more like

[Dave]

I thought Soldado was close to being our man of the match.

Hahaha yes. Colossal waste of money this fella

Scary to think that had Spurs offered us what they paid Valencia for him that Benteke would probably have ended up at Spurs after that first season with us.

[supertom]

I thought Sanchez 'took one for the team' with that second yellow - probably knowing it would cost him his semi final place too. Top man.

I had a feeling we'd get something out of the game today as we're totally motivated right now to stay up, but Spurs players clearly couldn't care less about another season in the Europa, which is all they have to 'play for'.

I don't know if he's that quick of thought. They were on a counter, but still hadn't crossed the half way line. I don't think it's clever to make a challenge like that. If they're 30-40 yards out and you absolutely have to, it's different.
We still had time to recover ground. It was clumsy as much as anything.

[villan from luton]

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

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I've done a predictor and we'lll be safe.

Aston Villa   38   -22   40
Newcastle   38   -16   38
Hull           38   -14   35
West Brom   38   -15   35
Burnley   38   -23   34
Leicester   38   -20   33
Sunderland 38   -20   33
QPR            38   -20   30

I think 8 points from 5 games is pretty optimistic.

I think 5/6 points will be enough, but would want them before we face Burnley - for some reason I don't fancy us for that one.

[supertom]

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.

[PeterWithesShin]

I think 8 points from 5 games is pretty optimistic.

I think 5/6 points will be enough, but would want them before we face Burnley - for some reason I don't fancy us for that one.

8 is doable though, West Ham, Everton and Burnley at home all have potential points, and I listened to the Saints game on the radio today and they laboured to their win over a truly awful Hull.

[Villa Lew]

Great result. At the present moment, would any of you swop Benteke for any other striker in the Prem. I wouldn't.

[villan from luton]

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.

Maybe he didn't have his best game, but not sure he was as bad as you have been suggesting. Maybe it is worth thinking of the positives we had in a great team performance

[old man villa fan]

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.

[Toronto Villa]

Lost in this a little is how brilliant Nathan Baker was and how really good he has become. I always thought he has everything a PL CB would ever want. He's brave, big, strong, reckless at times. What he needed was some intelligence and composure. Well like Clark he's come on leaps and bounds and for him to step in today and play as well as he did is impressive. Playing next to Vlaar in that kind of form also helps a bit but fair dues to him for the improvement he has shown this season.