Tottenham vs Aston Villa Post-match thread

[gpbarr]

Saturday should see Clark, Bacuna, Lescott, and Agbonlawhore dropped from the side completely, and Guzan, Westwood, Sinclair, and Richardson drop to the bench.

That leaves Grealish, Sanchez, and Hutton - who should be joined by Gil, Veretout, Okore, Gana, Micah, Amavi, Bunn, and Ayew in a 442.

Its a game we will very likely lose so one where Remi can start a side he wants and start the long way back.

Most of us want Gabby out the side, but is there really any need to stoop to sha levels with that insulting way of saying his name?

Fair enough. Apologies.

[aj2k77]

There is no place in a Premier League team for

Guzan
Richardson
Westwood
Bacuna
Agbonlahor

Lescott and Clark need to be benched. Jesus Christ if Okore is no better than that on the pitch we might as well shut up shop and forfeit every match. Gil over Grealish, he needs to pull his finger out. Ayew ffs it's not hard, the kid is busting his balls out there, he wants to win, there's a stark contrast with the look on his face to how things are panning out to wankers like Westwood who float through each defeat without batting an eyelid.

Bunn
Hutton
Amavi
Okore
Richards
Gueye
Sanchez
Veretout
Traore
Gil
Ayew

Guzan
Crespo
Clark/Lescott
Gardner
Fuck knows but anyone but Westwood
Sinclair
Gestede

[tomd2103]

Better towards the end, but we looked tired and ragged by the time the third went in.  Gil has to play from the start and then we need to build around him.  Kozak has to at least be given a chance as I can't see how he can be any worse than the current options.  Garde has a massive job ahead of him, but there were little glimmers of hope there in the second half.

[clash city rocker]

Remi should listen to no one at the club and make his own mind up about the players we have..I m sure he will and hopefully he will prove to be a ruthless bastard.

[saunders_heroes]

On the flip side it's not like we're getting thrashed out of sight every week. Something for Garde to work with.

[Axl Rose]

Kevin Mac's interview on sky-what an uninspiring, drab, dour twat. Fucking hell, how does he inspire anyone? Out.

Garde's face on TV, the shaking of the head. I think he will be well up for transforming this sorry bunch masquerading as a football team.

Paddy Reilly just looks like a c***. Fox, smarmy. I sincerely dislike how we appear as a football club.

Good luck to you Remi, well done Gil and Ayew.

Gabby should be thrown down a well-calf injury my arse. A fucking mess stealing a living more like. First goal was abysmal from Clark. People can put an 'e' on the end of his name, but he is wank. Richardson and Westwood-I hate the pair of them.

All in all, Bullshit

[dicedlam]

and Agbonlawhore dropped from the side completely,

I think that he shouldn't play again also, but there is no need for that.

[PeterWithesShin]

Fair enough. Apologies.

Appreciated thank you.

[curiousorange]

I don't seriously think MacDonald picked that side as a fuck you, but it shows once and for all he's no manager. If that's the best side he can find from those players - the football equivalent of a Formula One team lining up on a the grid with a Raleigh Chopper, a Tickle Me Elmo play trike and a rusty two-berth caravan with fucked axles - then he's a fucking idiot.

[aj2k77]

Officially the worst start to a season in the club's history. Another record smashed by Villa over the last 5 years. Absolutely sick to death of it all.

To a man they all should be ashamed of themselves to let it slip this far. After the Lambert Christmas and New Year debacle they should have nipped this in the bud, 3 years later it's worse than ever.

[kippaxvilla2]

Full Time.  Remi Garde to Tom Fox.  'Ou est la gare la Saint Pancras plait?'

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

K'mac asked about if he selected that team because it was the players he was most familiar with. He replied no. He chose the team that he thought could do the most damage to spurs. He's an idiot.

I'm having trouble squaring my previous image of KM as a dependable club man we've turned to many times and who has always made himself available (not letting his pride get in the way) with that team he picked tonight.

He's turned into a boring old fart who insists on picking the boring old farts that he knows he can rely on...except he can't because they're shit! Massively misplaced loyalty picking Gabby and bigging him up before the game...he was - and has been for some time - an embarrassment.


Complacency is too kind a word.
If KMac was in a proper job he'd have got the push years ago.
A "proper Villa man"?
Is he fu*k.
If he was he would have picked a decent team tonight. He didn't.
Fu*k the fu*ker.

[PeterWithesShin]

On the flip side it's not like we're getting thrashed out of sight every week. Something for Garde to work with.

Plus a lot of goals we concede are down to errors, or just soft goals. Decent coaching etc should be able to cut some of those out.

[godzvilla]

I don't expect to be celebrating much on Sunday but all I do ask from Remi is that he puts a team out who look like they give a fuck...a team that at least has some pride.

Watched the whole game and all I can say is you are wrong, wrong, wrong, 'clash city rocker'. It looked to me like they did care, well, most of them ( Gabby is clearly a spent force ). We had almost as many attempts on goal at the Spuds, hit the woodwork and Ayew was mightily unlucky not to equalise.
First half the team  played with an understandable lack of confidence but, in the second half they played with much greater determination and passion as our fans at the ground realised and the TV commentator noted.
No, my glass is not half full but I refuse to kick my own beloved Villa  ( with unjustified criticism ) when they are down ...................Godzvilla!

[Kevin_Brum12]

Garde should have now illusions now.  He has got his work cut out.

First task should be telling Gabby to droit de la scène de sortie et ne pas revenir ...   and some of the other players to remonter les bretelles and show some hunger.  Do some of our players really want to go down? Because if they do, they can Foxtrot Oscar toute suite....

They all have relegation clauses drawn up in their contracts. They couldn't give a shit.. they just go an ply their trade elsewhere.

I've already written this season off. I am preparing to be relegated, and anything other than that will be a bonus. Sad and pathetic days for the club.

I hope some of our deadwood like Gabby, Clark, Sanchez and Bacuna will have a kick up the backside and a culture shock.

What is needed at AVFC is the same shock that Wenger delivered at Arsenal in 1996.  We are so off the standard we should be.  Question is will we stay up?  The ones that couldn't give a shit....shove them in the reserves, then ship them out in January.

Football as Jimmy Greaves once said is a "funny old game".  How you can perform so appallingly as a player, then still get a payoff, whereas in any other job you would get the sack is a mystery.