Tottenham vs Aston Villa Post-match thread

[Goldie.7]

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?

Totally agree, but he should be known as "Ate" from now on, for various reasons.

https://twitter.com/jaywhite_1/status/661287039111979008

[villadelph]

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.

They've been lucky enough to profit from our struggle year in year out, staying up by the skin of our teeth. There's no shame because there has been no consequence. When the goal is staying up the standard is already so low that they are comfortable with where they are.

They've lowered the standing of this club so far. We've become a joke. Listening to Neville laugh at us was hard to take. We are so, so bad. I don't think Garde will save us, and even if he does a pretty good job it wont be enough as we've lost too much ground already. How has Randy not got any stick during the match?

[kippaxvilla2]

Five words to sum us up.

Gabby Agbonlahor
Randy fcukin Lerner

[LukeJames]

Guzan.... 5/10, I think he's absolutely shite but could'nt really do much with the goals, kicking was pathetic again.

Hutton....7/10, Can't fault the blokes effort.

Clark...... 2/10, Criminally bad defending for the first, I actually liked him last season when he played with Okore, probably the strongest we've looked at the back for a long time.

Lescott..... 5/10, He's completely past it, didn't do much wrong today though.

Richarson.. 2/10, He seems to be in there simply because he defends better than Amavi, well thats bollocks, Amavi has his faults defensively but he's still on another planet ability wise to this clown, Hid all game, left Sinclair completely isolated, cant pass, cant get forward, cant defend, hes just an all round shit player.

Sanchez.. 6/10, Covered shit loads of ground, broke play up well, got his foot in, needs Gueye next to him so he doesn't have to do the work of two men.

Westwood.. 4/10, I don't have the hatred for Westwood that some on here have, a tidy player but never the player to have in a two man midfield.

Bacuna.. ..3/10, Hit the post, thats about it.

Grealish.. 2/10, Yeah he was shite tonight but he has to play with Gil, they understand each others games, they know when each other will move and give it and go etc, its no coincidence that our best football this season has coincided with them both on the pitch.

Sinclair... 6/10, Always looked for the ball, didn't hide unlike others, tried to make things happen, crowded out to often due to nobody offering support.

Agbonlahor.. 1/10, The one is purely for him managing to tie his laces.

Ayew....... 7/10, glad he's got through his tricky start, he looks a proper player now, technically very good, must start.

Gestede... 4/10, Its all been said hundreds of times, He has one very good attribute and that is getting on the end of whipped crosses, if your not going to play a formation or the players that are capable of producing such crosses then there is no point playing him.

McDonald... 0/10, A loser, a failure, spineless, easy to see why he failed at Swindon, a snake that should be fucked off asap.

[villadelph]

Do you think we could recoup any money on Gestede from a Championship side if we put him up for sale in Jan?

[aj2k77]

What we need is a proper English man in charge playing all those proper English players.

[garyshawsknee]

Only Hutton, Gil and Ayew came out with any credit.  Clark makes too many mistakes, he's not a youth anymore. Bacuna tries hard but not good enough, as is Westwood.  Sanchez plays like he's stoned, less said about Gabby, Lescott and Richardson the better.

Hope Garde asks Lerner for some cash for a striker in Jan, if we stick with what we have,we could be doomed.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Please, Remi, be good at your job.

[pauliewalnuts]

What we need is a proper English man in charge playing all those proper English players.

Ideally he'd also be a proper football man.

[curiousorange]

What's the point in giving Lerner stick at the match? He wants to sell and get as much money back as he can, and he doesn't even attend despite that outlay. He does deserve an enormous amount of opprobrium for his role in our slide but it would just be barking in the dark, I fear.

[saint13]

That team tonight couldn't compete in the Championship.

Never mind lads...I watched the first half of Brentford v QPR the other night & it was one of the worst matches I've seen in years. We might just be able to get a point from either of them!

[saint13]

Boys boys all our ineptitude is down to absolutely crap managers. It was there for all to see tonight.  Honestly don't think it will take much for Remi to turn them into a team but it will be team where we never see Gabby, Westie, or Richarsson again

I could not agree more...these three are championship players at best! They should be nowhere near the first team.

[damon loves JT]

There's still time to turn this shite-filled supertanker of a season around. We can start with a hard-working, slightly spawny 1-1 draw against a bored and overconfident Citeh side.

[QuintonVilla]

After tonight I reckon we'll be alright for another two seasons in the Premier League.


Winter and Spring.

[CT Villan]

Do you think we could recoup any money on Gestede from a Championship side if we put him up for sale in Jan?

He might find his level next season with us !

The only good news is Remi can bring back Richards, Amavi, Vertout, Gana and start Ayew and Gil - that's 6 players that could make a difference...and Traore from the bench. That's almost a whole new team right there.