Spurs v Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Johnstone, Tish and Chester all played really well.

[Ads]

We're not as good as Spurs, like another 89 side in the country, especially without our best player and leading scorer. We are where we are.

[Exeter 77]

The BBC do know Spurs bought Dele Alli from MK Dons don't they? The way they were talking he seems to have come through their academy.

[London Villan]

Hutton wastes so many opportunities.

[KevinGage]

Found that more encouraging than the recent performances against Burton and Leeds, weirdly. Despite getting nothing.

It looks like we finally have a keeper. Starting gave Tish an opportunity to show what he can do, but that can go two ways.  Make a match-altering howler and it will be held up as an example of why he hasn't featured.

Yet he gave an assured performance. He likes to play box to box, but was disciplined enough to sit in.

There is really no reason to resort to Westwood again. Tish and Lansbury in alongside Jedinak and our midfield looks a completely different proposition.

We offered little attacking threat, but when you seen who was starting up top, that's not much of a shock. In fairness, that was as probably as good a shift as he has put in for the past two years.

[NorthYvillan]

Like the keeper. Liked Tshbola's contribution. It's what I wished for out of the match. Grealish was easily our best player again. Is there any truth in £25 million for Amavi? Get it done before they find out if there is.

And get rid of that other useless piece of dog turd Hutton....usual all over the place cluelessness from the so called full back.

I thought Hutton had a very good first half, like a few others got dragged out of position in the second but overall more than decent.

I agree - nowhere near as bad as some obviously want to see. However, we do need better.

[brian green]

I think that was a good work out for our lads.  If we were mid table Premiership, gone there and got that result we would not have been shocked.  We went there after five nightmare years of incompetence and ineptitude to hold our own for 70 minutes.  Little by little we rise again.

[Richard]

Just lack an attacking threat without our African players. Gabby showed he might still be of some use but not as an out and out striker. Midfielders needed who can shoot and get on the end of crosses running in from deep.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Grealish was easily our best player again.

A couple of decent free kicks and he kept it tidy in the second half but not much more apart from than one track back, Bren. I'm struggling to see how Bruce can afford the luxury of keeping him in the team. Today wasn't the best day to decide but best player? Not even in the top 5. Samuel Johnstone, Chester, Baker, Tish, Adomah and Bacuna all in front of him today in my book.

[Toronto Villa]

Oh well...Tish looked very competent. Big Sam very assured. Jack looked useless. CB's very good Less said about Hutton the better. Whoever played up front today would have been isolated. We have to bridge that gap.

[CT Villan]

Decent enough defensive display except for Amavi who is not doing well currently, but sadly lacking going forward. Gabby tried, Adomah had a few good moments, even Bacuna did OK. The same cannot be said for Grealish though, was poor throughout and seems intent on trying to beat every player on the pitch instead of making a simple pass. Oh, and then he falls over.

The score flattered Spurs somewhat - Alli made the difference for them. On another day we may have held on for 0-0.

[themossman]

Ultimately, who gives a shit. If the only things that come out of today are that we didn't get stuffed in a confidence obliterating way, we don't look weak in the sticks anymore and tshibola will surely never be behind the invisible brothers again then it's a decent result.

Now let's buy some players and win some league games.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Quite a disciplined performance without anything to be too pleased about.

If we 'came out and played' as the Beeb pundits kept ridiculing us for not doing we would have got smashed, which the pundits wanted as well to be fair.

We buy a few, move on and keep building.

[adrenachrome]

A battling performance, and we are going to need plenty of those to get out of Division 2.

[mr underhill]

with a few judicious acquisitions we could  make the play offs and be playing this lot again next season