Spurs v Villa Post-Match Thread

[Clark W Griswold]

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.

Yep, pretty much as I saw it too today. Not enough bodies going forward. Someone else posted about Jedinak, Tsibola and potentially Lansbury being enough, but I'd suggest strongly getting a proper box to box player too and rotating the 4 depending on circumstances. If he's going to keep playing with the 3 up front we need another good wide player but no more centre forwards as Kodjia, McCormack and Ayew can all play that role, some better than others obviously.

[SteveN]

Johnstone, centre backs and the young lady who interviewed Mullary at half time were the highlights for me.

Still carrying too many who don't offer enough at Championship level or against a weakened Spurs team.

[Risso]

Ho hum.  Never really looked like scoring, and we never will while he continues to play Agbonlahor up front.  The midfield was as anonymous as ever, and Grealish was especially ineffective.

[Dave]

If we were mid table Premiership, gone there and got that result we would not have been shocked.

Brian, a word of caution. Every time somebody calls it The Premiership, God strangles a kitten.

[old man villa fan]

Reasonable display and the new keeper looks good.  Very disciplined 1st half but as we started to push forward a bit more in the 2nd half, we lost our shape in midfield.

[Deano's Mullet]

Least bothered I've been by a defeat all season. We aren't in the same division and they weren't overly impressive themselves. Just need Fleetwood to beat Bristol City and our fixture with Bristol won't be moved and I won't lose out on ore booked train tickets to that game. I'll be a lot more annoyed if we lose to wolves next week

[Clark W Griswold]

Oh and yes, Jack was shite again. While we're arseing around waiting for him to fire we're never going to do much. I won't write him off completely yet but he should be used just from the bench until we see him consistently have an impact on games, he's little more than a passenger at the moment.

[TopDeck113]

60 years and counting... *sigh*

However, the reality is we're currently a million miles away from competing with Spurs let alone winning major silverware. So, on that basis, there are some positives to be had from a not-unsurprising defeat:   

(1) A good debut in a position that has long been identified as a weakness.
(2) A battling first half where we held our shape.
(3) No one let the side down - although it would have been good to have seen Hutton put in a performance that made Spurs fans long for the day when he was back in their colours...

[eamonn]

First trip to the Lane, good to be among a boisterous away following notwithstanding some dumb fucks chanting a fair bit of vile nonsense at the Spuds lot the other side of the guards.
On the pitch we contained them well and it seemed Bruce sensed a goal was in the offing for us as Adomah and Bacuna pushed up much further in the second half. Gabby's scrambled shot about as good as it got but we didn't disgrace ourselves against a club with more confidence than any other right now even if they put out a shadow team.

[four fornicholl]

SVC has tried to get at Murphy,via twitter, about the attendance today and has had his arse spanked, sometimes wish he would keep his gob shut.

[QuintonVilla]

Anyone who complains about that needs a reality check.

We're a mid table Championship team playing Agbonlahor up front. He's been crap for five years, and even when he was 'good' he was crap. Ok we barely did anything but did anyone really expect us to get a result? I thought we'd lose by 4 or 5 so we did better than I thought.

Grealish, what does he do?! Most overrated player I've seen in a Villa shirt. He's piss poor.

Our support was magnificent. Theirs was pathetic.

Glad we're out, we need promotion this season.

[Stu]

Thought we did alright, no disgrace, and many thought we were in for a mauling, including me. Hopefully we'll get to see more of Tish, he did well tonight.

[PaulWinch again]

Grealish needs to develop some drive and purpose is his game, he's too peripheral.

[Skerra]

The biggest positive was our new 'keeper. Seemed to pluck the ball out of the air with ease. I too wasn't too bothered about the result but, it was a second string Spurs side so would have liked us to have tried pressing them more. Sadly, unless we sign one or two this week, I think the same will happen at Wolves. Just having Gabby as the lone striker, I just can't see us scoring.

I agree with others, bring Jack on from off the bench. He's a luxury player that seems to only do well when he comes on as a sub. The other major complaint I have is SB bringing on the subs far too late. Particularly as a striker, they need to have at least 30 minutes to affect a match. Bringing Ross on for 13 minutes is a total waste of time and, may just as well not bother making the change at all.

Hutton and Amavi I think were not at the races today either. I would rather see Bacuna at right back if we can get a couple of decent midfielders in.

[exigo]

That's about the tenth time I've been to White Hart Lane, and it gets quieter every time. Absolutely woeful set of fans.