Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Dave]

Premier League, Saturday 10th August, 17.30

Son and Foyth suspended for them. Alli knackered his hamstring today. Davies, Aurier and Dier all doubtful.

It's good to be back.

[Jon Crofts]

Fuck the fuckers. 1-1.

[Nii Lamptey]

Grealish comes back to haunt them as 'the one that got away'. 1-2 win

Kane for them, McGinn equaliser, Grealish winner in the 88th!   

[TopDeck113]

Reality check: a good performance but a 2-1 defeat after being a goal up at HT.

[Monty]

On the one hand, extremely cool to have pre-match threads which begin like 'Tottenham Hotspur' again. On the other hand, ah fuck, we're going to lose aren't we.

[AV82EC]

Be happy with a good performance here, at least to get pundits saying hang on Villa aren’t a bad team. Any points would be a bonus.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

After a battle with the Germans. Penetrated by the Scottish & Irish cavalry (Mcginn & Hourihane) If Mings can contain Kane. 0-1 Aston Villa …….

[cdbearsfan]

The first of thirty-eight victories. COYVB.

[Nev]

4-0 to them.
From the drains, the gutters and the hovels they rise, the cliche driven pundits, Murdoch shilling takers, Sandwell deadbeats and bitter 'noses to cry "told you so", to damn us, condemn us and to laugh.

But it's only one game, and they will slowly fade as we settle and progress, and the bitterness will envelop them once more.

[eamonn]

Gulp...hope it's not one of those 'orrible ones.
39 months since our last sniff of the big-time, hopefully it's less barmaid's apron and more Maradona on charlie.

[TonyD]

1.3  Easy.

[gpbarr]

We will likely lose (I expect Spurs to have another good season) - perhaps day 1 of the new season, we might catch them cold. But I just want to see a performance that has us competitive - if we lose by the odd goal that will be a good sign for the season to come. It wont get much harder than Spurs away.

[Villa in Denmark]

Reality check: a good performance but a 2-1 defeat after being a goal up at HT.

This is what I fear will happen, but I can never bring myself to predict a Villa defeat so I've gone for the draw in the poll.

[Pete3206]

Narrow defeat, but cause for much optimism.

Spurs 2 Villa 1

[rob_bridge]

I dreamt we lost 2.1.

I think 4.2 is nearer he mark.