Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Three Spires Villa]

enjoying everything about the Villa at the moment, Manger, owners and fans optimism. However lets be realistic here and a point would be amazing.

[Le Lapin]

A point or a sneaky one goal win would set the tone nicely for the season. Going to be a real tough game for us....

[SoccerHQ]

Is it really beginning to grate on anyone else how all these so called 'experts' are predicting how much we are going to struggle and we are in a dog fight to survive?

There is so much trash in this league, I mean seriously how many Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Southampton and Watford players would get in our side? Yet these 'experts' have the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley riding high and us as relegation fodder.

I can really see us around 10th most the season and with a bit of luck going our way even higher.

Most I've seen have us in average position of 14th-15th which is fair enough, I've predicted 14th. Plenty have Burnley below us.

Peter Crouch today predicted we'd finish 18th, Burnley 11th....

[dave.woodhall]

Is it really beginning to grate on anyone else how all these so called 'experts' are predicting how much we are going to struggle and we are in a dog fight to survive?

There is so much trash in this league, I mean seriously how many Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Southampton and Watford players would get in our side? Yet these 'experts' have the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley riding high and us as relegation fodder.

I can really see us around 10th most the season and with a bit of luck going our way even higher.

Most I've seen have us in average position of 14th-15th which is fair enough, I've predicted 14th. Plenty have Burnley below us.

Peter Crouch today predicted we'd finish 18th, Burnley 11th....

He also said we've stay up.

[SoccerHQ]

Davies, Aurier, Foyth, Dier, Wanyama, Dele, Son all miss this game, Lo Celso, Sessegnon, NDombele will need to get up to speed with pochettino's double sessions in training (maybe NDombele will make the bench).

Your players will need to be fit to keep up. In fact, it's one of the biggest differences between first and second division.

Winks will most definitely play the deepest of the five in midfield.

Didn't know about that thing I mentioned in the first post, apologies.

Would be very surprised if Ndombele dosen't start, I watched you playing Real Madrid in Audi Cup and thought he was your best player and big improvement on Sissoko.

I assume Eriksen is leaving in next few weeks so not sure he'll start although doubt Lo Celso will be thrown in when he's just arrived in the country.

Spurs have arguably strongest midifeld options outside top 2 now, lots of depth and quality.

[SoccerHQ]

Is it really beginning to grate on anyone else how all these so called 'experts' are predicting how much we are going to struggle and we are in a dog fight to survive?

There is so much trash in this league, I mean seriously how many Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Southampton and Watford players would get in our side? Yet these 'experts' have the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley riding high and us as relegation fodder.

I can really see us around 10th most the season and with a bit of luck going our way even higher.

Most I've seen have us in average position of 14th-15th which is fair enough, I've predicted 14th. Plenty have Burnley below us.

Peter Crouch today predicted we'd finish 18th, Burnley 11th....

He also said we've stay up.

18th.

https://www.givemesport.com/1496017-peter-crouch-predicts-where-each-premier-league-side-will-finish-in-201920-season

Has Norwich finishing 14th.

The i preview pull out today had us in 14th. Brighton, Sheffield united and Norwich relegated. Palace in 17th.

[dave.woodhall]

Is it really beginning to grate on anyone else how all these so called 'experts' are predicting how much we are going to struggle and we are in a dog fight to survive?

There is so much trash in this league, I mean seriously how many Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Southampton and Watford players would get in our side? Yet these 'experts' have the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley riding high and us as relegation fodder.

I can really see us around 10th most the season and with a bit of luck going our way even higher.

Most I've seen have us in average position of 14th-15th which is fair enough, I've predicted 14th. Plenty have Burnley below us.

Peter Crouch today predicted we'd finish 18th, Burnley 11th....

He also said we've stay up.

18th.

https://www.givemesport.com/1496017-peter-crouch-predicts-where-each-premier-league-side-will-finish-in-201920-season

Has Norwich finishing 14th.

The i preview pull out today had us in 14th. Brighton, Sheffield united and Norwich relegated. Palace in 17th.

In the Mail he said we would avoid relegation and had us finishing eighteenth.

[danno]

Altitude sickness.

[SoccerHQ]

Is it really beginning to grate on anyone else how all these so called 'experts' are predicting how much we are going to struggle and we are in a dog fight to survive?

There is so much trash in this league, I mean seriously how many Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheff Utd, Southampton and Watford players would get in our side? Yet these 'experts' have the likes of Bournemouth and Burnley riding high and us as relegation fodder.

I can really see us around 10th most the season and with a bit of luck going our way even higher.

Most I've seen have us in average position of 14th-15th which is fair enough, I've predicted 14th. Plenty have Burnley below us.

Peter Crouch today predicted we'd finish 18th, Burnley 11th....

He also said we've stay up.

18th.

https://www.givemesport.com/1496017-peter-crouch-predicts-where-each-premier-league-side-will-finish-in-201920-season

Has Norwich finishing 14th.

The i preview pull out today had us in 14th. Brighton, Sheffield united and Norwich relegated. Palace in 17th.

In the Mail he said we would avoid relegation and had us finishing eighteenth.

Oh I see. Well Crouchy is getting the hang of this pundit job nicely, covering all bases.

[exigo]

We've already moved up one place...

[KRS]

Really hope Wesley can get off the mark early on in his career with us.

I'll just be happy if he doesn't get sent off and ruin all our pre-season planning. It's something that's been nagging me these last few weeks. He's a bit of a hot head and needs to curb his temper. Scoring a hattrick tomorrow should help cool his nerves.

What makes you think Wes has anger issues? I’ve watched all the preseason games and that thought has never crossed my mind tbh. I remember Jack having a word with him in one of the games, but if it’s a thing then hopefully this will have been picked up by Dean and the staff.

[robbo1874]

Only been there once- the Bosnich game. Having been used to VP, WHL seemed small. Also very difficult to get to, even living in London at the time. My perception of spurs was that the match at VP always seemed a banker, a bit like Everton. I’d be interested to see the stats from the last 40 or so years, to see how accurate or not that was.

Anyway things are obviously different now, they’ve just lost a champions league final and we’ve just won at Wembley, so things are a bit more even now 😁

The new stadium looks fantastic and I can see why some on here are clamouring for a new ground. For me though, Villa Park was streets ahead of WHL. Let them have the new ground. I’d be very happy if we managed a similar result to the first match at the Emirates. Barry header and Jeffers (?) late equaliser to spare their blushes!

Come on You Lions!!

Bit of an afterthought... we talk about how our inferior local rivals are obsessed with us. I was talking to a Spurs supporter a few weeks back about this match and I mentioned the Emirates match and couldn’t recall who got the equaliser for Arsenal. The fella didn’t miss a beat, naming Jeffers. I hope it was Jeffers, as I’ll look a dick if it wasn’t!!

[Axl Rose]

Only been there once- the Bosnich game. Having been used to VP, WHL seemed small. Also very difficult to get to, even living in London at the time. My perception of spurs was that the match at VP always seemed a banker, a bit like Everton. I’d be interested to see the stats from the last 40 or so years, to see how accurate or not that was.

Anyway things are obviously different now, they’ve just lost a champions league final and we’ve just won at Wembley, so things are a bit more even now 😁

The new stadium looks fantastic and I can see why some on here are clamouring for a new ground. For me though, Villa Park was streets ahead of WHL. Let them have the new ground. I’d be very happy if we managed a similar result to the first match at the Emirates. Barry header and Jeffers (?) late equaliser to spare their blushes!

Come on You Lions!!

Bit of an afterthought... we talk about how our inferior local rivals are obsessed with us. I was talking to a Spurs supporter a few weeks back about this match and I mentioned the Emirates match and couldn’t recall who got the equaliser for Arsenal. The fella didn’t miss a beat, naming Jeffers. I hope it was Jeffers, as I’ll look a dick if it wasn’t!!

I think it was Gilberto Silva, but a similar player to Jeffers in many ways! Haha.

It was definitely Mellberg that got our goal, however.

[robbo1874]

Shit! My memory really is that bad eh? Could’ve sworn it was GB.

[Axl Rose]

Shit! My memory really is that bad eh? Could’ve sworn it was GB.

It happens to us all, mate! I remember this game quite well as it was my 24th birthday, and we went loopy in the away end!

Here are the highlights.

https://youtu.be/2gVY5FK1_80