Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[Steve67]

We are our own worst enemy.  ball watching, giving it away in key positions, poor finishing etc.  Tottenham are a bunch of fucking ****** and I absolutely hate them.  Massive second half coming up.  VAR yet again goes against us, the referee should get first dibs and he said it wasn't.  The guy left his leg in to draw in the foul and Engels falls for it.  Furious.  We should be winning.  We now hope instead of expect.

[jwarry]

I fucking hate these fucking twats. Twice this year we've taken the lead and overrun them at the start and twice this year we've thrown it the fuck away.

I might be mistaken but I’m sure there is another 45 mins isn’t there?

[Nii Lamptey]

Was a penalty in all fairness. Could see it coming.... we were on top and much better team for most of that half, but need to be more ruthless.

[itmustbe_it is!]

Still in this . Dick them second half Villa

[mr underhill]

we can't defend and we don't score enough. That's never a good combination.

[AsTallAsLions]

I fucking hate these fucking twats. Twice this year we've taken the lead and overrun them at the start and twice this year we've thrown it the fuck away.

I might be mistaken but I’m sure there is another 45 mins isn’t there?

We've still thrown away a lead and find ourselves behind

[Demitri_C]

l

Never a pen

CHEatingheating

It was a clear penalty. He never got the ball.

Where was the foul ?.

[SheffieldVillain]

Never a pen

CHEatingheating

It was a clear penalty. He never got the ball.

That's how I saw it to be honest.

The question is whether he brought down the attacker, not whether he got the ball. I think he probably did bring him down. Was it a 'clear and obvious error'? Was it bollocks. It took them three minutes to decide. They make up the VAR rules as they go along.

Plenty of other questionable decisions though.

Aurier told after two cautionable fouls to cut it out, another one straight after which didn't even get a talking to let alone a card. 

A clear corner off the defenders heel - not even a difficult one as the ball changed direction, given as a goalkick.

An utterly shit referring display.

[stevo_st]

FUCK VAR

Clear and obvious error my arse.
Soft pen, minor contact.
Farce

[JUAN PABLO]

nakamba for DD for me

[Bobby Boy]

We've played some good stuff but always look likely to make a mistake. We are so open but what's new? It's the same every game. We concede the most chances in the league for a reason. You can walk right through us.

Which again begs the question of John Terry's involvement in particular...

[PeterWithesShin]

I want to know why there was no check for our handball shout. A check when it's one of our players in the stomach, no check for ours.

[Clark W Griswold]

No foul and no pen for me, what a load of old wank.

[Demitri_C]

Take on one  these cbs off play two up front. Spurs look all over the place in defence. Let’s put pressure on them

[ktvillan]

Unbelievable we're behind.  Yet utterly typical.  We pissed all over them for a good 30 minutes of that half yet our ball-watching half asleep defenders still manage to gift them 5 clear chances and a penalty.  Alli could have had a hat trick with the space we've given him. 

The penalty was nailed on, incredibly stupid challenge.  That said how come VAR does a penalty check when the ball hits Engels on the hip, yet nothing when a Spurs player's hand clearly deflects AEG's cross?  Could it be because Jon Moss is the VAR wanker today?

We can still win this if the defenders concetnrate harder and