Spurs 2 Aston Villa 1 Post match thread.

[john e]

Just buy Son in the January window…. Sorted

Just get Bailey fully fit and he'll be that sort of player for us.

Bailey & Son works for me

[Beard82]

I think games like this is why some were disappointed we didn't bring another top player or two.  Needed someone different in midfield who would have kept the ball better.  Also, a bit more leadership, I love SJM but I don't see him as a leader.

Think inconsistency comes from having one of the younger teams, particularly in midfield where we seem to be either great or awful.

I am slightly nervous that we don't know how to get the best out of Ings or Emi10 - but early days still.

6 points from the last 4 games is a decent return - and plenty of positives

[Villan82]

Inconsistency has been holding us back for a very long time, even in the Championship, we were frustratingly inconsistent.

[Ads]

Everybody bar 2 or 3 teams is largely inconsistent in results and absolutely everybody is inconsistent with performances, just the better sides have more players capable of individual brilliance.

[SoccerHQ]

Inconsistency has been holding us back for a very long time, even in the Championship, we were frustratingly inconsistent.

Surely that's what happens finishing in 8th-10th range? Pretty sure in the past we've finished in 7th losing about 15 games in a season and winning less than 50%.

Seems to be some odd logic on here we should be finishing top 4 still. I think we'll have a decent season but nowhere near consistant enough to be thinking of that as realistic and today showed.

5th-9th will be pretty open though when you look at the results Leicester and West Ham had today.

[wittonwarrior]

We needed to make changes at half time   Obvious the long balls wide weren’t working. 

Mings again a liability and thank the lord for Martinez

[andyh]

They seemed to want it more than us.
 We were second to most things, slow to react and generally bullied by them. Bullied by fucking Spurs, Christ!

[Flin5tone]

It's like watching Stoke City under Tony Pulis,the long throws are really becoming irritating

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's like watching Stoke City under Tony Pulis,the long throws are really becoming irritating

If only it was just the long throw-ins.

[RamboandBruno]

All on the manager. Looked rubbish after 45 mins. Ramsey having a absolute stinker and leaves him on. Getting battered fir first 15 minutes before making a change.

Watkins despite his goal was awful.

Hause shouldnt start anymore games as was absolute liability.

This is why people get pissed off with smith.could have created a gap from one of our European rivals yet he blows it. Also spurs played Thursday night and still looked better than us.

You got so many options on the bench to change the game but dean failed miserably today.

Hause was great last week -and now he should never start for us again?  He got skinned by the best player on the pitch for their second, but otherwise did fine.
I think smith could of made the change a bit earlier, but there was still 30 mins or more left when Buendia came. Are you saying the players inability to pass the ball had nothing to do with losing day?

[Villan82]

Inconsistency has been holding us back for a very long time, even in the Championship, we were frustratingly inconsistent.

Surely that's what happens finishing in 8th-10th range? Pretty sure in the past we've finished in 7th losing about 15 games in a season and winning less than 50%.

Seems to be some odd logic on here we should be finishing top 4 still. I think we'll have a decent season but nowhere near consistant enough to be thinking of that as realistic and today showed.

5th-9th will be pretty open though when you look at the results Leicester and West Ham had today.

Look, after winning at Old Trafford and blitzing Everton I am just disappointed with a poor performance against a Spurs team with their own problems Nothing more nothing less.

[Ian.]

Inconsistency has been holding us back for a very long time, even in the Championship, we were frustratingly inconsistent.

Well unless you’re a team finishing in the top two or three every year you will see inconsistencies. If we consistently won every week we’d be winning the league.

Look at West Ham today, Man Utd last week, Arsenal for the last few seasons or so. Still these are teams which have finished in the top six in recent years.

[Ads]

It's like watching Stoke City under Tony Pulis,the long throws are really becoming irritating

They created problems consistently.

[steamer]

Ings and Watkins is not working and neither player is to blame, they both work very hard but it's just not happening and Ings looks frustrated and angry.

Could not pass a ball , midfielders absolutely terrible.  Smith slow to react

Bad Day

Thats a bit mild

[SoccerHQ]

Inconsistency has been holding us back for a very long time, even in the Championship, we were frustratingly inconsistent.

Surely that's what happens finishing in 8th-10th range? Pretty sure in the past we've finished in 7th losing about 15 games in a season and winning less than 50%.

Seems to be some odd logic on here we should be finishing top 4 still. I think we'll have a decent season but nowhere near consistant enough to be thinking of that as realistic and today showed.

5th-9th will be pretty open though when you look at the results Leicester and West Ham had today.

Look, after winning at Old Trafford and blitzing Everton I am just disappointed with a poor performance against a Spurs team with their own problems Nothing more nothing less.

We used to throw in these performances when we were finishing 6th under O'Neill. Start of 2008-09 we played well in a 0-0 at home to Liverpool after losing 3-2 at newly promoted Stoke the week before. Then we lost 2-1 at home to Boro and went to Arsenal the next week and won 2-0.

Target is to get in 55-60 point range again. You can lose plenty of games and still make it. Key is not to draw loads of games and we've only had one draw all season.