Villa shat it at 2-1. That goal had been coming for a little while and I remember thinking we’re going to fucking lose this. The Spurs defeat you could swallow because they were just about the better side on the day and stopped us playing. This one made me angry because Wilves didn’t look that great and we were 2-0 up. To throw it away like that suggests we may have a few problems. First time I can remember Smith effectively blaming the players. Can’t remember his exact words but it was something like ‘there was nothing wrong with the tactics’ which interpreted as ‘don’t blame me, blame the players’. He’s got such a lot of credit in the bank that I couldn’t envisage even some of our more rabid fans turning on him. But if we don’t get anything from Arsenal or West Ham, it surely won’t be too long before the grumbles start to get louder.