Aston Villa v Tottenham ‘Spursy’ Pre Match Thread. Saturday 5.30pm.

[Bad English]

Villa 3 - Spurs 1

I concur. FTNLCSDF!

[eamonn]

Please de-abbreviate for the masses.

[Bad English]

That would be too easy. It's not that hard. Think lazy and inaccurate clichés.

[eamonn]

Ok, i'll try and decipher... Fcuk the North London cockspur-sucking degenerate...fools ?

[Bad English]

Fuck the Norf Lahndahn Cockerney Shandy Drinking Fuckers!

[Meanwood Villa]

I have zero confidence for this one. 0-2

[eamonn]

Fuck the Norf Lahndahn Cockerney Shandy Drinking Fuckers!

Aha!

[rougegorge]

I want to see us look like the home side at the very least.

Yes I agree; this would be a start. Sitting back and letting them play around us for 45 minutes before there is a reaction won't do.

Our record against them is fairly dreadful as it is in general against the better sides. Since we beat them on New Year's Day in 2008, we've played them 10 times at VP in the league and drawn twice and lost the other 8, and we've lost the last 6.

[darren woolley]

1-1 Draw for me.

[RamboandBruno]

Isn't Marv fit for this game? I thing SG is desperate to bring him on.

He should be on the bench, if he starts he won't be lasting more than an hour.

Not sure how the team is going to look as feels like Ollie or Ings upfront on their own and they'd just get submerged by their three CBs. One of Bentancur or Hojiberg will likely sit on Coutinho. Perhaps we'll start Buendia aswell but would leave us outnumbered in central midfield unless he plays deep.

And with form Kane is in he'll find all sorts of space between our defence and midfield and dragging out Mings or Konsa for Son to run into.

Probably one of Gerrard's most difficult selections since becoming our manager as it feels a bit of a nightmare match up.

I wouldn't actually be against bringing in Chambers and switching to 3-5-2 and just matching them up and seeing what happens but then I assume it's a formation Gerrard hasn't played in his managerial career so would be alien to him compared to Conte who uses it at every club he manages.

Yep, good analysis. Ive been thinking maybe he should play Coutinhio and Beundia wide left and right cutting in, but then i think we also need Ings and Watkins on the pitch, which would just leave us light in centre mid.
Head says an uncomfortable evening and comprehensive defeat, heart says 3-2 villa (Coutinhio, Watkins, Ramsey).

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Mings
Digne
Luiz
McGinn
Ramsey
Coutinhio
Watkins
Beundia

[kippaxvilla2]

'Spursy'?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spursy

[eamonn]

Think BE was being rhetorical, showing chagrin for such a cringey term unrelated to the Villa and therefore of little importance, on this thread.

[Brazilian Villain]

Villa 3 - Spurs 1

I concur. FTNLCSDF!

What BE and Risso said!

Stevie G's claret & blue army to silence the doubters.

[kippaxvilla2]

Hope Stephen Gerrard's Aston Villa can pull off a shock this weekend.

[Allan C]

2-0 to us. Just fancy us for this one