Aston Villa v Tottenham Post Match Wake.

[kippaxvilla2]

You can still afford booze at least.

[Beard82]

Anyway by far the best thing about today was driving to the game. Got a few miles down the A14 in my mate's car, and we could see two people messing about on a bridge a little way ahead. Got a bit closer, and one of the people was a young lady in a total state of undress leaning over the bridge and waggling her ample bosom at the passing cars and lorries.

Surely an omen that things were going to go tits up today.

Top post BV but Risso did give you couple of pointers.

It’s certainly good to be kept abreast of the situation.

Sneak peak at the summer war chest maybe?  Or maybe that was just the boobie prize

[SoccerHQ]

I was in the upper Holte and it was haemorrhaging fans after the 3rd went in. Mass exodus when they scored the 4th. These aren’t Villa tourists.

I was in lower Holte in the corner where Brigada used to be with the banners and was actually a fire drill at 3-0 aswell.

Funny you mention the tourists bit as was making my way down as soon as injury time was announced and looked up at Upper Trinity and it was still pretty packed so they must've all wanted to applaud Son off the bench as used to be a decent amount of away fans up there in the seasons I could get cheap tickets off Viagogo in that area.

Whole club feels really flat currently and think that's feeding to the fanbase currently as we all just want this season to end now.

[tomd2103]

First half - conceded a very fortunate ate goal early in, but played well for the majority of the half and created some decent chances. 

Second half - complete capitulation after the second goal in and we were wide open at the back with no midfield cover in front of them.  Shockingly bad.

[tomd2103]

I was in the upper Holte and it was haemorrhaging fans after the 3rd went in. Mass exodus when they scored the 4th. These aren’t Villa tourists.

I was in lower Holte in the corner where Brigada used to be with the banners and was actually a fire drill at 3-0 aswell.

Funny you mention the tourists bit as was making my way down as soon as injury time was announced and looked up at Upper Trinity and it was still pretty packed so they must've all wanted to applaud Son off the bench as used to be a decent amount of away fans up there in the seasons I could get cheap tickets off Viagogo in that area.

Whole club feels really flat currently and think that's feeding to the fanbase currently as we all just want this season to end now.

I don't.  I think it is important that we try and finish the season on a high, so that potential recruits believe they are joining an ambitious club who are moving forward. 

[SoccerHQ]

I was in the upper Holte and it was haemorrhaging fans after the 3rd went in. Mass exodus when they scored the 4th. These aren’t Villa tourists.

I was in lower Holte in the corner where Brigada used to be with the banners and was actually a fire drill at 3-0 aswell.

Funny you mention the tourists bit as was making my way down as soon as injury time was announced and looked up at Upper Trinity and it was still pretty packed so they must've all wanted to applaud Son off the bench as used to be a decent amount of away fans up there in the seasons I could get cheap tickets off Viagogo in that area.

Whole club feels really flat currently and think that's feeding to the fanbase currently as we all just want this season to end now.

I don't.  I think it is important that we try and finish the season on a high, so that potential recruits believe they are joining an ambitious club who are moving forward. 

I was expecting 50 + points after Leeds away so we've really screwed that up.

To just get to 45 points now we have to beat Burnley twice and Norwich. To get to 51 points add in win at Leicester and v Palace or draws v Liverpool and Man. City if we get 4 points from those two fixtures.

Given the state we're in I'll leave you to work out if that's likely or not. It's been a very flattering to deceive season straight from the opening day.

[Goldie.7]

That Bailey attempt (anyone else slots home no problem) sums up his Villa career... Complete fucking shite! Also, that Watkins attempt where all the hard work was done for him, but of course his disastrous first touch just gifts the ball back to Lloris.

I noticed an hour before KO spuds were 60/1 to win 0-4 and 160/1 to win 0-5. Guess who's in the money baby?!

Ridiculous odds considering they've scored something like 25 goals in their previous 5 or 6 matches and we are on a losing streak.

No point even mentioning the same lightweights in midfield - we all know they'll be starting against Leicester.

[brontebilly]

Digne is a big upgrade on Targett and it’s nonsense to dismiss him.

On what basis? ..he has showed little or nothing since the club spent big money getting him in

[Pat McMahon]

Clearly, we don't have enough players in the squad to make wholesale changes, especially when Sanson, Bailey and Traore can't be trusted any more than the clowns who played today.  I'm not sure what has happened to Ezri Konsa this season but he has not warranted the game time he's been given.  I appreciate that Young made a tit of himself when he got booked, but this is exactly what Konsa needs to do every so often.  He was owned by Kane and showed him far too much respect.  The headers, or non-challenges he put in were absolutely crap and someone said in the match thread that he should have been taken off to make a point, I agree.  Too many players go missing when we fall behind, although first half we showed some mettle but when the second goal went in, too many were all anonymous.   Steven Gerrard should be asked a simple question: before we give you a shitload of money, can you make the players you have any better?  On the evidence I have seen so far, I think he hasn't.  Consistency is key here, the first half, we were very good, but the second half was woeful.  The only consistent thing about Villa at the moment is the fans, sell outs every game. Does this current team and Manager deserve that?

That foul by Young on Kane was the highlight of the second half for me. I agree with your comments re Konsa though, he was very poor today, starting with the poor header in the build up to the opener.  I also think he doesn’t take responsibility with the ball and moves it on to Mings or the full backs but rarely plays a forward pass. He’s not developed this season.

We had plenty of promise in the first half but poor finishing left us vulnerable. If we’d equalised things may have been different but bollocks to ifs after losing 4-0. Each of the goals today was eminently avoidable and we really lack intelligence and game management in key moments.

Looking behind us in the table again. If Newcastle finish above us then Gerrard has done a poor job.

[brontebilly]

That third goal was a disgrace. Watching it back here. The kind of goal that should never be conceded at this level.

[brontebilly]

Both Konsa and Mings were embarrassing for the fourth.

[Axl Rose]

Gerrard sounded like a broken man in his post match interview.

We're a soft touch and defensively all over the place. No leadership across the pitch.

[Scott Nielsen]

today we saw the difference between a top manager and a PR stunt.

Conte is undoubtedly a better manager than Gerrard but that is also true for almost every other manager in the world.

What I saw was the difference a few genuine world class players can make.

[olaftab]

I noticed an hour before KO spuds were 60/1 to win 0-4 and 160/1 to win 0-5. Guess who's in the money baby?!

Not sure “who’s in the money baby” but any twat on here who bets on the Villa to lose can “go away”.

[olaftab]

Looking behind us in the table again. If Newcastle finish above us then Gerrard has done a poor job.

I can see both Newcastle and Leeds finishing above us. We will finish 16th and in terms of number of games lost and goals conceded that’s about right place