Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa pre-match thread

[coreyfeldman]

Was told that Ramsey would be back for Sunday to play in some capacity. It may be bollocks but here's hoping

[Smirker]

Yes, we will lose.

No we won't!

[Footy-Vill]

I don't think they'll be able to cope with our attacking.
Because of Spurs' careless cavalier approach and poor temperament, add the injuries, it's the type of contest where we most definitely will win due to naivety of Spurs and Emery strategies for a masterclass in attacking transitions

I think Emery will devise several ways in exploiting weaknesses of Spurs team and despite conceding we'll run on winners in a four-goal-to-one romp.
I sense a Watkins and Diaby brace on the way.
Villa will be too good and learnt from the Forest match.

UTV!

[sid1964]

We should be able to beat Spurs reserves - they have a lot of injuries / suspensions

[Allan C]

I think this will be 1-1  they’re better than some suggest even with their injury list.

[paul_e]

I think this is a really tough one to call. Without the international break I think we'd have beaten them. With them having their reserves in central defence and central midfield I'd hope we can dominate in there but it's whether they've been able to use the extra week off to get a bit more familiarity in that new group and get them setup with the same sort of targeted plan that we've seen other teams try recently.


I'm guessing at a 1-2 win but it think it comes down to who scores first.

[Dr Butler]

still going to be a tough game so please just win Villa.


UTV
The Doc

[ChicagoLion]

I think this is a really tough one to call. Without the international break I think we'd have beaten them. With them having their reserves in central defence and central midfield I'd hope we can dominate in there but it's whether they've been able to use the extra week off to get a bit more familiarity in that new group and get them setup with the same sort of targeted plan that we've seen other teams try recently.

I think we can expect them to come at us straight from kick off. Teams that have set about us early have had some success particularly away.
Even with the injuries they can put out a solid team with a very dangerous attack.
Agree I think the first goal could be vital.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s going to be bloody tough. Let’s not forget we’ve been a bit ropey away from home, so we’re going to have to properly turn up for this.

[coreyfeldman]

So far they've been purely one dimensional under Ange. Even when it works for them they're never in control of games that I've seen, it's always so frantic. I just feel that unai will have something up his sleeve, and also the amount of players they'll be missing it'll be very difficult to keep up what they've been doing so far

[Skerra]

Sid, we couldn’t beat Forest reserves but, hoping we stop Spurs reserves from marching in, very slowly!!

[VillaTim]

Being unable to keep a clean sheet is a concern as we always need 2 minimum to win

[LeeB]

Being unable to keep a clean sheet is a concern as we always need 2 minimum to win

Yeah, but we average nearly 3 goals a game so it's all good.

2-0 or 3-1 us.

[VillaTim]

Being unable to keep a clean sheet is a concern as we always need 2 minimum to win

Yeah, but we average nearly 3 goals a game so it's all good.

2-0 or 3-1 us.

not in away games , only 1 a game average so we need to improve to win the game

[Drummond]

This has the potential to be a cracking game. They, at home, are really good, they play attacking football and thus leave opportunities for the opposition to score. We are experts at that.

So 0-0. :-)