Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/football/tottenham-vs-a-villa/report/482720

[Sexual Ealing]

They're calling each other C-words on a Spurs forum (and they're right). All is good.

[Ian.]

We really need an upgrade on Cash , and Diaby needs to have a good look at himself he simply isn't doing it lately

Not every player can DO IT every week. He's important part of out set up, and other teams a worried sick of him.

We need competition for Cash for sure. Today wasn't all his fault mind he didn't know where to position himself when in or out of possession.

Diary has done loads so far, but every no 10 can blow hot and cold.

I like Cash, he’s is a very decent right back. We need some cover there for sure.

Need an upgrade on him on my observation.
After we removed Cash from the picture, the game changed. The manner he was playing seemed clueless and  it was a pathetic yellow card for a foolish challenge.
Cash didn't have the football intelligence to play the role required and that was an issue addressed at half time.

He wasn’t playing right back though.

[Jane]

Well that has upset the Sky love in with Spurs

You could sense the disappointment in the commentator's voice

Doubt Alan Smith who is a Villa fan was that disappointed

He was the worst of the lot. Anti Villa in very sentence he spouted

I didn't hear that at all! He was pretty much smirking in his comments when the equaliser went in.

[Beard82]

Brilliant Result, a brilliant end to an annoying week (personally).

Thought Youri was brilliant when he came on - starting to look like a brilliant bit of business. 

What is impressive, is you can see we still have loads of room for improvement - Pau seems really good, his reading of the game is brilliant, but hes still learning the league.  Less sure about Carlos - but maybe he just needs to play more.

Diaby has been a bit quiet - but we've all seen the quality he has, I hoped he would have more space today - but it didn't quite work

[Grande Pablo]

I did worry in seeing Cash in midfield & so it proved - not his fault entirely & I can't see Unai doing that again in a hurry.  He might just get off the murder charge too - fickle fans who see Gazza not fouling Gary Charles in 1991...

Great win.  Imagine not dropping points at either Wolves or Forest & we'd be top.  Halcyon days!

[AV84]

What happened with Diaby? Injured or a bit shit today?

[The Left Side]

Not bad but we needed to change it up a bit.

[AV84]

Is Kamara banned now? 5th yellow picked up today. Cash joins Digne and Dougie on 4. Need to be careful now.

[Risso]

Cash just does not work as a wide player. Hopefully him being taken off at half time is the end of him ever playing there again, it just does not work. He's not every good at it, and it upsets the balance of the team. We looked better as the second half wore on.

[RamboandBruno]

I wasn't expecting that after 10 minutes to be honest. An inspired pair of subs which not many managers at 1-1 away from home at half time would have had the imagination to have  done. Our best win of  the season for me.

Stevie Wonder, or maybe even Dean Smith, would have been able to see that those changes were needed at half time. Credit to Emery for making the changes but he was only correcting his tactical and selection errors in the first place. There was no reason to start Carlos today

I actually think Torres played really well today, I also thought Carlos was ok. The problem is Konsa is a better centre back than Carlos, Cash is a better right back than Konsa and Tielemans, Bailey, McGinn, Zanioloa etc are all better in than wide midfield role than Cash.
Unai must of had his reasons, but it didn’t work and Cash was additionally rattled after Bentacur had to go off. Unai changed his own plan and it worked and we controlled large parts of the second half.
We are flying.

[eamonn]

What happened with Diaby? Injured or a bit shit today?

We were hemmed-in for much of the first half so he struggled to get any of the ball. I didn't like his body language every time a team-mate's effort to find him was intercepted. I think he's a bit frustrated at the moment, knowing that he can contribute more. We also have to help get the best out of him.

[astonvilla82]

I did worry in seeing Cash in midfield & so it proved - not his fault entirely & I can't see Unai doing that again in a hurry.  He might just get off the murder charge too - fickle fans who see Gazza not fouling Gary Charles in 1991...

Great win.  Imagine not dropping points at either Wolves or Forest & we'd be top.  Halcyon days!

moaning like f on there site, good because we been a soft touch over the years

[eamonn]

Moreno?

No. He's left-sided, Cash is right.

[Exeter 77]

Is Kamara banned now? 5th yellow picked up today. Cash joins Digne and Dougie on 4. Need to be careful now.

Kamara is banned for the Bournemouth game.