Aston Villa v Spurs Post-Match Thread

[Beard82]

As bad as the game was, and it was abject, what you don’t need is a crowd like that! The booing at half time was loud and I had to think where we are in the league. Laying into and abusing your own players is pathetic and it started after the first goal. I suppose that’s the modern way to support your club but count me out.
We have 6 points to play with and a semi final on Thursday and he had to gamble tonight. It backfired because the only midfielder worth their salt was Tielemans. When they run through you at will and your out ball is Sancho who doesn’t tackle there’s only 1 outcome.
Hopefully McGinn is fit for Thursday and if so we have a great chance.

I rarely agree with booing a team - and not sure I agreed today.  But - football is an expensive hobby - and that was such a poor performance in terms of the lack of guile, effort and determination which is inexcusable. 

Fans of non-big 6 clubs hate the big 6 - and giving spurs an out by effectively surrendering the game just rubbed salt into the wound.

[olaftab]

THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL FANS WILL NEVER FORGIVE US IF THIS WINS HELPS SPURS TO STAY UP. THIS WAS A DISGRACEFUL DISPLAY AND DISRESPECTFUL  TO THE SPIRIT OF FOOTBALL.

[ez]

The worst performance against Spurs since McCleish.

We effectively lost that one before we even left the dressing room, too.

Didn't they have a player sent off and were still all over us.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Nearly 60 years watching Villa and that is the most embarrassing shameful display I have ever seen.
We have had some shite sides and some shite performances over the years. We have played worse, we have had worse results but this one is on a different level.
A lack of effort and application both on and off the pitch because an upcoming fixture is considered more important.
We could go through on Thursday and go on and win a trophy (although I am less confident of that than I was a few hours ago).  This wasn't a bit of squad rotation, it was wholesale sabotage being applied. Even when it became apparent just how badly misjudged these changes were you could see that there was no urgency to change things I assume because of the next game coming up.
Today Aston Villa players and management have through a lack of effort embarrassed and shamed the club thus compromising the integrity of the league tournament.

[martyn ellis]

How often does a team lose it's fluidity when you make wholesale changes - seven today. There's no way they're going to slot into smooth passing moves. I've always thought - always play your strongest team. Does it ever work?

[Paul.S]

As bad as the game was, and it was abject, what you don’t need is a crowd like that! The booing at half time was loud and I had to think where we are in the league. Laying into and abusing your own players is pathetic and it started after the first goal. I suppose that’s the modern way to support your club but count me out.
We have 6 points to play with and a semi final on Thursday and he had to gamble tonight. It backfired because the only midfielder worth their salt was Tielemans. When they run through you at will and your out ball is Sancho who doesn’t tackle there’s only 1 outcome.
Hopefully McGinn is fit for Thursday and if so we have a great chance.

Sorry but they deserved to be booed off. They were pathetic.  None of them were closing, trying to win the ball or interested in trying to  create anything. The fans dont ask for much but that was absolutely  atrocious  1st half

It’s not for me, never has been and never will be. We need the fans and players pulling together this week and not laying into players who a lot were bench warmers.
They didn’t come out and throw the game, they weren’t good enough when in the side at the same time. I heard some proper idiots tonight,
the abuse was embarrassing and I was just waiting for the sarcastic applause to start as it has done before.

[olaftab]

Sancho was awful but I expected that, Rogers was worse and I didn't expect that. It was almost as if he was offended at being selected and wanted nothing to do with it.

[Allan C]

This will be forgotten when we win on Thursday

Sorry but that will never be forgotten

[Demitri_C]

As bad as the game was, and it was abject, what you don’t need is a crowd like that! The booing at half time was loud and I had to think where we are in the league. Laying into and abusing your own players is pathetic and it started after the first goal. I suppose that’s the modern way to support your club but count me out.
We have 6 points to play with and a semi final on Thursday and he had to gamble tonight. It backfired because the only midfielder worth their salt was Tielemans. When they run through you at will and your out ball is Sancho who doesn’t tackle there’s only 1 outcome.
Hopefully McGinn is fit for Thursday and if so we have a great chance.

Sorry but they deserved to be booed off. They were pathetic.  None of them were closing, trying to win the ball or interested in trying to  create anything. The fans dont ask for much but that was absolutely  atrocious  1st half

It’s not for me, never has been and never will be. We need the fans and players pulling together this week and not laying into players who a lot were bench warmers.
They didn’t come out and throw the game, they weren’t good enough when in the side at the same time. I heard some proper idiots tonight,
the abuse was embarrassing and I was just waiting for the sarcastic applause to start as it has done before.

Everyone was fuming, you can only see this and other forums tonight as wlel as the online groups. The fans are united in fuming at that pathetic display.

Come  Thursday though they will have all our backing but we expect and demand better than that absolute  dig shit tonight. Show some passion and pride and get us ti turkey

[Villatillidie1982]

Normally Emery is waving his arms about and shouting on the touchline. He stood there motionless all game tonight. Is he losing interest or does he only care about Thursday?

[eamonn]

Rogers has started 47 of our 51 games and come on as sub in the other 4. Plus 7 internationals. It's no wonder he's looking jaded.

He wants to play every game, Emery recognises him as our most important attacker and his match-vematch-vest doesn't show him in the red zone. He's young and full of spunk, that's how it is.

[PaulWinch again]

This will be forgotten when we win on Thursday

Sorry but that will never be forgotten

I’ll let it go if we win the Europa League, but that feels very far away right now.

[Dave]

So bad that the "give Spurs points to shit Forest up before Thursday" conspiracy theory actually seems very plausible.

Genuinely can't remember a worse performance, and I'm normally someone who is happy taking the most minor of silver linings. There was literally nothing today.

[ez]

When spurs came to villa park last season they rested players and took it easy because they had a europa league game after. No-one said anything about it.

[Chip Butty 111]

This will be forgotten when we win on Thursday

Sorry but that will never be forgotten

on the back of the last 3 displays, tonight was a different level, I honestly can't see us beating Forest by 2 clear goals. They will let us have the ball, and hit us on the counter. We look completely gassed and short on confidence.