Match Threads Aston Villa vs Spurs - Match Thread

[spud]

We all see things differently. Well you an I certainly do. We should have scored at least 5 today.

Point. Missed.

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

Point. Missed.

I'm still missing it ?

 

[Pimp_Spur]

Anyone know where I can see some extended highlights? Missed the game today and it sounded like a great match

 

[yankspurs]

Awful at the back, Aurier in a four, and Sanchez on the ball is just scary. Incredibly wasteful up front as well, should of had ten. We play like that against RB, we're gonna be out the tie after just the first leg.

But there's nothing like a last minute winner ..........fucking COYS!!

Sanchez was, again, our best defender.

 

[fortworthspur]

if we could defend we'd have top 4 locked up by now.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

We missed our chance with Grealish by messing about. We won’t pay what it will take to get him now. Levy won’t allow himself to pay two or three times what he wasn’t willing to pay last time.

Has Grealish ever actually said he wants to play for Spurs , he might be waiting for a call from Liverpool, Man U or City .

 

[fortworthspur]

Grealish is the best player on Villa and a good midfielder but he isnt that good.

 

[Ronwol196061]

Dier was a weak link,and because we have do many ball players I think we need to find a quality DM
Winks ok but doesnt add that much defensively.
Had NDombele played and it's ok he didnt as we have two tough games coming up,but had he played I think we would have been a bit more in control. His retention and choices are excellent.
In the attack Dele was the most disappointing only as he has the most to offer and he is too casual.
Dele,Moura were not effective for the most part and Son (Son for a fair amount of the game was making bad choices of course he got the last one about as right as you could)
Bergwjin is great. His through ball in the first and his assertive play was a joy to watch

 

[Ronwol196061]

Grealish is the best player on Villa and a good midfielder but he isnt that good.

He was the best player out there today I thought Bergwjin was close)

 

[mightyspur]

6 points secured.

 

[barry]

You some sort of a masochist?

Maybe. I enjoyed our good period with Mauricio, especially the first 2nd and 3rd season when we had a shot at the title but after that, when we were finishing in the top 4 but weren't really competing for trophies there were quite a few dull matches. Watching spurs is never a chore but there were times when I'd have the match on in the background while I got on with work. Now I'm glued to the screen from minute one.
I'm sure this isn't how Jose wants us to play but while he's tinkering we might as well be chaotic as fuck. Yeah we're terrible defensively but no one can say we aren't creating chances and every match is high octane, heart attack inducing rollercoaster, and I love it. I love the uncertainty of it all. It reminds me of the times when football was more even, and every team had a chance. Gives the old bones some energy

 

[Mattspur]

My Daughter is our mascot for this game. She's so excited about it. As am I.

Hoping for a convincing win so I can tell her it was all down to her mascotting.

What an amazing day. Obviously the focus was on the home team in the hospitality lounge but the Spurs security staff came and invited me to come down to the changing room with my daughter and really made the day special. They took us both into the changing room where they took her around to meet all the players and get a shirt signed, then they let us go into the tunnel and take photos with all the players and Jose. Everyone was really friendly and nice to her and the result topped off a perfect day.

 

[Gb160]

What an amazing day. Obviously the focus was on the home team in the hospitality lounge but the Spurs security staff came and invited me to come down to the changing room with my daughter and really made the day special. They took us both into the changing room where they took her around to meet all the players and get a shirt signed, then they let us go into the tunnel and take photos with all the players and Jose. Everyone was really friendly and nice to her and the result topped off a perfect day.

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That's such a wicked picture, no wonder you're chuffed!
(Although you could do with getting that lady in the background shopped out of it)

 

[slartibartfast]

Maybe. I enjoyed our good period with Mauricio, especially the first 2nd and 3rd season when we had a shot at the title but after that, when we were finishing in the top 4 but weren't really competing for trophies there were quite a few dull matches. Watching spurs is never a chore but there were times when I'd have the match on in the background while I got on with work. Now I'm glued to the screen from minute one.
I'm sure this isn't how Jose wants us to play but while he's tinkering we might as well be chaotic as fuck. Yeah we're terrible defensively but no one can say we aren't creating chances and every match is high octane, heart attack inducing rollercoaster, and I love it. I love the uncertainty of it all. It reminds me of the times when football was more even, and every team had a chance. Gives the old bones some energy

Could do without it myself lol.
As others have said we cant keep playing like that and have any success but it is still early days. Next season we shall see where we're heading, I hope.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

I think that's Grealish's problem he is a little like Gazza but football has moved on.

Yeah football has moved on Gazza at his peak would have been worth 250 million - he would grace todays football - ps didn't see that Grealish had many problems today or indeed all season he is a terrific player

 

[walworthyid]

I mean it's an undeniable truth but both were also miraculous in different ways. Arsenal and Utd both somehow went on runs of form even worse than ours and the Ajax and City games...they were some of my favourite moments as a Spurs fan but we rode our luck an unbelievable amount in those ties.

I'd say I'm more cautiously optimistic. I completely agree that we should improve once the team settles and Jose brings in more players. However based on what I'm watching week in week out I can't pretend that everything is great and I don't have some serious concerns too.

After such a relatively short time in charge, things dont have to be great, they have to be better, and they undeniably are!

We wont play possession football, I think we all need to accept that and in fact there are arguments that possession football is no longer the be all and end all that people have thought it was. However, we will hopefully exciting and incisive attacking football built on a solid defense. That is what Jose is clearly trying to do and we have seen it in parts. We have defended well in a few games recently but not attacked so well and we have attacked really well but been a bit open at the back, like today. A lot of that has been down to individual errors in defense, the loss of key players in the middle to help us to control games better, and the lack of a striker to help us hold the ball up and score more of the chances that we have created.

We've had no left back, no striker, our 2 best central midfield players have been injured and/or unfit. Sissoko injured, Winks injured, Alli injured, Lloris injured. Dier out of form. Vertonghen out of form. It makes a huge difference.

There is reason for optimism and I haven't felt that for quite a while.

 

[Norgie]

I'm going to trust Mou on this one, I wasn't impressed to see Dier in midfield but what with the busy schedule and the fact we haven't seen him in training then we have to trust him.

Well I was right but jeez it was tight in the end, poor defending and an abysmal waste of good chances left us fans crapping it to the end. Still we got there so fair play and let's hope we see a stronger team mid week. I like Dier's leadership qualities but he needs to do more on the pitch to back up his bitching that he showed.

 

[walworthyid]

Yeah football has moved on Gazza at his peak would have been worth 250 million - he would grace todays football - ps didn't see that Grealish had many problems today or indeed all season he is a terrific player

Gazza was on a different planet to the vast majority of players 30 years ago and the same would be true if he played today. He was that good. With today's training and fitness analysis he would have been incredible.

Without question the most talented English player of the last 30 years. Like scholes Lampard and gerrard in one player with the flair of Le tissier thrown in for good measure!

Grealish is 24 and an excellent player, gazza was better at 19 and on a completely different level by 21. Just to put some perspective on it.

 

[TheChosenOne]

Obviously it's hard to take off my spurs tinted goggles but the way Grealish was throwing himself around today and that scream he gave in the first half for barely a touch, if Kane did that, I'd be embarrassed.

Man U are interested. I reckon that's where he will go.

 

[Pistols At Dawn]

Tomorrow’s match between Chelsea and United would be a more comfortable watch now, after today’s result.

A draw would do quite nicely