The Mighty Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Match Thread

[Villan62]

Too deep again, Ollie isolated

 

[MrLoverLover]

Really bad start. We need to improve. I said we needed a good start.

 

[CDX_EIRE]

Surprised at Unai's team selection here. He tried this down in London and it didn’t seem to work great. Guess he’s decided if they want the ball they can have it.

Seems sort of a brave decision at the same time they’ve found it hard to break teams down at times too.

 

[Fulford]

Apparently we're under pressure here

Anyone would think spuds are peppering our goal.

 

[JNB90]

The system tweak is currently not working.

 

[ironside]

We’re getting outnumbered in midfield.

 

[Fulford]

Cash needs to sort his boots out he keeps slipping.

 

[Pangloss]

We’ve set up very negatively with the focus on nullifying Spurs. Our mentality was the same against Ajax. Maybe we will look to open up in the second half if it’s still level.

 

[jcm19760]

Can the sky commentators just fuck off

 

[Fulford]

Playing 5 at the back is making us sit too deep and giving them too much room in midfield.

 

[Pangloss]

van de Ven is a monster for a centre half. Reminds me of Jaap Stam in terms of style.

 

[CDX_EIRE]

Seems like the idea might be to have deeper numbers so we can increase our chances of getting Pau on the ball?

 

[Vertron2]

I would take a draw now.

 

[Stephen Jay Hawkings]

Jesus Christ, Don Goodman is unbearable

 

[Fulford]

Cash is struggling against Johnson.

 

[CDX_EIRE]

van de Ven is a monster for a centre half

We could do with a lad like him as the Centre player in that back 3. Even with Tyrone’s improvements he isn’t as secure.

 

[Pangloss]

Cash’s very elaborate comb over hairstyle is already taking a beating

 

[Pangloss]

Luiz far, far too slow with that ball

 

[MrLoverLover]

Why didn’t Luiz pass that first time, Ollie would have been on.

 

[Stephen Jay Hawkings]

Should have done better there