Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Spurs

[Eastie]

Samatta , Grealish , el ghazi, Douglas and Reina were all very good - sadly drinkwater and the back 3 were not up to scratch and it cost us dear - we have 4 centre backs of which only mings is good enough for this level - that  will cost us dear .

unfortunately the Walsall and brentford fans who warned of smiths sides poor defences were correct - not sure what JT brings to the party as our defence has been dreadful all season 

[Kiwivillan]

1 minute ago, Eastie said:

not sure what JT brings to the party as our defence has been dreadful all season 

Been saying this for ages

[WakefieldVillan]

Horrible, just horrible way to lose. 

I think we deserved a point, just, could of had three, ended up with none. That's football, fine margins, ultimately the Luiz chance at 1-0, the VAR against us and Engels colossal mistake at the death were all massive moments in this game.

I predicted 2-2 pre-game but news of the illness to Mings made me feel that this would be a tough ask without our key defender and organizer and I'm not overly surprised by the final outcome. 

First half we played some really entertaining stuff, we pressed well, showed good intensity and passed and moved well, up there with the best I've seen us play and if we had been more clinical the game may well of been done and dusted. But of course, this is Villa. We all know that ain't gonna happen. The first goal rocked us. The VAR decision for me was incorrect. Extremely harsh pen and definitely not a clear and obvious error. 

Second half we rode our luck at times and I feel Spurs were the better side, they are no mugs even without Kane (& Erikksen) and unfortunately our defence which we all know is our weakness couldn't cope.

Positives, Jack again (best outfield player), Reina great saves - my MOTM, Samatta looked lively & for large spells we looked like a team that can stay in this league.

Negatives are obvious to every one but f*** the negativity - let's stay behind the lads we can still do this ! 

[It's Your Round]

3 minutes ago, terrytini said:

Terrific performance, well done to every player and Deano and the Coaching staff.

In no way did Sours look like a team with years and millions of pounds advantage over us.

If we repeat that level of performance we will stay up comfortably.

Not read any comments yet but I’m certain there will be a few that are critical.

Will make it nice and easy to update my Ignore list.

Understatement of the century!

[KentVillan]

Feel absolutely sick

[sheepyvillian]

Fwiw, I still think we'll be in this league next season. It doesn't feel that way after that heartbreaking defeat, but let's be honest, if Engels doesn't make that howler and we come away with the point, the posts would be mainly fully of optimism and Engels would be praised to the heavens for getting us that vital point. In no way are we doomed to go down, although right now it's hard to see any hope. Such is the life of a Villa supporter. 

[Villa94]

Well I thought we were fantastic......... very unlucky in the end.........on to the next utv

[Django_Zooms]

Shoulda signed Cahill. Shoulda kept Chester. Our manager used to play centre back. Our defensive coach is John Terry. Such excessive levels of incompetence are impossible to comprehend.

[Eastie]

6 minutes ago, jonjon said:

Watched the whole game on Sky, thought you were very unlucky to not get at least a point, as a neutral it's easy to see your defence is the major problem, John Terry is supposed to be coaching your defence, Am I right?, well,  on that showing, as well as others, he's stealing a living and just trading on his name alone, he needs replacing urgently with a experience defensive coach for the remaining games, if you were to do that I think you will survive, and I hope you do.

Wasn’t smith also a defender and weren’t his teams at Walsall and brentford also poor at the back  ? Whereas JT rightly deserves to be questioned so does the manager whose record defensively has been poor everywhere he’s been 

[It's Your Round]

6 minutes ago, TreeVillan said:

See the thing is though mate, he did make the mistake and it didn't finish 2-2. 

That’s true. My point was really highlighting that it wasn’t all bad across 90 mins. 

[hippo]

2 minutes ago, Eastie said:

Samatta , Grealish , el ghazi, Douglas and Reina were all very good - sadly drinkwater and the back 3 were not up to scratch and it cost us dear - we have 4 centre backs of which only mings is good enough for this level - that  will cost us dear .

unfortunately the Walsall and brentford fans who warned of smiths sides poor defences were correct - not sure what JT brings to the party as our defence has been dreadful all season 

But if Smith and RoK can't organise a defence - Terry who is learning off those two is unlikely to have much of an impact.

[maqroll]

Terry and Chester > Hause and Engels

[Eastie]

1 minute ago, Villa94 said:

Well I thought we were fantastic......... very unlucky in the end.........on to the next utv

First 30 minutes we were superb and should have been 3 up - those are the times you have to kill teams off at this level , attack was very good including the wing backs and luiz and Reina both superb - back 3 will send us down ,  nowhere near good enough , it’s just a question of which defender will cost us each week 

[El Zen]

4 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Therein lies the problem Terry. I'm already bracing myself for a shite 2-0 performance at Southampton. 

That is indeed a major worry. At our best, we’re capable of some very good fotball, but we’re too inconsistent. 

[Eastie]

4 minutes ago, hippo said:

But if Smith and RoK can't organise a defence - Terry who is learning off those two is unlikely to have much of an impact.

Terry probably knows more than both of those about organising defences  , which makes it puzzling why we are so poor at the back ,  Cahill in the summer would have been far better than spending so much on konsa or Engels 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Eastie

[tezzaleed]

6 minutes ago, terrytini said:

Terrific performance, well done to every player and Deano and the Coaching staff.

In no way did Sours look like a team with years and millions of pounds advantage over us.

If we repeat that level of performance we will stay up comfortably.

Not read any comments yet but I’m certain there will be a few that are critical.

Will make it nice and easy to update my Ignore list.

well you can add me for a starter then.  Smith's mistakes cost us massively today.  the team played well going forward but taking off el ghazi and samata just handed the initiative to spurs when we should have been pushing them back.  he clearly shouldn't have played engels in a back 3 as he can't play there.  konsa and hause aren't good enough without mings to organise them.  even then they struggle.  If Terry is meant to be coaching that defence he should resign in shame asap.

[Xela]

[Zhan_Zhuang]

10 minutes ago, Django_Zooms said:

Our manager used to play centre back. Our defensive coach is John Terry. Such excessive levels of incompetence are impossible to comprehend.

This!

Edited February 16, 2020 by Zhan_Zhuang

[thunderball]

26 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said:

Borja was signed from Swansea and couldn't even get in their team in the Championship, he looked terrible and I sincerely hope he doesn't play another game for us this season. 

FFS

[hippo]

3 minutes ago, Eastie said:

Terry probably knows more than both of those about organising defences  , which makes it puzzling why we are so poor at the back ,  Cahill in the summer would have been far better than spending so much on konsa or Engels 

Yes - but the rookie coach can't be seen to be better than the head coach.

Thought Engles looked ok until he got injured. Never really seen Konsa as anything above adequate...don't get the big fee paid ....he's sort of Nathan Baker calibre.