Instant Reaction! Spurs 4 - 1 Aston Villa | AVFC Pay For Poor Second-Half

[@allvillanofiller]

Aston Villa had a bad day out in North London with a 4-1 loss. Here is our instant reaction. What did you make of the game? #avfc #utv

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Girlfriend said I'd got a face like a bucket of smashed crabs after that performance, I'm assuming she means the Villa game and not something else. Terrible second half today, dare I say it almost reminiscent of Gerrard football. The passing seemed far too pedestrian, nobody wanted to try and beat a player, we kept trying to walk the ball in the net. As soon as Maddison stepped up to take that free kick I said this is gonna be a goal. Despite our current doom and gloom I am quite buoyant that we'll get a result against Brugge. UTV !!!!

[@ProjectDeadlight]

Tough one to take. Not sure why Spurs and Toon are Emery Kryptonite but they just get on top of us and keep pounding. Feel like something has been wrong up top all season. And defensively we are just conceding too many, especially from our own errors. Last year we were tired, this year we were rested and forwent the League Cup for this. Should have had fire in our bellies ready to avenge last year. Horrible.

[@amazonianstories]

a lot of ppl confuse spurs because of their inconsistency they assume they are not good enough especially when they randomly lose to a winless teams But if their performances are checked well you would be surprised what you get i saw a video by athletic channel analysis about them They got the highest possession rate in Europe top 5 league average of 68% only City come 2 They also got the highest ball win rate in their opposition half in the league They are the only successful team in the league with the highest success rate in pressing their opposition to making mistakes they only allow 6 Touches from their opposition in possession before the win it back Highest touchest in the opposition box in the league Sec in the league in term of chances created from open play only city bested them Also they are the best team in the league when it comes to high press counter pressing Also their stadium been a fortress these days 8 games won there only arsenal won there a result arteta team had to suffer so much to get Arsenal went there with a low block tactic and sat in their own half for most of the time as good as they were in the mid blow formation spurs broke them down couple of times but they didn't score their chances Solanke had a huge chance and didnt score Until Gabriel scored a header in the setpiece a weak area of theirs and we benefited today but We couldn't cut it So as much as it pains We didn't lose to an average team but a superior team just that they haven't been consistent

[@JJJ-bs8sm]

I think the 'hurting' of players was a repercussion of Chases challenge on bentacour last year. Put him out for 8 weeks in his 3td game back from a 10 month injury. The south Americans were after blood

[@richardskinner5050]

Embarrassing second half performance. I truly do not understand what we were trying to do in the second half. I don’t like to criticise this team but the second half was baffling

[@SRJ-b4s]

They didn't even jump in time to block the free-kick.

[@thesorrow88]

We were beaten by a much better team and manager. I've said it for ages, Emery is a pretender. We are going no where with him in charge.

[@markhunt3666]

Great content as always Frankie. What's your thoughts on the changes being made, when we chasing a game. Putting Duran up top with Watkins makes us weaker imo. I would like to see mattsen and Ned come on as wing backs, with 20 mins to go, both are young and fit, so could provide threats going fwd as well as make recovery runs. That would still have us solid at the back with 3 center half's. It also means we are not disrupting the midfield 3, and once Watkins is spent then put JD on for him, and Buendia as a 10 for Rodgers. Putting JPB and Bailey on again doesn't work as both are low on confidence and keep taking the safe option. That's no good when we chasing a game, and we need players to impact the game.

[@amlmorris]

Just like last season whenever our players get Abit extra rest they don't perform when they come back in & it's backfired big time getting knocked out of the cup,also a pathetic effort overall today & now 2 tough away games with Club Brugge/Liverpool with confidence low, dreadful tbh..... up the mighty Villa!!! ☹️👎

[@Dani-jq6db]

Say it how it is that second half was a bottle job we're was the fight and grit to many passengers no leadership when the going got tough who stood up. Midfield went missing to.The defence is an issue Frankie we keep saying it school boy goals week after week Unai needs to address it mate it's holding us back subs needed to come on early to. Need to take our chances and kill games. Might not be popular, but we have grown out of McGinn.

[@anngonoude60]

Our defense is shocking this season. If we play like that next Saturday liverpool will batter us. Worried for the brugge game on Wednesday night. Knew this bad patch was coming. Didn't think we would win today anyway thought we would at least get a draw. But we can't win them all we will be back. Hope cash and rogers aren't out for long. Are we ever gonna have a fully fit squad every game is coming at a cost. Up the villa.

[@paulfarrell4378]

Agreed Pau Torres hadda howler he was awful

[@jimmypopt.v.3037]

League form has been poor for a month. I hope the fans endorsing the unofficial surrender in the League Cup are happy.

[@Oxygene1841]

I've noticed the last 4-5 games we're far too slow at bringing the ball outand passing to Emi under pressure is in my opinion a no no,Just get the ball out quicker,we are being found out....

[@steveread5842]

We weren't at our best but 3rd goal killed us,they finished well but flattered them a bit.tho lose was justified

[@Villa4EverPodcast]

We need to take are chances ,not a great day in the office but we just need to move forward keep up the great work UTV 👍

[@TottenhamRanger]

hahah you didnt have any

[@denis1114]

Currently our style hinders our wingers. Personally think reverting to a box midfield and tighten things up. Today 2nd half was abysmal

[@xrlveloce7990]

Tbf the ref was very favourable for both teams, needed to be more harsh imo

[@davidfoulkes8907]

Watkins has times of no goals then a run of scoring- needs to be better with the bread n butter chances, costing us

[@britishmick]

Love him.. but is is as streaky as bacon 🥓…. That being said though, I think we rely to heavily on him and hardly create chances for him to get on to, most of his goals are of his own making

[@GerardSolan]

Very deflating and disappointing Frankie as your reaction rightly reflects, while trying to stay upbeat. Would much prefer Villa fight fire with fire we are good enough to take it to opponent away from home rather than this cautious, containment, backwards approach inviting pressure. No comicidence that Palace and Spurs smothered us with their high energy press forcing dangerous turnovers. Feel we should counter that with the same hard working tactic but not sure we have the capability? Think Mings needs to go back in for his leadership and control alongside Konsa or Carlos. Pau really struggled and not physical enough. Kamara back in to stiffen midfield! UTV

[@denisfarrell164]

Should have brought mings on! Keep saying till I'm blue in the face! Konsa is not a right back,Cash played well,when he went off. Everything changed!

[@davidfoulkes8907]

Digne caught back post, Konsa offside appeal all over the shop, Pau shit again, Duran jumped out the way in the wall, total dogshite......rogers moaned about coming off well your either injured or not,

[@tkf1627]

Been coming, All very poor ,mcginn was terrible, Onana was good in 1st half. Watkins is not a top striker.