Kane puts Eriksen through with his second good pass like that of the game. The Dane picks out a Villa fan in the away end.
We look like the season has caught up with us tbh...little in the way of energy, ideas, accuracy and speed of thought
Harry Kane getting bored with the lack of service. Wins it himself, beats a couple of defenders and shoots from distance. Looking frustrated.
Simple flick-on by Benteke, Agbonlahor's through and he hits the post. So easy. Really basic stuff and it's straight into our back line. Awful.
Unconvincing from Spurs and the more I see Chirches the more I wonder why we signed him. It can't be that hard to find a reliable solid right back can it?
I didn't think we were bad and I don't think we deserve to be behind either, we were opening them up a lot, just not getting the final ball or the finish right and then we get suckerpunched by Benteke. Fortunate that Agbonlahor hit the post at the end of the half though. We need to see Lamela on in the second half, you can see the joy Rose is getting down the right and we need another body out there. Not sure who we take off though, Eriksen's probably been the poorest but he's also looked the most likely to get things going for us and Chadli grew into the half after a poor start, whilst we need to keep Townsend's pace down the right. Hmmm... Not seen Mason as quiet as this for a long time and he was poor against Burnley so perhaps we could do with Stambouli coming in at somepoint to anchor things as others head forward.
I'd switch Townsend down the left, Eriksen into the centre and Chadli down the right. There's a ton of space in front of Rose and nobody's using it. If that doesn't work, then Mason's looking the most likely to be subbed.
Mason and Bentaleb have both looks jaded in recent weeks, but the issue is we don't have any like-for-like replacements who can step in and pick up where they left off because a midfield pairing of Stambouli/Dembele doesn't provide the quick passing and movement our system needs.
Palace were level with Sunderland a minute ago. They're 3-0 up now. The Geordies will finally like Pardew.
Harry Kane with a couple of twists and turns and his shot's just over. Anyone else fancy helping him out?
Southampton winning so maybe our plan is to come 7th and hope arsenal or liverpool screw up their semi final so we dont
Bentaleb getting beaten to the ball by Agbonlahor, who's injured. In the book and not having much influence on the game, either. We had a bit of a go early on in this half, then went back to being completely disinterested. Sherwood's taking the piss now and bringing on Joe Cole.
Soldado standing on the edge of the box totally unmarked for ages. Mason delays and delays and delays, then puts it behind him. Villa's team is falling apart through injuries and we still don't look like scoring. Really, really poor.
