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A cauldron-hot atmosphere awaits us tomorrow night at Villa Park. Firstly because Villa are livid at the re-arrangement of this fixture to allow Spurs more time to prepare for their Europa League Final, and secondly because in-form Villa are challenging for one of the five Champions League places being awarded this season, related to creditable league performance.

The game was re-arranged even before Spurs had qualified, but the match between Chelsea and our opponents in Bilbao - Manchester United - had already been fixed. Both games are being televised on SKY. Our game kicks off at 7.30pm.

When the two teams met in November both were in the top half of the table after 9 games. Villa were fourth. Spurs were eighth. We won 4-1 with one of our best performances of the season......

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Shell-shocked Spurs are staggering towards the Europa Cup final in Bilbao like a drunk who has had his pockets picked and his shoelaces tied together. Their surrender to Crystal Palace yesterday was embarrassing in the extreme.

Now they have to somehow drag themselves through Friday's rearranged visit to Aston Villa before the showdown in Spain with a Manchester United side that is also in crisis mode......

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Both teams have Cup Finals on the horizon. As expected, Ange Postecoglou rested most of those who had won in Norway on Thursday. Palace coach Oliver Glasner didn't read the script, and Adam Wharton was the only first choice player missing from a Palace side which faces Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday.

The Spurs B team did not perform or even compete. We were overrun by Palace, who gave a display of football they hope to repeat in the FA Cup Final.

The statistics resulting from this match do not make edifying reading, now or next season, even if we do win the Europa League......

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On the sixth anniversary of Pochettino's heroes and their win in Amsterdam, Ange Postecoglou's Spurs won their Europa League semi-final, giving Spurs passage to a sixth European Final. For the third time, they will be facing English opposition, as Manchester United beat the potential hosts 7-1 on aggregate. Postecoglou's second season trophy is on!

Despite the enforced absences of Son, Maddison and Bergvall through injury, Ange was able to field his first choice back five. This was a highly competent, controlled, and professional team performance. There was excellent play and commitment in every position. In particular I thought the back four, along with Bissouma and Bentancur gave solidity and a foundation to build upon. Both full backs gave a driving performance. Pedro Porro even scored an astounding goal to confirm the win, after Dominic Solanke had opened the scoring.......

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This was a mediocre affair yielding ample evidence, that with the exception of the bottom three who were relegated earlier than ever before, these are the two worst teams in the Premier League. Each side scored a goal which in both cases resulted from the defensive frailties of their opponents. It was another familiar encounter in a very depressing Premier League season.

As with last weekend's Premier League match against Liverpool, Ange Postecoglou made eight changes from the previous game showing how low a priority he assigns to the league campaign at this stage. Two were enforced due to injuries to James Maddison and Dominic Solanke. The other six consisted of the back four, Bentancur and Johnson. All six were listed as substitutes simply to make up the numbers since none of them were used. In the absence of Son, Romero and Maddison, Guglielmo Vicario captained the side from the start for the first time......

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My personal prediction of a 3-1 defeat turned out to be all too optimistic. Spurs gave Champions elect Liverpool a nasty shock when former "Reds" player Dominic Solanke scored in the 12th minute. However, Spurs soon succumbed to the inevitable onslaught and Liverpool won their twentieth top flight title in front of a naturally exuberant and ecstatic crowd.

Spurs fell to their 19th Premier League defeat of the season, equalling Ossie Ardiles' 1993-94 record figure. There is plenty of time for Ange "second-season trophy" Postecoglou to beat that figure with four games still to be played. How this inept team can raise themselves for next Thursday's Europa League semi-final, I do not know. After all, they have proved themselves to be natural and persistent losers........

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The most epic thread on The Spurs Odyssey message board was one which started in 2010. This provided the history of our new stadium applications (including the thankfully unsuccessful bid for the Olympic Stadium) right up to the present day with images of the completed new stadium. In the early hours of Saturday 20th October, 2018, our stadium thread reached 1,000 pages! There is a genuine community feel about the board, which is moderated.

Every Spurs match is covered with excellent threads, which feature images and stats from previous games. There is so much to enjoy about the message board which also has an off-topic section where non-football matters are discussed.

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