Predict the Number of goals in the Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur Premier League match on 1st Jan 2008

Berbatov might be injured

If ever there was a need for quotation marks in a sentence, this is it. The timing of his agent's announcement is beautiful and yet entirely predictable. Nice way to sign off his Spurs career with 4?

As for the Villa game, I say there will be 2 goals.

The lack of Berba-knack talk from any other reputable sources certainly is suspicious, Just got offed

I'm feeling slightly bad about my vote for '2' now. But I have faith in Martin Laursen and Younes Kaboul to play like colossi.

0-0

it's going to be 6-3

robbie keane gets 2 after missing a penalty, defoe hat trick.

I predict that MO'N will get up from his technical area at one point with his arms raised into a kinda "y" shape.

and score a goal himself

and laursen gets 2

10 goals please.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

the tension is fucking killing me

1-0

Dear Villa fans, why are your players so fucking fast?

and shit at finishing?

Have Spurs been this fucking awful all season? I haven't been paying attention.

there you go, second goal of game, thank you, goodnight. winning this poll is no fucking consolation for kevin lisbie being the biggest fucking cunt of 2008 though.

well whaddaya know.

this is more fitting.

nobody wins.

1904: "In the same way that Tottenham were disappointing in the first half, I have to say Aston Villa have been disappointing in this half."
BBC Radio 5 Live analyst Graham Taylor

1906: GOAL Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham
Spurs' defence falls apart again. Paul Robinson seems to be coming for the corner but then retreats. Martin Laursen loses his marker Jamie O'Hara and heads home.

ferg will if it stays 2-1

This thread has been a masterclass in tempting fate.

No way will spurs score

Tempting to fault the defence again, but any of the seven goals we've allowed in the past week could have been saved by a non-Paul Robinson goalkeeper.

Despite nobody actually guessing right, I think this thread has been a success as a test run, and I'm pleased to announce that from now on we'll be having a dedicated thread for Every! Single! Spurs! Match! Join us on Saturday for Predict The Number of Hilariously Petulant Gestures Dimitar Berbatov Makes In The Direction of the Referee During Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League Match With Chelsea.

Also: haha at Robbo responding to an "England's number two" chant by sheepishly holding up four fingers.

Also: HUHT

So what was the final score then?

Also: Who cares what happened in 1906?

This is like spreadbetting for idiots. More please.

On 18 July 2011, Given joined Aston Villa for a fee believed to be around £3.5 million.[59] He signed a five-year contract, meaning that he will be 40 when his contract expires.[60]

there you go, second goal of game, thank you, goodnight. winning this poll is no fucking consolation for kevin lisbie being the biggest fucking cunt of 2008 though.

― Just got offed, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 19:01 (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

had been up all night celebrating the turning of the year, and had consumed more alcohol than is customary, before attending a league game at The Valley, only to witness bottom-of-the-table Colchester drag a 2-1 win out of the blazes of relegation, both goals scored by Valley 'legend' Kevin Lisbie, one an overhead kick

now of course I'd quite like to visit Colchester, sounds a jaunty place, equal parts realness and kitsch

been past their new stadium in a coach recently. it's in the middle of a fucking field. why

because that's where u play football

had also been up all night prior and iirc was sprightly enough to try and find a pub open at midday, didn't succeed, crashed rapidly and by 3pm was incapable of doing anything other than shaking and having a thousand yard stare

not at all interesting, was just live-testing my recollection skills tbh

3pm is wrong for a start given 1906: GOAL Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham

well, unless there was a particularly impressive injury

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Davies, Bouma (Maloney 84), Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Agbonlahor, Moore (Gardner 74).
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Harewood, Knight.

Tottenham: Robinson, Zokora, Kaboul (O'Hara 57), Dawson, Lee, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng (Huddlestone 46), Lennon (Keane 54), Berbatov, Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Taarabt.
Booked: Malbranque, Dawson, Zokora.

jesus but berbatov/defoe just did. not. work.

the rest i can't..it's just too raw...i can'ttttttttttttttttt

completely forgot lee existed

Hes lb in my worst spurs xi tbrr

haha chasing the game Spurs brought on O'Hara, leaving Taarabt on the bench, and presumably necessitating the recently-introduced Huddlestone dropping into the back 4

would imagine reruns of that game are shown in Spurs Hell

Spotted Reo-Coker in an mls salary graphic this week, occupying a tiny square like a Baltic state next to the Russia that is Clint Dempsey.

Boycott, Somewhere, 4 hours ago

Best villa and player in a long time. Just watch the lad off the ball let alone on it. That cruff goal was amaze balls

cruff