Monday 2 November 2015 12:16, UK
Kevin MacDonald wants Aston Villa to forget about everything that has happened so far, insisting their season begins with the Monday Night Football clash against Tottenham.
Caretaker boss MacDonald takes the Premier League's bottom side to White Hart Lane on Monday night, live on Sky Sports 1, aiming to end a wretched six-game losing streak.
Villa sacked Tim Sherwood after a dismal start to the season which has seen them collect just four points so far this term.
Former Lyon boss Remi Garde, a potential candidate to succeed Sherwood at Villa Park, could be in the stands at White Hart Lane, but Macdonald has called on Villa's squad to start their revival straightaway.
"What we have to do, basically, is get more points than we have so far," MacDonald said.
"It's not a case of changing it. It's a case of changing it to say 'we start again'. This is our first game of the season. We have 28 games in the season now.
"We need to get possibly 36 to 40 points. It's a big ask looking at the stats we have at the moment but we don't feel it's impossible to do. It has to start on Monday.
"Whoever comes in now has 28 games. It's a 28 game season for us now. It's difficult but it can happen and I am sure it will happen. When the new manager comes in, I am sure he will get his ideas forward to them - sooner rather than later.
"It may be this week. If not, I am quite happy to wait around and keep the club going."
Villa beat Spurs 1-0 in this fixture last season but MacDonald knows his side face a difficult task on Monday with the quality Tottenham possess throughout their squad.
"Harry Kane and Ryan Mason are two outstanding talents for them," he said. "Obviously Tim [Sherwood] was involved with them, but they have a hell of a lot of other good players as well.
"You look at their whole squad. Kyle Walker, who was here, is an outstanding talent, Danny Rose has been good as well as [Jan] Vertonghen, [Nacer] Chadli, [Erik] Lamela. They have a lot of big names and they could probably pick a couple of very good sides."
