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We seem to take a while to warm up so my solution is if it's a 3pm kick off ( yeah right) then send them out at 2:20 to play against an imaginary team & then by the time it's kick off we'll be scoring goals for fun. Verts could perfect his falling over , Soldado could maybe introduce himself to the goal posts .... It really is a fail safe win , win tactic
Have you considered contacting Bob Geldof to set up a charity?
Support that mention for Lennon. Got the assist for the second goal and Kane should have scored from his ball across.
Gave a different dimension to our attacks.
What happened to the geezer who joined Eriksen's goal celebrations?
He might have got to play a few more Champions League games if he wasn't so poor in the Premier League....
I was too busy trying to stand on the wall at the front. But my guess is that steward who had him by the throat, killed him and now Levy and ENIC have "disposed" of him.
Not meaning to stereotype, but isn't that precisely the way Argentina have played in the past?? There's a cynical edge to the undoubted quality....
Poch's influence finally paying dividends???
Albeit not 'The Spurs Way'... But what is anymore???
Not so sure anymore.....all I know is that win saved my fucking week from being dreadful.
Also, dont forget Verts has history...
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Interesting debate, Lennon and Townsend for me are perhaps not good enough wingers maybe long term unless they can step up more but what yesterday does show is that having a winger is crucial as you can change the game up if it's congested in the middle.
Woolwich have no real wingers and it's easy for most teams to deal with as they can just fill up the centre of the pitch, you cannot do that with a winger on, not saying we use a winger every game but we do need that option when the opposition just congests the middle. In fact many goons main complaint is the way Woolwich don't use their flanks, I don't want us to become a tippy tappy team like them without using the flanks as we will end up one dimensional.
Still much as Lennon has been off his game I have to give him credit, good performance, hopefully might start a revival.
No Kaboul + no Adebayor = 100% winning record
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Chadli is an odd player, doesn't do much midfield work but is great at stealing a goal, he is also big and powerful, he seems almost like a centre forward being played in midfield, I do wonder if him and Kane could play up top together. That might play to his strengths (goal scoring, good in the air) and nullify his weaknesses (turns to slow to be a winger, can be quiet at the midfield stuff). Don't know just a thought but he just doesn't look like a winger to me.
Sad thing about that win is that it's our best performance in a long time! Even 1-0 down in the first half it was a lot better than the joke 1st first half at Villa or any of the crap we've served up at the Lane. We looked like we attacked with pace and had a chance to get in behind a defence for the first time in a very long time. Great sub bringing on Lennon and moving Eriksen inside, gave us some real width and stretched the 10 men.
Also on the red, if the idiot didn't kick out Jan can't go to ground. One final one Jan didn't give the red card the ref and his assistant did. Media being absolute pricks about it but if you take out the idiotic act of lashing out (Gaston's fault) and the decision to give a red (ref/linesman) it's a non-event. Those 2 parties are the ones responsible for Hull going down to 10, with the ref then being lenient not sending off Livermore!
Also on the red, if the idiot didn't kick out Jan can't go to ground. One final one Jan didn't give the red card the ref and his assistant did. Media being absolute pricks about it but if you take out the idiotic act of lashing out (Gaston's fault) and the decision to give a red (ref/linesman) it's a non-event. Those 2 parties are the ones responsible for Hull going down to 10, with the ref then being lenient not sending off Livermore!
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- since you guys don't share my opinion about Paulinho looking lost and extremely insecure - I'd be very keen to hear what you feel like he added to the side once he came on. Maybe I missed something, but since I've had high hopes for him, and defended him thinking he's got the skills to succeed for us, I watched him closely with eager anticipation of a performance good enough to reclaim a spot in the starting 11 - alas I saw nothing noteworthy. I'd really appreciate if you could highlight what I missed. Thanks!
First cameo in 2 months and played 12 minutes - what did you expect?
I'd really appreciate if you could highlight what I missed. Thanks!
Though he was effective - didn't put a foot wrong
Vlad misplaced at least 6-7 passes and lost possession numerous times but hey-ho
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Turned on the game after half time. We played brilliantly, scored twice, didn't concede. Im one happy spurs fan. Great second half by the lads. :eriksenlol:
Dont be so hard he made 13 of his attempted 14 sideways passes and won 0 out of 0 tackles in his 15 minutes on the pitch!
I'd really appreciate if you could highlight what I missed. Thanks!
Top day yesterday, a few reflections:
Dier has looked a bit lost since his cracking start to the season. He's not a fan of playing RB, looks like he wants to do a Bale, but not quite good enough for it. The rest of the team, especially Dembélé and Fazio were a tale of two halves. Two things changed the game in my opinion: Ramirez and Aaron Lennon coming on.
The red card baffled me at the time as we were stood right at the opposite end of the ground from where it happened. Having looked at it again, I don't reckon it was a red, but I disagree with those saying Vertonghen made it theatrical. He had the back of his knee taken out. Anyone that's kicked you there in the dinner queue at secondary school has done it to send you sprawling. He didn't wave for a card or anything like that. The linesman gave it, the referee agreed, and who's going to complain if it gives you an advantage?
Still nowhere near enough quality to challenge at the moment, but if we're winning games like that, at least there's an element of enjoyment. No such thrills expected this weekend.
Dier has looked a bit lost since his cracking start to the season. He's not a fan of playing RB, looks like he wants to do a Bale, but not quite good enough for it. The rest of the team, especially Dembélé and Fazio were a tale of two halves. Two things changed the game in my opinion: Ramirez and Aaron Lennon coming on.
The red card baffled me at the time as we were stood right at the opposite end of the ground from where it happened. Having looked at it again, I don't reckon it was a red, but I disagree with those saying Vertonghen made it theatrical. He had the back of his knee taken out. Anyone that's kicked you there in the dinner queue at secondary school has done it to send you sprawling. He didn't wave for a card or anything like that. The linesman gave it, the referee agreed, and who's going to complain if it gives you an advantage?
Still nowhere near enough quality to challenge at the moment, but if we're winning games like that, at least there's an element of enjoyment. No such thrills expected this weekend.
Effective how? I didn't see him complete a single pass that was longer than 2-3 meters, nor any other direction than sideways or backwards. I also saw him on at least 3 occasions standing right next to or behind one of his team mates, looking like he was hiding, hoping not to get the ball.
I don't blame him and I fully understand it takes match time to get back into the right mindset. I'm just stating it the way I saw it: For me, he didn't add anything to the team when he came on, at least not when he had the ball.
I like Paulinho based on what I saw in confederations cup and from his initial games for us, so I still harbour some belief in him - that's why it was sad to see how extremely insecure he looked. Here's to hoping a few more appearances off the bench / in europa can help him finding his confidence again.
Alright, I just think you're bang out of order comparing Crouch and Soldado. Crouch wasn't great but he scored two of the biggest goals in recent club history.
Also, I have no problem with you standing up for Soldado but your argument is so poor. Comparing Soldado's 6 in 11 in Europa league is not comparable to Crouch's in Champions League. Plus choosing three of our least creative players and comparing them to three of our past best is ridiculous. Soldado has also got to play with Eriksen who is pretty damn decent. Finally, last night Soldado got the chance that everyone said he needs and totally missed it. Low cross with a couple yards of space about 12 yards out and dinked if softly wide.
We should all still be supporting Soldado but there's really no debate that he's been exceedingly poor almost the entire time he's been here. He has three goals this calendar year.