To be honest - yes.
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I have to agree with you I think.
Has Stambouli ever celebrated like that before?
I'm not familiar with his normal celebration, but that was loaded.
I reckon he's saluting the people who burned down Archway. Wow what a great guy!!!
Lot of replays showing him running on custard. Extremely slow and couldn't even get within 10 yards. I've never noticed him that slow in other games though, I'm not sure if he was just jogging or it's a medical problem or what. Other than his complete lack of pace I thought he did fine.
MOTM for me, been annoyed with Poch for a while over his ignoring of him for Prem.
PS Hugo was actually MOTM, but can't keep giving him the honour, Stambouli was the one who deserved it most last night, really good game and vital goal.
PS Hugo was actually MOTM, but can't keep giving him the honour, Stambouli was the one who deserved it most last night, really good game and vital goal.
Complete lack of pace and the Premier League rarely mix well. Bad sign for the future.
Maybe he was told he is playing vs Everton...
He was fine. He was behind play and was running towards centre half to cover for Vertonghen who was meant to go close down Usain Bolt on the wing. He's faster that Crapoue and he's been getting games all season. If anyone should be worried about anything it should be his lack of cover for the defence.
He has fight, looks determined, wants to play the ball forward, is mobile, can use both feet and recycles possession quickly. He's pretty much the only midfielder who does this other than Mason. He's much overdue a start in the league.
He has fight, looks determined, wants to play the ball forward, is mobile, can use both feet and recycles possession quickly. He's pretty much the only midfielder who does this other than Mason. He's much overdue a start in the league.
Compared to the Dembele miss against Southampton (?) last season - when he could have squared it to Ade but shot and missed - it was perhaps a better decision. No ideal situation here, if he shot and missed then perhaps we'd be reading about how he should have squared it?
I think he was saluting the fans for the support.... I don't think it has anything to do with Ade
I like him. Willingness to get stuck in and be aggressive yet has got some skill about him as well. I'd play him Sunday without a doubt.
Agree, however blame for being exposed should be laid at Paulinho's door, who remains an absolute fucking liability. In the first half it looked like we played a 4-1-4-1 formation with Stambouli the 1 in front of our defence. Whilst his lack of pace, which was alarming and dare I say comical, it was Paulinho's inability to close down, tackle, win the ball, pass forwards, retain possession, stupid flicks to absolutely no one, make no runs into space and control a ball without having to take 3 touches means he might as well not be on the pitch. I'd actually argue we would be more effective without him off the pitch as we can exploit the space this excuse of a footballer would leave behind.
We went back to 4-2-3-1 in second half which meant Stambouli wasn't isolated and therefore his lack of pace was less of an issue. What I like about this guy is he is always on the front foot, looking to not just close down the player but win the ball too. In tight spaces he has great feet, how many times did he take on more than one player 5 or 6 times (we need to do this more often to draw opposing teams out of position) really great to see. Also, IMO he was our leader on the pitch last night, constantly talking and organising other players around him, including likes of Vertonghen which I think is telling. He also makes the effort at the end of the game to thank the fans and giving his shirt away. In a team full of players with no connection with the fans this type of positive atitude is a massive plus and actually means something.
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Bit like the invaders, the first time he got caught was sort of funny but it soon got old as the night wore on.
I especially liked this bit and reckon we should see more of this from all the players.
If Levy and Pochettino have any sense they'll be encouraging it too
Seems like common sense.