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Judging by the form guide so far I would say it's likely.I aint worried we gonna drop 3 in the foxhole on saturday.
True, but sadly we do look like we've hit our summit and started back downhill.It is absolutely incredible when we don’t win a game how hard the media go in. ‘Have Tottenham plateaued’ ‘does Kane/poch need to move on to win trophies’ etc I swear no other team gets this kinda scrutiny. So odd.
Well there are people at the club who are paid a lot to prevent these things from occurring it seems that it's not happeningOnly managed to watch the 2nd half, but thought it was pretty much 'same old spurs'. We lack any threat from wide positions and have nobody in the squad who can cross the ball. We do well against teams who attack and leave gaps at the back, but when a team sits back and has an organised defense we are poor.
How many times did I see our players walking with the ball, taking 5 or 6 touches!! We move the ball so slowly and allow the other team to regain their shape.
Each of the long balls we played was way over hit.
It is absolutely incredible when we don’t win a game how hard the media go in. ‘Have Tottenham plateaued’ ‘does Kane/poch need to move on to win trophies’ etc I swear no other team gets this kinda scrutiny. So odd.
After Palace the Guardian podcast focused it's short bit on us on "How good is Son Heung-min?". After a couple of comments from the pod members that indeed, Sonny is very good, the section concluded by asking whether that meant he should leave for another club (you won't be surprised to learn they all agreed he should). My polite comment below the line complaining about this was swiftly deleted.It is absolutely incredible when we don’t win a game how hard the media go in. ‘Have Tottenham plateaued’ ‘does Kane/poch need to move on to win trophies’ etc I swear no other team gets this kinda scrutiny. So odd.
Last year I said on here winning trophies was more important than earning money. People disagreed, said money made you a big club.After Palace the Guardian podcast focused it's short bit on us on "How good is Son Heung-min?". After a couple of comments from the pod members that indeed, Sonny is very good, the section concluded by asking whether that meant he should leave for another club (you won't be surprised to learn they all agreed he should). My polite comment below the line complaining about this was swiftly deleted.
As you say, no other club gets this. Not those above us or, perhaps more tellingly, those in the chasing pack. You don't hear discussion as to whether say Maddison or Rice should look beyond Leicester and West Ham.
Zidane is under fire here, before long Marca will run a poll on who fans want to succeed him. Pochettino's name will be in the frame but I guarantee that Klopp will be favoured by many more. Guess who David Hytner will be bigging up for the job?
Most teams gets this treatment, Goons and Chelsea have certainly had it, I even heard somebody on the radio saying that Peps body language wasn't right after the Norwich game, trying to make it into a story that he's had enough there. The only team that seems to get away with it are Liverpool, and that's because they have so many ex players as pundits and they jump all over anybody criticising them.
You meant to say:son should have started and kane should have been on the bench for once.
Yes, while being under pressure playing sh!te he single-handedly won the pen and scored the 1st goal which opened the path for the second, he was quiet in the second half because all energy gone in the first and no single chance created for him to score.I hate to say this but is Kane immune to being subbed off?
In fairness.The two main men having a go at the team for the first time ever I can remember, Poch and Kane, both fed up. Alarming! What would be consequences?!
TBH Poch has no right to have a go, he should look in the mirror and question his team selection, this was not a carabao match. This what you expect playing away in a CL match, no mugs.
How many players did Pep rest last night!
OL were the better team in the first half, we were lucky to have Kane won the pen and scored then a magical moment form Maura. We were poor.In fairness.
We had our top choice keeper and centre backs, first choice midfielders and I'd imagine Eriksen, Kane and Dele would be in Poch's first choice 11. Moura has proven himself time and time again in the CL that just leaves our full backs and to be fair Davies has played that position many times and against top class opponents. Realistically we were one player away from a fully coherent team. The problem last night wasn't personnel. It was lack of application, lack of focus and possibly the notion that once we got 2-0 up, the job was done.
The fact our defence was so shit last season and has started this season the same way, yet Poch didn't deem it a priority to strengthen is something which baffles me considerably.