lucky win - nice to see lloris back in action. qualitywise no real progress detectable - but a win is a win - next stop city
Eriksen 9/10.
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lucky win - nice to see lloris back in action. qualitywise no real progress detectable - but a win is a win - next stop city
To sign for Dagenham and Redbridge? Like those odds.Eriksen 9/10.
We are quite simply: rubbish.
If we get 4th it will be a sad indictment on the quality of the league.
Lo Celso is the only footballing brain on the pitch and I feel sorry he has to play with that shower. When you are relying on Son, Alli and Lucas for consistency you are bound to struggle. We squander so many attacking moments because while each of them can produce good moments they are not consistently assured in their decision making or their technique and there is as much chance of a nice through ball as a missed control.
I think Son has enough quality to last but in the long term I feel we need to replace Alli and Lucas as they are not top drawer. In Lo Celso and Ndombele we have the future of our midfield and we simply have to build around that.
Still a lot of work to do Jose...
Pay more attention to this place than any commentator/pundit.So...was interested at the amount of grief deli had on here last night. Wasn't able to watch the game and sounded like he was having a mare. Watched match of the day and they said he was really good and that he had been the most important player in our recent matches and the driving force behind our recent results (lol). Anyways, it made me wonder who was right? The forum or the pundits? (I would say that the forum would be more accurate as a lot of you go to the games week in week out whereas pundits often are watching highlights or 2 or 3 games at a time...pundits also seem to stick to cliches such as eriksen is amazing at free kicks which we all know is nonsense!)
Unfortunately, I wasn't talking about the Tourists!!In fairness to the tourists around me, they were positive and excited throughout. Fucking annoying still but positive. Overall atmosphere was shocking though. Didnāt hear anything meaningful from the South Stand. Just a lame and depressing āstand up if you hate A...ā
Yep, this one:Don't think it matters if we can get the job done and address our shortcomings over the summer.
Genuine question; can anyone ever remember a Spurs squad with nothing but top quality in every position regardless of injuries?
Liverpool are going to win the League in possibly less than 30 GAMES!!!
That's just ridiculous....... They've only dropped 2 points the whole season.
They're good but they're not THAT good..... What a time to have a half decent team when the other 19 turn to shite.
Pay more attention to this place than any commentator/pundit.
All the commentators still think Eriksen is a dead ball specialist and a real threat from the edge of the box. We all know differently - his only threat is to the opposition's knees.
Having said that, other than his goal, I thought Dele was average. Plenty of impossible passes.
Yep, this one:
Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Dier, Eriksen, Kane, Son, Dele.
The one that we pointedly and repeatedly refused to reinforce - which (in part) has led to the situation we find ourselves in today and the abysmal, brainless, gutless, witless performances we turn in.
I agree, their best days are behind them, but that team was 4 or 5 years ago and we refused to re-inforce it when we were at our strongest. 2 or 3 quality new additions every summer.All highlighted players were either still regularly criticised or who's best form is suspected to be a flash in the pan.
Even the ones that inhabit another planet here talk more sense than the average commentator. Sam Matterface anyone?How many people have you got on 'ignore'?!
I agree, their best days are behind them, but that team was 4 or 5 years ago and we refused to re-inforce it when we were at our strongest. 2 or 3 quality new additions every summer.
Instead we bought Aurier, Lucas, Sanchez etc, plus other more obvious duds.
Ferguson would never have allowed this to happen. Keane was surprised if there weren't several new faces in the changing room when he turned up for pre-season.
A personal highlight for me was the commentator calling our 2nd keeper Gazzinga, presumably to avoid saying the N word
When you speak of tourists, what exactly do you mean?In fairness to the tourists around me, they were positive and excited throughout. Fucking annoying still but positive. Overall atmosphere was shocking though. Didnāt hear anything meaningful from the South Stand. Just a lame and depressing āstand up if you hate A...ā
I believe the team we had 3 or 4 seasons back would have been doing the same in similar circumstances.Liverpool are going to win the League in possibly less than 30 GAMES!!!
That's just ridiculous....... They've only dropped 2 points the whole season.
They're good but they're not THAT good..... What a time to have a half decent team when the other 19 turn to shite.
Ready made song too, I'd love to hear WHL rocking inna dancehall stylee
Obvious duds?
My actual point here is regarding every team having weaker links in it's chain and the importance of being greater than the sum of it's parts....