Everton [H] Sat 23 Dec, 3pm... oooooooh

[Spurs4ever]

Need to do better with leads, but super happy to get 3 and only 4 pts off the top. Considering all the injuries Thats pretty impressive.

Glad seeing richy finally putting it together, hopefully bj gets it soon. He seems like he is where richy was early on, close but no cigar.


Onto brighton!

 

[Shadydan]

People bang on about woolwich pressing but even at theirs, they didn't press us as well as Everton did today.

The difference is that we didn't have technicians on the pitch yesterday, honestly if we are anywhere near full strength then we hammer them by HT.

 

[Shadydan]

I agree Brighton away is tricky, but Bournemouth at home??....we should be winning at a canter....

Bournemouth are in better form than Brighton right now.

 

[Deuterz]

The difference is that we didn't have technicians on the pitch yesterday, honestly if we are anywhere near full strength then we hammer them by HT.

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[oldwiltshireyid]

So were plenty of other teams today, but they showed THEIR goals!!

To only highlight the losing team without once mentioning the team that won is pretty much unheard of for MOTD... But not where Spurs are involved in winning, it seems!

Normal BBC bollocks !

 

[sudoku]

Meh

If you look at the chances created we should still win the game 8/10 but that doesn’t mean you don’t credit Everton for being good at what they do.

They were the form team in the prem for being an athletic pressing monster. But short handed we won and on the balance of chances created we deserved to

They had a better team than us yesterday but we had better players and those better players won us the game.

 

[sudoku]

Bournemouth are THE in form team, 5 wins and a draw from their last six games.

Premier League Form Table

The 2023-2024 Premier League Form Table showing a mini table of the latest results for every team in the division

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1	Bournemouth	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16	3	WWDWWW
2	Aston Villa	6	4	2	0	9	5	+4	14	4	WDWWWD
3	Woolwich	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	3	WWWLWD
4	West Ham	6	4	1	1	10	8	+2	13	3	WDWLWW
5	Liverpool	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12	4	DWWWdD
6	Everton	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	1	LWWWWL

 

[Maureen]

I’m more concerned about the present and that would be Lo Celso ahead of Johnson

Gio is prbly the only one good at keeping the ball in tight conditions and he always has a knack of playing nice little balls for one- twos.

 

[Maureen]

welllWin our next two and I'll start to think about it.

Brighton and Bournemouth are two high pressing teams and we struggled with Evertons press today.

We need to move the ball quickest. It’s sometimes too slow at the back. We made it too easy for Everton to press. The other thing is we are supposed to press as well yet they just waltzed through our midfield.
Gio offers good tenacity mixed with technique. Don’t think I’ve seen BJ win a tackle.

 

[sudoku]

View: https://twitter.com/niceonesonnny/status/1738709704757428585?t=cnePxztLc0uuG1JMmQVD_w&s=19

And Manor is in the manor.

 

[Richard Arlison]

They had a better team than us yesterday but we had better players and those better players won us the game.

I’d say that’s fair.

Although we scored the best goal of the game from a team move

 

[Richard Arlison]

The difference is that we didn't have technicians on the pitch yesterday, honestly if we are anywhere near full strength then we hammer them by HT.

And some of the technicians we do have fluffed very good situations on the break second half

 

[sudoku]

I’d say that’s fair.

Although we scored the best goal of the game from a team move

Involving our better players...

 

[1882]

View: https://twitter.com/niceonesonnny/status/1738709704757428585?t=cnePxztLc0uuG1JMmQVD_w&s=19

I dunno if this is an Ange thing, but I don't remember injured players sitting front and centre around the dugout before... even if they're at the game, they're usually in the West upper posh seats or one of the boxes...
This seems more inclusive, and would not surprise me if Ange was somewhere behind the idea, to fully back up that family, inclusive spirit he seems to have created in no time at all...

Either way, it feels like a good thing!

 

[Spursidol]

View: https://x.com/spursodyssey/status/1738899080011452736?s=20

 

[Starks]

We need to move the ball quickest. It’s sometimes too slow at the back. We made it too easy for Everton to press. The other thing is we are supposed to press as well yet they just waltzed through our midfield.
Gio offers good tenacity mixed with technique. Don’t think I’ve seen BJ win a tackle.

You can thank Skipp for that

 

[1882]

Normal BBC bollocks !

Maybe, but it's quite blatant BBC bollocks.... and anyway, it isn't 'normal'... I've literally never seen that happen before.

Imagine Arse or Man City or Utd or Liverpool won a game, and they simply didn't show ANY of their goals, but instead focussed on the team they'd beaten....?

I'd jokingly say the fans of those clubs would write in and be irate, but they wouldn't have to, because it's simply a scenario that just WOULDN'T happen!

They literally ignored us! Like it didn't happen....

Funny, 'cos when we were on our losing streak, they showed THAT quick enough, in all it's gory glory!

 

[Ionman34]

Win our next two and I'll start to think about it.

Brighton and Bournemouth are two high pressing teams and we struggled with Evertons press today.

Not surprising when all bar one of your press resistant players are sidelined.

 

[Ionman34]

Also, what the fuck was Kulusevski doing at every single corner. He was just shirt grabbing and doing a generally shit job at every corner.

You've found your new Walker I see...

 

[Maureen]

Largely agree. See my post above.

Problem with the midfield was once the got through the non existent front press there were only 2 CM's behind them, and both are vastly inferior to Bissouma defensively.

100%. Yep front offered no press yday for some reason. BJ is too weak, kulu was a lost in the middle , Everton swarmed all over him. Both richi and son I thought were not their usual energetic pressing selves.