Should read the Urgency thread...
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Should read the Urgency thread...
And he works his bollox off. Love this kid
The fact we've now drawn away and lost at home to both Chelsea and Wigan tells you MORE than enough about our season!
The dropped points at home to them, Fulham, West Brom and Norwich seem to have done the damage!
Having said that, the last couple of crazy minutes at Everton didn't help either!
We're back to hoping the Arse will suddenly forget to win again this season, and somehow, Wigan pick themselves up from HOWEVER the Cup Final ends.... Be it a low after a thumping, or a thumping hangover IF they won!!!
The dropped points at home to them, Fulham, West Brom and Norwich seem to have done the damage!
Having said that, the last couple of crazy minutes at Everton didn't help either!
We're back to hoping the Arse will suddenly forget to win again this season, and somehow, Wigan pick themselves up from HOWEVER the Cup Final ends.... Be it a low after a thumping, or a thumping hangover IF they won!!!
Quoted the wrong post. Was referring to souness
I don't think we should expect much from Wigan at the emirates sadly. Newcastle seem like put best hope. We have to beat stoke first though so no point worrying about that now.
I suppose the given is that if we can't win both our final games then we don't deserve to be worrying about what the other lot are doing... But a girl can dream can't he?!!!!!!!!
If you think the support at the Lane is bad, get yourself down to the Bridge.
Worst set of home supporters I've seen in a very long time.
Pathetic.
Worst set of home supporters I've seen in a very long time.
Pathetic.
Yeah, but then we had the crazy 7 minutes against City and the late goals against Utd, West Ham, Wigan and Southampton which have kept us still in the hunt.
Have experienced this sat in the Chelsea end. Spend all week looking forward to playing us and then make no noise until they score.
I think Scums games will be tougher than people think.
Damn you and your rational 'morning after' logical reasoning!!
Hardly.. 10 points from 'arrys last 4 games? AVB took 5 from his opening 4 games.
It was a bit of a strange game that. I suppose we might have deserved a draw although I can't help thinking Chelsea were a little profligate in front of goal.
Our passing for most of the match was shocking, as was our defending but then the final ten/fifteen minutes we put the motors on - I just wish we had played the whole game with that level of urgency.
I think we all would have been satisfied with a draw before the game, we just had to avoid defeat. The final two games for all three have the potential to be difficult, for example, Villa will be going into Saturday's match at the height of of confidence, Wigan beat City and they too could be travelling to the scum in great spirits.
It keeps it exciting.
Our passing for most of the match was shocking, as was our defending but then the final ten/fifteen minutes we put the motors on - I just wish we had played the whole game with that level of urgency.
I think we all would have been satisfied with a draw before the game, we just had to avoid defeat. The final two games for all three have the potential to be difficult, for example, Villa will be going into Saturday's match at the height of of confidence, Wigan beat City and they too could be travelling to the scum in great spirits.
It keeps it exciting.
I thought we played well in the main, it was an open game with chances at both ends.
Bale was quiet again, but that was in part due to Chelsea plans to deal with him.
Torres is still not a quarter of the player he was (thankfully).
Most telling was that tiredness sank in the last quarter for the opposition, but we weren't able to take advantage.
We stuck to our plans, interesting to see David Luiz going over to listen in to what AVB was telling players during the match, and they paid off.
Still need goons to drop points against either wigan or newcastle, I guess the big plus is that a draw in either of those two and we win our remaining two, suddenly that single point becomes invaluable.
Bale was quiet again, but that was in part due to Chelsea plans to deal with him.
Torres is still not a quarter of the player he was (thankfully).
Most telling was that tiredness sank in the last quarter for the opposition, but we weren't able to take advantage.
We stuck to our plans, interesting to see David Luiz going over to listen in to what AVB was telling players during the match, and they paid off.
Still need goons to drop points against either wigan or newcastle, I guess the big plus is that a draw in either of those two and we win our remaining two, suddenly that single point becomes invaluable.
Is it true they were throwing things at Benayoun? What a bunch of cunts.....
:harryblow:
Sure i spotted something come on to the pitch when he came on, also did luiz go after holtby when he was subbed?
oh dear, should I have bottled him?
I'm sorry if I let you down.
Its called self deprecating humour, you miserable fecker!
Immobile Pair Holding Back Spurs
Sandro is great. Mousa Dembele is great. But beyond that pair, Tottenham have the static pair of Tom Huddlestone and Scott Parker. Is that what Wojciech Szczesny meant?
When Wojciech Szczesny casually remarked that "Tottenham do not have enough quality so there you go" (and it's the 'there you go' that makes that comment truly exquisite), we assume he had been watching videos of Scott Parker chugging slowly around the pitch, occasionally delivering the ball personally to a teammate like am incredibly diligent postman, looking all 38 of his 32 years.
Or perhaps the Pole had been watching videos of Tom Huddlestone, who does a lovely line in 30-yard passes to the touchline but lacks any vague sense of drive or dynamism. Perhaps the Pole might think he was accidentally watching the central midfield pair on slo-mo.
When the line-ups for Wednesday night's Stamford Bridge clash were announced, there was a collective 'ouch' in the office at the partnership of Huddlestone and Parker. Mobility is not their friend. Mobility never calls or writes. They have now started four games together this season and the only foes vanquished were League One mid-tablers Coventry City.
Compare that to the record of Mousa Dembele and Sandro and you can see exactly where Tottenham do not have enough quality in depth. The Belgian-Brazilian axis has started 14 games this season and only one has ended in defeat - and that came against Everton in a match being won by Tottenham until Dembele was substituted. If Tottenham fail to qualify for the Champions League, the post-season post-mortems will focus on injuries to that pair as well as a failure to buy genuine wingers and strikers.
They lined up in the same formation as Chelsea but while the Blues had the energy and forward motion of Ramires and David Luiz, Tottenham had the static pair of Huddlestone and Parker. Ramires scored a goal running from deep that neither of his Spurs counterparts would ever have scored; it was Parker who was left trailing in his wake. Incidentally, it was also Parker who lost Oscar for his goal in an unforgivable piece of lackadaisical marking for which being painfully slow is not a credible excuse.
Two years ago Parker was voted the best player in the Premier League by journalists in thrall to his old-fashioned effort at West Ham. A year ago desperate England fans were hoping he would be fit for Euro 2012. Right now he is a liability and in a year's time he will surely be chugging slowly around a pitch for someody else. Huddlestone will probably be pinging 30-yard balls around for Fulham. Neither are currently good enough to play for a side with Champions League ambitions.
Tottenham took a point from Stamford Bridge because they belatedly showed urgency and because they have attacking players like Emmanuel Adebayor capable of producing moments of quality on an otherwise mediocre day. If they fail to reach the Champions League - and they are now reliant on others slipping up - it will be at least partly because Szczesny was right about their midfield. So there you go.
Sarah Winterburn
Sandro is great. Mousa Dembele is great. But beyond that pair, Tottenham have the static pair of Tom Huddlestone and Scott Parker. Is that what Wojciech Szczesny meant?
When Wojciech Szczesny casually remarked that "Tottenham do not have enough quality so there you go" (and it's the 'there you go' that makes that comment truly exquisite), we assume he had been watching videos of Scott Parker chugging slowly around the pitch, occasionally delivering the ball personally to a teammate like am incredibly diligent postman, looking all 38 of his 32 years.
Or perhaps the Pole had been watching videos of Tom Huddlestone, who does a lovely line in 30-yard passes to the touchline but lacks any vague sense of drive or dynamism. Perhaps the Pole might think he was accidentally watching the central midfield pair on slo-mo.
When the line-ups for Wednesday night's Stamford Bridge clash were announced, there was a collective 'ouch' in the office at the partnership of Huddlestone and Parker. Mobility is not their friend. Mobility never calls or writes. They have now started four games together this season and the only foes vanquished were League One mid-tablers Coventry City.
Compare that to the record of Mousa Dembele and Sandro and you can see exactly where Tottenham do not have enough quality in depth. The Belgian-Brazilian axis has started 14 games this season and only one has ended in defeat - and that came against Everton in a match being won by Tottenham until Dembele was substituted. If Tottenham fail to qualify for the Champions League, the post-season post-mortems will focus on injuries to that pair as well as a failure to buy genuine wingers and strikers.
They lined up in the same formation as Chelsea but while the Blues had the energy and forward motion of Ramires and David Luiz, Tottenham had the static pair of Huddlestone and Parker. Ramires scored a goal running from deep that neither of his Spurs counterparts would ever have scored; it was Parker who was left trailing in his wake. Incidentally, it was also Parker who lost Oscar for his goal in an unforgivable piece of lackadaisical marking for which being painfully slow is not a credible excuse.
Two years ago Parker was voted the best player in the Premier League by journalists in thrall to his old-fashioned effort at West Ham. A year ago desperate England fans were hoping he would be fit for Euro 2012. Right now he is a liability and in a year's time he will surely be chugging slowly around a pitch for someody else. Huddlestone will probably be pinging 30-yard balls around for Fulham. Neither are currently good enough to play for a side with Champions League ambitions.
Tottenham took a point from Stamford Bridge because they belatedly showed urgency
and because they have attacking players like Emmanuel Adebayor capable of producing moments of quality on an otherwise mediocre day. If they fail to reach the Champions League - and they are now reliant on others slipping up - it will be at least partly because Szczesny was right about their midfield. So there you go.Sarah Winterburn