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What is most worrying for me after listening to Sherwoods post match rant is the fact that he thinks we need to go on a motorway to get home.. It's round the corner Timmy Boy..
Put your handbags away its fucking boring
New manager in the summer, probably a top name.
Lauding begins.
Some players leave.
We dont replace them.
Season starts: 50% love the new way, 50% hate it
We bicker here
Get knocked out of the cups one by one
Bicker some more
Finish 5th
Fuck I hope Man City win the league this year..
Fuck you spurs for not being 2-0 down and making me believe we can win!
People get pissed off when we compare Tim with AVB, or AVB with Harry, let alone comparing Tim to a manager that has never managed Spurs, or managed in England for that matter. To make statements such as "LvG wouldn't have lost that game" is utter bollocks (not quoting you there). Completely irrelevant comparison, with no factual basis whatsoever. I'm up for discussing LvG's potential position within the club (in the relevant thread), but to compare our reaction to what Tim said with how we might react had LvG said it, IF he were our manager and IF we got spanked (which hasn't and might not happen) is quite frankly pointless. You could say that about any manager, after any game. What's the relevance in this situation?
I would normally agree with keeping such comments behind closed doors, but I am actually pleased on this occasion as the players have let us down too many times this season, and you could see he was hurt from that performance, whether for the team or his own sake. But it was nice to see some human emotion in front of the camera. I was fuckin livid, and embarrassed after that result, and he was too. And he said it. The players need to stand up and be counted. Tim is the manager, but he's not their boss. The club, the fans, are paying their wages, and they need to go out there and earn them. I feel we've been on the end of enough hammerings this season to be able to call out some players and ask what the fuck is going on. The sheer amount of individual errors is sickening, against a team that should have required no motivational speeches from the manager to get the players up for it.
I'm not sure LvG would have the "gravitas" to make it up. The bloke can be a complete nutjob, and it has cost him jobs in the past, and probably preventing some clubs from hiring him since. I think Tim will be fine. The players owe him a performance to be honest, that last half hour was dreadful. No amount of coaching or tactics can prevent that.
Anyway, as I say, the whole "LvG wouldn't have done that", "LvG would sort that out" isn't relevant nor possible to discuss, as we have no idea what he'll do (IF he becomes our manager). But I can bet that many would accept these comments from him, but have not accepted the same from Tim.
perhaps this is too much information, but around the 89th minute I had a desperate need to masturbate....to hopefully create some joy in my life, even if just for an instant.
Yet, when the deed was done the sense of deflation seemed even more magnified.
Please Christian, don't look at me that way. I know, I know.
and allow me to regress to 4th grade for a moment and say that the second half of the match was totally gay.
Yet, when the deed was done the sense of deflation seemed even more magnified.
Please Christian, don't look at me that way. I know, I know.
and allow me to regress to 4th grade for a moment and say that the second half of the match was totally gay.
If we line up like yesterday I expect a heavy loss. However, if we get some players back and Timmy picks a sensible team I'm mildly optimistic. Walker back against Hazard would be massive and Sandro to start would help a lot. Rose or Fryers at LB is equally good/bad in my view. Eriksen needs to play (chiropractors, witch doctors, drugs, whatever it takes). Lennon and Chadli on the wings for their defensive work ethic. Soldado on the bench because two strikers would be a bit silly here.
Lloris
Walker - Kaboul - Vertonghen - Rose
Sandro - Dembele
Lennon - Eriksen - Chadli
Adebayor
Lloris
Walker - Kaboul - Vertonghen - Rose
Sandro - Dembele
Lennon - Eriksen - Chadli
Adebayor
Dress it up which ever way you like but the fact of the matter is, the players let us down again today..
As they have done on many occassions this season.
As they have done on many occassions this season.
Mourinho said about today:
"Yes it was a defensive mistake," he continued, "but Samuel is so clever how he reads the game, and after that at 1-0, I am not saying they gave up but I think they felt they were in trouble as in the first half, they had a lot of the ball and they were dominant in the game, but how many saves did Peter Cech have?
"I think they are a team that have great control of the ball possession, but they don't hurt people - so second-half was comfortable for us.
"They are quite dominant as they are comfortable on the ball but as an opponent, you don't feel in trouble as you don't feel the danger. Even if you are not controlling the game, you feel calm, and in the second half when we scored even with 11 v 11, I felt it would be difficult for us to concede."
Can't help but feel he's right. All season we've not really attacked.. we keep the ball but despite Ade making the most of the chances, I don't think we've looked like scoring in a lot of matches, certainly this year :/
"Yes it was a defensive mistake," he continued, "but Samuel is so clever how he reads the game, and after that at 1-0, I am not saying they gave up but I think they felt they were in trouble as in the first half, they had a lot of the ball and they were dominant in the game, but how many saves did Peter Cech have?
"I think they are a team that have great control of the ball possession, but they don't hurt people - so second-half was comfortable for us.
"They are quite dominant as they are comfortable on the ball but as an opponent, you don't feel in trouble as you don't feel the danger. Even if you are not controlling the game, you feel calm, and in the second half when we scored even with 11 v 11, I felt it would be difficult for us to concede."
Can't help but feel he's right. All season we've not really attacked.. we keep the ball but despite Ade making the most of the chances, I don't think we've looked like scoring in a lot of matches, certainly this year :/
So it's best not to say " Fuck me ! He buried that!"
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that, tactically, Tim got it right today and was let down by some shocking individual errors. Including the one made by the referee.