Villa H Sat 10 Aug 17:30 BST

[FightingIllini]

Sissoko went back central and looked good again

His Spurs career in a sentence.

He needs to play out-to-in, not in-to-out. Anytime he's standing up a defender on the wing you've got problems.

 

[Jayc1]

And some said that Ndombele was "just" a Dembele replacement, no better. Ndombele brings so much more.

KWP has done well too.

 

[snowkarl]

I stand by my initial thoughts. I know that's a shocker as it doesn't happen on here often.

Obviously you should stand by what you though despite being resoundly proven wrong

Sign of a great mind

 

[Bazali]

Reminded me of his 16/17 season when he was at his absolute best for us.

On course for 76 goals this season.

If he stays fit it will be 30+

 

[sammyspurs]

Really worth it to keep Eriksen off the pitch to teach him a lesson though right

He's definitely overrated, made no difference when he came on

Well it put the rocket up his arse he needed

 

[reachingforthestars]

Whilst I do think Eriksen aided us in our come back.

I can't help but think the change in shape was the main reason. We simply HAVE to stay away from this diamond bollocks.

Everything just got more fluid when he came on. Looked like the other players suddenly started moving

 

[COYSinnit]

Eriksen is the back bone of the team getting anything done, sure at times hes been shit, but when did we ever play well without him?

 

[snowkarl]

And some said that Ndombele was "just" a Dembele replacement, no better. Ndombele brings so much more.

KWP has done well too.

Ndombele had a game to forget aside from his goal, did you ever watch Dembele play at his prime?

 

[Clynelish]

This was probably Ndombele @ 70%, imagine if we are a couple of months into the season, what a player.

 

[Hazza]

It’s the first game of the season man, we’ll get much better once we get through the season.

They all count, first game or last. We can't be scrapping at home to the likes of Villa if we want to be progressing. It's not a good sign.
And more importantly we shouldn't be so reliant on one player. We knew that we were at the end of last season, we had to address it in the window, and yet here we are still in the same boat.

 

[Darnswim]

And some said that Ndombele was "just" a Dembele replacement, no better. Ndombele brings so much more.

KWP has done well too.

Er, you have seemed to forget how IMMENSE Dembele was for us...

 

[Macch]

Whilst I do think Eriksen aided us in our come back.

I can't help but think the change in shape was the main reason. We simply HAVE to stay away from this diamond bollocks.

Ndombele turned into a different player after his goal.

I can’t wait for him to settle

 

[Atomic knob]

And some said that Ndombele was "just" a Dembele replacement, no better. Ndombele brings so much more.

KWP has done well too.

Dembele never offered the goal threat that Ndombele does.

 

[Bazali]

I’m going to really embarrass you now

It would make a great double with me wanting Sissoko taken off but kudos to Poch too for changing things

 

[SpiderSpurs]

Want to admit you've been a total pissy cunt today and know nothing about football? Eriksen is really bad by the way.

Ooooo a pissy cunt.

You realise that the formation changed and as a result the team was rewarded??

Haha, you accuse me of knowing nothing about football? Fucking hell you're as think as shit you stupid cunt.

 

[rusty]

Dembele was very good until he got close to their box, then he turned into sissoko

 

[reachingforthestars]

I stand by my initial thoughts. I know that's a shocker as it doesn't happen on here often.

So Eriksen didn't change the game?

 

[hiatus]

Ditch the diamond, bring on Eriksen, score 3 goals. I wish we wouldn’t get our tactics wrong for 45 minutes every damn match though.

 

[ShutUpPatrik]

Can we officially abandon the diamond? 4-2-3-1 works so much better for us.

 

[CostasNM]

We can NOT let Eriksen go...