I was at that game. A few of us were in the Wolves half of the Park Lane for shits and giggles. That night on MOTD the commentator compared Crooks to Pele.
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I was at that game. A few of us were in the Wolves half of the Park Lane for shits and giggles. That night on MOTD the commentator compared Crooks to Pele.
I read this and genuinely think What's the point in even trying to support a club who is NEVER gonna have the global appeal/status/INFLUENCE of a Liverpool/Man Utd, or the newly found financial clout of City or Chelsea... Or the moany online/celebrity 'influencers' of Woolwich...
We really are just 'the rest of them'...
Almost, but not quite...
Maths not your strong point then?
I'm joking, I get your point, though I wouldn't say neither are good enough for a Top half PL team, maybe not top 6...
but I could definitely imagine them holding their own at plenty of other clubs that play slightly different defensive tactics...
Just not ours!
Sonny is missing on that 'Off the Ball' chart, safe to assume he's the one pressing the highest, but then it's Hojbjerg. Not Kulu or Johnson, who was pretty lazy on that front. Unfortunately for Hoj, it's so damn easy to go round/past him...but obviously doesn't help when the press isn't coordinated.
Dier's volume is so utterly ridiculous. I mean compare it to Big Ben's. And whenever I call him lazy and a coward, I get stick...okay. Just friggin get rid!!!
With the ball we were so not brave enough. I mean our positioning was ass to begin with...how you gonna trouble Wolves when everyone's about the halfway line?
Thanks for that.... Genuinely thanks!
That '81/'82 season was one of the best Spurs teams in living memory.... it was 'my Spurs Team' .... Promoted back only a few seasons before, here we were genuinely competing for trophies!
I'd add the more recent Poch 2016-19 squads to that in terms of quality, but we didn't even have a trophy to show for it...
We went for the LOT that season, and 'only' came away with the FA Cup... which, back then was still summit to be proud of, rather than the ridicule and 'shame' of missing out on the other trophies would no doubt get today!
Annoyingly, as in 2019, Liverpool seemed to be the difference between glory in 1982, and almost, but not quite!
FUCKERS!
Thing is, in the top 10 as at now, I'd say only west ham are defensive.Maths not your strong point then?
I'm joking, I get your point, though I wouldn't say neither are good enough for a Top half PL team, maybe not top 6...
but I could definitely imagine them holding their own at plenty of other clubs that play slightly different defensive tactics...
Just not ours!
And I'm not convinced a player like Dier, who always has a brain fart, and lacks the ability to actually win the ball is even suited to a low block.
If he's your last line of defence, God help the keeper.
thesun.uk
One wrote: "Crazy how Tottenham returned to factory settings with Davies and Dier partnership."
While another added: "If any CB partnership in the PL was going to achieve this it was definitely gonna be Dier and Davies.
"The drop in quality from Romero and VDV to them is absolutely absurd the more I think about it lmao."
Other fans suggested that Tottenham were exceeding their level for the first portion of the season anyway and have now returned to their usual selves.
One wrote: "Spurs DNA finally got to Ange ball."
One wrote: "Crazy how Tottenham returned to factory settings with Davies and Dier partnership."
While another added: "If any CB partnership in the PL was going to achieve this it was definitely gonna be Dier and Davies.
"The drop in quality from Romero and VDV to them is absolutely absurd the more I think about it lmao."
Other fans suggested that Tottenham were exceeding their level for the first portion of the season anyway and have now returned to their usual selves.
One wrote: "Spurs DNA finally got to Ange ball."
If there's one thing less relevant than an article in The Sun, it's the comments section of an article from The Sun...
How do they work out this stat?
In possession we are more compact than out of possession? That goes against all football coaching.
And son in possession is outside their box then disappears altogether while Dier is standing in the penalty spot.
And when we haven’t got the ball Vicario travels further forward than Dier?
Bit of a weird graphic if you ask me.
Try reading comments on the Spurs Facebook page
I hate bullshit like this.
It is exactly the reason why Ange demands constantly on the front foot. The mentality of this club is weak as piss and we need to take some risks and grow a pair
You hate it but it's perpetuated a lot by our own fans.
Those quotes are from twitter etc.; not the club.... Nor the fiilth at The Sun.
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Was there, think it was just before the cup final.
Well he tried a number of those passes all game and never reached intended target. If at least he found one of our players then they don’t get possesion back.
Yes I posted something similar. We have not exactly been banging them in and have a few games by the odd goal.
Same here I often don’t see us keep going and then like b Fulham or palace they get a goal and we are then holding on.
100%. Dippers always keep going they never let the pace and intensity drop. We score and then go into this slow motion doing very little with the ball except for some MADDs magic. No that his not playing not sure where those moments are coming from.