**OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal***

[mudshark]

@milo Son. Lloris for important saves, but certainly not anything else. I thought Winks was good first half, but disappeared a bit. Oh, go on, Winks.

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

I think it was a penalty.

But what I mean is if the ref isn't giving a penalty then he must think it's a dive, so it's brick referring.

I don't think Greg is saying he should have been sent off, but that the ref was so bad he was going for his cards there.

That's exactly what Greg is saying.

 

[Cochise]

Can’t fault Sissoko’s workrate but he not only has similar physique to Usain Bolt he plays football like him too.

I think that oppo defenders don’t even bother tracking his runs if there’s any of our other players nearby as everyone know that Sissoko cannot hit a barn door.

To be fair, Bolt actually is a tidy finisher.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

And how the heck does Xhaka not get booked until injury time

 

[Cochise]

@milo Lloris for me.

 

[elyid]

To be fair, Bolt actually is a tidy finisher.

I seem to be disagreeing with everyone today - but there's no way that is true, he's a total donkey

 

[Baleforce]

He was playing RB
He is NOT a RB
Did you expect anything else?

I did, he's an athlete with all of the requirements to play there, he's quick, he's strong, he's dominant in the air. He's shown none of those traits this season.

Our mental preparation appears to be way off this year.

 

[markysimmo]

What do people think about the rugby tackle on Dele in the box that Atkinson waved away

 

[Bedfordspurs]

I did, he's an athlete with all of the requirements to play there, he's quick, he's strong, he's dominant in the air. He's shown none of those traits this season.

Our mental preparation appears to be way off this year.

He really doesn’t look quick at the moment

 

[DubaiSpur]

And how the heck does Xhaka not get booked until injury time

Mystifying.

At least the yellow card tally ended up roughly equal toward the end (I think).

 

[Bedfordspurs]

What do people think about the rugby tackle on Dele in the box that Atkinson waved away

Clear foul
Did he wave it away as it looked like he just missed it

 

[Baleforce]

He really doesn’t look quick at the moment

I don't know this for a fact, but, looking at our squad, I'm pretty sure our new nutritionist is Tom Huddlestone, and he's using all 57 varieties.

 

[superspurs]

You are lucky Kane wasn't sent off btw, Atkinson went to book him there after that dive but then remembered he was already on a yellow and didn't do it.

Don't want to damage the brand.

Same kind of thing we used to get for Shearer when he was the golden boy.

Err no he hadn't been booked prior to that... talking gonads.

 

[Benny_Lad]

has been for a while now, since after new year last season i'd say - at least we did not lose ! Important factor that

Having a proper CDM helped them massively imo. Since no regular Dier, they’ve been put under much more pressure.

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

It’s a damning indictment of our season that he’s been our best and most reliable performer.

If he starts playing like the rest of those muppets we are fudged.

Reliable. Hmm. Is there any other goalie in the PL whose distribution approaches 2019 edition Hugo’s for suicidality?

FWIW that looked to me like a clear improvement on our last two games, and getting the band back together at CB is a huge relief.

 

[MKSpur]

Crazy game, felt we had chances to win but also were hanging on with some dogged if not technically proficient defending.

Aside from the goals I’m sure we’ll see lots of other mistakes, but by the same token it didn’t feel like we were that calm on the ball in their half too.

With Son Alli and Moura we will be a real threat away from home, but we need a platform behind them defensively and a little more composure in the middle. I hope NDom will bring the latter

In Sanchez’s defence the last thing you want as a limited footballer is to play out of position. But he is the reason this feels like a point gained as he was an obvious weakness.

A much better result than I expected.

 

[elyid]

That's exactly what Greg is saying.

Err no he hadn't been booked prior to that... talking gonad*s.

It seems in the heat of the moment I was also wrong about this.

I thank you both for putting the record straight.

 

[scaramanga]

Atkinson was fudging awful all game.

Apart from what's already been discussed, did anyone notice he blew up to stop play before they scored their offside goal?

So had it actually been onside and VAR had given the goal, our players would have stopped at the whistle and he'd have fudged us over yet again

 

[Benny_Lad]

I’m losing confidence in Sanchez a bit. When he’s bad, he looks like a pub player. The game at Anfield the season before last was one of the worst I’ve ever seen and today wasn’t much better. Neville called it too by saying his legs had gone with 20 minutes to go. He was absolutely fudged.

I know he’s young but he’s got to get more consistent quickly. His bad games cannot be this bad.

You’re judging him on an away game vs one of the most free scoring teams the league has seen and an away to another dangerous attack playing out of position.

Majority of the time I think he’s been excellent.

 

[MKSpur]

And how the heck does Xhaka not get booked until injury time

Genuinely thought that was a second yellow at the time!