charlietheyid
Banned
Went to the game.. Still dont know what was the formation and who played where, not sure the players knew either...
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charlietheyid
Banned
Yep, but there is a long list of incredible decisions like that...
Obviously we could do with him now, but in terms of the player's future, this loan is massive. He has scored 2 goals and against Villa was playing with massive amounts of confidence. Previously I've thought Townsend was far too headless chicken to be involved with our first team. As he continues to get games at QPR, he seems to be becoming more decisive (the confidence boost of goals helps).
Ironically, although his absence highlights the lack of a natural wide-players as one of the biggest weaknesses of our squad, it may in fact solve the problem for next season. Let's just hope it doesn't mean we miss out on 4th and lose Bale....
Of course its not. There are so many games and points to play for. Lennon and Bale back in the team, confidence can change around very quickly. I know we're all down but you'll feel different in a few weeks. Yes it does feel like de ja vu, but the players and everyone need to know that there is still something that can be done about this. They proved that with the right mentality they can beat anyone.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
and therein lies the rub
Hopefully it provokes a response for the next few games/rest of the season.
Hey that's a Naijaspurs copyright...
Can we do anything as supporters to change that? We could certainly not turn on the side and paralyse the whole club and cripple us with fear.
Ultimately the players and AVB have a huge job coming up in the next month or so.
I'm trying my hardest to feel positive. I remember how gutting it was when we lost to Pompey in the semi final of the cup with Arsenal and Chelsea looming a few years ago. I felt so flat convinced City would get fourth with the upcoming fixture list. You know football has a crazy habit of picking you up when you least expect it. I'm just hoping the players look deep and find something.
Only time will tell. Annoying we have to wait 2 weeks to find out anything.. maybe a few of our players will get some rest. Hopefully Lennon will be fully fit especially as he hasn't been bestowed the curse of an England call-up. Although I have literally no idea what is going on with his injury/ies
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Agree with that. From what I heard the crowd were fine to begin with. But its a two way street. They had absolutely nothing to cheer about today and their patience was sorely tested. It took us until the 65th minute to bring a save out the goalkeeper. We only managed another one all game. Truly shocking.
We are Tottenham
Kasey Keller
In real terms we have gone backwards.
Modders Raffa and Pav who scored some crucial goals..
So what are we left with..players that are not strong enough to keep us competing at the highest level. Having said that were still At the mo in the top four!!!!! Well thats mostly down to Bale's magic.
Adebyour was to be key to us achieving something and thats why the club are paying him so highly.
I feel as long as we have him and Defoe as our main strikers well, obviously they are not scoring the goals we need to be much of a success....
Does anyone believe we can turn this around?
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
There were brave attempts in the second half at 0-0 to lift the atmosphere, but there was no discernible response from the players and it soon fell flat again. We showed nothing today. No heart, no hunger and no desire to win. Our first attempt on target, other than a looping header by Bale in the first half that was easily cleared off the line, was around the 70th minute, I think. It was like the Norwich game from last season was Groundhog Day.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Spot on but we have lost three on the bounce so we need to start scraping around for people to blame
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
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In terms of who to blame/what has caused this poor run of form I think those blaming our strikers are missing the point. AVB has tried and failed to get results without a natural wide man, hopefully Lennon will be back soon, otherwise he needs to switch it up.
Prior to Lennon's injury we had constantly had 1 wide-man in our midfield at least. Our squad (especially our deep CMs, but also Bale, Sig, Dempsey) are not technically gifted nor creative enough to play in a narrow AM trio. Even if they were, they would still need to be playing wider than they were today to allow their counterpart on the opposite wing space to cut in. Since we've lost Lennon, Bale has never returned to an out-and-out winger role, and we've lost all 3 games.
I think with Adebayor starting we have enough to break down most teams and win most games. We went on a poor run when he was at the African Nations and it wasn't a coincidence IMO. He might be a limited player - offering little goal threat, but he gave us just about enough to edge games through stretching the game high up the pitch mainly by moving from the centre to the left, while Lennon stayed generally wide on the right, stretching it in the opposite direction, albeit slightly deeper.
Without a more positionally effective midfield, Adebayor becomes less useful - his movement creates space high up the pitch that is useful when the midfield behind him can play the ball into/break rank and attack this space he makes. If the midfield can't find space, as is the case without a winger, Adebayor's movement will never be utilised and his role is reduced. This is especially true when the left wing is so empty that he must constantly be stood on the left touchline to give the left-back an option, as happened time and time again today, being sucked into the role of winger rather than striker.