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OMT Spurs vs Geordies 7.30 Tuesday 10th Feb
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paxtonwolf
Ron Henry
They only finished 2nd because we literally threw the towel in for the last 2 games
Bullet
Jimmy Cantrell
This.
Hands up, I thought Thomas Frank would be very average and very pragmatic and make us solid and well-coached and the sum of our parts... we are absolutely woeful. It is incredible that such a "well-established" set of coaches can make us this bad at football.
Robbo
Jack Jull
At least when we're unable to score important goals for ourselves, other teams are!
that helps, but Wham look like they are in each game right now - we're not.
stratnumberone
Erik Edman
In a season of unbelievably turgid football, dire performances and even worse results, this is the worst of the lot. Saudi Sportswashing Machine were rubbish tonight. But they were absolutely miles better than us and thoroughly deserved to win. I will be flabbergasted - but also strangely unsurprised - if Frank isn’t gone by this time tomorrow. I think the Board has given up in the same way that the players have.
braineclipse
Vic Buckingham
It's funny that Frank said something about playing with no risk being the biggest risk or something like that, because that's who we are.
Big important game, at home, vulnerable opposition. We lack our best deep passer so we play 3 box to box midfielders in a midfield three and for me a grand total of 3 attacking players on the pitch, 4 if you include Gallagher (I don't).
Rorschach
Mel Hopkins
Near the end of that match, when we were so desperate for a goal, I just saw fear. Players not wanting the responsibility and no will to fight for the hard yards. There may be one or two exceptions to that, but it was just a bunch of players who wanted to be anywhere but on that pitch under that pressure.
FolkestoneSpur
Terry Fenwick
And the fans, we look and feel like a zombie club at the moment.
Rorschach
Mel Hopkins
Sure yeah, but it extends the gap by 2 points. For where we are, that is manna from heaven
SpurMeUp
Erik Thorstvedt
The worst bit, we're breaking at 1-1 tails up, crowd behind them, and Gallagher crumbles, can't make a simple 5 yard pass. Then they score.
After that there wasn't much left in the tank. VDV could have scored. Nothing else. Saudi Sportswashing Machine are as pony as us, but the difference is they can defend.
Baleforce
Terry Naylor
Bullet
Jimmy Cantrell
The important thing to remember, is that anyone can score a goal.
E.g. Today Thomas Soucek made a clever run into the box, the ball was played low and hard across to him, and he neatly put it through Lammen's legs... and there is no way in hell that you lot would suggest Thomas Soucek as some sort of goalscoring solution for Spurs.
What I am saying is, anyone can score, and we keep seeing goals from the centre backs and Palhinha and Gray and still we make goalscoring look almost impossible, like some impossible task.
The way we train our forwards/dribblers/attackers/strikers must be lacking, they make goalscoring seem impossible e.g. if they can sprint at 100mph and cut back at 97 degrees and jink inside and nutmeg 2 players and curl a perfect shot it might perhaps go in, yet other teams just seem to get men forwards and bundle the ball in.
And that is what Thomas Frank should be good at, get men in the right positions and bundle it in off someone's elbow. But no, we are utterly terrible at football.
E.g. Today Thomas Soucek made a clever run into the box, the ball was played low and hard across to him, and he neatly put it through Lammen's legs... and there is no way in hell that you lot would suggest Thomas Soucek as some sort of goalscoring solution for Spurs.
What I am saying is, anyone can score, and we keep seeing goals from the centre backs and Palhinha and Gray and still we make goalscoring look almost impossible, like some impossible task.
The way we train our forwards/dribblers/attackers/strikers must be lacking, they make goalscoring seem impossible e.g. if they can sprint at 100mph and cut back at 97 degrees and jink inside and nutmeg 2 players and curl a perfect shot it might perhaps go in, yet other teams just seem to get men forwards and bundle the ball in.
And that is what Thomas Frank should be good at, get men in the right positions and bundle it in off someone's elbow. But no, we are utterly terrible at football.
lurker of old
Naybet
Just home and did something I have never done before and hope never to do again. I walked at half time. Why? Our midfield set up was horrible. Sarr looked lost. Spence look lost and there was zero attacking threat on the left.
I have backed Frank till now but that set-up was on the manager. We don't appear to have a clue how to attack, and look just as vulnerable to any long ball over the top, as we were under Ange. I'd be amazed if we aren't relegated. There must be an out of work manager who could take the £5mill or whatever to keep us up....
I have backed Frank till now but that set-up was on the manager. We don't appear to have a clue how to attack, and look just as vulnerable to any long ball over the top, as we were under Ange. I'd be amazed if we aren't relegated. There must be an out of work manager who could take the £5mill or whatever to keep us up....
braineclipse
Vic Buckingham
The difference is they could attack. And they wanted to attack.
At 0-0 we essentially played as if we were playing for a draw.
Once we took the handbrake off and tried getting forward we played alright I thought. Shame it again takes us going behind to start trying to play.
lurker of old
Naybet
I thought the fans were pretty good in the first half. Quite a few empty seats but those who were there did ok. Lots of COYS chanting. But Jesus wept, the football, our football, was just awful.
Welshspur60
Michael Brown
Dont think it ll help us much. We are in a death spiral, playing terribly with 11 barely fit players. Dont ever look like winning a game.
Wham are fighting for every ball and point . We are fooked.