90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Conte was already cracked, and the three deaths of close friends and the pressures of the job broke him.
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OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton - Sunday 6 October at 4.30 pm **
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Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
I think so yes. That is why I thought we were a bit naive in leaving ourselves a bit short for PL players. With us having several players who are classed as u21 for PL competition we could've brought in a few more experienced players to help us through our PL games.
Mikey10
Pedro Mendes
I see his Napoli side are top of Serie A.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Correct. Well spotted. And that traumatic period in his life was several years ago now, not actually happening.
Mikey10
Pedro Mendes
Wasn’t trying to make any other point than his Napoli side are currently top of Serie A.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Be interesting to see where they end up now
No Europe to worry about so he has his mid week break he loves
I did just check their results and they have played one top half team and played out a 0-0 draw. No idea how they played but fixtures do maybe have a correlation to results and form.
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90291Spur
Paul Walsh
They are...
thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
Totally agree on the lack of preparedness. For me, the added factor is that no-one stepped up to calm the moment/take the sting out of the game/call the meds on, etc...I think I expect too much of Romero because he is a World Cup winner.
thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
We really paid for it yesterday. In fairness, if Richarlison is fit we have an extra game changing option on the bench, and the injuries to Sonny and Odobert really counted yesterday.
But we just switched off. It is by far the most annoying defeat (for me) in a long long time as I find myself questioning the personality of out senior pros who seemed unable to take the sting out of the game at 2-1.
Not sure the manager wants/prepares his players to 'take the sting out of the game' - my feeling is his approach to turn it around would be to play our own football better, as opposed to trying to directly stop the oppositions ascendancy
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Our senior pros, as I said earlier, between them haven’t achieved a lot
That quite worrying
One thing I wish we got back to is along with the young players and players from bottom half PL clubs approaching their prime, we should go out and bring in some experienced heads that have been there, done that. Someone like Edgar Davids, Gallas, or Perisic. Think we could do with one or two of those kind of heads around the squad.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Definitely one for sure
I’ll guess and say that Bentacur then Werner are the guys with the most trophies under their belt so in theory decent experience but neither is starter or at least guaranteed to start in the case of Bentacur
Doesn't necessarily have to be a starter. Just needed someone in the dressing room slapping everyone in the face and telling them to focus as the job ain't done. We probably miss Lloris's influence there too.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
I’m never convinced he Hugo as a captain but I’d id like his fight with Sonny
Apparently Milner said loads at half time yesterday for Brighton
SteveAWOL
Barry Daines
thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
Agreed, I think you're right and in a sense so is he; had we continued to work as hard off the ball yesterday in the second-half as on it, we'd have been fine...but on the pitch -when the moment is suddenly there- we have to be able to do these things IMO. We've certainly been able to not play our own football in several patches over his tenure (inexplicably too!), so when these sudden moments in matches arrive, I'd hope that a fww of our older players would know. For all his faults (and he had them) Hojberg was very good at that sort of thing. I think (again) I expect too much of Romero because he's a world cup winner. Growing pains or endemic issues?
thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
I really, really wanted us to try for Kimmich when there was a sniff. But that would require a salary which Levy won't pay.
metalgear
Luka Modric
Ro
Romero's ball watching is criminal.
Maddison wilted badly in the second half confirming for me he is at best an impact player.
Both have concentration and self motivation issues and do not have the credibilityto be leaders on the pitch
Romero is vice captain ...shouldn't he be the one organising the team? Maddison too?
Romero's ball watching is criminal.
Maddison wilted badly in the second half confirming for me he is at best an impact player.
Both have concentration and self motivation issues and do not have the credibilityto be leaders on the pitch
SteveAWOL
Barry Daines
Even though we dominated the first half Wellbeck had 2 decent chances (when he ran behind Romero but sliced Mitoma’s pass wide and the header from Kadioglu’s cross that narrowly flew past the far post) either side Verbruggen allowing Maddison’s shot to squirm under him, which must’ve given Brighton some hope when they went in at half time only 2 down.
Would love to know why everyone bar Solanke looked so lackadaisical after the break but that combined with Estupinan’s introduction allowed Mitoma to take the game by the scruff of the neck in a manner that Maddison hasn’t shown for about 12 months. I guess Ange is still learning which players he can trust and hope that he makes more timely substitutions in future, until next summer transfer window gives him a chance to continue the painful rebuild.