We need it even more away from home. Sarr and one of Bentancur and Bissouma are needed to cover the defence. Sarr gets around the pitch and puts his foot in unlike the others. We need that especially away from home. Today we had nobody in midfield willing to fight and it's the main reason we lost.
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OMT *** Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Richmond/Crystal Palace - Sunday 27th October 14:00 ***
- Thread starter Jurgen the German
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You think we will finish lower?
For me it's more about the composition of the team, rather than their individual skillset. Even if Son is past his best and everybody knows it, he still commands more respect than Mikey Lewis. They went in hard on him early, and he got his baptism today and looked like the young player he is. A Bryan Gil if you like, for better or worse. This is only an opinion, but if we play Son, we also need to play Maddison. But if we play Maddison, we cannot play Bissouma. They cancel each other out, and makes our midfield unbalanced regarding to who does what. Same thing with Kulu in the middle and Son on the left, they try to do the same thing.
IMO we need to establish a midfield generator, and stick with him/them. Not try to shoe-in players by their numbers expecting them to take turns at doing what they're supposed to be good at. And not all our setups are suited to all opposition. It's pretty obvious that we underestimated Palace today, and expected them to bend over because Tottenham good Palace bad. This was a starting XI very good on paper, but clearly better suited to breaking teams down than withstanding constant pressure. If I hadn't seen it so many times before, I would not have believed how brick our passing under pressure was today. But alas, I have.
I think a 6th 7th finish is where we are at.
Said it at start of season. We are an ok side that’s it.
I must admit I’m a bit ambivalent this season. Not getting excited about the good or bad. It’s what we are. Jekyll and Hyde. For every good performance we are capable of dross to.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Yep
Game lost in midfield
And how anyone can’t see that we need an Eze I’m stunned
Him and Wharton controlled the middle of the park
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
It’s something we have lacked for a long time
Legohamster
Ian Walker
We have a better side than we've seen in large patches this season and last.
Wharton is a superb player. He’s just so calm and technically good . Works hard and not afraid of the physical. Will be an expensive purchase for one of the big spenders in the future I’d imagine
Maybe so . So what needs to change?
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Yep
Legohamster
Ian Walker
My view is the manager
stratnumberone
Ben Thatcher
I think there’s a very good chance we will finish lower. Really hope I’m wrong and just annoyed after yet another chastening defeat, but I struggle to see us beating enough decent teams to be challenging for the European spaces.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Mentality
You do not win any games without effort
Baleforce
Les Bennett
The longer he’s had the worse we get.
I’d agree with that too.
Comes from the top. Manager and leaders ?? Not that we have many on the pitch. All seems a bit timid
fernadez
Jermaine Jenas
I'd say his mentality, be more flexible, even respectful of the circumstances. He manages like there are no external factors involved in the success of them team.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Can’t comment on the manager because it can’t see what he is saying
Can say that in the pitch I see no leadership
Legohamster
Ian Walker
You can't force a manager to change, it's up to him.
Has he shown he wants to?
Not really
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Always got taught you have to earn the right to play football
We don’t see go have players who understand or agree with that
We don’t see go have players who understand or agree with that