Naughton16
Clive Wilson
Mata seems to get credited with turning it in Chelsea's favour but in truth the game had changed before he came on.
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OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea, WHL, Sat 28 Sept
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Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
Guy had a heart attack, is recovering now though apparently.
About time that was mentioned.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
It was much easier for Mourinho to make the change as they were losing and were being outplayed in the attacking third.
It wasn't a straight like for like either as they went more like a 4-1-4-1 with nothing to lose. They kept the ball within 20 metres of their last man and played percentage passes which turned us a lot of times. All their chances came from runs and passes on the half way line where as in the first half they were going over the top. Yeah it helps having a player as a good as Mata on the bench but if that had been 0-0 at half time he wouldn't have changed a thing and then what for them? I'd have backed one winner and that was us.
What was clever in the change was that it made eriksen redundant hence no effect from him in the half, and paulinho struggled too with being swamped by very good players
He got it badly wrong playing Ramires right wing and IMO AVB got it badly wrong taking off Townsend. Mourinho made the right change at half time and AVB Didn't quite get it right with his subs but the result was a fair one.
It wasn't a straight like for like either as they went more like a 4-1-4-1 with nothing to lose. They kept the ball within 20 metres of their last man and played percentage passes which turned us a lot of times. All their chances came from runs and passes on the half way line where as in the first half they were going over the top. Yeah it helps having a player as a good as Mata on the bench but if that had been 0-0 at half time he wouldn't have changed a thing and then what for them? I'd have backed one winner and that was us.
What was clever in the change was that it made eriksen redundant hence no effect from him in the half, and paulinho struggled too with being swamped by very good players
He got it badly wrong playing Ramires right wing and IMO AVB got it badly wrong taking off Townsend. Mourinho made the right change at half time and AVB Didn't quite get it right with his subs but the result was a fair one.
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
When exactly do you think the game changed? Because at half time I was pretty happy that we had controlled the game.
chancer
Gudni Bergsson
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
Well they couldn't have played much worse by their standards :lol:
I felt at half time Chelsea had showed more towards the end of the half but that we were still comfortably on top even in those last 10 minutes. In the second half they were comfortably on top.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
especially as within those last 10 minutes they were supposedly on top we had a great chance to make it 2-0 with Paulinhos chance.
I actually cant remember a time we tested Cech in the second half.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Likewise the only saved Lloris made in the first half was a lampturd free kick that there whole team missed!!!
They offered nothing at all in first half and we offered very little to nothing in the second. The draw was the right result but it would have been different if Torres had been sent off for the first foul play rather than the one he did!
Hotshot-Tottenham
Edgar Davids
Been coming.
Wrong thread!
Wrong thread!
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Defoe had a chance in the second half. Bizarrely tried to place it rather then blast it, very undefoelike..
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Yeah people haven't really mentioned this chance so much. It was massive. I would expect a quality striker fighting to start in our team take that chance. Such a weak effort.
All very well rolling it into an empty net when already 3 goals up in the Carling Cup but that is where he needed to perform if we wanted the situation to change.
That is my take on Defoe, hardly ever scores the first goal and even after all these years we are waiting for him to become the player we need, ok on the bench but that's it.
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
I can't believe people are saying Vertonghen had Torres in his pocket, I thought Torres was excellent apart from his ****iness.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Vertonghen was our best player in the first half, one of his best performances for us defensively. they got into hsi head badly.
thfcsteff
Garth Crooks
Stef, Jurgen....don't want to be a pedant BUT Ramires was NOT bought by AVB but by Ancelotti after the last World Cup...
After how Mata turned the match for them, I thought i'd point people again to a post where I mentioned my own theory about the Jose-Mata issue: http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/showth...matches-thread?p=436720&viewfull=1#post436720
Appreciate the correction mate...I always thought he was an AVB signing so I stand corrected!
Why do you lack so much ambition?
Why can't we be disappointed not to have beaten Chelsea at home?
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Was hoping to find out myself. It was in our Block about 12 rows behind us. Looked like the Paramedics were still giving them CPR on the way down the stairs.
Really hope its good news for them.