OMT*** Tottenham Hotspur vs. Leicester *** 22/08/2015 3pm

[Mulletperm]

Absolutely awful. Zero creativity anywhere.

Seriously would much prefer to see Lennon on there than Lamela or Chadli who offer fudge all.

 

[mudshark]

Conditions definitely playing a part. Nearly 30 degrees in Leicester today and approaching 50% humidity; explains the lack of tempo to everything. Heavy legs already on both sides.

 

[Tinneth]

No creativity whatsoever. Chadli runs at a defender only to stop, turn round and pass it back. Lamela hasn't done anything at all. Dembele has been good though, good to see him shooting.

 

[Hoddledro]

I'd get rose on instead of lamela move chadli

 

[indianspur]

this is what it looks like when Kane isnt able to rescue our ass time and time again

 

[Raziel]

Reminds me of AVB's style all over again.

This .. a year on, Poch has managed to recreate an AVB side

- Tons of false domination (possession in harmless area)
- Too slow moving the ball
- Non creative enough
- Strangely vulnerable to mid tier players running at the defense

This isn't about the players ...

 

[VolSpur]

imo.. you can't put the crap style of play all on Poch.. again imo you have to place the majority of it on the players.. in this case the midfield has been useless. we are controlling possession with our defensive players and our cm's don't ever come looking for the ball to link defense to attack. that's why it keeps going from side to side without getting forward at all

 

[kwyjibo]

Well that was...something. Might as well put Trippier in to fire some crosses to Kane as our midfield seems out to lunch.

 

[Armchair Expert]

Lamela, Chadli and Dembele lining up behind Kane. Shaqiri not good enough tho!!

We should sign every player, any club outside the top four ever signs.

 

[Hoddledro]

Conditions definitely playing a part. Nearly 30 degrees in Leicester today and approaching 50% humidity; explains the lack of tempo to everything. Heavy legs already on both sides.

Didn't realize it was that hot

 

[imcallingbullsh*t]

Need to haul this lot and give this kids a chance....

Going to be a lot of games like this, teams who know how to defend frustrating us. We have been sloppy and had nothing going forward.
Need Dembele central, lamela is a passenger.

 

[Mulletperm]

This .. a year on, Poch has managed to recreate an AVB side

- Tons of false domination (possession in harmless area)
- Too slow moving the ball
- Non creative enough
- Strangely vulnerable to mid tier players running at the defense

This isn't about the players ...

Added to that is a complete lack of pace.

 

[Benny_Lad]

We should sign every player, any club outside the top four ever signs.

Is that what I said? I got my head bitten off for suggesting we should have gone for Shaqiri. That's all.

 

[indianspur]

imo.. you can't put the crap style of play all on Poch.. again imo you have to place the majority of it on the players.. in this case the midfield has been useless. we are controlling possession with our defensive players and our cm's don't ever come looking for the ball to link defense to attack. that's why it keeps going from side to side without getting forward at all

They are playing according to how they have been trained.

 

[Gilzeantoscore]

Why do we always cop crap co-commentators. Trevor Francis is such a rooster. Willing the ref to send one of our players off. Says nothing of any interest and his voice is as boring as all fudge.

 

[metalgear]

Verts created that problem for himself too, by passing the ball straight to a Leicester player.

 

[AVB]

Boring boring Tottenham

 

[Hashegotthesackyet?]

I cannot see any difference between this and under AVB.
Tiresome predictable utter poop!

 

[DublinSpur]

It's been a flat performance from us; but people saying it's one of the worst they've ever seen, clearly have short memories. Leicester are parking the bus and hoping to grab one on the counter. They are crowding Kane out of the game, and as hard as Lamela is working, he hasn't "stood up to the plate" in the way I hoped Eriksen's absence might inspire him to. So Kane is isolated, we have an industrious but ultimately ineffective #10 and one of the other two attacking players (Chadli) has been fairly invisible.

Dembele and Mason have both been decent; but against a packed defence, they simply can't make up for Lamela and Chadli's lack of impact.

On the other hand, despite a couple of Vertonghen brain-farts and a single error by Davies, the defence has been solid and I'm not sure LLoris has touched the ball (aside from back-passes and goal-kicks). He's not had a save to make or a cross to intercept.

What we're crying out for is an attacking player or two with enough pace and guile to trouble a defence like that. A player like... Njie? Or Berahino? By which I mean to say... I think the problems with the team today are being actively addressed by the club. Have faith guys.

COYS!

 

[Armchair Expert]

Need to haul this lot and give this kids a chance....

Going to be a lot of games like this, teams who know how to defend frustrating us. We have been sloppy and had nothing going forward.
Need Dembele central, lamela is a passenger.

Lamela is a passenger. Its a shame but its just undeniable. And whilst Dembele is playing well and is vital to us this afternoon, hes hardly famed as being a big assister or scorer. Chadli isnt one to take the game by the scruff of the neck either.

Hard to see where the spark might come from. Doesn't look like we're going to score via a pacey passing move that slices leicester open. Maybe if we probe long enough we might profit from a slip up or a poor piece of defending?