ringo
Tim Sherwood
When he swapped with Mason, and let Mason go further forward we actually looked a better side and he got on the ball more - but he is not really a #10 or wide left player.
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OMT*** Tottenham Hotspur vs. Stoke City *** 15/08/2015 3pm
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We are Tottenham
Kasey Keller
Well have a new Manager at the end of the Season...if he does not wake up!
Armchair Expert
Vedran Corluka
thats harsh on bentaleb. young guy, played well last season, had a poor opening 80 minutes this.
as for lamela? i just don't know anymore, i really dont. he looks worse ans worse and worse. and on the back of performances like todays you have to wonder if another player in the league would be as bad. we've not seen anything in 2 and a bit years to suggest hes anything other than poor.
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indianspur
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Kane having to go off, having no striker meant that Stoke were no longer scared to bomb forward.....we just handed them the momentum and they did brilliantly
Sack him now. Then we can moan about Levy not giving him a chance.
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indianspur
Guest
that was a point gained in the end....we were holding on
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
We were playing with 10 players the minute Lamela came on....
He was part of the forward momentum in the 1st half. After the midfield vacated behind him he didn't feature. Maybe Poch should have dragged him as opposed to Mason. To be fair he does always look to move it forward.
Sandman
Jermaine Jenas
What a sad sad game. For the first half our tactics looked amazing. They were trying to Mark Kane out of the game, but he kept coming deep and releasing runners instead. Our midfield and fowards were fluid. We could have gone 3-0 up when Kane had that chance from Chadli.
Then.
Kane comes off and we lose our retention in the final third. Then Mason comes off and we lose our best player of the day. The problem was then that Lamela again could not hold until the ball, and Benteleb gave away some passes. And suddenly we are on the back foot. Just when we needed to be solid we gave the ball away a lot because of powder puff play from the subs.
The penalty. Ridiculous. why? but the goal. It was coming from that side. Too many times Walker either stands off the man or he is out numbered. All game long they were swinging them in from that side Diouf had three chances before he finally got one. And Ireland could have got a winner. It was happening last week as well.
today Showed we really really need another forward. And also that we need the pace to release a man when we are being pushed deep.
Then.
Kane comes off and we lose our retention in the final third. Then Mason comes off and we lose our best player of the day. The problem was then that Lamela again could not hold until the ball, and Benteleb gave away some passes. And suddenly we are on the back foot. Just when we needed to be solid we gave the ball away a lot because of powder puff play from the subs.
The penalty. Ridiculous. why? but the goal. It was coming from that side. Too many times Walker either stands off the man or he is out numbered. All game long they were swinging them in from that side Diouf had three chances before he finally got one. And Ireland could have got a winner. It was happening last week as well.
today Showed we really really need another forward. And also that we need the pace to release a man when we are being pushed deep.
Outwitted by Hughes ... poor subs (Bentaleb is out of form, and fudging Lamela was like playing with 10 men, but the missing guy keeps giving the ball away and freekicks)
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
How typical of Spurs was that performance, despite the crap nature of the 'penalty'? Played like millionaires at 2-0 up, missed chances that should have gone into the back of the net and then panicked. Also stopped running. tinkle weak!
We are Tottenham
Kasey Keller
our two most expensive players ever Soldado and Lamela 2 big flops...............
Armchair Expert
Vedran Corluka
Are people really calling Poch into question? We're two games in!? We knew it wouldn't be plain sailing with this team.
The truth is the gap between us and the pack has been eroded to the point where im not sure if it even exists anymore.
Its going to be a tough season: we've gone down the youth route and this is what happens; man utd bring on Schweinsteiger to see out games, we bring on the likes of alli and bentaleb. its the way it is. we have a stadium to fund, and a philosophy to stick with. We need stability and time. I'm not happy with conceding midfield today, but there were positives, and we have no other choice that i can see but to stick with what we are doing.
People need to calm down a little.
The truth is the gap between us and the pack has been eroded to the point where im not sure if it even exists anymore.
Its going to be a tough season: we've gone down the youth route and this is what happens; man utd bring on Schweinsteiger to see out games, we bring on the likes of alli and bentaleb. its the way it is. we have a stadium to fund, and a philosophy to stick with. We need stability and time. I'm not happy with conceding midfield today, but there were positives, and we have no other choice that i can see but to stick with what we are doing.
People need to calm down a little.
Craig_J
Mido
The only place Lamela has shone at is Roma where he was playing week in week out against Championship level opposition. Time to get rid but chances are he'll unfortunately feature for us a lot this season.
ringo
Tim Sherwood
He needs to play a bit deeper, as he can't dictate play or get on the ball enough at #10 or wide left. Whenever he drops a bit we look a better side -as we did last season on the few occasions when we went 4-4-2 late on and he played CM.
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spurs' magna carter
Ronnie Rosenthal
What do you f***ing expect? What he wins the League? We're in the middle of the biggest squad rebuilding job in 10 years and you think we can finish top 4 and steam roll teams like Stoke.
I am just as p!seed off as you are but this whole 'we need a new manager' rant gets us nowhere, we stagnate at best. Whilst you're show casing your genius mate try not to forget we have the youngest squad in the League.
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Vedran Corluka
im hearing you brother