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Garth Crooks
Amazed to see some say we had decent passing…
I felt the saddest bit about today was how when it mattered, we were technically inferior.
Eriksen's chance was not taken.
Soldado's shot in the first-half, clean, open, not even on target.
Countless heavy first touches and not enough clean winning of the second ball.
Ade's second-half shot 6 yards out.
Simple use of the ball at key moments.
Simple defending at key moments.
Obviously there are reasons and circumstances which led to some of these things happening, I'm aware of that, but we cannot ignore the fact that the goons were almost surgical in the precision of their play.
I hate losing to these ****ers, but will happily take this so long as Timbo learns from it. And to be fair, it will be tough to know what he can do until he has a fit squad and the rest of the season. When that happens, I hope the following occurs.
1) Rose is not first-choice LB or even second-choice. He is just not good enough. His attacking play is not productive enough to cover for his consistent lack of concentration/decision making at key moments in key areas. I've long felt this BTW, his mistake today merely adds a little more fuel to that fire. He would be perfect for Aston Villa but not Spurs IMO.
2) Chadli is not in the squad. He is average and no more than that, a decent player who lacks the mentality and bravery to be anything more. I think he's sadly a big bust, although only an 7/8 mill bust so not so bad. Again, let him go to West Ham or somewhere like that, his level. Passengers are tolerated there.
3) Daws must be replaced by the end of the season. i love the man, I love his commitment, but if we do want to be a top top side, there is no room for sentimentality any longer. IMO he costs us yet again (I tab him as every bit as responsible for the first goal as Walker, who IMV has spent half a season with half an eye on covering him).
4) Soldado - a decision has to be made. Clearly this man IS technically one of our very best players. He has the ability to play tremendous first-time balls, has some great touches and flicks and has a fine overall game. The problem is, for whatever reason, unless Paulinho is playing, there seems to be nearly nobody else who is on his wavelength. His confidence in front of (or around) goal is at a low-point. We either need to make some adaptations and make sure that Eriksen and Paulinho can play closer to him in the final third. or we have to cut our losses and replace. It is unfair to both parties to continue the way we currently are.
5) Dembele - enormously frustrating player who again, we need to make a decision on.
6) We cannot continue to rely on simple 4-4-2. We absolutely have to be 4-5-1 or even 3-5-2 (not with Rose and Daws!!!!)…I do NOT want to sacrifice the width of our play, but we need to be cleverer in midfield areas.
I felt the saddest bit about today was how when it mattered, we were technically inferior.
Eriksen's chance was not taken.
Soldado's shot in the first-half, clean, open, not even on target.
Countless heavy first touches and not enough clean winning of the second ball.
Ade's second-half shot 6 yards out.
Simple use of the ball at key moments.
Simple defending at key moments.
Obviously there are reasons and circumstances which led to some of these things happening, I'm aware of that, but we cannot ignore the fact that the goons were almost surgical in the precision of their play.
I hate losing to these ****ers, but will happily take this so long as Timbo learns from it. And to be fair, it will be tough to know what he can do until he has a fit squad and the rest of the season. When that happens, I hope the following occurs.
1) Rose is not first-choice LB or even second-choice. He is just not good enough. His attacking play is not productive enough to cover for his consistent lack of concentration/decision making at key moments in key areas. I've long felt this BTW, his mistake today merely adds a little more fuel to that fire. He would be perfect for Aston Villa but not Spurs IMO.
2) Chadli is not in the squad. He is average and no more than that, a decent player who lacks the mentality and bravery to be anything more. I think he's sadly a big bust, although only an 7/8 mill bust so not so bad. Again, let him go to West Ham or somewhere like that, his level. Passengers are tolerated there.
3) Daws must be replaced by the end of the season. i love the man, I love his commitment, but if we do want to be a top top side, there is no room for sentimentality any longer. IMO he costs us yet again (I tab him as every bit as responsible for the first goal as Walker, who IMV has spent half a season with half an eye on covering him).
4) Soldado - a decision has to be made. Clearly this man IS technically one of our very best players. He has the ability to play tremendous first-time balls, has some great touches and flicks and has a fine overall game. The problem is, for whatever reason, unless Paulinho is playing, there seems to be nearly nobody else who is on his wavelength. His confidence in front of (or around) goal is at a low-point. We either need to make some adaptations and make sure that Eriksen and Paulinho can play closer to him in the final third. or we have to cut our losses and replace. It is unfair to both parties to continue the way we currently are.
5) Dembele - enormously frustrating player who again, we need to make a decision on.
6) We cannot continue to rely on simple 4-4-2. We absolutely have to be 4-5-1 or even 3-5-2 (not with Rose and Daws!!!!)…I do NOT want to sacrifice the width of our play, but we need to be cleverer in midfield areas.
