*** OMT Tottenham v Burnley ***

[nelto]

The players just look miserable.

 

[thfcsteff]

Dele crying out to pass to someone there but 2 of our players just holding hands jogging on the left.

And people wonder why he occasionally looks frustrated! He is clearly our best player and he is dealing with thickos.

 

[Pirate55]

It doesn't matter who is missing you set the team up in a coherent way.
Playing against a narrow Burnley team he sets up with a really narrow 3 up front, 2 in central midfield (against 4 sometimes), 3 at the back. Meaning all the width and forward momentum has to come from the wing backs. But he then picks two centre backs as wing backs.
It's unbelievable. Literally playing into their hands. If you got Dyche to decide our tactics it wouldnt be far off this. There are three players on the bench who would make better wing backs.

Agreed. But we also have a game on Tuesday. Our players are such muppets they can't cope with two games in a week dontchaknow.

 

[wiziwig]

Can someone explain to me the benefits of 5 at the back?

It's for when your opponent is great in possession and get lots of efforts in on your goal...

30 minutes in and thus far Burnley have had 46% ...... They've had 10 efforts on our goal, with 5 being on target.

It's clearly working for us...

 

[DeanoAustin]

I think this is as bad as watching AVB's side bore the opposition into submission.

At least then we had Bale to entertain and win games.

 

[Kandi1977]

Can someone explain what our plan is? Except sit deep and concede?

 

[StephenH]

The players just look miserable.

I think it’s a whole club thing!

 

[thfcsteff]

Dier had the ball back and gave it away with a poor pass.

He headed it into an area where we should've had a player. Skipp was slow on that, should've swept that up.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

We've got man mountains at the back there and not one of them look like winning a header

 

[alekaras]

I hate to say it, but this team has gone from a misfiring team under Poch to a broken one under Mourinho. Poch back?

 

[nayenezgani]

Alli has been lethargic and mostly dogbrick once again.

 

[Rorschach]

Anybody else?

Sorry I'm late. You got that backward.

 

[El Guepardo]

Can we just sack Mourinho? I know it will cost the club money but it’s clearly not working out. We’re getting worse under Mourinho. Strikers or no strikers...the performance, the motivation, the team tactics, the results...lately none of that has been there.

 

[nayenezgani]

We need more numbers in the middle ffs. Why is Dier playing as a CB? RIDICULOUS.

 

[nerdved]

Alli has been lethargic and mostly dogbrick once again.

It’s the other players’ fault, apparently

 

[Aldo]

It's for when your opponent is great in possession and get lots of efforts in on your goal...

30 minutes in and thus far Burnley have had 46% ...... They've had 10 efforts on our goal, with 5 being on target.

It's clearly working for us...

Jose’s rope-a-dope tactics.

 

[Pirate55]

Why doesn't SB at least try and take on his man, get to the byline and pull it back.?

 

[thfcsteff]

My word,
Ndombele showing the urgency of a man enjoying a deeply fulfilling nap!

 

[Moby]

Alli has been lethargic and mostly dogbrick once again.

Dilly dally. Blind Alley.

 

[AdamB]

I've been really trying to focus on watching Ndombele. His touches when he gets it are generally excellent, but I dont think I've seen him sprint once yet. He jogs around A LOT, but pretty much never sprints to try to get into a position to receive the ball or help defensively