Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Did it? Did it really?
(my internet died. too many fudgers working from home)
Yeah, Lamela clipped an angled ball into Son who tapped back across for Kane.
Did it? Did it really?
(my internet died. too many fudgers working from home)
Thought it was Sissoko who kicked it out for a corner. It was laughably bad.
SissokoLamela?
Also, if your 6 year old can kick a ball that far that’s very impressive, Hugo can’t.
Counter attacking football relies on a strong defence. Our weakest 5 positions are RB, CH, CH, LB & DM. If Mourinho’s tactic is to play counter attack football then we need 5 new signings.... and that’s before you look how bad our actual counter attacking is.I thought it was clear
Counter attacking football
But yet again with pub defending (a spurs tradition) it’s nigh on impossible
And he started today with a very attacking line up
The squad is fundamentally flawed. Loads of number 10s but 1 number 9
Loads of centre backs but no full backs
Not own traditional DM
It’s really odd
So your juggling pieces to try to get some cohesion
It worked vs West Ham and we had so much do the ball today it should have worked
But no manager has ever managed to fix the defensive brain farts at spurs ... at least not quickly and without buying players.
I’ve said it a million times... the full backs we have are inferior to Norwich’s as they cannot defend. It’s basics but it’s also criminally bad
Sissoko
Please tell me I’m not the only one who saw him kick the ball out for a corner for the with a back pass form the half way line?!?!
Winks has the positional awareness of a nat! He's shown his "skills" in that departement only just recently vs united, and plenty of times before that. He simply isn't good enough. He's average at most things, but certainly not the level we need in that position. Squad player at best.Winks and Lo Celso to me looked like a potential pairing as both can pass
But no one else ever agreed
Sissoko
Please tell me I’m not the only one who saw him kick the ball out for a corner for the with a back pass form the half way line?!?!
I said these exact things when people were saying we had the 3rd best squad in the country and just needed a good manager like Mourinho to organise us.The squad really isn’t that good
We have own decent full back and he has been binned
We have no traditional DM
We have one left footed CB
We have no second striker
We as fans see names and get excited but the balance is so far wrong it’s scary
Well that is exactly what I said! We need another player to play the deeper role, so Lo Celso and Ndombele can be further up!Disagree, on both personally - both players to play in the deeper 3 of a 433 alongside a DM.
Did it? Did it really?
(my internet died. too many fudgers working from home)
Sissoko
Please tell me I’m not the only one who saw him kick the ball out for a corner for the with a back pass form the half way line?!?!
It was laughable. I'm amazed Scara hasn't been on here lambasting him for it but maybe he's still in shock.
As has been said a million times, Sissoko is absolute toss on the ball. He looks awkward because he is awkward and he's just an athlete in a footballer's job. He does bring a bit to the party in terms of his effort and physicality and he was far from our worst player tonight but if he's starting in our team, we're fudged.
athleticism is important in athletics
Yes! Lamela has proved to be the only player in the team capable of creating anything at all against an organised defence. He ain't to shabby starting counters either! Ghod we miss Eriksen!Did he? Did he really?
To be fair, both @Bedfordspurs' screen and keyboard is broken.You should read people's posts before replying. I don't rate him but he wasn't the problem tonight.
We scored first against West Ham (luckily VAR got that one wrong)It’s the same game we played against West Ham except against them we defended well enough
The reality is sissoko cannot pass to a decent level and is he then needed against teams that don’t play centrally
Yeah, that’s not unfair. We did enough to score a goal or two though.
I thought he was perhaps our best player (him or Bergwijn). Admittedly very low bar (and yes I did see him hit a 50 yard backpass out for a corner)Sissoko isn't there to pass. I don't rate him but he was far from our worst performer tonight. We lack creativity in the final third and we lack balance throughout the team.
(luckily VAR got that one wrong)
I thought Lamela was dreadful.Lamela did better than most. @galeforce must be sleeping on the job tonight