Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
Another team has caused us problems by playing a system where they’re happy to let our two centre backs have the ball, that allows them to get tight to everyone else. I suspect all teams will do this now.
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**** Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Fulham FC ****
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Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
It can work against us but we can play out of it or the fullback come central
neither did that much at all today
one positive is that Ange can see how Robinson plays for them and him or Doughty would imo be brilliant signings to alternate with Destiny (possibly At Noury at wolves too but I’m not sure about his defending, Robinson’s is top drawer and he is HG)
Finney Is Back
Andy Thompson
Teams are no longer pressing our two CBs, meaning they can go man for man with the rest of our team and still have players spare to cover as well. Previously our CBs were inviting the opposition in to the press and then we’d pass it round them, finding our fullbacks in central positions to get on the ball and hurt the oppositio. Teams are no longer performing that press on the two CBs.
iMO our CBs are going to have to start to carry the ball well into the opposition’s half, forcing the opposition to commit a player and freeing space for one of our creative players.
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
Only saw the first half and tbf I don’t think we played that badly, both teams had decent chances, I’d say they shaded it but we could have scored at least two goals with the chances we had. Must say I’m kind of glad we can forget about this scoring in every game record. It doesn’t mean anything unless you achieve something at the end of it. Arsenal won the league during their spell of scoring every game.
Grays_1890
Barry Daines
Not much to say TBH, too much hysteria around it all at the minute. All told they were just better and worked harder IMO, too many 2/10s today for us to realistically get anything from the game. Have to say I agreed with Ange post game comments about the narratives written around the club and the fans fall into that too, this is and has to be a longer plan than what the achievements of 4th v 5th are for Spurs, we need to be aiming higher.
Hard word beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.....
Hard word beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.....
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SteveAWOL
Barry Daines
Gilzeantoscore
Justin Edinburgh
Prepare for further disappointment people. We are not catching Villa for fourth and I reckon Yanited will over take us for fifth as well. Don't forget we have Emirates Marketing Project, Liverpool and Cheat$ki away, plus the Scum at home to come and the Spammers away as well.
DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
You may be right but United and Villa will also drop lots more points. The standard required to reach 4th is nowhere near as high as we sometimes think. Villa have to play the top 3 as well while United’s results are better than their performances and that will catch up with them in games they expect to win.
Bissouma I agree with. My main target this summer would be a starting CM.
yiddo37
Alan Hutton
Don't know what happened when replying phone wouldn't respond, totally get the new style etc. just very disappointed in the manner we got beat.
I appreciate we are a work in progress and it will have it's downsides (not totally convinced this way of playing will be a success by the way) but this current first 11 are a very good side when 'on it'.
To think we've somehow beaten Liverpool and United at home, drawn away at Arsenal, City and United which is very rare in a Spurs season only to lose against Wolves twice, West Ham and now Fulham. Decent sides but beatable.
Frustrated as without Europe and early exits in both cups I genuinely thought we could sneak a challenge for the title. Stupid I know, should know better etc. however you add those dropped points to our total and the 2 v Everton and we'd be right in the mix with the top 3 still to play.
And before anyone replies with 'yes but we got points in games with late winners or in games we didn't deserve to' that's the same for all the teams competing at the top.
Bishop
Nick Barmby
We got worse, much worse in the 2nd half. It's true we had chances to score, but even then they also missed a couple of sitters. It was a very bad day at the office and we got exactly what our play deserved in the end.
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'We go again' will always be my favourite
To be fair to the players, after a defeat they can't win. Don't say anything and there will be people complaining about that, do say something and it's just empty words.
Let's just hope they do their talking on the pitch vs Luton....
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Baleforce
Les Bennett
It will be devastating to not get CL after the start we had.
DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I don’t think it will be - certainly not for me. A bit disappointing maybe but not devastating.
Mikey10
Pedro Mendes
It will probably lower our transfer budget, and it reduces our chances of recruiting the very best players. So it wouldn’t be great.
DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Personally, I had no expectation of reaching top 4 this season. Ange inherited a very broken club who sold our best player - arguably our best player of all time.
Our start was dreamland stuff. Everything went our way. 10 games unbeaten and Robbie Williams and The Fonz loving Ange. It was never sustainable. For me, we still have to view the season as a whole based on where we started from. In that context, Ange gets top 6, he’s done well especially given how he’s got the whole club pulling in the same direction playing good football.
It’d be very harsh to have a go at Ange in any way because he’s failed to live up to elevated expectations that his own great management helped to create.
Baleforce
Les Bennett
Same, at the start of the season.
Then we got ourselves in a position that no team has ever failed to convert into CL qualification.
Then we put in performances like yesterday.
I’m fed up.
jrh
Niko Kranjcar
I'd much rather a strong and level response, none of this 'everyone is really sad, Timo and Brennan could have scored, boo hoo' glum, soft stuff.'We go again' will always be my favourite
To be fair to the players, after a defeat they can't win. Don't say anything and there will be people complaining about that, do say something and it's just empty words.
Let's just hope they do their talking on the pitch vs Luton....
Just own the poor performance with your chest out, maybe identify how you as captain are going to try and ensure it won't happen again next game. Then get out of my sight.
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
'We go again' will always be my favourite
To be fair to the players, after a defeat they can't win. Don't say anything and there will be people complaining about that, do say something and it's just empty words.
Let's just hope they do their talking on the pitch vs Luton....
And the club being “delighted” at every single signing, managerial appointment, sponsorship deal, new kit announcement etc. Have they heard of a thesaurus
