*** TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Maribor OMT ***

[DHSF]

No he wasn't, he thought about letting it roll across him, looked to see where his right back was, then decided to cut back inside.

He could have whacked it if he wanted to, given it a Size 12 HOOOOOOF and taken the striker's leg off too!

Ok then the other explanation is we are constantly trying to play from the back so rather than hoof it he looked to see thr right back - he wasnt there so he tried to take the guy on.

All in all it was a calamity but thats the risk of playing keep ball from the back

We should be out of sight anyways

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

The thing is with keepers now is that if someone makes a mistake they get dropped. Gone are the years of one keeper, even if they make a mistake. Lloris should start the next game and should be our number one and not had to worry, although there should be competition. But AVB should have some faith in him

That was a bad back pass but even worse clearance by the way

 

[Jimmy-g]

They are average to say the least, why the feck do we struggle to kill teams off.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

bouncing ball on the touch line, facing his own goal, all near players marked, what other pass did naughton have on?

uh, out of play. to safety.

not pretty, but you don't concede like that.

 

[raboner]

so we will win this. have faith.

 

[Baleforce]

You know nothing about football.

what else could naughton do, lloris was the only pass on, he was running towards his own touch line and had to deal with a bouncing ball

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

Because we aren't actually that good?

 

[Midfield Maestro]

They are average to say the least, why the feck do we struggle to kill teams off.

we've never learnt that "killer instinct"

 

[africanspurs]

They are average to say the least, why the feck do we struggle to kill teams off.

because we're pretty pedestrian and its easy to mark us out of the game

 

[stinkfoot]

bouncing ball on the touch line, facing his own goal, all near players marked, what other pass did naughton have on?

Out for a throw in. Blindly passing back to your own keeper is never a good idea.

 

[GLENROYID]

what else could naughton do, lloris was the only pass on, he was running towards his own touch line and had to deal with a bouncing ball

Maybe kick it out for a throw in?

 

[ArcspacE]

Lloris needs to be playing week-in-and-out and raise his match fitness / sharpness - not the odd little game here and there. This keeper rotation flimflam is exactly that

Brad has made mistakes himself last 2 games so Sunday is fair game as far as I'm concerned

 

[raboner]

Absolutely pathetic to blame Lloris for that. Naughton 100% did not have to put him under that sort of pressure. If in doubt, get it out. Put it out for a throw in if you havent got a pass available. That was suicidal by naughton

Uh, but Lloris put Naughton under severe pressure in the first place when he could have just played it long up field.. It's a bit chicken n' egg innit?

 

[Cotswold]

If communication is poor between the keeper and his back four, that'd be because.....oh thats right, he never f*ckin gets to play with the back four.

 

[markysimmo]

Im wating for the go 2-1 up and AVB immediately taking off a striker to defend the lead and then we will concede a brick goal in injury time

 

[Seedy Ron]

My view was both but i really dont see how Lloris could have whacked it - he was stretching a bit to get the ball

I reckon he could've played it up the right hand side of the pitch, tried to be too cute. Naughton shouldn't have played the ball tho.

And besides all that, we should've had 3 or 4 at the other end by now.

 

[africanspurs]

two posters in particular will crucify naughton and say nothing about lloris. yet if it were brad ...oh no

 

[Baleforce]

Out for a throw in. Blindly passing back to your own keeper is never a good idea.

yet lloris gets no blame for putting him in that position when he could have cleared it himself rather than trying a cute pass?

 

[Pirate55]

We started so well. Completely dominated. Scored a good goal. But then - as is Spurs way at the moment - we completely go off the boil. Swap Lennon and Bale, slow down the tempo, keep getting offside to break up our rythm and gradually let Maribor back into the game.

I know we cant go at 100% all the time, but often we seem the architects of our own misfortune.

Need to start the second half like we started the first.

 

[Baleforce]

Maybe kick it out for a throw in?

should lloris not have done that rather than playing naughton into trouble?