He just seems to be an athlete rather than a footballer. I can't say I ever recall seeing him do something and thinking it was impressive.
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First was even clearer, didn't need VAR
I've seen an odd number of comments that we scored 3 or even 4 goals last night.
We scored 2,. They were pretty decent goals, but unlike the away game, we weren't cheated, we were well beaten IMO.
not just lack of leadership though, lack of football intellect from fucking midfielders who dont have the savvy to look behind to see if theres any danger. fucking braindead shit. shouldnt need to have their arses wiped by someone who has the bottle to open their mouth and talk to teammates.
Agree with most of that other than the ‘we are already overstocked in midfield’
All four were crap last night and the only decent midfielder we have is Skippy and he’s injured!
Last night well and truly burst my bubble and convinced me we aren't going to get champions league.
I'm fairly sure it will have damaged the confidence of the players as well.
I gave this window a 5.5, Unlike some I'm not upset with the players we brought in, and I was very happy with the players we released. It was very clear to me that we just needed 2-3 more to compete, and a couple more to be shown the door including Royal, Winks, and Sanchez.
Somebody is going to take this top 4 by the scruff of the neck at some point, I just pray it isn't the goons or the cat kickers.
Just have to hope that Conte is backed properly in the summer and sticks it out for another season and maybe we get the rub of the green in the FA cup, avoid all the big guns and luck our way into a final with a side we can beat.
Other than that this season is going to be a transitional one.
I'm fairly sure it will have damaged the confidence of the players as well.
I gave this window a 5.5, Unlike some I'm not upset with the players we brought in, and I was very happy with the players we released. It was very clear to me that we just needed 2-3 more to compete, and a couple more to be shown the door including Royal, Winks, and Sanchez.
Somebody is going to take this top 4 by the scruff of the neck at some point, I just pray it isn't the goons or the cat kickers.
Just have to hope that Conte is backed properly in the summer and sticks it out for another season and maybe we get the rub of the green in the FA cup, avoid all the big guns and luck our way into a final with a side we can beat.
Other than that this season is going to be a transitional one.
Davies looked mortified at his role in them scoring their first. Thing is, although he slipped and triggered the scramble, how many fucking chances did we have to get rid of the ball?
We look like rabbits in the headlights when a ball comes into the box.
The two disallowed goals were fair offside calls. But it is somewhat encouraging the team were creating plenty of goal scoring chances.
(Unfortunately so were Southampton)
exactly.3 guys running at Emerson .
WTF are Kulu and Winks doing ?
Both (particularly Kulu) literally let the runner do whatever he wanted leaving emerson to try and mark 3 players ffs. Contes fault for taking Lucas off who would have been in a far better defensive position (and so would Hojbjerg).
During the 90's, if someone gave me the option of playing for Spurs or a decade of eating pills at Camden Palace, Camden Palace wins every time.
Sounds like a smart fella to me.
3 guys running at Emerson .
WTF are Kulu and Winks doing ?
100% Winks is in the correct position. You would want a CM there.
Number 21 is ball watching. I would put money in the fact he started ahead of their number 24 and really should have tracked his run.
Defender should be shouting at him telling him.
But that’s a midfielder falling asleep and the mistake you would be looking for if you’re the home team analysing this goal.
And you often end up with an overload on the far side.
Rarely find a team man marking a player in number 15 position on a counter attack (which I am guessing this is?)
No-one said we were cheated...... You're just ignoring the context of those comment in an attempt to look smart.
Winks, obviously not great, but was better than Hojbjerg last night - or to put it another way, less of a problem.
Hojbjerg shat himself every time the ball came near him. Of the 29 passes he completed, 15 of them were just bunted backwards to where they came from.
He is such a poor to average footballer. I think a lot of the fanbase are still stuck in his first 3 months at the club when to be fair, he did well. Having said that i think there was a lot of goodwill from the fanbase for him not being Winks or Sissoko. For 14 months now he has really been one of our major issues and i'm amazed he is still defended as much as he is. I'm sorry to say he is now exactly the player i thought we were buying from Southampton, a jack of all trades, master of none, very average, midtable midfielder.
Only because Hojbjerg was the one showing for the ball, for all his faults ay least he doesn't hide as much as Winks which is exactly what he was doing last night.
Let’s be fair, neither of them really qualifies for the title of ‘Best’ in a competition between themselves. They were both absolutely piss poor.
I just wish we had two of Bentancur so we could stick these two on the bench.
By the same token , none of our players are crap , it’s just that all the other players are less crap . Feel better now
I do too, we didn't actually lose last night, we just didn't win as much as Southampton did!