Tottenham Hotspur vs. RCD Espanyol 10.8.13, 17:30 KO

[jimmyriggle]

dreadful defending.

 

[truetomyself]

Chad is fucking h - u - g - e.

Loving Fryers at CB.

Fuck Jennifer Lopez.

 

[jimmyriggle]

It's a shame there are no setpieces in carry-ball. Lasso has a massive blind spot.

i thought it was all set pieces. or was that the joke?

 

[GlosYid]

zonal marking at fault for another corner goal

 

[Yid7]

That's more like it ! @ Spursy . :gomes:

 

[vadimivich]

Conceding that goal was proper Spursy, to say the least.

 

[Deuce]

Without corners we would win the league.

 

[BushHillSpurs]

zonal marking at fault for another corner goal

Glad im not the only one who has picked up on that too. Conceded the same way against Monaco!
Not sure what the attraction is to zonal marking by most clubs. Woolwich do it too..

 

[jimmyriggle]

all in all a good half but one thing that's bugging me is we look like we're lacking a leader in there a little bit. Other than Dawson at the back I don't really see anyone vocally dictating things in the middle. Will take a bit of time as new players bed in but that's perhaps what we miss with no Parker in there.

 

[Tricky D]

LEVY, BUY A FUCKING DEFENDER!!!!!

 

[Superspurs69]

The same ole thing that lets us down defending set pieces, still plenty to be pleased about at the minute, Come On You Spurs

 

[Drewinho]

Yet again our front post defence is rubbish. Last season I blamed Bale for it, because he would just stand there, but I'm starting to feel the whole set up is wrong.

 

[TED]

Without corners we would win the league.

Stats?

 

[pleb]

all in all a good half but one thing that's bugging me is we look like we're lacking a leader in there a little bit. Other than Dawson at the back I don't really see anyone vocally dictating things in the middle. Will take a bit of time as new players bed in but that's perhaps what we miss with no Parker in there.

Super Jan?

 

[Stag]

Dont understand why we dont put players on the post for that shit, it happens so frequently. I think Pauline should have tracked the number 9 too as he was his man and let him go.

that aside i think we've played some nice crisp stuff, Chadli looks like a PLAYA

 

[Mikey McMoose]

Set piece defending is our bread and butter... if we were lactose and wheat intolerant.

 

[Adam Clark]

Stats?

Spurs with corners 2012/13: 72 points

Spurs without corners: 101 points

N.B. Sources may be unreliable

 

[Lister]

Awesome to see Dawson back, huge impact
Fryers clearly the worst player on the field - needs a loan
Walker looking decent, playing some fantastic balls inside the fullback
Rose hit and miss, but very promising
Paulinho looking like he has been her for years
Lennon and Demebele quality as expected
Chadli - how fucking MASSIVE is he?! I never realised. Looks bright, linking well with Rose.
Sigurdsson - quietly excellent IMHO - filling spaces, supporting, linking - very mature performance
Soldado - brilliant movement, love the look of him already


AVB confirms Capoue deal moving on, no Bale, Kaboul, Holtby, Adebaoyor, Townsend, Defoe, Vertonghen or Sandro seen yet. Things really are quite positive arent they?

 

[Lister]

zonal marking at fault for another corner goal

Paulinho been asleep at each of their corners so far

 

[JDK]

Chadli has looked fantastic for me so far. Despite Rose's one cock up I actually feel confident with him as LB. Great going forward, just needs to calm down and make better decisions.