Expectations are low because of logic. New manager, kanes gone, and this squad are having to come back after having played the worst season of football I have ever seen
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Match Brentford fc vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR/ Sun 13th 14:00
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It was fucking terrible.
I don't give a shit if he ran around a bit. Attacks died when he got on the ball.
He’s not Kane.
People just need to retrain their eyes and expectations.
We would never be able to press and counter press like that with Kane in the team
Vicario is a young man in a foreign country with a back 4 thrown at him, he is going to be shaky.
Time will tell.
Buffon thinks he is special and he knows a thing or two about the role of Goalkeeper.
Time will tell.
Buffon thinks he is special and he knows a thing or two about the role of Goalkeeper.
See the way we dominated the ball and won it back from pressing and counter pressing.
Doesn’t happen with a traditional #9.
Is that meant to be Ange ball? All we did was keep passing the ball around foi g nothing most of the time. Only Biss and madd offered quick vertical passing.
Really don’t like rich offers nothing. His touch is often terrible. That chance he had in the box showed no thinking like Defoe use to just hit it straight at the player. Never thought of just moving it a touch or do a dummy.
Also we seem to play with no real energy or buzz which is what I was expecting.
I think THAT'S the unbelievable part of it... HAD he played that 'brand' (I can't call it style) of football and we'd had the lowest goals conceded in years, I could just about understand it...
But it was a defensive, negative tactic that just DIDN'T work!
I'd take 2-2 away at Brentford over a dour, pointlessly defensive 0-2 defeat...
It already feels like progress!
He was also completely torched by Rico Henry on another occasion.
Overall there was loads of positives.
The flaws are obvious and most of them are on the right hand side of the pitch.
The left side has Vdv and Udogie with Son and Maddison drifting on that side of the pitch looks strong. The little passing interchanges are seamless and everyone seems to be positionally aware.
The right side looks disjointed. Royal has done OK but hasn't got the recovery pace to get back for the counter attacks. Kulu is more suited centrally in this formation - Soloman could probably do a better job as a winger in Angeball. Skipp worked hard on that side and did ok too but just lacks the quality of a Bentacaur. He will still be a very useful squad player as he can do a decent job and has the legs that the system requires.
If we're signing an attacker to replace Kane, ideally it should be one that can play wide as well to fit in on that side.
The flaws are obvious and most of them are on the right hand side of the pitch.
The left side has Vdv and Udogie with Son and Maddison drifting on that side of the pitch looks strong. The little passing interchanges are seamless and everyone seems to be positionally aware.
The right side looks disjointed. Royal has done OK but hasn't got the recovery pace to get back for the counter attacks. Kulu is more suited centrally in this formation - Soloman could probably do a better job as a winger in Angeball. Skipp worked hard on that side and did ok too but just lacks the quality of a Bentacaur. He will still be a very useful squad player as he can do a decent job and has the legs that the system requires.
If we're signing an attacker to replace Kane, ideally it should be one that can play wide as well to fit in on that side.
Have we decided who the 2023-2024 scapegoats are yet? Or still a bit early to say?
I think a fair result. We controlled a lot of the ball but maybe didn't quite look as up to speed as what they were. They definitely looked a bit more solid defensively and then also more dangerous going forward when they got it on the counter.
Having said that, thought the ref was taking the piss a bit with some of the decisions that he came up with, especially where we were given yellows for things that they then didn't receive yellows for afterwards. Just puts your defenders and midfielders on the back foot a bit. I think their pen was fair enough albeit made to look a lot worse by the embellishment afterwards. 2-2 away at Brentford? Not amazing, but you definitely take that given their record there recently, and how comfortably they beat us in May.
UP TO FUCKING 7TH !!!!!
Harry who? :llorisunsure:
Harry who? :llorisunsure:
No, we’d have given up a lot more of the ball and Brentford would have had a much easier time building up
Oh give it a rest. Go watch Bayern have 70% possession all season with Kane up top. As if every possession dominant team has had an entirely pressing front 3.
He was shit, just admit it. Just stick Mo Farah up top if we're going to give so much credit for "Pressing."
Zero quality on the ball.
Not to knock Vicario but do we need another keeper? Forester is older and currently injured, Lloris is leaving which leaves Austin.