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Match Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur - Sunday 6th October - 16:30KO
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Defending requires discipline but also - there’s that old adage - you defend as a unit, which you’ve described above.
I can only think of two back lines that I had confidence in at Spurs…
Walker - King - Woodgate/Dawson - Assou-Ekotto
Parker screening
And
Walker - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose
Dembele screening.
Not everyone will agree with the above, but we have rarely been renowned for good defending in my time as a Spurs fan.
I felt those back 4s, particularly the latter knew what their jobs were. Funnily enough, Walker is in both.
At the moment, despite what could be said that is good about our back 4, there is a lack of discipline and attention and togetherness at times and we really do get punished when that happens.
I don’t know, we have a pretty good record coming from behind. That makes it even more galling that we weren’t ready for Brighton to make a comeback.
Same here. Didn’t post in the aftermath because i should be conditioned to it by now but that was inexcusable.
First half demonstrated why we ‘could’ compete at the top of the league.
Second half demonstrated why we could end up in the bottom half.
The players are off today, jetting all over the world, which leaves us picking out the bones of this for 2 weeks. Gutless pricks.
Fuck knows where we go from here? More of the same I’d guess before something gives. The team lacks leaders on the pitch. And it appears in the dugout too. Teams know how and when to play against us. The post match interviews were revealing - essentially, “tactics went out of the window - we had to fight”. Wonder what was said in ours..,,
Why do isn’t Ange put on Spence I really don’t get it. He has played well when he’s come on but Yorkshire ignored him. Real head scratcher especially considering destiny had an injury before this game.
It’s his fault for keeping them on and bringing on fresh players.
They had 6 players out, their two best players missing, drew at home to forest and Ipswich and have 31 yr in charge who out smarted Ange. Who likes to the billy big bollocks but when it really matters he fluffs it. Shows no bottle in bringing players off. Subs should have been made at 2-1 but straight After the 3rd cuti, destiny, bent, Werner should have all come off. Show them he ain’t taking shit performances and that we have other players in the bench ready to take their place.
Spot on. I struggled to understand that. Taking Madders off when we needed to attack and hold the ball was also bemusing.
I’d love him to succeed at our club. I fear he won’t.
Because most people aren't objective in rating players. They find little anti-pet players who "should GTFO of my football club", and every bad result is due to that/those player(s).
To wit, a number of people blame that result on Timo not scoring/assisting when the reality is all we had to do is not concede 3 goals in 45 minutes of football...a pretty simple brief. But Timo is just the new Johnson/Kulu. People have been trying for 14 months to blame our leaky defense on the attackers.
If our attackers would just score 5 goals every match it wouldn't matter that our defenders can't defend and we haven't had consecutive clean sheets in the league in over 2 years.
If we're talking about FBRef/WhoScored, the fact that him, Romero, and Vicario cycle the ball between themselves about 100 times throws off the stat ratings.
Brighton are a well organised team despite what some think, they were above us in the table,they had an advantage in as much they didn't have to play in Europe on Thursday.ease up ,there is a good team in there somewhereCOYS
After having time to reflect.
I'm still angry at Ange, he looked bemused, he wasnt barking instructions and was not motivating players from the touchline.
Secondly, we have no ruthless leader who can lift players when times are difficult.
Its going to be a roller coaster season and we're gonna have to get used to it.
Onwards and Upwards
COYS
I'm still angry at Ange, he looked bemused, he wasnt barking instructions and was not motivating players from the touchline.
Secondly, we have no ruthless leader who can lift players when times are difficult.
Its going to be a roller coaster season and we're gonna have to get used to it.
Onwards and Upwards
COYS
Subs don’t matter according to ange
Through in Johnson who ok has scored 6 on the trot but we did he do rest of the game. 2nd he disappeared, offered no out ball or threat, never helped porro.
We would have been 1-0 up in 2 minutes if timo had been able to play a simple ball to Brennan.
He also can’t score anything ever. He just shouldn’t be starting matches for a serious team and we have levy /Enic to thank for him.
He’s not solely at fault for yesterday but he definitely didn’t help.
Still fuming 24 hours later . I've followed Spurs for a very long time and can remember some calamitous second half performances . Man Utd after leading 3-0 at half time and losing 5-3 ! Losing 4-3 to ten man Man City in the league Cup to mention a few .
But yesterday's absolute collapse after such a promising first forty five was just too much to take and left me bewildered and very angry .
The players just couldn't handle the pressure and seemed to lose every individual battle and that is totally unacceptable .
Ange has got some sorting out to do because the first game back after the International break is the Spammers and we all know they will be well up for a battle .
We all know following our beloved Spurs is never straight forward , but yesterday was very difficult to watch and we've just got to hope things improve . It just has to
But yesterday's absolute collapse after such a promising first forty five was just too much to take and left me bewildered and very angry .
The players just couldn't handle the pressure and seemed to lose every individual battle and that is totally unacceptable .
Ange has got some sorting out to do because the first game back after the International break is the Spammers and we all know they will be well up for a battle .
We all know following our beloved Spurs is never straight forward , but yesterday was very difficult to watch and we've just got to hope things improve . It just has to
Said it before in game and even starting 11 he is not brave enough.
Yes said it myself we never tried crossing it. Only once late did Porro put in a ball.
Ok so if that is what he wants he has eyes right. Surely he could see they weren’t doing what he wanted! He should barked out instructions, called players over if he wanted to make any tactical changes and finally he could have made subs.