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Match Tottenham Hotspur vs. Manchester City, 20:15 GMT, Wednesday 30th October. League Cup Round of 16

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They’ve still got Dias, Stones, Gundogan, Foden and Savinho. They move the ball better than any other team in world football. They’ve been pinging it about for half an hour with us camped in our own half.
and to me thats unacceptable at home. This is the first time I've seen us camped and getting battered under Ange! We played a much stronger city team last year when we were missing atleast 5 starters and drew 3-3 and had a fair share of the ball
 
45 minutes to save our season

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Ange really needs to tell Johnson that when the oppo RW puts in a cross he is the one who should be watching the LW as our rb has to come inside, exactly the same goal against West Ham where Johnson has no clue where their Left winger is
 
And just leave the player in the middle completely unmarked? :ange-facepalm:
Gray has a man and did nothing wrong in marking the runner. Johnson has to read that help out by picking up the spare man at the back post.
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Also Udogie letting the cross in. Full backs are meant to stop the cross. We let far too many wingers whip in a good ball. Wouldn't surprise me if the majority of our goals conceded are from crosses.
 
The best one was when he ran in the opposite direction letting Lewis run into the penalty area lol. I do wonder with him being a wing back shoehorned into a left back that defending has never been a vital part of his game. Converting a wing back into a full back will be no different to trying convert a full back into a wing back… if it’s not your skill set then you’re fighting a losing battle.
I think he has to be the most over rated player I've ever seen in a Spurs shirt, Spence needs a run in the team
 
and to me thats unacceptable at home. This is the first time I've seen us camped and getting battered under Ange! We played a much stronger city team last year when we were missing atleast 5 starters and drew 3-3 and had a fair share of the ball
Fair enough.

The thing is, I think I might be missing murder ball. I quite like seeing us play something resembling a low block. It irritates me less.

Will be interesting to see how Ange approaches the second half. I’d sub Johnson for a start. He’s been useless.
 
I'd take off Brennan for Maddison. Move Kulusevski out wide and let him drop deep and help Gray. Maddison will help us get on the ball. 29% possesion under Ange is unheard of
 
Ref an absolute disgrace, Archie is a good player, with bags of potential, but he's not a full back. I'd take Pape off, as it's not going to take much for this ref to give him a red card. Cracking goals but defence looks shaky.
 
Gray was marking 2 and followed the runner, Johnson should see the danger and drop in there.
Johnson is totally useless defensively. Aaron lennon even when not playing well going forward always put in a defensive shift.
The right hand side of the team is a problem.

Johnson doesn't track.
Gray gets rinsed every time 1v1.
Kulusevski is playing R8 but nowhere to be seen.
Bentancur been out best player, he's putting out a lot of fires.
Sarr on a yellow.

I'd take off Sarr for Porro.
Move archie into midfield.
May need to bring on Maddison for Deki soon. Deki has provided some impetus but he's not really helping defensively and Bentancur having to cover 3 players.
 
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