Match Spurs v Barcodes. Saturday 4 January 2025 KO 12:30. Live on TNT

[Spudulike]

We beat this lot 4-1 at hone last season by the way.

But yeah let's focus on the manager today when we're missing half our team and had a fuck load of illnesses

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So how do you explain all the other matches when we've been embarrassed?

Every team can have a freak result, good or bad but when you're lying mid table and and are regularly losing do you not think there's something more to it than injuries and illness?

Day off

 

[Shadydan]

We were poor long before the injuries, Shady. Let’s not rewrite history—our decline started after the Chelsea game, and it’s been on a downwards trend ever since.

The so-called ‘Ange out agenda’ isn’t some contrived vendetta; it’s an objective conclusion based on results, performances, and the complete lack of tactical discipline. Injuries might explain some things, but they don’t excuse months of predictable patterns, defensive chaos, and stubborn decision-making.

I think it’s obvious the football isn’t entertaining for any of us because we spend more time arguing on here about Ange than we do talking about the football don’t we?

That’s probably the only thing I agree with you on here, we spend too much time talking about it but I think that speaks volumes about how shit we are under his management because if the football was good, this thread would have half the replies…

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I'm talking about THIS MATCH

 

[Kaz Hirai]

Because this league is bent.

Joelinton blatant intentional handball, keaves his hand there... natural position was ut fuck. Joelinton easily 3 yellow card worthy offenses and now that Burn blatant second yellow.

You can't tell me those Newcastle players would be risking things like that handball on the break if they hadn't been given a heads-up.

This league is bent.

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It's ridiculous when you have var right there .
It's such a blatant cheating

 

[glacierSpurs]

Because this league is bent.

Joelinton blatant intentional handball, keaves his hand there... natural position was ut fuck. Joelinton easily 3 yellow card worthy offenses and now that Burn blatant second yellow.

You can't tell me those Newcastle players would be risking things like that handball on the break if they hadn't been given a heads-up.

This league is bent.

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I really hate this level of officiation. The refs have their agendas, has been very clear for very long time but there is nothing, no 3rd party organisation or bodies overseeing their performances. I feel so disgusted with such standard.

 

[Richard Arlison]

If we hire another clown who has us in the bottom half then sure, will be hounding away.

Hopefully we've had our little experiment with unqualified clowns now though.

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You have no idea what you are talking about so could decide anyone is a clown. And probably will.

 

[scarletjim]

We started the game well, they then scored an illegal goal and both Joe Linton and Dan Burn could have easily been sent off.

Most fan bases would be going nuts at the officials , ours just want to have a pop at a bunch of kids and a manager who has been sold down the river.

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Quite how our fans aren't giving the ref 10 times more shit than I could hear in that first half I really don't know. The booing for every bad decision should be deafening, but it's so half-hearted - must be very encouraging for the opposition, the crowd really don't make it an intimidating place for opponents to come to.

 

[r-u-s-x]

Ange hates all that appealing for fouls and gamesmanship stuff though. Moral victories piling up.

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He was shouting from the sideline every dodgy decision. He knows he's gone I think

 

[Distaste for scouse]

i thought there was a rule that if it touched any part of the arm goal would not stand`?

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That was last week, truth is nobody knows anymore. Which is ideal for the corrupt fuckers in charge to be be able to use the grey areas to benefit the big clubs

 

[GDG]

Crazy that the gameplan to completely nullify ours is so simple. They are pulling Joelinton wide left every time we press and he doesn't get followed because Johnson is high and Porro is on Gordon, so there's a free out ball every time we press high.

The middle of the park is completely open for their 3 who are moving into space and pulling ours apart with ease, mostly because Deki is always high and one of Sarr/Bergvall is always deep which effectively leave 1 man in the middle trying to navigate a pack of opposition.

Newcastle just doing the very basics; going long when needed, overlapping fullbacks, sitting deep whilst we have possession... such a simple approach that makes ours just look silly.

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Spot on.

Our No.10 always presses onto their CB leaving a 3 Vs 2 in MF.

Ange has to be alive to this stuff and make tweaks. It killed us against Chelsea where Enzo was basically unmarked the whole game.

 

[Slav]

We're playing into Howe's hands here. We play out from the back, they press for a quick turnover, rapid transition, score, wait for another error.

Sub sub keeper, makeshift CB and back-up, no existing chemistry in this 11, and yet we persist with this approach. It's about as one-dimensional as coaching gets, injuries or not.

 

[Millsa46]

The league is bent

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Has been for years

 

[Yorkshire Yid]

Gray was playing LB in the EL

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If memory serves me right Gray was RB for most of it and Undogie certainly has played many EL and cup games whilst Spence until recently was not in the side

 

[Aphex]

Fucking yawn, touch grass and stop overly obsessing over the manager at every given opportunity

Listen to yourself lol

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The manager is responsible for the set up (and fitness and health) of the team. Yet again we are far too open.

Stop pretending this doesn't happen even with our best team out lol.

How many more losses especially at home will Ange be afforded? Are we seriously going to be in a relegation battle with Ange? Is that the red line?

If we lose today, we have Woolwich away up next.

 

[Deuterz]

You have no idea what you are talking about so could decide anyone is a clown. And probably will.

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Yeah sorry mate we don't all have a sixth sense like you with those good feelings and all.

 

[Don Pedro]

BS

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Its not BS though. Its all facts. Udogie could have played United and Liverpool games but we gave him 2 weeks off. We couldn't have been more cautious.

We gave Romero nearly a full month off with a toe injury! He was fully fit to start that chelsea game but picked up a completely seperate injury (Quad injury) after 12 mins. Nothing reckless about that.

So these so called "reckless" Romero and Udogie injuries are total BS! I'm not the one making up BS, I'm the one spitting facts.

If you can't handle the truth then thats on you

 

[White Van Jan]

to be fair that is not much of a disadvantage in football

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Their equaliser might not have happened to be fair

 

[Shadydan]

So how do you explain all the other matches when we've been embarrassed?

Every team can have a freak result, good or bad but when you're lying mid table and and are regularly losing do you not think there's something more to it than injuries and illness?

Day off

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Once again I'm talking about THIS MATCH, not other matches.

This is what happens when you have an agenda, you just can't be objective and end up talking nonsense.

 

[Incomplete_usernam]

I'm talking about THIS MATCH

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But many people are upset about our form as a whole and it leaks into current match threads mate, that’s unavoidable unfortunately.

 

[Maureen]

I know that we have a makeshift defence today but we need a proper defensive coach to organise our defence better.

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Porro £40M, Drag £25M and gray £40M ok he’s not a CB but still paid big bucks for him as a footballer. Tbf he is ok as a footballer but may be not CB.

 

[TommyD123]

Don’t forget the rule that when playing at NWHL the first 25 fouls against the home team cannot result in a yellow card, however bad they are.
The home team is allowed 1 foul before a yellow is produced for an innocuous 50:50 challenge.

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And if your name is Joelinton….do what you fucking want