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Match Spurs Vs Liverpool - Carabao Cup Semi Final 1st Leg. 8pm, Weds 8th Jan.

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Watching the game on replay now as could only listen to the first half yesterday...developed a 40° fever at work and had to be taken to the emergency room for checks & observation. Still insisted they let me tune in to the radio! But 45+ mins is all I could manage before falling asleep from exhaustion.

Gray, Bergvall, Spence...those kids look so promising and really deserve to have 3 or 4 true world class players next to them week in week out.

Kinsky - only one game, but wow...the ballsack on that lad!
 
Thing is my phone seems to have better quality zoom than a 4K professional tv camera



Trent looks closer to the mown grass line than Solanke

Took way too long for something this close to be ruled offside. VAR is a joke.

Also you can’t see in that imagine but I believe the linesman was in the perfect position and the flag stayed down.

If it was called offsides on the field and confirmed by VAR fine but I’m tired of this millimeter offsides bullshit
 
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Thing is my phone seems to have better quality zoom than a 4K professional tv camera



Trent looks closer to the mown grass line than Solanke
Looking Jim Carrey GIF by Golden Globes


For the love of fuck please can we get the automated offsides. Total Football on the Megadrive was using superior technology
 
This was quite a grind, never thought I'd say this for a match under Ange actually. We needed to make it as ugly as we could though, that end-to-end stuff we saw in 3-6 would lead to a similarly one sided match and outcome.

They once again pressed the hell out of our back 5+DM, yet we dealt with it significantly better this time. We still had to resort to long balls at times, which was unavoidable due to how well they press as a team, yet we didn't capitulate and get trapped in our own half like we did last time. Bissouma in place of Sarr, and obviously Kinsky in place of Forster were the difference makers in that regard. Especially the latter was the ultimate press breaker for me, he played the entire match like an outfield player. It's not a must from a keeper, but it surely is a luxury to have.

Our defending still bordered on reckless and even chaotic sometimes, mainly because Bergvall's ambitious forward runs and Kulusevski's poor showing compromised the team shape, but in general I feel we did a good job keeping things tight. We clearly weren't all over the place like we were last time, despite players evidently getting tired in the last 20-30 min. Bissouma who did a really good job as the single pivot, Gray who looked as natural as can be at CB, and Spence who managed to keep a world class player in check deserve special recognition, but it was an impressive collective effort nonetheless.

Hard to pick a MOTM here, but the quartet of Kinsky/Gray/Spence/Bissouma stood out to me.
Nah best defensive display for me all yr,not chaotic in my book at all.
You left out Bergvall who was magnificent ,not just this game but arguably best midfieder on display against Toon too,
 
Watching the game on replay now as could only listen to the first half yesterday...developed a 40° fever at work and had to be taken to the emergency room for checks & observation. Still insisted they let me tune in to the radio! But 45+ mins is all I could manage before falling asleep from exhaustion.

Gray, Bergvall, Spence...those kids look so promising and really deserve to have 3 or 4 true world class players next to them week in week out.

Kinsky - only one game, but wow...the ballsack on that lad!
Hope you're feeling better now?

I'll put it down to the illness, but I'm not sure your focus is in the right area where Kinsky is concerned...

Big Balls Robots GIF by Spiegelworld
 
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