We should have known better ....hope always gets the better of reality...really pissed off
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Match Woolwich Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur FC @ The Dome of Silence, 8PM KO Wed 15 Jan 2025
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What did our attack do? They are just as much to blame as the defence
Scored once. Just like against Liverpool and Newcastle. We need clean sheets.
Our attack were toothless. Scoring once in a game against good opposition is not enough to expect anything from the game. Name me one attacker that played well?
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So you think Poch won in the league at the Emirates 3 times........might want to check the history books.
Son finished well enough, Kulu had a good chance. I think it is insanity to believe we can beat Woolwich 3-2 or 6-3. When we beat Man City 4-0 Maddison started and there was more protection for the defence. That was missing.
We were poor all over the pitch. Son had a lucky deflection and was constantly pushed off the ball. Kulu had a good chance you say- then he should have put it away- he was poor and is just too slow I am afraid. We could have been playing all night and would still not have equalised.
It's the wrong mentality to think we always need to equalise after being in the lead of a game. When the opposition take the lead back against us, they happily give us possession and shut up shop in their own third and counter. We seem too wilfully arrogant to play that way when we are 1-0 up.
Maybe if there’s someone waiting in the wings..?
Kinsky made 15 long passes in the match, when he went long Solanke kept losing his duels against Saliba and Gabriel...think he only won 1 in the 2nd half
And he cost Sociedad £12m!!
Bit risky to wait til after the Liverpool game. Losing is a hard habit to break. I can remember many years ago in the early 90s people thought Nottingham Forest with Roy Keane and Stuart Pearce were too good to go down. If we are not careful it could be us
Post match interview he said we were too passive first half. Why does he then let the whole first drift like that! There was numerous breaks in play to get message across. Anyways if we were too passive then surely bringing on Johnson ain’t gonna help!
Yep.
The reality is they signed him at 23 when the season before he scored 6 league goals in 32 games. No fucker is calling that elite.
So they weren’t signing elite. They were taking a gamble on him becoming elite. For £60m.
Fair play to Eddie Howe for developing him.
So for everyone who was not going to be surprised by a win or actively expecting us to win last night were you even a little surprised we lost??
It’s a genuine question.
I’ve been pummelled into the ground by this fixture. I expect absolutely fuck all from it.
So never surprised when we lose. Or just play shit.
It’s a genuine question.
I’ve been pummelled into the ground by this fixture. I expect absolutely fuck all from it.
So never surprised when we lose. Or just play shit.
Yeah man, some got real short memories. Even with the preferred first 11 we sucked and leaked goals for fun them past 18 months.
It's all on Levy and his gross mismanagement/negligence...can only get away with it for so long. What happens when you sack more managers than Watford, Sunderland and Stoke combined...and hire a guy who wasn't even 12th choice. The drastic, self-imposed financial restrictions, leaving our best manager of the past 25 years without new signings for 2 and a bit windows, not paying true top club wages, haggling over 67p on every transfer and missing out more often than not, shopping of the B or C list, trimming the wage bill by signing 12yo aplenty, signing permacrocked wage thieves like Richy, known troublemakers like Ndombele...the list goes on & on.
But still, some talk about him like he's Cafu meets Thuram.
Levy's really done a job on some of our fans. The lowering of expectations and blind swallowing of mediocrity is unreal.
Anyone noticed in football matches, the last few years, the officials sometimes pause on a decision for a few seconds if they are not sure. Then they clearly get a call in their ear, from someone with a monitor, and make the decision. A sort of unofficial VAR.
Not last night. No one whispered ‘overrule, that was a goal kick.’ Robbed.
Not last night. No one whispered ‘overrule, that was a goal kick.’ Robbed.
True,
Didnt cost us the game. Bad call. It happens. What pissed me off the most was the first 25 mins or so. Passive is a compliment. We looked dazzled. Somehow, we survived that onslaught, went on the lead and then folded.
At 2-1 we needed some mongrel, some leadership. Whilst they were fist pumping each challenge and winning most battles , we were weak as fuck.
Madders came on and i thought maybe we will see a response. Didn't happen. I adore Son and he is a good " Club Captain", but he is not a "Team Captain". I miss the Lamela's , the Toby's, etc.. Both teams were shite, but one wanted it more.
What gives me hope are the youngsters in the squad.
What's disappointing is that we actually accomplished the more difficult part before falling apart in a relatively easier stage. We weathered the storm that lasted around 20-25 mins, AND had a goal to show for it. It was the best we could have hoped for, as conceding at least one seemed inevitable during that period.
Just as we were starting the take the sting out of the match by getting accustomed to their press and starting to find ways to play through it, we conceded not one but two totally avoidable goals. Within a matter of minutes, all the momentum we were gaining was gone. We never recovered after that.
We don't know how to survive on the back foot for long. We can't hold on to a lead unless we just keep scoring. Our entire strategy seems to be based on starting on front foot, taking it to the opposition, scoring early, and never looking back. Sounds cool, but whenever this is not feasible we eventually give way. General lack of experience in last night's squad made things worse, but it's a recurring theme under Ange regardless.
Just as we were starting the take the sting out of the match by getting accustomed to their press and starting to find ways to play through it, we conceded not one but two totally avoidable goals. Within a matter of minutes, all the momentum we were gaining was gone. We never recovered after that.
We don't know how to survive on the back foot for long. We can't hold on to a lead unless we just keep scoring. Our entire strategy seems to be based on starting on front foot, taking it to the opposition, scoring early, and never looking back. Sounds cool, but whenever this is not feasible we eventually give way. General lack of experience in last night's squad made things worse, but it's a recurring theme under Ange regardless.