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Match Everton (A) 19Jan, 2pm KO

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guyt2030 said:
We aren't relishing - that was abysmal football oh wait 3 -2??? I watched that game, had tickets but sold em because that WAS ABSYMAL FOOTBALL BY SPURS.

I want to fukkin win not get schooled by a bullshit team that was in the mud...we beat Man U, Man City & Liverpool but oh no we went full on bullshit we WERE SHIT!!! it pains me to say this but WE WERE SHIT.
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I’m used to the occasional shit moment - the 5-0 Newcastle; the weird thumping by Leipzig.

But constant, constant poor performances! No.
 
BJK said:
I'll admit, when I first saw the lineups I actually thought that he might have stumbled upon something useful. A typical 3-4-2-1 where Maddison and Kulusevski roam freely all over the pitch, Porro and Spence provide the width by pushing way up while relying on RCB and LCB to have their backs ,and Bergvall-Sarr work their socks off to keep the midfield together. I wasn't expecting perfect execution, but I surely wasn't expecting this calamity of a first half either.

IMO he totally butchered it by asking the aforementioned RCB (Gray) to play like an additional midfielder.The guy was constantly in two minds between holding his spot and pushing forward to press or to receive a pass. I guess the idea was to have him do a little bit of both, so that we have something resembling 3 CBs and 3 CMs at the same time.

Except he could do neither, because he was tasked with the impossible. Dragusin and Davies were left even more exposed than they could have been in a back 4. Sarr and Bergvall were routinely outnumbered in midfield. Maddison and Kulusevski were stuck between dropping deeper to salvage the situation versus staying further up to support Son. What a mess this was.

Looks like he had never used a back 3 in his life before, as he was hilariously naive in terms of how it works. Then the question arises: Why not keep your usual 4-3-3 and play Gray as a proper DM instead, with Kulusevski at RW and Maddison at LW? Mind-boggling stuff.
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Was a disaster, couldn't believe what I was seeing tbh

Spence and porro were so far forward they weren't wing backs but full on wing forwards.
And gray spent more time in midfield than he he did at rcb so when ever Everton regained the ball it was always 2v2 . With then gray, Spence, and porro trying to scramble back into some kind of defensive shape.
All over the place
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MemphisWill said:
Not too worried. Romero is the only player with 2 or fewer seasons left on his contract that we'd miss, and given his form and injuries I think the Madrid interest has evaporated.

Maddison, Kulu, Porro, Vicario all under contract until 2028...they've got no leverage.
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Awesome...because at ALL costs we must be keeping this bunch...our good fortunes depend on it!
 
Looking at Madders’ interview, it looks like Ange has been gaslighting them: he says about ‘needing resilience’ - they need a better coach. Ange has made it their fault - these footballers are just kids and need to be well away from self-aggrandising narcissists.
 
Sky interviewer is pressing Maddison more than she did Ange.

He was more honest than Ange as well saying irrespective of injuries etc we had 11 fit starters today and that performance was unacceptable and fans have a right to be angry.
He’s probably been saying that to Ange for a while, hence being relegated to the bench so much.
 
PerthPaul said:
Yep.....this!

We destroy careers at Tottenham, not make careers. Poch is the only manager in the last 20 years to leave us with any kind of regard.
Kane had to leave for the sake of his career, numerous players have left us to go on and win multiple trophies.
We're a bang average club, with arguably the best facilities in the world, a huge fan base that is fickle but loyal, and sit in the top 10 richest clubs in the world. There's only one reason we're so bad. Ange is not the biggest problem we have...
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Agreed , but sadly he is a bit of the problem and the major problem is dug in like Geoff fucking Boycott
 
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Irish you wouldn't.

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