Match Spurs v Brighton (Away) - Sat 20th September - KO: 3pm

[Dudski]

Both teams played well. So many positive plays you can point to for Spurs. This one has to give them confidence. I think people will be tougher on Viccario than he deserves. First goal was him being put in a bad position and on the second you just have to tip your hat to the goal scorer. That was a really well hit ball that was spinning away. I really like this squad already and they will just get better.

 

[nicoclaesen]

Last seconds of the game and the keepers rolling the ball out instead of going long just fuck off

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Disgrace mate

 

[VonnegutBusy]

Yeah, give Odobert and Tel the chance to show they can do it until January, if they don't take the chance go back for Savinho

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Neither of them are going to step up and become top wingers in the next two months.

We need Savinho (or his ilk) in without doubt in Jan. Great chance for ENIC to show intent early.

 

[Eli]

Showed fight, didn't panic, were the better side. Shame not to win, but given how the game panned out, a point is a decent result in the end.

Disappointing reaction to our equaliser from the players tbh, feel they could've kept their foot on Brighton's neck and pressed on for a winner. Johnson is a total waste of a shirt out there.

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Majority would have been happy with a draw before game started, fact we came back from 2-0 made it even better

 

[LLB Part Deux]

Our hardest game (on paper) for a month so I'll take a point. Should set us up to be top 3/4 going into the Chelsea home game in Nov.

 

[Top_Spur]

Only early days but 2nd in the League, I'll take that so far.

COYS!

 

[latman]

Can see our strongest 11 going forward being

Vicario

Spence/Porro
Romero
VDV
Udogie

Palhinha
Bergvall /Sarr
Xavi

Kudus
Muani/Solanke
Odobert/Muani


Palhinha has to be 6 and Xavi 10 to get the best out of this team

 

[InBK]

We lose this last year. Hard to get too upset about a draw away.

 

[GOAT]

A draw away to Brighton is certainly not a bad result at all, being 2 nill down makes it an excellent result.

Like Simmons , he has that low centre of gravity , been needing a player like that for years. Kudos looks very lively.

We were hanging on at the end which is silly because it should have been us pushing at the end .

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Shut up cunt. You were predicting we were gonna get a battering before the game.

Don’t pipe up now ya melt

 

[rolling boh]

That will do after being two down and I am happy enough if we become harder to beat that would be a good starting point .Please stop talking about title challenges at least for this year anyway ,we are miles off that.

 

[Play Up Spurs!!!!]

We really need a world class keeper and striker!

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Well, Vicario may have had his faults but shot stopping is not one of them. This kind of sh*t happens even to 'world class' keepers. No evidence today of Vic's old weakness in competing for the ball in the box. And, interestingly today, his long distribution, apart from one kick, was impressive. I believe there's evidence our goalkeeping coaches have been doing their thing.

We bought a striker, Kolo, in the window. Let's see how he fares when he gets full match fitness, and adapts to Frank and the EPL.

 

[Sumo70's]

That's a point more than last year.

 

[dmize1]

Taking the positives, grabbing a point after down 2-0 is important. We're not title contenders this year, scrappy points will matter.

 

[JimothyCF14]

Only early days but 2nd in the League, I'll take that so far.

COYS!

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Second? A disgrace, according to _mehstg thats enough to get sacked.

 

[Kenozoik ддт]

Shame that we seemingly settled for a draw at the end but it's small steps. Despite the circumstances we're coming out of a tricky away fixture with face.

 

[kingdawson]

Yep I'll take the point.

 

[Percy Clay]

After going two down you'd have to think that getting a draw is a great outcome. I'm not sure why I feel a bit deflated. Our goals were scrappy and we seemed to stop playing once the second one went in.

I think, perhaps, that Frank's default setting is very conservative play. That would make us hard to beat but, I fear, may mean we would not have the ambition that this club should have. It's early days and I hope to be proven wrong.

I'll confess to being concerned though.

 

[Shotgunofmichalebrow]

So for me we are an evolving being but the flaws of last season that were baked in with the idiot coach are being mitigated. We need Xavi at ten, and a quality LW option ( we dont have this) a player to spell and push Kudus( dont have this) A better Centerforward than Richarlison which means another even with s fit RKM and Solanke. Then its coaching and how we implement a proper midfeild possession game when fundamentally we have runners in Sarr AND Bergvall, a stopper in Paulinha and...not sure what Bentancur is. Think we should break the bank for Stiller and Van Bommel which still leaves an elite left wing and a Centerforward to find.

 

[Jenderbazzfass]

We aren't mounting a title challenge and we were the bookmakers underdogs today

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For me we’ve had the Ange/Levy enema and it’ll take some time before things settle into a certain direction. I won’t be too distressed about anything but Ange-level relegation form before the winter window.

My expectations are to remain in the top half all year, even though I believe we have players who can do more we also have glaring needs and as we’ve seen, smaller clubs can still get at us.

Improvement month by month ought to be the measuring stick and the climate is a lot more fair than it was 6 months back for example

 

[Coys1955]

Shame about West Ham

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They’ve got two easy games next though: Everton and Woolwich. Both away.