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Match AS Monaco vs Tottenham Hotspur. Wednesday the 22nd of October 2025 UCL

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Tonight was comparable to Gala away last year. And Gala have far more weapons than Monaco.

We comfortably accounted for Bodo 6 months ago. We barely scraped a draw against them a few weeks ago.

It doesn't help anyone to pretend we aren't struggling big time at the moment. We are so reliant on our starting back 5 playing. We simply have no one forward of our defence who can win games for us any more.

Yep. I’ve said many times our attacking options are an utter mess. A huge problem.
 
When did Semens come on for us?
Sarcastic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory GIF
 
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Tonight was comparable to Gala away last year. And Gala have far more weapons than Monaco.

We comfortably accounted for Bodo 6 months ago. We barely scraped a draw against them a few weeks ago.

It doesn't help anyone to pretend we aren't struggling big time at the moment. We are so reliant on our starting back 5 playing. We simply have no one forward of our defence who can win games for us any more.
i know an attacking minded manager who’s available 😜
 
Absolutely.

The issue is a simple one.

Teams gain confidence from our lack of attacking threat. Like I said earlier no talisman.

Kudus, for all his strengths has no end product.

Our midfield is also baffling, but avoiding defeat is always always important

We move on.
I really DO think we're merely holding the fort until Solanke & Kulu return ...
That fort is straining, a the sides are beginning to bulge though...


Crispham Water?
We need an Eriksen, Kane & Son.
Eriksens retired mate... Thees nothing he can do to help us now!!!
...or did you mean 2016-17 Eriksen?
 
Tbh we should have got spanked just that Monaco didn’t put away any of their great chances. I think this crap about last season blah blah blah is BS. It’s not as if we were any better in defence than last season was it. The 0-0 hides a multitude of issues and people hang onto the score rather than look at the over picture. We can’t create anything and we actually just as bad in defence.

Sorry but we are much much better in defence than last season and it’s actually insane people are saying this. Yes last night was poor and Vicario saved us but this season generally we’ve been far more solid.

We couldn’t even keep a clean sheet under Ange in two seasons and we’ve had quite a few under Frank already. That isn’t down to luck mate
 
Sorry but we are much much better in defence than last season and it’s actually insane people are saying this. Yes last night was poor and Vicario saved us but this season generally we’ve been far more solid.

We couldn’t even keep a clean sheet under Ange in two seasons and we’ve had quite a few under Frank already. That isn’t down to luck mate
That defensive display was horrendous, the amount of times they passed their way around our players was embarrassing. If it hadn't been for Vicario we could have shipped 5 at least - and if they hadn't been so inept from any distance (unlike Villa) it would have been worse.

Last nights result relied more on luck than a game of Russian roulette.
 
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If it hadn't been for Vacario we could have shipped 5 at least - and if they hadn't been so inept from any distance (unlike Villa) it would have been worse.

Last nights result relied more on luck than a game of Russian roulette.

You mean relied more on Vicario's skill.

:nunothumb:

Agree that defensively we were poor last night. Doesn't change the absolutely fact that we've been better defensively this season than we were under Ange.

That's not a point that can be debated.
 
That defensive display was horrendous, the amount of times they passed their way around our players was embarrassing. If it hadn't been for Vacario we could have shipped 5 at least - and if they hadn't been so inept from any distance (unlike Villa) it would have been worse.

Last nights result relied more on luck than a game of Russian roulette.

It was but this season generally we’ve been a million miles better defensively than we were under that fraud the last two seasons
 
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