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Spurs need a legitimate CDM in the worse way.
And less Chadli, more Dembele
Only Newcastle and the bottom 3 have conceded more goals than us 
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Only we have Harry Kane.
Lloris, Rose, Bentaleb, Dembele, Eriksen & Kane should be starting every game, the rest have to earn a place!
Well that's me converted!!What would we do without him. He truly is the way, the truth and the light
Why are we struggling a the moment? Playing too many games or playing weekly we still show moments of confusion, poor form and naivety when defending. We look as if we have decided the season is over and need to there rather than want to be?
I am still positive and looking at a higher finish than expected. Draw today between Liv/Utd will suit us.
COYS
I am still positive and looking at a higher finish than expected. Draw today between Liv/Utd will suit us.
COYS
Our net spend over the last 5-10 is way at the bottom so I don't think just getting one or two £20 million players should be beyond us, even the likes of Hull have a higher net spend.
I understand we need to be prudent but why all the Stambouli purchases, players the manager doesn't want who just fill up our bench. Going constantly for cheap bargains is the transfer policy of lower prem table teams, if we want to break the top 4 consistently we have to get the quality to do it and right now we are hoping that a few more of our youth players can do a Harry Kane which will be luck rather than judgement.
Most teams in the top 4 have 4 what you would call special players, we have two in Lloris and Kane IMO. We are two top players away from going up a level. If that means spending £30 million we should do it. We should be able to fund it through sales anyway in the summer. I just do not want us to end up buying 5 average players instead of two or just one top class player that's why we need to alter our buying model. We have the quantity, it's the quality that's important.
Ive just seen an image of kane in my toast?What would we do without him. He truly is the way, the truth and the light
I disagree, I think he deserves a lot of credit for not finding a decent striker, where the fuck would Kane be if he had?
that is very true! HAD Soldado (for example) been scoring regularly, at say, a goal every 2-3 games, most would've been relatively happy with a half-decent return... meanwhile, Kane would be out on loan somewhere, knocking them in for fun in the Championship...
I say Soldado is Baldini's best bit of business... as his awfulness has allowed Lord Harry Kane & VERY Able to step up and shine! It's GENIUS...
...almost as clever as Leicester 'allowing themselves' to go 0-2 down, to show up our complacency deficiencies and let them back in it!! I say almost, as it didn't quite work out!
Signing players is a lottery ? even the rich boys (Chaves/City) get it wrong. We have shown this season that players that would normally be overlooked can step up. Unfortunately some have fell short. at least they? have had a chance. Im not naming and blaming, its football.
We played worse than against Utd - but instead of them getting a couple of luckyish early goals we did.
If we'd been playing any other PL team we would have lost imo.......really hope we sharpen up before Villa at home
I think Poch needs to vary the starting selection a little bit - most teams seem to have worked out how to score goals against the current line up and tactics.
Even just switching Demeble and Lamela in for Chadli and Townsend would be a start.
Going to send our back four to the England Rugby camp to find out how to tackle and NOT to look injured for 90 minutes, yesterday against a better side we would have been tonked.
See us capitulating and crawling to the finish line, so please spare us the last dat heartache of being almost but not quite COYS
See us capitulating and crawling to the finish line, so please spare us the last dat heartache of being almost but not quite COYS
This was Plan C then?!Plan A: 2-1
Plan B: 3-2
We've scored the most goals in 2015. Are you not entertained.Only Newcastle and the bottom 3 have conceded more goals than us
We made hard work of that yesterday and I actually thought the starting line up should have served as a massive confidence players for the 7 or 8 who did not bother to turn up at united last week.
Losing Lloris was a blow but three of our back four just seemed to pick up where they left off last week, if Leicester had been a little more accurate with their finishing we would have lost yesterday.
Walker is completely off the pace and what little football intelligence he has seems to have gone walkabouts for the time being, where is Yedlin? Injured? Fazio in at CB and Dier to RB might be a better option?
Like last week there was no leadership from Walker and Verts, Dier is a good CB in the making but needs guidance and a proverbial arm round the back on the pitch, but instead he is being exposed by his own lack of maturity on the pitch, which is fine given his age, and the lack of senior players helping him.
Danny Rose was excellent yesterday, full of effort, wanting it and prepared to go toe to toe with the opposition.
Our midfield needs shaking up, Mason and Nabil are great players, but their young age and lack of experience is starting to show and they were over run for large parts of yesterday, hopefully, like Dier all part of the learning curve. Chadli needs a rest, he was woeful yesterday, poor first touch, no tackling ability and his dive for a penalty was just embarrasing. Eriksen was slightly better but would benefit from a Dembele playing behind him and maybe a run of games for Lamela would not hurt, he is not going to improve sat on the bench.
Townsend was full of running as usual but as usual with no idea what to do with the ball when on the attack, Kane continues to shine and fair play to our Brazilian Livermore who actually had a good game when he came on
Losing Lloris was a blow but three of our back four just seemed to pick up where they left off last week, if Leicester had been a little more accurate with their finishing we would have lost yesterday.
Walker is completely off the pace and what little football intelligence he has seems to have gone walkabouts for the time being, where is Yedlin? Injured? Fazio in at CB and Dier to RB might be a better option?
Like last week there was no leadership from Walker and Verts, Dier is a good CB in the making but needs guidance and a proverbial arm round the back on the pitch, but instead he is being exposed by his own lack of maturity on the pitch, which is fine given his age, and the lack of senior players helping him.
Danny Rose was excellent yesterday, full of effort, wanting it and prepared to go toe to toe with the opposition.
Our midfield needs shaking up, Mason and Nabil are great players, but their young age and lack of experience is starting to show and they were over run for large parts of yesterday, hopefully, like Dier all part of the learning curve. Chadli needs a rest, he was woeful yesterday, poor first touch, no tackling ability and his dive for a penalty was just embarrasing. Eriksen was slightly better but would benefit from a Dembele playing behind him and maybe a run of games for Lamela would not hurt, he is not going to improve sat on the bench.
Townsend was full of running as usual but as usual with no idea what to do with the ball when on the attack, Kane continues to shine and fair play to our Brazilian Livermore who actually had a good game when he came on