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Match AFC Bournemouth VS Tottenham Hotspur. Saturday 26th August 2023. Vitality Stadium 12:30pm KO

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Listening to my stream of the match, they said " Bournemouth may struggle not to get relegated " . Not giving Spurs the credit. That is just bullshit, they met a very good side in the Spurs and they will take a few scalps. I was pretty impressed with them so Spurs kept a clean sheet and scored 2 against a very decent side. My take on it with Richarlison is he is just having the worst luck, it will open up and he will start nailing them on a regular basis.
 
Both those Managers had us winning the Golden Boot at some point. We even had the 1 and 3 Rd highest goalscorers in the league, in the same team as one stage.

This only leaves one reason why we didn't challenge for anything. That was our defence. Those Managers won with everyone else but us. Do you really believe they couldn't have challenged given the defence we had playing today? Udogie, Romero, VdV and Porro owned the game. Almost everytime we were attacked they dispossessed the opponents and let the ball work for us from the back by beating a player or two and opening the game for the midfield.

Its not rocket science.
Coaching too.

I saw a lot of regression under Conte. The soul-destroying vampire told Kulu not to have fun.
 
Also, feel like players who are squad player level are now playing that role, instead of starting games like last season. Emerson, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Davies...good pros, good backups/subs. Upgrade Richy and Kulusevski to make them become bench players and we are rolling again.
 
With these players, both Jose and Conté would have got us a trophy or two.
Ricky Gervais Lol GIF
 
There’s so much potential with this system. For me the priority right now should be to sign at least one quality 1v1 specialist winger. I still believe Richarlison will come good, and I thought he had a good 1st half before he lost his head in the 2nd. That needs to be fixed
 
The biggest irony is, there were a good 7 or 8 of Conte's team on the pitch at the end....

Yet we weren't clinging on, or boring the opposition into submission!!

How times change!
 
Both those Managers had us winning the Golden Boot at some point. We even had the 1 and 3 Rd highest goalscorers in the league, in the same team as one stage.

This only leaves one reason why we didn't challenge for anything. That was our defence. Those Managers won with everyone else but us. Do you really believe they couldn't have challenged given the defence we had playing today? Udogie, Romero, VdV and Porro owned the game. Almost everytime we were attacked they dispossessed the opponents and let the ball, beating a player or two and opening the game for the midfield.

Its not rocket science.
So you place no blame for the last few years on the negative football?

So you choose to ignore that by all accounts, Conte didn't want Maddision, wouldn't play Biss, and made no requests to bring Udogie or Sarr back?

So you don't think our winning the ball back so often today has anything to do with tactics? You don't think Jose and Conte instructing the players to sit as deep as possible, soak up pressure and only attack on the break, had anything to do with why we conceded so much possession and many goals in recent seasons?

So you don't think Conte's attitude towards the players, his blaming of everyone but himself, had anything to do with the very obvious difference in confidence between then and now for so many of our players?

Absolutely astonishing ignorance of football reality.

PS Ooh the Golden Boat, the dream trophy that this club has always wanted. Golden Boot is irrelevant, its about winning football matches, not about how many goals one individual scores. Fucking clown.
 
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Cracking day.

At Lewes to see the big game of the day Lewes vs Horcharch. Been in the boozer to watch the Spurs game. Disappointed it wasn't 1-7 but a win is a win.

Appear to have peaked too early and had to move on to the coffee at 14.30pm.

Of when the Rooks. ....

The sign closest to me reads ' Lewes FC has designated breastfeeding areas for matchdays'. That's just for the men.
 
Listening to my stream of the match, they said " Bournemouth may struggle not to get relegated " . Not giving Spurs the credit. That is just bullshit, they met a very good side in the Spurs and they will take a few scalps. I was pretty impressed with them so Spurs kept a clean sheet and scored 2 against a very decent side. My take on it with Richarlison is he is just having the worst luck, it will open up and he will start nailing them on a regular basis.
So happy with it today..We’ve got our Tottenham back!
 
Just asked the other half to pass me the TV remote

"Where is it babes ?" :sonhmm:
"Its on the Tottenham Love":andros:
"What you mean its on the fucking Tottenham you mad man?" :contepoint:

"Yeah babe, its on the Tottenham - On top of the fucking Table" :ange-arms:
 
I was all for binning off Perisic at the start of the window, but I'm enjoying this off the bench against tired legs thing with no defensive duties. I'd be disappointed to see him go now.
 
Mourinho or Conte would not be picking 20yr old Udogie and i doubt they would have been keen on a 22 yr old centre back with 1 season at Wolfsburg. Sarr wouldnt be playing either. They liked the grizzled, been there seen it done it type which was completely against the way we operate which made them 2 mind numbingly stupid appointments.
Conté wanted Bastoni, he was 22 at the time. And Conté openly said yes to Udogie. He even claimed that Udogie is a 'Good One for the future'.

Do you think Sarr would have been playing if Maddison (who Conté at some point had asked for) wasn't playing? Sarr, Bassouma. And Maddison need each other to achieve what they do.

Look what Ange has been doing. He takes off Richie, moves Son to the middle, brings Perisic on the left. And brings on PEH. He has done it in the last two games. Why? Simple, Maddison without Sarr doesnt work as well, so gives Bassouma a little more room to roam and plays infront of our defence. This works well playing against an already tired team.

You cant just buy players because they are good or have potential. You have to do so with the managers game plan and style in mind. Fortunately our team requires minor tweaking and not a whole rebuild.
 
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