Not all of them. A couple could easily be replaced, some could be given more competition for their place, or improve their game by playing alongside better teammates, or get more rest time through squad rotation. It's very naive to think that just because things are going well right this moment that we can't or shouldn't be constantly looking to improve our squad.
We’ve been top goal scorers the past two seasons with the same players. Now you want to replace them?
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Are we clinical enough?
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Same on you Joe, for showing any table where woolwich are topFootball doesn’t work like that. Here’s the table from the 1937/38 season. Note that City scored the most goals, but still got relegated.
Believe me, I thought twice about it.
Of course we should always be looking to improve - l just disagree with your comment about lacking quality in every position. That’s a bold statement and an incorrect one imo. Centre forward?
I think you are misunderstanding completely, I'm saying that we have quality in some positions but not the same level of quality in every position. You get me?
Ok, I misunderstood, but that’s not what you said originally. Apologies for the confusion.
I’ve edited the picture. Wolves are top now.
It is definitely what I meant but I didn't word it right. To be even more clear, I'm saying we should improve the average level of quality of our squad, so that the players are on a more even level to each other; so we have fewer obvious weak links and the manager has more options to work with in terms of starting line-ups and subs.
Some people just want to watch the world moan.*
*Apologies to Mr Caine.
*Apologies to Mr Caine.
Lamela coming back is massive, Lucas Moura should add to our depth, Llorente though has been a flop.
We could score more, we could score less. I think you're being a little bit harsh really. I don't think we created that many clear cut chances in the games against Liverpool and Juve and yet we scored twice in each match and away from home at that.
Just got a better fixture list, shows exactly the games and how often.
April and May are ridiculous
1981-82 season
Date Match Result Score Competition
23 Jan 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United W 1-0 FA Cup
27 Jan 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough W 1-0 League Division One
30 Jan 1982 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 League Division One
03 Feb 1982 West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Cup
06 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers W 6-1 League Division One
10 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion W 1-0
Agg: 1-0 League Cup
13 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa W 1-0 FA Cup
17 Feb 1982 Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 League Division One
20 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City W 2-0 League Division One
27 Feb 1982 Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-2 League Division One
03 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Eintracht Frankfurt W 2-0 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
06 Mar 1982 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur W 2-3 FA Cup
09 Mar 1982 Brighton and Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur W 1-3 League Division One
13 Mar 1982 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur L 3-1 League Cup
17 Mar 1982 Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-1
Agg: 2-3 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
20 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton W 3-2 League Division One
23 Mar 1982 Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Division One
27 Mar 1982 West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur L 1-0 League Division One
29 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Woolwich D 2-2 League Division One
03 Apr 1982 Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-2 FA Cup
07 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Barcelona D 1-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
10 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town W 1-0 League Division One
12 Apr 1982 Woolwich v Tottenham Hotspur W 1-3 League Division One
14 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland D 2-2 League Division One
17 Apr 1982 Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-0 League Division One
21 Apr 1982 Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur L 1-0
Agg: 2-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
24 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Notts County W 3-1 League Division One
28 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City D 1-1 League Division One
01 May 1982 Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Division One
03 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool D 2-2 League Division One
05 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City W 2-1 League Division One
08 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United W 2-1 League Division One
10 May 1982 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur D 2-2 League Division One
12 May 1982 Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-0 League Division One
15 May 1982 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur L 3-1 League Division One
17 May 1982 Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-1 League Division One
22 May 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 FA Cup
27 May 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-1 FA Cup
April and May are ridiculous
1981-82 season
Date Match Result Score Competition
23 Jan 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United W 1-0 FA Cup
27 Jan 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough W 1-0 League Division One
30 Jan 1982 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 League Division One
03 Feb 1982 West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Cup
06 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers W 6-1 League Division One
10 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion W 1-0
Agg: 1-0 League Cup
13 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa W 1-0 FA Cup
17 Feb 1982 Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 League Division One
20 Feb 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City W 2-0 League Division One
27 Feb 1982 Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-2 League Division One
03 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Eintracht Frankfurt W 2-0 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
06 Mar 1982 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur W 2-3 FA Cup
09 Mar 1982 Brighton and Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur W 1-3 League Division One
13 Mar 1982 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur L 3-1 League Cup
17 Mar 1982 Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-1
Agg: 2-3 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
20 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton W 3-2 League Division One
23 Mar 1982 Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Division One
27 Mar 1982 West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur L 1-0 League Division One
29 Mar 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Woolwich D 2-2 League Division One
03 Apr 1982 Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-2 FA Cup
07 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Barcelona D 1-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
10 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town W 1-0 League Division One
12 Apr 1982 Woolwich v Tottenham Hotspur W 1-3 League Division One
14 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland D 2-2 League Division One
17 Apr 1982 Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-0 League Division One
21 Apr 1982 Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur L 1-0
Agg: 2-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
24 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Notts County W 3-1 League Division One
28 Apr 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City D 1-1 League Division One
01 May 1982 Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur D 0-0 League Division One
03 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool D 2-2 League Division One
05 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City W 2-1 League Division One
08 May 1982 Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United W 2-1 League Division One
10 May 1982 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur D 2-2 League Division One
12 May 1982 Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-0 League Division One
15 May 1982 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur L 3-1 League Division One
17 May 1982 Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur L 2-1 League Division One
22 May 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 FA Cup
27 May 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur W 0-1 FA Cup
Wrong thread mate. :dierpochhug:
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Sorry guys
No worries mate. Spread your hard work around.
Sorry guys
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Ive been irked on quite a few occasions this season with the greed of our front line. In particular Sonny. There are numerous games where you can see the non-recipient of a straight forward pass to a clear cut opportunity absolutely blowing a gasket that they didn't have the net bulging. I'd like to say it isn't a criticism, but it is. I've been enjoying our football immensely over the last 18 months. The belligerent mind-set on the pitch has been the most startling improvement, battling back into games is becoming a trait of ours. Yet, we could have had so many more comfortable second halves if we had just pulled one back to (enter name here) when we've got in to the box.
Actually I think the worst offender is Kane rather than Son but still I think people are being overly-critical here.
Oh I can agree with you there. But like you say, we are being overly critical. I've thought for a while that it wont be long until it all clicks and we knock someone for a cricket score.
I'm not being intentionally harsh, even if it sounds like I am. I'm just being objectively critical. I love what we are doing and how we play and all that. But if you detach from it emotionally and really look at what we are working with in the cold light of day, we do have quite an inconsistent squad as you would expect given our budget; although it is, as you say, improving bit by bit. We have some players who are amongst the best in the world, some who are very good on their day but not consistently enough for one reason or another, a few who are just bodies to fill a squad (although one or two were loaned out in this category), and perhaps a couple who are regular starters but in an ideal world would be squad players.
To bring it back to the goal scoring thing: I think even one top signing could significantly boost our goal scoring fortunes. Players improve when the caliber of their teammates improves; for example as good as Kane is now, he could be even better if he had better players to link up with. It's not just about number of shots or chances, it's also about the quality of said chances.
Look at Raheem Sterling as a case study. I don't rate him all that highly to be honest and I don't buy for a second that Genius Pep has suddenly transformed him into a great goal scorer; but the one factor that has definitely changed in his favour this season is the team around him. He is surrounded by top quality players who are creating all kinds of space and high percentage chances in every game, and all he has to do is be quick enough to keep up with play and get into those spaces to tap the ball in from 2 yards again and again. Don't get me wrong that is still very commendable, but I don't think for a second that he could replicate his goal scoring form if you plucked him out of that incredible team and setup and dropped him in elsewhere. Now I'm not saying we can improve our squad by that degree, of course not, but even one major upgrade to our starting eleven could suddenly have a knock-on effect on the rest of the team, inspiring whole new synergy and creativity, which then leads to better chances being created and therefore more goals. But it would have to be the right signing and not another Llorente or Sissoko.
You mentioned signing a top player but also speak of our constricting budget in the same comment... a bit of a catch 22 isn't it? Signing marquis players isn't exactly our MO.
Every squad has holes in it, what ours does so well is mask those holes with the players we have at our disposal.
