Inter anno 2013 are a poor, turgid and reactive team.
I don't care if they have got a big name. I don't care if they have a vast ground. They quite simply aren't that good anymore and my ratings are based on that very simple fact.
Friedel 4
Walker 3
Gallas 1 (first time ever I have given this low rating, AFAIR. Allround performance way below par + disastrous decisions).
Vertonghen 5
Naughton 2
Dembele 6 (only player with a
Parker 4
Livermore 3
Sigurdsson 4 (people praise him for the attacking bit, but pressing and defending was very poor)
Defoe 2
Adebayor 3 (and one of those 3 is for the goal)
Holtby 3
Lennon 4
Caulker 4
Overall we are back to having considerable problems in 4 consistently appearing modern day Spurs problem areas:
a) Pressing game poorly coordinated
b) no visible gameplan in the final third (made worse by two strikers with no clue of cooperation)
c) far post defending, lack of
and by far the worst of them
d) lack of will to challenge for and ability to win 2nd balls outside either box.
In particular the latter is deeply worrying. Our so called good defence have now conceded 8 goals in the last 3 games. I have no idea how a team expects to win a game of professional football without a knowledge of when to push into the space outside either box to challenge for tackled loose balls, headed clearence, etc - and the will do f*cking get it done.
It is so obvious it's baffling, that we can not do if for 120 minutes against a pedestrian team.
