Let’s Face It - We’re Barely a Top 10 Team Now

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Where do you rate our First 11?

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Ulrika Jonsson said:
Jesus Christ.

- We were competitive first half. Possibly better.

- Chelsea changed their team and tactics at half time and dominated the second half.

- Chelsea are just about the best team in the country. Spurs are not and we don’t have a sugar daddy spooning us huge wads of cash. I like that fact. I don’t want to buy a league title.

- this result has no bearing on whether Spurs are 5th or 8th best team in the country.

- the next two games against Wolves and Woolwich are critical. After this week we will know better where we are at.
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Agreed

Games against quality opposition like Chelsea and Crystal Palace won’t define our season

One goal from open play in 5 matches is pretty exciting when you think about it
 
Aren’t there a sufficient number of threads to whinge in without creating a new one?
 
Manager is still critical, you have Brighton in 4th and looking value for it with a weaker squad. They are far better coached. We can obviously significantly improve the squad but it pointless without a plan.
 
SpursAllTheWay said:
yeah.. so not exactly "barely a top 10 team".

What did people really expect after today's game anyway. I think we have a run of games now, where we should be able to bag most of the points, and get the team bedded in. We are going through a transition phase with this team.. so no one should be expecting a CL top 4 spot with the squad that we have at present.
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We are not in a transition phase. We signed a manager with a similar playstyle and signed at best two players who will compete for starting places. Had we brought in Potter, sold Kane, moved on a bunch of dross and genuinely gone out and changed the squad, that would be transitional. We're just on the same downward climb we have been for a while.

I don't think anybody expects top 4. I don't know a single fan irl who thought we'd do it. What they do expect is to not dread watching games, to see some sort of long term plan in place to halt our decline, and a bit of ambition shown.

None of that has happened.
 
We're done.

Nuno will be sacked long before the end of the season ends. It won't all he his fault, but he's not a top half Premier league manager/coach.

I said it in other threads, but all the warnings were there that a few early wins were hiding the truth. We're not a good side. We don't have a top coach and we're in for some dark times.
 
GlastonSpur said:
I still think we can push for 4th when we get important players back.
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Our first 11 today was arguably the strongest we can muster with possibly Moura/Gil for Dele. Our bench however was an absolute embarrassment while the performance came well short

Take Kane and Son out and we’re barely a Top 10 team. In fact I would argue Leicester ane Everton have more BALANCED squads at the moment and most certainly far better managers

The Top 5 aside - where do you rate our current best 11? I’m going with 8th behind Leicester and Everton and above Woolwich and Wham

Years of underinvestment and the appointment of a PE Teacher as manager has now come full circle
 
GlastonSpur said:
Why is it “trolling” to have a different opinion to you? Some fans are too reactionary, we’ve invested in some very talented players and will it will take time to gel.
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We have once more invested in bang average muck or 'potential' (when we require players who make a difference now) and nobody we have brought in other than Romero will make one bit of difference to our season.

We are worse now than we were last year. Bale contributed 11 goals in the league, Gil won't get a single one, and Bergwijn and Moura between them will get 5-6 and that's me being optimistic. All we've done is brought in a singular promising centre back in a direct trade off with toby, signed a back up keeper, and signed a right back who on current evidence is no better than Aurier and worse than Tanganga. Oh and a lightweight Spanish kid who is nailed on to be out on loan for the next couple of seasons.

And to top it all off, we replaced a defensive, boring manager with a man who enjoys similar soulless football but has none of the reputation which might help with signing players, or any of the charisma. We won't be anywhere close to top 4. Anyone who believes we will is delusional beyond belief.
 
Ulrika Jonsson said:
Jesus Christ.

- We were competitive first half. Possibly better.

- Chelsea changed their team and tactics at half time and dominated the second half.

- Chelsea are just about the best team in the country. Spurs are not and we don’t have a sugar daddy spooning us huge wads of cash. I like that fact. I don’t want to buy a league title.

- this result has no bearing on whether Spurs are 5th or 8th best team in the country.

- the next two games against Wolves and Woolwich are critical. After this week we will know better where we are at.
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It's not just about this game.
Its about the underwhelming managerial appointment
the summer transfers or lack of
The stretched/unbalanced squad
The Palace game
The Rennes game
Not to mention the small matter of most of last season
Fuck it, we've been regressing for 3 seasons now

What makes you think its just about todays game?
 
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