Do think like the NFL, you can have one challenge each half coach can ask 3rd official. That van dijk elbow if we had challenged that would have been more scrutinised by VAR and TV then ref would have to explain it to crowd.
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Unlike some I'm not even too bothered about no shots on goal, it would have been tolerable if we were actually solid at the back in a way that a low block team should be. My primary issue is, whether it's Hoffenheim, Brentford or Liverpool, we just can't nip any attacks in the bud. It almost always comes down to someone throwing himself in front of a shot on goal around/inside the box, someone barely intercepting a cross just as it is about to reach its target waiting wide open in the back post, or something similar.
This on-the-edge-of-your-seat defending is akin to trying to win coin flips over and over again. It works until it doesn't. Individual errors like Bissouma's givewaway and Kinsky's penalty were not very consequential in this respect. They were always going to score one way or another, it was a matter of when not if.
This on-the-edge-of-your-seat defending is akin to trying to win coin flips over and over again. It works until it doesn't. Individual errors like Bissouma's givewaway and Kinsky's penalty were not very consequential in this respect. They were always going to score one way or another, it was a matter of when not if.
By making a bloody effort.
It’s the lows that make you appreciate the highs my man!!
I’m not putting ‘me’ into the equation here. You are…I did allude to us watching fans/Joe public ‘sometimes’ spotting a bluffer and yes, to expand, Ange appears out of his depth and making it up as he goes along - i.e a bluffer.
None of us know what he says to the players, how or if he motivates and indeed all these persistent muscle injuries are down to his training methods because none of us (I take it) have access to the training ground or dressing room.
However, I’m hazarding a guess that you are a seasoned football watcher. I am. How do you rate our team’s set up (not just last night but over 18 months)? Is it a coincidence that we seem to concede the same type of goals every week? How do you rate Ange’s in game management? The Everton 3 at the back gamble and last nights attempt at a low block - all part of Plan B or Plan C (meticulously drilled on the training pitch)? Or just a punt?
Point taken ; But can you begin to imagine how much we’ll appreciate the next “ high “ if and when it happens?
The coronary care units are goingto be bedlocked ( in a good cause ) .
( Also the pubs will run dry and no-one will go to work for a week; again all in a good cause ) . Pray to God that day comes .
( Still fuming ) .
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Remind me of the highs lately??? this is my point...anyways FA / Europa I guess...
One thing we should take from Liverpool this season is how they manage to perform at such a high intensity level, with the minimum of injuries.
That's an area we need to look at, is it profile of players, darks arts in the medical team, sports science. Whatever it is we need to look into it and adopt it.
Liverpools squad is certainly a little deeper than ours but given the amount of game time their core players play in the CL, PL and domestic cups there must be something they are doing that we aren't.
That's an area we need to look at, is it profile of players, darks arts in the medical team, sports science. Whatever it is we need to look into it and adopt it.
Liverpools squad is certainly a little deeper than ours but given the amount of game time their core players play in the CL, PL and domestic cups there must be something they are doing that we aren't.
You could be totally correct.
Maybe Levy is a magician*.
* Obviously an evil, greedy dark wizard that loves money too much. Grumble, grumble. Levy pictured below:
We are all waiting for that day!!!
He’ll have bought up all the pubs
( and all Coronary Care Units in every BUPA hospital in the South East ) .
It’ll be twenty quid to get into the pubs and he’ll organise an auction for the beds . It’s how he rolls ) .
With all profits re-invested in the Club obvs.
have you acquired a taste for scouse?
Who is the other gutless, uninspiring and unambitious cunt.
Something is really really wrong with the sports science situation at Spurs.
Carragher 'when do Tottenham win a big game? We beat liverpool 1st leg jamie.
Elfsborg with three youngsters scoring.
Glory glory European night under the lights. What our history is made of!!
This place was ecstatic as was the ground. My son came home 2am still buzzing with excitement.
Carragher 'when do Tottenham win a big game? We beat liverpool 1st leg jamie.
Within spitting distance of the final
Still at least it saved us from losing the final which we would have done.