He just sent them out to sit back but without any clear instructions. It was just get bodies back. But we never pressed or closed down to prevent crosses or anything.
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So no one knew that? Send Will out and keep Dane who couldn’t play. Can he play in the fa cup?
Most people can probably TL / DR this.
Your post bought back memories.
So I feel your pain.
My mum passed away the year of our CL run.
Not going to dress it up any other way. That run was probably the most spiritual/ cathartic thing that’s happened to me.
At certain points watching Spurs I’d say a little prayer and miracles would happen in the months after her death. Even got to spend time with the coaching staff the day after we beat city at the etihad. Still blows my mind that happened. I remember wondering if she was there with me!
And it would have been truly poetic to have won that CL final for her.
But football has not really been the same for me since that night in Madrid. Covid the final step in me treating football very different.
I love the fact my first memories of going to spurs include my mum and sitting in the old Paxton on wooden seats with cigarette smoke all around us.
She loved going to Spurs and as i grew up I made sure to buy my mum and dad memberships and take them as much as possible. For a long time I didn’t actually stop her membership. Don’t know why. It seemed a bit too final if you get my drift.
So take your time. Grieve the way you see fit. These are the worst days for most people I think. Tearing up just thinking of her
And IMHO this place really isn’t too bad, there’s plenty of great people on here in my experience.
God it seems like weve had a lot of free hits this season. People were saying cup semi final v liverpool was a free hit. Now villa in the cup is a free hit. Our expectations have dropped off a cliff
You may have noticed that they were good at keeping the ball and therefore it's harder to 'put a bit of effort in '
I don't get asked to attend training sessions, so I can't comment on things I know bugger all about ( unlike the majority on here, most of who veer between paranoia, insanity and stupidity in their imaginations) but I see people lambasting the guy for his lack of tactical flexibility - and then cane him when he opts for formations and tactics that vary from his preferred approach. When the subject of the missing players is offered as a reason for the paucity of our results, the injury list is then levelled as another factor to hang him for, as apparently his training methods and formation choices are to blame for the injuries.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?
Let's ignore the fact that the club employ physical training coaches who are there to specifically tone and tune these athletes bodies to meet the rigours of their profession. But hey, why let facts get in the way of compiling evidence against the accused?
We've employed two trophy winnings specialists recently - neither of who, did much better than him, or had an injury list on par with the North Korean army sick parade in The Ukraine to deal with.
Our club does two things that are massively detrimental to our clubs success
1. Change managers far too often to establish a winning formula and a settled team and footballing identity.
2. Pay Daniel Levy to run Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
The second reason is the clubs problem, Not Ange Postecoglu.
IMHO
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Another one under Ange! Surely he must be responsible for the most shite performances overall of any spurs manager in last 50 years.
May be it’s bcos we didn’t put the same effort as they did in trying to win the ball back.
FREE HIT !!!!!
No1 surely after 19 months and over £400M spent we should have more of an identity and sctructure to our play. The team is far from settled unless Ange has his faves playing which means players like Spence would never see light of day.
Just watched the O’s v citeh and they put up more of a fight than we did.
Think latter
May be look closer to home then? We seem happy to let out academy players all go out on loan or barely give them minutes. Yet we are happy to pay £12M for a 21 yr old GK and put him straight when we have about 5/6 goalkeepers already . Is he any better than Austin or the lad at orient ot Gunter? Stupid decision making by whoever is in charge. Next we get a 19 yr old tel and he goes straight in. We have a young lad who banged in the goals last season sat on bench all season and is now out on loan. Think he is same age as Tel. Why not give him a chance? To boot we then recall our other young stronger who is cup tied in both cups. Couldn’t make it up. Still say it I see no reason why players like Donley, Devine, dorrington etc could do any worse than the shite we have playing. We seem happy to give likes of Berg minutes but not say Alfie. Look at Donley could he have been any worse than kulu in the middle?
Even when being thumped Ange never thinks let’s take son or kulu off. No point in them being flogged. I’m sure adeji could have come on for last 15 mins.
Mate,
Really sorry for your loss. Hang on to the good memories. The shared laughs.
If you back here or not, I thank you for some of the best input.
Again, sorry for your loss.
What have I done wrong this time officer?
He should look at salah who’s probably played more minutes in more competitions than kulu. Is what 32? Never loses the ball and is still banging in the goals for fun.
Are you taking the piss!
Your favourite kind
