ok fair enough. i would be surprised if we are not top 6.
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Management Nuno out
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This result is what you might call putting a plaster on it….
Good win, but an expected win would you not say?
There are positives of course, obviously the win which is important, and a few more 90mins under the belts of new signings…
Other than that I didn't see a lot to think we will end the season “only 3pts behind Liverpool” or who ever…
This game was won by a top quality player doing what he does best, take players on and make shit happen, but it certainly wasn’t won by great tactical coaching or magical substitutions, or a team just bursting with so much talent that the result was inevitable…
A win is a win, and much needed, no matter what we think of the overall picture we can’t just hope to lose to make a point, but we must also not forget that this thing isn’t all fairy’s and unicorns…..
The bald man upstairs must be removed from power, the coach must be given some respect but still replaced long term…..
i've seen what he did at wolves and they performed really well during his time there. finished 7th two seasons in a row. 19-20 on same points as us with a lesser team. that is the main reason that I have faith in him and I think it is too early to call for him to be removed.
yes, we have been somewhat lucky with some of those wins but a win is a win and 12 points is 12 points. if we had 5 points at this stage it would be much more understandable but we are actually up there and if we just keep getting those results, we could have a surprisingly good season.
today we played really positive football. best game since man city and nothing to complain about there. or is there?
Oh now... we werent expecting to win this at all.
Still in the out camp, but I'm very impressed with us today. Villa have been a great side and they came here full of confidence. Nuno set us up well, we looked solid and played some decent stuff at times. Really didn't deserve to concede and should have won by at least a 2 goal margin. Credit where it's due. I hope he can prove me and everyone else wrong.
Erm…..perhaps he does just need time? But multiple games pan out like that one, one team dominates & then a sucker punch but we got away with that scenario today and deservedly so, wolves away you could argue we were lucky classic smash & grab hey ho swings & roundabouts
You are correct in a lot of it, and again I’m well pleased with the win…..But over all it doesn’t change much….why the fuck is this typing like this…
In a normal season I mean…
Time? What is this word? We don't do that here at Spurs...
Still not exactly dominant or free-flowing, but a massive improvement over how horrible we've been in this regard all season. Work to do, but that is progress. I know quite a few people on here hate xG but it really is the best way to objectively look at how many decent opportunities a team is carving out.
Not it isn’t - it’s a completely meaningless stat made up by virgin FIFA fanbois
LOL
I would be shocked if we finished top 6.
But I guess other teams could all run into a massive amount of injuries.
Top 10 would be a good achievement this season
That’s my kind of person.Fuck it
One utilized by every single elite club in world football, and taken seriously by all the best managers as well.
People who can't accept that the game has changed and analytics play a bigger role than ever are always very amusing. If 'virgin FIFA fanbois' = Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Julien Nagelsmann, and all the major analytic experts who work with PL clubs then sure, whatever you say.
None of them use this bullshit stat. Ever. Fact
Is a fact when you're objectively wrong?
Seriously, this stuff doesn't take much research. Jurgen Klopp has been quoted on numerous occasions talking about their xG. Rory Campbell is probably the biggest analytics expert in PL football, has been at multiple clubs, and talks about it all the time.
All of these managers now spend millions on analytics experts who will calculate their own xG models. It's very much used, and it isn't bullshit. When you're wrong about something its best not to double down on it.
That's just one example. There's about 100 more.
I still don't believe that he is the one long term. But we won and I saw more attacking intent from us today and not just sitting back so I am going to cut him some slack for now.
we can certainly take some plus points today but we have to take them and some to the next and so on as much as possible we are in a group of a fair few teams who are chasing the elite few but still could finish mid table .If we get top 6 we will have done very well overall and hopefully a cup .
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