The worst thing about the match was concentration. Evidently it was just Qarabag, but they looked like they could have scored many more. Their players were just not very good. We cannot be doing this with Anderlecht or Monaco because we will be skewered. Additionally, we wasted a boatload of chances but I feel this could be improved with team chemistry.
Think we've got a good squad now that we've seen everyone play at least once. Fazio should have played over Toby. What's the point in having him otherwise? When will he start any other game?
Lloris was his usual steady self. Trippier, besides the penalty, had a very decent debut. His crosses are indeed threatening. Wimmer was really solid too, definitely why, even if I had a soft spot for Chirches, he was sourced. Rose was all over the place. He really needs to give a shit and not be arrogant. Let's not regress please Danny.
I felt the team's passing was at times pretty bad, but that is back to concentration. Everyone in attacking positions were guilty of this. Carroll hit many underhit passes but I think he will only improve with more game time. Alli was man of the match for me. Was everywhere and continued to try to make the passes and the runs. What a player we could have on our hands. Dier had probably the worst game yet as DM. Kind of overrun or pointless since I didn't see much breaking up of play and though he made surging runs, he's no AM so you know what you'll get.
The front three, finally Poch does something different, were mixed. Son poached two goals but besides running out of steam towards the end, he was another livewire. Constantly moving and trying to make things happen. Townsend had a great first half and an awful second half and Lamela had a pretty anonymous first half but grew into the match. I think there is hope for the both of them yet. They give us options, and Spurs being as one dimensional as we are in recent years, need options.
Furthermore, the exchanges between Carroll, Alli, Son, Lamela and Townsend were at times really exciting. If we stick with these players we could see something truly brilliant soon enough. Eriksen, Mason, Kane and Njie can surely slot in as well. Chadli hasn't really shown he can. Bentaleb has just been completely out of form. Dembele provides something entirely different as well.
Kane didn't score but he's working as usual. With Njie, finally we look like we have someone with pace again. Looked really promising on debut. Winks was also pretty good on his cameo. Yeah, only about 15 minutes so not as much time to make errors but looked more solid than the rest.
Think we've got a good squad now that we've seen everyone play at least once. Fazio should have played over Toby. What's the point in having him otherwise? When will he start any other game?
Lloris was his usual steady self. Trippier, besides the penalty, had a very decent debut. His crosses are indeed threatening. Wimmer was really solid too, definitely why, even if I had a soft spot for Chirches, he was sourced. Rose was all over the place. He really needs to give a shit and not be arrogant. Let's not regress please Danny.
I felt the team's passing was at times pretty bad, but that is back to concentration. Everyone in attacking positions were guilty of this. Carroll hit many underhit passes but I think he will only improve with more game time. Alli was man of the match for me. Was everywhere and continued to try to make the passes and the runs. What a player we could have on our hands. Dier had probably the worst game yet as DM. Kind of overrun or pointless since I didn't see much breaking up of play and though he made surging runs, he's no AM so you know what you'll get.
The front three, finally Poch does something different, were mixed. Son poached two goals but besides running out of steam towards the end, he was another livewire. Constantly moving and trying to make things happen. Townsend had a great first half and an awful second half and Lamela had a pretty anonymous first half but grew into the match. I think there is hope for the both of them yet. They give us options, and Spurs being as one dimensional as we are in recent years, need options.
Furthermore, the exchanges between Carroll, Alli, Son, Lamela and Townsend were at times really exciting. If we stick with these players we could see something truly brilliant soon enough. Eriksen, Mason, Kane and Njie can surely slot in as well. Chadli hasn't really shown he can. Bentaleb has just been completely out of form. Dembele provides something entirely different as well.
Kane didn't score but he's working as usual. With Njie, finally we look like we have someone with pace again. Looked really promising on debut. Winks was also pretty good on his cameo. Yeah, only about 15 minutes so not as much time to make errors but looked more solid than the rest.
