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Professional dive.
Cheating but the pace and strength to get there was what won him that whistle
Tough to take that and a lot of poor performances that I don't need to go on about in here as I'm certain it's been gone over extensively.
A huge part of the reason for not playing well was Citeh's main defensive tactic of fouling our players every time we broke the lines or turned them in the centre of the pitch. Foul count was 8 from us and 20 from them.
Biggest annoyance was the reluctance or precision to play Werner in , he had a lot of chances to go in behind them. He only got the service once and Walker defended him just well enough but was panicked enough by the situation and dived to get out of dealing with the ball.
Finally , the manner we lose this game was naivety , allowing Dias to continually pull and push Vic was pathetic by us and that little weasel ref was allowing it every time a corner was kicked.
A huge part of the reason for not playing well was Citeh's main defensive tactic of fouling our players every time we broke the lines or turned them in the centre of the pitch. Foul count was 8 from us and 20 from them.
Biggest annoyance was the reluctance or precision to play Werner in , he had a lot of chances to go in behind them. He only got the service once and Walker defended him just well enough but was panicked enough by the situation and dived to get out of dealing with the ball.
Finally , the manner we lose this game was naivety , allowing Dias to continually pull and push Vic was pathetic by us and that little weasel ref was allowing it every time a corner was kicked.
He needed to be picked out. I thought it was shocking the amount of we'll timed runs he made and we stupidly just didn't bother playing it through when it was so obvious that it needed to be done and was there to be done. I think he did his part he was switched on and ready to go on numerous occasions.
I wouldn't criticise his off-the-ball enthusiasm - for fucksake that's a bare minimum requirement, isn't it? However, he was crap with the ball. Offered nothing and seemed frightened to run down the wing. People can disagree as much as they like - I know what I saw and what I saw was very disappointing. But then you could say that about the entire team last night. They seemed to have a 'we're not good enough' attitude - and that's not good enough.
I'm off to find Ange's post match presser now - to see if he's as honest as I think he should be.
I’d have liked to have seen him played through also. With such a high line we should have mixed it up a bit with a few balls over the top. Walker is still rapid, but could he have made those defensive sprints 3-4 times per half at his age? Maybe, maybe not. Same with Johnson. We have real pace but we’re ponderous at times in midfield and city stifled us time and time again.
They’re vulnerable to the counter against us and we didn’t counter attack anywhere near enough with some testing balls behind their high line.
They’re vulnerable to the counter against us and we didn’t counter attack anywhere near enough with some testing balls behind their high line.
I’d take him for our system before Darwin. He’s a better finisher and better presser.
It’s open to debate though
Asked a question about this in the match thread yesterday: what is the punishment for diving in your own penalty area?
Is it an indirect freekick? If it was a penalty I guess VAR would intervene.
If there's no advantage then an indirect free kick
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He's got good movement. Can't wait to see him with a fully fit Maddison
Microcosm of the entire game.
Step too late. Pass just a little too heavy or too light.
It's possible we made conscious decision to generally try to attack the other flank because of Walkers quality and pace. Which is a shame seeing those few excellent runs Werner was making.
Add to that our other players getting used to Timos movement and Maddison coming back to full fitness and I think Werner can be really useful.
Few more games without Son so I hope we will click soon. Playing a team that doesn't happen to be the best in the world may help also.
Add to that our other players getting used to Timos movement and Maddison coming back to full fitness and I think Werner can be really useful.
Few more games without Son so I hope we will click soon. Playing a team that doesn't happen to be the best in the world may help also.
He’s not looked suited to our style on the left IMO. Wouldn’t be against him playing right or even central (poss Richy left). Early days but looks a bit lacking in ability to be a dangerous inverted winger (wayward shooter and not an intricate dribbler) but he’s got something and he’s dangerous
That second passage of play with Kulusevski with his head down missing that run is infuriating.
So, you are asking why people are supportive of Timo Werner in Tottenham fan forum.
I think I know answer to this one. Cause this is Tottenham fan forum and Timo Werner plays for Tottenham right now. Major surprise, right.
I mean, literally- you are asking why people want him to do well? What is your problem?
You really haven't seen much top level football, have ya?
If you play against quality opposition, playing high line you HAVE TO run behind and open the passing route REALLY FUCKING QUICK. Cause you know what, if you take 1 more second and stand there, they will get back. In those two videos it was 100% taking too long on the ball from other players, not him running offside. It is game of microseconds and if you snooze, you lose. Simple as.
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