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Match Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford | Saturday 21st Sept | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 3pm
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On the South Wales Spurs bus multiple people claimed to see him in his car leaving the ground
It's been like that for afew weeks, the 442 style formation
Mate he'll be 65 years old by then!
Well Ange clearly has the players on side. Looks like a healthy siege mentality has formed in the group in what has been a difficult early season - which hopefully brings out the best of this team over the coming months.
The Joy Of Sex will have kept him young.......... I bet he sleeps in a vat containing a special concoction of age defying minerals too.
I really enjoy listening to James Maddison interviews, he talks like a proper football person, someone who says it how it is, comments on the game as he sees it instead of being obsessed with stats/bar charts/pie charts/line graphs etc etc.
How many unicorns and mermaids more than them did we have?
Delighted to see this. It's what a few of us have been screaming at Ange to do and bring called negative as a result. Which is odd because it's constructive suggestions as to how we can improve.
Oh please.
I hope you’re not trying to claim credit for Ange’s tactics today.
Ange made his decisions, not you or anyone else on here. As if he’s going to read this forum and take unsolicited advice from any daft cunt here.
And the ones who are rightly being criticised on here for negativity are the usuals who deserve calling out.
You must live in a fucking vacuum. I'm the one who DOESN'T believe that the shit talked here makes a jot of difference. I've said it over and over again. Isn't it people like you obsessing about peoples random utterances ' bring down the mood' and desperately needing to police it because:....I don't know its depressing or boring or repetition. It's none of those thing is actually irrelevant. The point I made is that these were changes people have pointed out could improve us. 'Call out' oh the ego on it...Oh please.
I hope you’re not trying to claim credit for Ange’s tactics today.
Ange made his decisions, not you or anyone else on here. As if he’s going to read this forum and take unsolicited advice from any daft cunt here.
And the ones who are rightly being criticised on here for negativity are the usuals who deserve calling out.
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Best performance of the season and a good result. Yes it did get nerve wracking before the 3rd goal but that is always the case when holding only a 1 goal lead. Some good performances, notably Maddison, Solanke and Johnson. Vic had good and bad moments. Son has clearly lost his speed and will never run the whole length of the field to score like that goal of the season against Burnley before COVID. However he got 2 assists today and is still our most reliable shooter when the chance is there.
We should have scored more but we’re lucky at the back that apart from their goal they also did not take their chances. Although Romero had a generally good game he gave the goal scorer far too much room and could be blamed for yet another goal. He is banned for Thursday but will be back next Sunday and needs to cut out these errors. Ange clearly tweaked the system as everyone wanted and it worked.
Happy with the performance and the result and we need to keep it up.
We should have scored more but we’re lucky at the back that apart from their goal they also did not take their chances. Although Romero had a generally good game he gave the goal scorer far too much room and could be blamed for yet another goal. He is banned for Thursday but will be back next Sunday and needs to cut out these errors. Ange clearly tweaked the system as everyone wanted and it worked.
Happy with the performance and the result and we need to keep it up.
You must live in a fucking vacuum. I'm the one who DOESN'T believe that the shit talked here makes a jot of difference. I've said it over and over again. Isn't it people like you obsessing about peoples random utterances ' bring down the mood' and desperately needing to police it because:....I don't know its depressing or boring or repetition. It's none of those thing is actually irrelevant. The point I made is that these were changes people have pointed out could improve us. 'Call out' oh the ego on it...
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I'll police nonsense and negative hysteria because it needs calling out.
For the record, I don't think you're one of those posters. Mostly I find you a reasonable and balanced poster.
First half was the type of football I love most, super aggressive and high intensity, and that's probably the most intense we've been under Ange, possibly that I've ever seen a Spurs team be, and we've been getting more and more intense under him in general (the stats seem to bear this out). The way way piss away great situations, hard won with that intensity is absolutely fucking infuriating though, and must be killing Ange inside. Time after time the pre-emptive ball or final pass is just clumsy, careless or badly executed. we should have been comfortable by half time and able to shell out the second half or at least last 30, but constant bumbling meant the game was vulnerable and we couldn't fully commit to shell or attack for the last 30, which between 60-75 minutes got a little bit unnecessarily squeaky for 15 minutes.
Great example was late on (at 2-1) Son has been played through (again - I think by Maddison) and completely unaware that Maddison (I think) has made a run to his left, chooses an equally open Johnson, and he only has to play a 3 yard pass into the stride of Johnson and he's running clean through on goal. he slightly overhits the pass forcing Johnson to drift slightly wider than his stride, then Johnson, lacking the technique to compensate or wit to take another touch and choose a different option, chooses to trickle a wonky footed shot straight at the keeper.This passage just totally sums up our ineptitude in forward areas.
So many times we got to the byline, past the last man and just spaffed aimless balls to nobody, people not getting their heads up. We have to create absolutely tons of chances for this lot to turn them into goals. This is not going to change until we upgrade.
It's Kulusevski pissing away the ball needlessly that starts their goal in motion and VDV is probably not tight enough to Mbeumo, but it's a hell of a finish from a low probability chance, which sums up our luck lately.
Romero's box defending is still a fucking worry. He really isn't the smartest or most composed cookie. He just seems to lose focus and markers so easily. VDV is quick as fuck but can't jump. I actually won't be devastated if Real Madrid want to give us silly money for Romero. I'd like us to buy a good footballing CB who is quick but can actually be a bit more composed when box defending. The fact that VDV isn't the smoothest in possession, means we have to have at least a RCB who can be comfortable on the ball, otherwise Dragosin might be more viable, I think he's quicker than Romero and probably a more reliable box defender...maybe..but looks far more uncomfortable on the ball - that great, incisive pass for the third goal by Romero being a great example of his upside.
It was fascinating to hear Maddison talk about how we'd been prepared for Brentford's man for man pressing/marking. In many ways that suits Angeball, but only if we get it right, and today that was Angeball working. Bentancur was good today when the game was in front of him, safe and steady, but there were odd times when he was reluctant to show when we trying to build out from the back as he's not as keen as Bissouma to receive with a man right up his arse. Today, it was minor grumble but it maybe did play a part in Vicario's clusterfuck as Bentancur is too slow ambling toward him. Bissouma is usually offering himself a bit quicker there.
Maddison was outstanding today. With and without the ball. He was involved in the press/moves for the first couple of goals. He has to take more responsibility when Kulusevski plays as the other floating 8, and also has to get on the ball in deep areas, because he's more press resistant than Bentancur in deep build up. He was fundamentally everywhere today, and then popped up with a great dink finish to wrap up the game. One of those great moments where the MOTM crowns the performance with a cracking goal that relaxes all our sphincters.
That third goal was fabulous, they are on the attack with their guy bearing down on our box, Bissouma sprints hard, catches him, tackles and scoops away the ball in one motion, Romero then plays a fantastic ball through to Son, who plays in Maddison, who, unlike all our other bumblers, actually has the technique and finesse to dink the keeper. I haven't punched a goal as hard as that one for fucking ages.
Good performance, good result.
Great example was late on (at 2-1) Son has been played through (again - I think by Maddison) and completely unaware that Maddison (I think) has made a run to his left, chooses an equally open Johnson, and he only has to play a 3 yard pass into the stride of Johnson and he's running clean through on goal. he slightly overhits the pass forcing Johnson to drift slightly wider than his stride, then Johnson, lacking the technique to compensate or wit to take another touch and choose a different option, chooses to trickle a wonky footed shot straight at the keeper.This passage just totally sums up our ineptitude in forward areas.
So many times we got to the byline, past the last man and just spaffed aimless balls to nobody, people not getting their heads up. We have to create absolutely tons of chances for this lot to turn them into goals. This is not going to change until we upgrade.
It's Kulusevski pissing away the ball needlessly that starts their goal in motion and VDV is probably not tight enough to Mbeumo, but it's a hell of a finish from a low probability chance, which sums up our luck lately.
Romero's box defending is still a fucking worry. He really isn't the smartest or most composed cookie. He just seems to lose focus and markers so easily. VDV is quick as fuck but can't jump. I actually won't be devastated if Real Madrid want to give us silly money for Romero. I'd like us to buy a good footballing CB who is quick but can actually be a bit more composed when box defending. The fact that VDV isn't the smoothest in possession, means we have to have at least a RCB who can be comfortable on the ball, otherwise Dragosin might be more viable, I think he's quicker than Romero and probably a more reliable box defender...maybe..but looks far more uncomfortable on the ball - that great, incisive pass for the third goal by Romero being a great example of his upside.
It was fascinating to hear Maddison talk about how we'd been prepared for Brentford's man for man pressing/marking. In many ways that suits Angeball, but only if we get it right, and today that was Angeball working. Bentancur was good today when the game was in front of him, safe and steady, but there were odd times when he was reluctant to show when we trying to build out from the back as he's not as keen as Bissouma to receive with a man right up his arse. Today, it was minor grumble but it maybe did play a part in Vicario's clusterfuck as Bentancur is too slow ambling toward him. Bissouma is usually offering himself a bit quicker there.
Maddison was outstanding today. With and without the ball. He was involved in the press/moves for the first couple of goals. He has to take more responsibility when Kulusevski plays as the other floating 8, and also has to get on the ball in deep areas, because he's more press resistant than Bentancur in deep build up. He was fundamentally everywhere today, and then popped up with a great dink finish to wrap up the game. One of those great moments where the MOTM crowns the performance with a cracking goal that relaxes all our sphincters.
That third goal was fabulous, they are on the attack with their guy bearing down on our box, Bissouma sprints hard, catches him, tackles and scoops away the ball in one motion, Romero then plays a fantastic ball through to Son, who plays in Maddison, who, unlike all our other bumblers, actually has the technique and finesse to dink the keeper. I haven't punched a goal as hard as that one for fucking ages.
Good performance, good result.
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