Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City

[Éperons]

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Strokin' it…

 

[Mick Cooper]

My only hope is that Dawson doesn't play. The sooner he is out of the first team, the quicker we can move on as a team and start building from the back. He has been dreadful over the last month or so. Having him and Vertonghen at the back is like having Red Rum and a 3-legged, blind donkey suffering with arthritis.

man, that is so disrespectful and wrong
yes we know he's not Usain Bolt, and that he's not first pick with the others fit - but that comment was just plain wrong.

 

[Abbey Yid]

Not complaining about Bentaleb's selection today. Games against this sort of opposition are the ones he should be starting, not in the FA Cup vs our rivals, or when playing the best team in the league.

 

[Mensa]

how AVB is this performance, not easy on the eye

 

[Mad Yid]

Sherwood hasn't got a fuckn clue. Would of much rather stuck with the man we'd invested 100 mil in for the rest of the season than brought this no mark back stabbing gooner cunt in. I'm starting to fuckn hate professional football, bunch of cunts from the owners down to the fans.

 

[ArcspacE]

You know what you saw today because you made up your mind before the game was played. You would never give Bentaleb credit no matter what he did.

Yeah stats mean nothing at all because it is better to not complete passes, create chances, or dispossess the other team. None of these things are important in a football match. Makes sense.

No - I saw displaced passes at crucial attacking phases and general passive play. He can knock 400 side ways passes to Verts and get in his way - but that won't make him Zidane because ALL stats are contextual

You can spin this any pro-Timmy way you want - but I'll tell you as much - I have no issues with him pushing youngsters through but there has to be balance and reason. The kid has played in every game which is ridiculous, imv

 

[CJJ]

I'm with you mate, I'm a total realist and slightly optimistic person.

And at the end of the day, as it stands, we are only 2 FUCKING POINTS off Liverpool in 4th.

Again, how good have Liverpool been this season, they smashed us at home and are still only just above us.

Come on, seriously, there is just under half the season to go, we still have an amazing opportunity to get 4th.

My optimism has been severely damaged by how shit we were against a team that have scored their only goal of 2014 against us. A game we thought would be an easy 3.

It was damaged enough by knowing we've got a spanish Andy Carroll as our only backup to Ade (not counting Harry "Honestly-hes-good-when-noones-watching" Kane) and Tim not signing even a loan striker.

 

[Jay Ban]

Soldado was terrible. Lennon was awful. Sherwood was poor. Overall we were lucky not to lose thanks to a moment of brilliance from Pauli.

 

[SchmoodSpur2013]

Really not impressed with Bentaleb thus far, and would like to see him dropped. Not scapegoating as seems to be the trend, just don't see him at our level, yet. Also want to see Soldado play, see how he reacts to his dropping and if it's shoved a catherine wheel up his arse.

----------------------Lloris------------------------
Walker---Dawson---Vertonghen---Rose
------------Dembele---Capoue--------------
Lennon----------Paulinho-----------Eriksen
--------------------Soldado----------------------

I give that lineup a 2/10 in terms of likelihood.

 

[Spurs1882DW]

Anyone got confirmed lineups?

 

[FriendlyFan]

this stream is shit. hull still hasn't scored...

 

[ArcspacE]

Bring on Holtby at half time

 

[Éperons]

If Bentaleb is hurt, that means we only start nine outfield players next week, right?

 

[Éperons]

They are so there for the taking, and we're just walking away. It's like me at a nightclub.

 

[JDK]

Shane Long was unplayable today. Glad we signed him.

 

[ArcspacE]

fighting for 6th now

When Shitty win the League Cup - we'll get Europa League football

 

[MKYid]

I watched him closely the whole match and he did absolutely nothing. He didn't attack, he didn't defend. He was just running around aimlessly.

Ditto. I've been wondering about him so I kept a close eye on him...and he did nothing. For a supposed top 4 side we need midfielders who will dominate in games, especially games against lesser opposition, Bentaleb just didn't do it...and what annoys me all the more is, where he seemed to play deeper than Paulinho he was in the position Holtby said he prefers, leading me to consider, should Holtby have been in there and Bentaleb at Fulham? It would make more sense to me if it were that way round.

 

[Xavier]

I'm sure as hell not. Everyone needs to stop being so fucking negative, we were shit build a bridge a get over it.

Being negative and speaking about reality are two different things.

 

[WinterWarrior]

Soldado and Dawson were both very poor today, it was a bit of a weird game as you wouldn't normally expect Steve Bruce to send his team out to try to win matches like this.

Yeah it was strange because all season Dawson and Soldado have been excellent

 

[Doom Funk]

Im not saying Sherwood is the answer but tbh, i cant see the fans ever being fully content with a manager. We just seem to slag them off whenever we get a bad result.

I didn't see the game as was out at the races, what were the main positives in all seriousness?

We didn't concede 5 this time