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Had time to think about it this morning without Whiskey in the brain. Very proud of our team, we came to play football and Chavs came to park the bus and hit the long ball to Costa, One team played football and one did not and the one that did not play won unfortuantly.
Amazed that as cynical as Mourinho is even he went beyond his normal self and treated us like we were Barcelona and put 3-4 men on Kane as though Kane was Messi. My only criticism was our wide players who were the only given any space did not play well, Chadli and in particular Townsend were our worst players yesterday.
I guess in that respect Mourinho got it right by allowing our weaker players such as Townsend space and our stronger players such as Kane no space. This is a big learning curve for our young team and they will have learned just how cynical some teams can be, my conclusion is that we must keep the better parts of this squad together at all costs and get some better wide players.
Amazed that as cynical as Mourinho is even he went beyond his normal self and treated us like we were Barcelona and put 3-4 men on Kane as though Kane was Messi. My only criticism was our wide players who were the only given any space did not play well, Chadli and in particular Townsend were our worst players yesterday.
I guess in that respect Mourinho got it right by allowing our weaker players such as Townsend space and our stronger players such as Kane no space. This is a big learning curve for our young team and they will have learned just how cynical some teams can be, my conclusion is that we must keep the better parts of this squad together at all costs and get some better wide players.
My ratings for what it was worth
Lloris 6 - Couldn't do much about the goals
Walker 7 - Injured but carried on, tried his best
Dier 7 - Another nice performance from the guy
Verts 7 - solid typical Verts
Rose 8 - Great game, tormented Chavs from the get go.
Bentaleb 9.5 - best player on the pitch by a mile, might as well have been called Xavi
Mason 6 - played ok but faded
Townsend 4 - given lots of space by Chavs and easy to see why
Eriksen 6 - some nice passes but quiet
Chadli 5 - not his best game
Kane 7 - kept 3 men busy all game, held the ball up well but denied service.
Subs
Bobby 5 - he came on the pitch
Lamela 5 - was not able to impact the game
Dembele 6 - ok got stuck in but didn't add too much
Lloris 6 - Couldn't do much about the goals
Walker 7 - Injured but carried on, tried his best
Dier 7 - Another nice performance from the guy
Verts 7 - solid typical Verts
Rose 8 - Great game, tormented Chavs from the get go.
Bentaleb 9.5 - best player on the pitch by a mile, might as well have been called Xavi
Mason 6 - played ok but faded
Townsend 4 - given lots of space by Chavs and easy to see why
Eriksen 6 - some nice passes but quiet
Chadli 5 - not his best game
Kane 7 - kept 3 men busy all game, held the ball up well but denied service.
Subs
Bobby 5 - he came on the pitch
Lamela 5 - was not able to impact the game
Dembele 6 - ok got stuck in but didn't add too much
Chav$ki fans are such classless cunts. There, I dropped the c-bomb. There's this Doris where I work who is the epitome of a glory-hunting chav, so sneeringly smug about the achievement like it as a God-given right I almost vomited in her face. Typical clueless fuckwit to boot, thinks Chelsea FC only started in 2004......
....oh and I see the Ref is coming in for some stick on Twitter. What did he (and more importantly I) miss....?
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They did.
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The team and especially the fans can all be proud of what we achieved. Poch has started to build something every good and the players, especially the ones that have come through the ranks, are showing a lot of heart and fight in games and refusing to roll over which is what our team has had a bit if a habit of doing in the recent past.
The fans yesterday were excellent. The plastic chavvy cunts didnt even start singing until they were 2 up.
There were loads of them on my train home and you wouldn't of known that they had won a cup. As you said, bunch of soulless cunts!
No I mean it, she genuinely thinks that, a real "where were you when you were shit?" supporter. Yuk.
Wow glad she doesn't support spurs they are the type of fans that are just shit.
Seems to be a London thing, every London club loves a good bit of infighting every time there's a big game.
Another thing: Pochettino was dignified in defeat. Apparently he made the players stay and applaud the Chavs lifting it. More than their fans, many of whom beat us to Wembley Stadium. And definitely more dignified than the mealy mouthed gooner manager, who would have spent the post match whining about how shirt pulling in the penalty area should result in a penalty being given (it should, but there's a time and a place). Very pleased with Poch's post match...
Andros Townsend provides a headless chicken with very little end product, since breaking into the England team and scoring, where is the extra performances for us ?
Still don't get this inverted winger thing but at least Lamela picks a better pass COYS
OK, morning after... time to reflect;
2 things that struck me yesterday... loads of empty seats (in both ends) WHYYYYY?
...and also, the modd afterwards amongst the Spurs fans walking towards the station was remarkably upbeat...
was this something to do with the fact we had the feeling we might be back??
Unlike past years, where it's 'DO OR DIE, THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE WE GET TO VISIT THIS PLACE' yesterday felt more like a homecoming... as if we can make ourselves comfortable here in future years, that yesterdays defeat wasn't the be all and end all of this club... that if we lost, we wouldn't see an exodus of all our best players, as some of them will want to stay at the club and put it right next time... not fuck off to Madrid/Man Utd/££CASHBAG ROVER$££ and seek glory elsewhere!!
Dunno, maybe it was just me... anyone have that feeling?
2 things that struck me yesterday... loads of empty seats (in both ends) WHYYYYY?
...and also, the modd afterwards amongst the Spurs fans walking towards the station was remarkably upbeat...
was this something to do with the fact we had the feeling we might be back??
Unlike past years, where it's 'DO OR DIE, THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE WE GET TO VISIT THIS PLACE' yesterday felt more like a homecoming... as if we can make ourselves comfortable here in future years, that yesterdays defeat wasn't the be all and end all of this club... that if we lost, we wouldn't see an exodus of all our best players, as some of them will want to stay at the club and put it right next time... not fuck off to Madrid/Man Utd/££CASHBAG ROVER$££ and seek glory elsewhere!!
Dunno, maybe it was just me... anyone have that feeling?
Agree...
A successful team is not being rich with dirty money, buying unwarranted success, having fans that have been exposed as racist or getting a coach who's arrogance is beyond anyones belief (unsporting). Its about being able to share, relate with the team and coach (academy players), a team that can perform, entertain, a club that has this ingrained in its history. When we get it right , there is no better feeling. We will only know how strong we are when this is the only choice. Wednesday will be a test of our strength.
Maybe a season of home games?