Same applies for any game.
When they were all fit only Pogba out of those three was making the team.
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Same applies for any game.
When they were all fit only Pogba out of those three was making the team.
Fellaini played enough too, and with Matic dropping form he could replace Carrick for him.
A clear example is Argentina. They have world class attacking talents to spare and waste yet hardly manage scoring goals during the qualifiers.
Just putting in top attackers and asking them to win you games only happens in FIFA.
FWIW I don't really get the moaning in this thread today. We've played decently against what is a very good Spurs side, and asked more questions of them than they have of us.
Of course they've had their moments but they're an incredibly good side and people are being daft if they expected them not to be a very difficult game for us.
We might go on to win, and we might go on to lose, but I think we've approached it correctly and looked to get on the front foot against a good team.
Of course they've had their moments but they're an incredibly good side and people are being daft if they expected them not to be a very difficult game for us.
We might go on to win, and we might go on to lose, but I think we've approached it correctly and looked to get on the front foot against a good team.
Hoof ball all day...
Result will again mask the fact that we're as poor as we were under LVG.
Under LVG we wouldn't have scored in that game.
Pretty much an ideal performance. Spurs were prepared for war and we got the points.
Ideal performance ? Apart from the 3 points there's hardly anything with that performance that is ideal ? Barely stringing passes together and generally hoofing it up hoping for the best
Thought we were great against top opposition. We were never going to dominate against them, but we managed to create the better chances and deserved the points.
It was pathetic. I got myself banned from the matchday thread to avoid that shite but it’s infested the whole forum. Whiny little bitches who can’t understand why their team won’t shit on everyone they play for 90 minutes. We were clearly the better team today and deserved to win but Spurs are about as tough a nut to crack as we’ll face all season. Could easily have been 3 nil too.
Don't belittle LVG - the formation ingrained in our squad is down to him with the key players being down to Jose.
Couln't agree more.
You sound completely reasonable..
I haven't seen the stats, but first half we had a 70% pass completion, can't imagine it was much higher in the second half.
We're not Stoke
Typical Mourinho, grind draws from big teams away and defeat them easily home.
Huddersfield was the only terrible result but his criticism for the players got them to show some guts today and returned us to right track.
Huddersfield was the only terrible result but his criticism for the players got them to show some guts today and returned us to right track.
Defensive manager. Parked the bus. Mourinho OUT.
Your own expectations have dropped considerably.
Professional is the word you'd use to describe the team's performances. Spurs had one chance in the entire game. We knew what we had to do and did it to a tee. Never in danger of losing the game
Agreed.
It's ridiculous. This was a tough battle and, IMO, our best performance of the season.
Still huge question marks for me.
Our attacking play is dire; I'd say the football was better last year. We're relying on 80s-style hoofball to score goals and we've got one of the most talented young players in the world on the bench.
Mourinho's a great defensive coach - I can't imagine there are too many defences in world football stronger than ours right now - but, attacking-wise, it's horrible to watch at times.
Our attacking play is dire; I'd say the football was better last year. We're relying on 80s-style hoofball to score goals and we've got one of the most talented young players in the world on the bench.
Mourinho's a great defensive coach - I can't imagine there are too many defences in world football stronger than ours right now - but, attacking-wise, it's horrible to watch at times.
Well said!
I love the exaggeration, as if the problem was that we didn't shit on Tottenham or dominated them and that's why people are unhappy with how we played. It's usually an effective way to ruin a debate, people tend to fall for it.
If this game finished 0-0 then people would have a very different summation of the quality of football displayed there. Come on, it was largely shite. We all want Mourinho to do well but, feck me, we're just not very good at this attacking football thing.
Defensively, ay, we're smashing. But this forum was 10 minutes and Verthonghen not switching off away from meltdown, and it's understandable why.
Defensively, ay, we're smashing. But this forum was 10 minutes and Verthonghen not switching off away from meltdown, and it's understandable why.
Get your tin hat on mate, you'll need it after that post.
Why? It's very much accurate.
Because the forum is infested with absolute idiots who don't understand the game?
Tottenham are one of the best teams in the country, these games are always tight, cagey, and decided by fine margins. Anyone that expected us to turn up and steamroll them is absolutely deluded.
I agree mate, but most people don't want to hear it it seems.
Careful mate.
Huh? What do you know about my expectations? Hard won victories at home against the best teams in the league are always a good thing. Always have been. It wasn’t even a smash and grab ffs. We were the better team.
Very well said.
You have a short memory.
Why? Because this forum is infested with whiny little bitches. See above.
God, yeah sorry you're right. Never made the connection about the root meaning of that word. I've changed it now.
You went so far in one side that you probably hit a wall. Nobody wants their team to shit on everyone for 90 min, thats not why bitches (how you said) complain.
Well then I don’t know what the feck is wrong with them. Or what game they were watching.
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