At 1-0 v Watford, at 1-0 up v Inter, at 2-1 up v PSV, at 3-0 up v Wolves we looked very professional, but once we conceded a goal we looked far from it. Can't figure it out. Show signs of the team we are, but have mental lapses and can't close out the game with ease.
Also, we need to value clean sheets. We don't and that more than anything will see us and has seen us drop points.
Poch brought Eriksen on to get on the ball and keep possession. That did not happen.
Hindsight may be great, but in this case fanciful.He was perfect for that situation.
The one Kane took quickly that was flying perfectly towards the top corner was an absolutely outstanding save.everyone is forgetting the two world class saves their keeper made to keep out Kane.
People have to remember we lost Dembele after 3 minutes so our whole set up and tactics changed in that instance. We were basically playing Winks in midfield on his own in midfield in a 4141 formation. It was no surprise when he got tired our game went to pieces.
I am not laying any blame whatsoever on Juan Foyth for that, the person to blame is Keiran Trippier.
The “support” he offered a young player making his PL debut was absolutely disgraceful.
Trippier has had a terrible season thus far and I hope that Aurier rightfully takes his spot.
Send your suggestions on a postcard.I am sure I will get downvoted, but today shows why it was complete lunacy not to strengthen in the summer.
Trippier and Davies are not the level we need. Trippier can cross, but neither are good defensively. We should have got a new LB and played KWP more often.
Pretty much everyone could see our midfield was a weak link and only an injury or two away from being fucked. Well, here we are. Dembele is on his last legs, Wanyama is a shadow of the monster from two seasons ago, Sissoko has improved but is not a midfielder, Winks is still inexperienced and looking after that ankle.
Today it was like we didn't even have a midfield.
Yes, a top-quality CM would have been expensive. Guess what?! It'll be even more expensive next summer! And we'll probably need two! Fat fucking chance.
I agree. Said skipp should come on when Dembele got injured.IMO the problem was earlier than that. Dembele off, Son on was a weird one there and then.
We got away with that one for sure. Every team has at least one lucky game a season and that was ours. They had a perfectly good offside goal ruled out too. What turned out to be our winning goal was more than a tad lucky (or rather Wolves unlucky) with the lucky bounce before Lamela cut it back and then the keeper saving to a place Kane could get a second bite of the cherry (although credit both Lamela and Kane for quickly reacting).
Lloris pulled off a few good saves and Costa missed a sitter for them.
That said we are suffering from an unbalanced mess of a side due to injuries and you sense it really is a case of us staying as close to top four as possible until January.
Are you fucking high? He was one of our better players in that last 30! Relieved a lot of pressure with his ball carrying
Very disappointed with Toby tonight, 2nd half we needed him to show his experiance and leadership and he showed neither.
Eriksen needs a rocket put up his backside, the moment he came on we effectively went down to ten men. I know he’s just coming back from injury, but he should at least show some energy.
Im sure he'll be inconsolable when he finds out.I hope beyond hope that today was the last we will see of Trippier. Horrible defender and his reaction at Foyth was nothing short of a disgrace. I've had it with him.
And the guaranteed matchly fuck up.I actually wonder if they enjoy playing with trippier sometimes the amount of fucking mouthing off he does.
Can't dig out Trips and not Foyth
Winks was utter dog, our CM is non-existant
I agree, he was a little naive in the first one and I thought he was very unlucky in the second because it was more shoulder-to-shoulder than a barge. But he was put in that position by two stupid pieces of play.Foyth will inevitably get the stick for two split second errors of judgement, but both across the park and from the sidelines the game management was pretty rancid in the second half. 3-0 flattered us to start with.
A sigh of relief at the three points. But a bit of a steal there today. Doesn't seem to make much difference though, however unconvincing and off our best we seem to be, we're up in the top 6 and that group is settling and pulling away again. If we want to kick on though, it's got to get better.
What did he do? I didnt see itI hope beyond hope that today was the last we will see of Trippier. Horrible defender and his reaction at Foyth was nothing short of a disgrace. I've had it with him.