Match Threads Spurs vs Chelsea - Match Thread

Misfit said:

Absolutely and it starts at the top at every club. Unless they strive and leave no stone unturned, they can hardly demand it from anyone underneath them.

This isn't a rant at DL etc but just the way it is. If he wants to change that he has to srsly back Jose in multiple windows. If not, his steady hand on the wheel will see continued advancement and we'll be good as we have been but unable to crest this almighty hill we face as a club.

We'll just have to wait and see.

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Metalhead said:

Good lad. It's very easy to keep quiet so fair play.

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barry said:

It's early days under Jose. He himself has said he hasn't really had a chance to coach the players. I'll give him till next season. On a positive note N'Dombele looked wicked good.

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barry said:

It's early days under Jose. He himself has said he hasn't really had a chance to coach the players. I'll give him till next season. On a positive note N'Dombele looked wicked good.

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jeremystorey said:

Yet another insipid display from the usual suspects. Dele, Son, Moura, Dier, Sissoko, Aurier, and yes... Kane too.

All of them lack drive, focus and tenacity. It's impossible to get anything out of a game when you have a set of players that make tons of mistakes (Aurier. Dier), are weak on the ball (Dele, Aurier, Son), lack discipline and focus (Sissoko, Aurier, Son). Act childish and petulantly and lack leadership (Kane and many of the others).

Jose must know by now that this lot should not be played together. It's criminal for him not to kick the tires on Ndombele, Lo Celso, Skippy, Foyth, Parrot, Sess Winks, and consider bringing Eriksen back into the fray. Also it's time to consider Jan options that can immediately improve the team in two key areas; DM and RB.

Lastly, i sincerely hope this isn't the best Jose has to offer. As all I've seen so far is predictable, prosaic and rigid. I can't see how it's difficult for an opposing manager to counter his tactics as they are the same every week. That must be very easy to prepare for. Nothing unpredictable or innovative so far from Jose. I do truly hope this isn't reflective of his new way of playing. As it's old and illsuited to the cretins he has to work with.

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bat-chain said:

This is my fear also, club has been smeared but if no evidence emerges what then?

Hopefully some proof will turn up because racism is shit and must be stopped.

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riggi said:

wish I went for the bloke joking about it. Went for him before. Feel ashamed tbh. Not felt like this for along time.

chelsea of all teams

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dagraham said:

Just back from the match. I wish I could say we were hard done by, but the truth is we were comprehensively outplayed. They were quicker, stronger, sharper, and miles better technically.

Having said that, at 1-0 you are always in the game and if Gazza had not lost the plot we may still have been able to rescue something.

Son then topped it off by a stupid act. It was right in front of me and as soon as I saw it I knew he was off with VAR potentially looking at it.

Despite everything that’s been said about Eriksen we were better with him on the pitch, simply because we had somebody in midfield we could feed the ball to who could receive it.

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frost14 said:

I'm not sure we should be hoping evidence turns up, I think it's better to hope that rudigar made a misjudgment and no racism was present.

If it does show up then the individual should be shown the full force of justice.

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Strikeb4ck said:

I have to admit that I hadn't noticed too much til today (or perhaps didn't want this as an easy cop-out excuse), but I am starting to think the fitness of the players is a massive issue.

My suspicion is that it's a combination of tired legs / broken bodies from Poch's training regime and lack of rotations, put alongside a lack of care for Poch over the summer when things went sour and thus a lack of effort in preseason fitness training. Regardless of what it is, there is no doubt our energy levels, pressing, and overall movement is miles off what it was a couple years ago and is leading to all the problems we see on the pitch now.

I think the most striking instances of it today were around the 75th-90th minutes, where Danny Rose was forced to try and tug down Mason Mount as he sprinted past him...this is the same Mason Mount who had put in an unbelievable effort all afternoon and had to be more tired than the newly subbed-on Rose. Same thing happened minutes later with Kante speeding past Ndombele. I know that Rose/Ndombele have had their fitness issues this season, so perhaps not the best individual examples from our end, but overall our team is just outworked and looks off the pace the large majority of games we play this year. Even last week, Wolves were all over us for the better part of the match.

The only player today who looked capable of making lung bursting runs was Davinson.

Anyone else picked up on this?

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thefierycamel said:

The individual should be banned from football for life if it's true. No time for that shit in society, let alone at a fucking game of football which doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things.

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NEVILLEB said:

This is the same disjointed team we’ve ended up with every manager. We don’t but the players we need. We buy players we can do a deal on.

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