Match Threads Spurs vs Man City - Day 14

[cjbyid]

 

[Trent Crimm]

2-3. Calling it now.

 

[Meercat]

I hope you added Foden, Doku, Alvarez, Grealish and Silva to your team as well

Got Doku… so I’ve taken care of two of them…

 

[Guernman]

City’s line-up is fantasy football with cheat codes. And I can’t wait for those 115 accusations of cheating to bite…

 

[mark87]

I wonder if Richy is actually fit enough to play or if we just ran out of warm bodies to put on the bench. 2 goalkeepes and only 3 senior outfield players on the bench today is crazy.

Fit to play 5-10 minutes according to Ange.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

2-3. Calling it now.

What do you have for the 2nd half score?

 

[djhotspur]

Partey, zinchenko, Jesus, odegaard have all been out for a period of time. Absolute myth we have more injuries than anyone else, we just don’t have the depth to deal with it.

Newcastle and Man Utd have had similar injury crises to us, funnily enough they’re doing about as well as us, although they’ve performed better whilst being hammered by injuries than we have with 3 losses for us and our only points coming when blessed with most first team players available.

So much self loathing about our injury crisis in here ffs, couldn’t be more boring.

Odegaard missed a couple of weeks. Partey is stupidly injury prone as is Jesus.

 

[dvdhopeful]

Odegaard missed a couple of weeks. Partey is stupidly injury prone as is Jesus.

Yea, 'injury' prone..... /Snigger

 

[felmani26]

Really wouldn't surprise me with Ange to see him actually throwing on the likes of Donley and Santiago in this game as a way of saying "this is what you need to aspire to" playing City.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I do like the trio of technical, press resistant players in the centre - Bissouma, Lo Celso, Kulusevski. Gives us a chance to get hold of the match and go toe to toe in terms of possession, and then with Johnson, Son and Gil breaking, anything could happen.

Bryan needs to be braver, then, he hasn't done a lot on the break so far.

 

[rjhotspur]

Wondering if Walker will be able to clear the stadium with a body check on Gil.

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

Opta stats - Part Two​

• Tottenham Hotspur have lost their last three Premier League matches, having been unbeaten in their previous 11 games (W9 D2). Spurs haven’t had a longer losing run since losing six on the spin in October and November 2004, with Jacques Santini and Martin Jol managing three games each in that run. The last Spurs manager to lose four in a row was David Pleat in March and April 2004.
• Man City have drawn their last two Premier League games despite going ahead in both games. City haven’t gone ahead in three games in a row and failed to win any since November 2009, in draws against Burnley, Liverpool and Hull City.
• Tottenham have scored first in their last three Premier League matches but gone on to lose all three, only the fifth side to do that in Premier League history and first since Leicester in December 2014. No team has ever scored first and lost four games in a row.
• Dejan Kulusevski has scored for Tottenham away at Man City in each of the last two seasons. The only player in Premier League history to score away against the reigning champions in three consecutive campaigns is Danny Murphy, who did so in four between 2000-01 and 2003-04

 

[Johnny J]

Hmm my fractions are rusty but I choose to interpret that he can play every other minute. So he can run around but needs regular breaks. Very regular breaks.

 

[maltahotspur]

Oh dear, oh dear me, that bench is bizarre!

 

[soflapaul]

Fun fact, the combined age of four of our bench players (Dorrington, Santiago, Veliz and Donley) = Roy Hodgeson (76)

 

[karennina]

Bryan needs to be braver, then, he hasn't done a lot on the break so far.

Very true, I just haven't given up on him turning someone inside out when it matters, like he did Pulisic once upon a time

 

[mil1lion]

He has been training - probably not fit for 60 minutes, but maybe 10-15.

I like that he is back - I think it shows a level of commitment from him to the team - and we need all the commitment we can get during this period.

Also with Kulusevski in midfield we could use another option in attack as we're left a bit short there

 

[Locotoro]

Oh dear, oh dear me, that bench is bizarre!

Its bare thin is what it is

 

[NRH]

Why do have a player on the bench that only can play 5 to 10 min. A player who has not played in several weeks

 

[MightySpurs]

God be with us today