whitelanefever
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It's a sad state of affairs.. Southampton are a decent side
Southampton Vs Tottenham: Match Thread
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Spurger King
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Telling them that only girls and children ride scooters is another good ice breaker.
scat1620
L'espion mal fait
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Liar!!
My daddy told me that Dele and Eric will play for Spurs forever and ever and ever so IN YOUR FACE, Mr Fibbypants!
BPR_U16
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BC just remember Dele is 20 so he has still got much to learn - what he has achieved in first 50 games is only a guide to what we hope he will develop in to. (Think your comparisons of Lampard play refer to a much more mature Frank).
Bus-Conductor
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I appreciate the moments of clarity, I don't really appreciate the game after game of fumbling away possession cheaply.
Lampard wasn't as good as him at the age of twenty, so your comparison isn't correct. That said, Alli has glitter in and out of games, but that's to be expected in a player of his age.
muppetman
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It's interesting that the change of mentality we now have is taken for granted.
Pre Poch going a goal down against a team like Southampton at home would have seen us comfortably lose it. Instead we imposed ourselves on the game and were comfortable winners. Really pleased.
Pre Poch going a goal down against a team like Southampton at home would have seen us comfortably lose it. Instead we imposed ourselves on the game and were comfortable winners. Really pleased.
dondo
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Lampard was nowhere as good as alli at 20.
To compare lampards career as a whole to a 20 year old alli is very unfair. Lampard showed a lot of potential in his West Ham days and early in his Chelsea career and he was 23 when he moved to Chelsea
jonathanhotspur
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They fucked us in the ass towards the end of last season, but yeah!
danielneeds
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He's not the messiah - he's just a kid learning the game. As fans we've got to understand that too. At the moment he wants every pass to be a killer one, every touch to be a nutmeg. He's got to learn percentages without losing the killer instinct. It will come with experience and good management.
That pass was inch perfect whatever they say.
guiltyparty
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This thread is hilarious. So much denial to suit agendas. See you next game for more of the same, no doubt
Bus-Conductor
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I appreciate his age which is why I said "develops composure with maturity", but even as a kid Lampard was more composed and less clumsy as well as having a knack of "arriving" and great technique at the death. And the point I was making originally, before others tried turning it another debate, was that he hasn't really scored most of his goals from "midfield" which kind of puts his achievements into a false light, he's played as an AM, and some games he's ambled about almost more as a second striker, and you cannot claim he's scored goals from midfield, which suggests he's been doing a midfielder's job as well as banging in goals, which he hasn't.
ComfortablyNumb
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No, this is not football, this is two tarts dancing around their handbags on the internet. The football finished an hour ago.
Not that this isn't amusing, though...
jonathanhotspur
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Never a man to go chasing the green, I have to put my hand on my heart and say I thought he was poor tonight. And that's exactly what I was thinking just before he bagged his second. He gave the ball away too cheaply too often and is a factor in our laboured build-up play, IMO. Clearly the boy has talent but I don't quite know what his best position is.
Bus-Conductor
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How the hell does that angle prove your point. Look at it from the diagonal - Sky showed the perfect angle, the camera is in line with both Eriksen and Son. You can see from that angle the pass is hit with pace and is going straight to Son. Yes, if Romeo doesn't head it, Son may have had to control it, instead of it diverting 3 yards ahead of him saving him having to do that, but no way was it 5 (or even 1) yards behind him.
slartibartfast
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15mins? Thats when I turned it off as I couldn't watch it anymore I was getting so angry.
I honestly have no idea wtf they were doing. Shambolic.
Couldn't go long before turning it back on to see we'd just equalised and it was better from then on but really, I wish we'd stop fkin around with it around our own goal area. I wish we'd stop throwing it backwards to the halfway line when we're in the final third. And I wish Verts had put some effort in to stop that goal but at the end of the day we deserved the win, Kane scored, Allis firing and those wanting Son gone look fkin stupid again so not a bad night.
Just knowing it made Maureen miserable has put a spring in my step.
Seriously though Spurs sort it out or I'm gonna have an aneurysm before season is over playing like that first 15min.
LexingtonSpurs
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To compare Alli to Lampard is laughable - and not just because Alli is only 20. They don't really play the same position. Lampard was more of a CM, while Alli is more of a AM/Second Striker. Different roles, different responsibilities.
Alli is young, and prone to inconsistencies - but we want AMs who take risks more frequently. And, when you take more risks, you make more mistakes - it comes with the territory. Alli plays every game, because he rarely makes mistakes that lead to clear chances for the opposition, and he will make plays for Spurs that lead to scoring chances, and he knows how to get in position to score goals. He is not going to be a player who never loses possession, or always makes the right pass, with the right weight - but he is a player we want to have on the pitch as often as possible - because he can create and score goals.
Alli is young, and prone to inconsistencies - but we want AMs who take risks more frequently. And, when you take more risks, you make more mistakes - it comes with the territory. Alli plays every game, because he rarely makes mistakes that lead to clear chances for the opposition, and he will make plays for Spurs that lead to scoring chances, and he knows how to get in position to score goals. He is not going to be a player who never loses possession, or always makes the right pass, with the right weight - but he is a player we want to have on the pitch as often as possible - because he can create and score goals.
heelspurs
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He is indeed the Schrodinger's cat of the football world. Easier to deal with now that balls are going in the net. but earlier this season it was frustrating.
