- Mar 27, 2006
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Deserved nothing. Got nothing. The underdogs played better and wanted it more. So many poor performances today.
I'm not feeling very confident although I should be, I dunno had a knot in my stomach all day....is it telling me something or is it that curry I had last night!!
COYS!!
Eriksen had two of the biggest games in his career so far in the previous 8 days so chances are he was running a little low on reserves.
Stop with the bollocks about Arsenal played like it was their cup final.
It should have been the cup final for Spurs as well. Every game should be!
Fair play to them imo.
Wasn't that curry then....Had a bad feeling about this game, i just knew with all the media stuff over the last weeks bigging us up that they would be so too up for it...dust ourselves off, bad day at the office, onwards to Dortmund Wednesday!
They have won 3 major trophies in 4 years. Let's not pretend they are West Ham Level due to us finishing ahead of them one season.
But that's he was bought for, direct running and breaking the lines. His confidence is improving and with it his touch. His positional sense is very good. There was a breakaway created by him and in the end he didn't pass to Eriksen. I wondered why he hadn't passed, but he really didn't take up a position and Sissoko was waiting for him. The problem was that Eriksen kept up with their back line, which means that you have to delay to ensure he's not offside.I actually bad mouth a half -fit Kane and the constantly mis-performing Dele (who shouldn't even start these days) -I don't blame Eriksen - he needs players to create space for him and that ain't going to happen if those two aren't on their game. As for Sissoko - he looked Ok today - but he's no game changer, is one dimensional and has poor technical ability - I don't see how he adds value or improves our team. He can get by - but I want more from a 30 million pound player. I'd swap him in a heart beat for a Zaha, a Rashford or a Salah - they're the types of players we should be buying for that kind of money. And if you can't see that - I suggest you buy some bi-focals.
Please feel free to enlighten me as to how and what you think Sissoko brings to the team?!? Direct running with the ball &...........works hard &........
??I wonder if the issue/incident with Rose affected the team's performance.
What is the incident you refer to?I wonder if the issue/incident with Rose affected the team's performance.
Too many of our players didn't show up today, and Kane and Alli were clearly not properly recovered from injuries. Eriksen's exploits in the play offs meant that he had probably run out of gas when we needed him most to step up to the plate with Harry and Dele being not exactly sharp and on it.
Whilst both goals had elements of controversy about them they were worthy of the win and 2--0 didn't flatter them so I hope Poch doesn't bleat like Wenger does when they lose and try to convince everyone that we didn't deserve to lose with that sort of performance. IMHO Davison Sanchez was one of the few players in our team today who can come out of today's game with much credit.