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I think we already knew that we wouldn't be title winner's this season top four qualification is the priority.
And winning a domestic cup
I think we already knew that we wouldn't be title winner's this season top four qualification is the priority.
Who is the bellend in the white hoodie. What an absolute tosser.
Well that would be a bonus of course especially top four and a cup win party time.And winning a domestic cup
Fellani then
I'm wondering if the players are buying into the new system.For me it shows how many spurs fans have a negative view of almost every aspect of our play and it really annoys me they seem to want us to be Real Madrid or Barcelona . With the squad we have we are doing the best we can Top four in the league for the last four years and champions league finalist . We have in my view been punching above our weight and instead of bemoaning Saturdays performance we should be praising the guts and resilience shown on Saturday albeit with luck . I have seen games where we have been on top as much as city were and lost ( witness the Newcastle game a few years ago) we were pummelled by the media for not scoring and Newcastle praised for their resilience it seems like double standards to me .
Also I can say some of you should get real I have been going to WHL since 1951 and except for the Nicholson years this is the best time to be a spurs fan . I may be wrong but the older fans who have seen great years and average years and downright awful years would agree with me and I think that maybe the newer fans who have a higher view of how we should perform .
For me I will judge at the end of the season and not after two yes two games .
Add the birkenshaw years to the good times.
5 touches in their box over 90 mins, have we ever had less? Great point but awful performance, worrying as it doesn't seem like we are progressing. Something's not right behind the scenes.
What did I write? I’m delighted with the result so not saying we should have got more. Regardless of who was missing we did not play well, no need to have a word. I say as I see. Had we lost by 5 could anyone say it was harsh? Anyway onwards and upwards.[/QUOTE
Explain how we are not progressing or how you have came to the conclusion something is wrong behind the scenes. Yes we were outplayed so will every other team that goes there this season. We got a draw. They smashed West Ham 5-0 last week. In reality you need them to have an off day to have any chance of beating them.
Did we play well? No.
Did we get dominated in large parts of the game by the best team in the Country and one of the best in Europe? Yes.
Did we lose? No and that's the difference from where we were just a few seasons ago.
The ability to grind out points is what separates the best from the rest and that is what we did yesterday. All teams go through bad patches during a season and for all the reasons discussed already in this thread I fully expect that to be us for the next few games. The season has only just started and I have full faith in Poch to get us where we need to be. Coming away from the Ethiad with a point is massive and regardless of how we played in the 90 minutes we should be extremely positive as to what we can achieve this season, even if our performances haven't been at the highest standard we now seemingly hold the team to every game we play.
You just know that had Villa held on for the draw last week they'd have said they deserved it and we failed because we couldn't get the win with all that superiority yet this week when City failed and we held on they are great and we are shit.For me it shows how many spurs fans have a negative view of almost every aspect of our play and it really annoys me they seem to want us to be Real Madrid or Barcelona . With the squad we have we are doing the best we can Top four in the league for the last four years and champions league finalist . We have in my view been punching above our weight and instead of bemoaning Saturdays performance we should be praising the guts and resilience shown on Saturday albeit with luck . I have seen games where we have been on top as much as city were and lost ( witness the Newcastle game a few years ago) we were pummelled by the media for not scoring and Newcastle praised for their resilience it seems like double standards to me .
Also I can say some of you should get real I have been going to WHL since 1951 and except for the Nicholson years this is the best time to be a spurs fan . I may be wrong but the older fans who have seen great years and average years and downright awful years would agree with me and I think that maybe the newer fans who have a higher view of how we should perform .
For me I will judge at the end of the season and not after two yes two games .
Add the birkenshaw years to the good times.
This. I like Winks, but he's still young and ALOT to learn. We need him to be consistent and keep playing him is not going to help. He needs to be rotated with Sissoko and Dier.Really think we'll see the best out of Ndombele with Dier on the pitch. He's having to play too much defense with Winks and Sissoko out there.
Oh come on. Yesterday was not an ability to grind out a result. We were extremely lucky, that's the only reason we got a point.
I dont know why I'm arguing but this is wrong.
In 2017 Opta created a new “framework” called a possession. This method counts how many possessions a team has in an entire game and dividing it by the total per game.
Opta defines a possession as starting when a player takes a controlled touch, this does not include headers or tackles and ending when a player no longer has or tries to have control of the ball. This includes interceptions, shots crosses into areas and set pieces.
Either way 99% of the stats have it at around 55-45. We were under the kosh most of the game as we did nothing with our possession bar score 2 goals from 2 shots plus one speculative effort from harry at the half way line
I haven't argued over a question. I pointed out why there may be a difference in stats. You tried to tell me incorrectly how possession is measured. I pointed out your mistake. You resorted to insults.Why are you arguing over a question....did you have a late night or lose your purse?
Defended well for large periods, or we would of got thumped though.
You need more than luck to get something there.
We certainly rode our luck but some good defending got us over the line despite us being poor on the ball.
If we had not defended well at all we would have lost by three goals a lot of their poor finishing was due to our defending and them not having quite the time to set themselves so they rushed it. Lloris pulled off some good saves but that wasn't luck that is what he's there for and our interceptions and blocks weren't lucky that is what our defenders are there for.We didn't defend well at all, they cut through us time and time again and just poor finishing and decisions by them is the reason we didn't lose by at least 3 goals. And our defending for their two goals were atrocious. just because we got a point, you don't have to turn blind to the actual performance. We got a point despite our defending - and that is down to luck.