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You'd hope this would be the season where we'd improve and avoid results like Newcastle to make the most of this then wouldn't you?
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You'd hope this would be the season where we'd improve and avoid results like Newcastle to make the most of this then wouldn't you?
Mr Pink
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What you need in that instance is movement ahead of the ball, and we're so static - that's the problem against the bus parkers.
Gassin's finest
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This thread is mental.
Phomesy
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Maybe but I've seen City and Liverpool playing exactly the same way against stubborn 5-4-1 bus parkers. As usual its a moment of brilliance that gets them over the line. They have multiple players capable of that - we have less. Eriksen being the usual suspect for us.
Pray for Ndombele and Lo Celso.
Spursfan1414
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Sorry but that is fanciful. We dominated Newcastle?3 shots in 90 minutes, 2 on target? If we dominated Newcastle, what on earth did City do to us last week?
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We had 17 shots against Newcastle, not 3.
Tonio
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I think it really boils down to what expectation an individual has of the team. I EXPECT us to beat a bottom of the table team at home into the bargain! I don't sit in the "Its a bonus if we win" camp, that's bollocks and its settling for mediocrity. I had enough of historical mid table finishes, I honestly believe we are and should be the 3rd best team in the league. How long has Poch been there and we haven't won a bean. Can any of you say this looks like its going to change any time soon? The game is about glory isn't it? How glorious is it to be the nearly men all the time. The ill feeling simmers under the surface. It isn't knee jerk as a lot would suggest, that's a lazy overused term. People need to ask why people are unhappy instead of just being fucking rude and denigrating those that voice displeasure and it isn't just those on this forum. Of course if we had won there wouldn't have been such an outcry (obvious). It goes deeper than that, the problems would still have been there.
slartibartfast
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And 15 of those were in the last few minutes when we finally realised we need to score a fuckin goal.
It was shit mate.
Not sure what point you are trying to make.
I've already explained that the results were not mirroring the performances. We won despite playing poorly, very poorly in some cases. The poor performances continued into the second half oof the season, actually they got even worse, but the results stopped generally, the spawny wins turned into defeats, it's no surprise. Why is that hard for you to grasp? If you only judge on results and you don't look into the performances, there's no point discussing this. I don't get what point you are trying to make?
Take United away for example, we were really poor, they could have been 2 goals up, but missed chances, and we smash and grabbed a 3 goal win. On the face of it, fantastic result, but actually the performance (bar our finishing) wasn't convincing at all. In the same way we beat Huddersfield at home, a pathetic performance but a spawny 1 nil last minute winner. On the face of it, great, everyone goes home happy, but when you look at it, it was a worrying performance. Fulham away, diabolical performance. Played off the park by the worst team in the league, spawned a late win. There are so many, I could go on.
Lighty64
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I honestly believe the press has dropped mainly because we are now playing CL football which means less rotation, plus 10-14 teams parking the bus
I know this is mad, because Poch is showing faith with Toby, but if the club and Poch offered Toby a new contract, I feel Jan would follow suit. we have 3 players going into the last season of their contracts, at the moment Poch is using 1 regular, part using 1 of our most influential players, and either dropping or benching our best defender who in my view should also be our captain.
thing is also yesterday I did wonder if the heat played a big part of not going hard, with also a few players still not ready to play full at the moment with the worry of picking up any un-needed injuries, because until Dier, Alli, Ndombele, and know who will be with us next Tuesday we have a pretty thin squad at the moment
we need to find a way to break teams down that park the bus.
Lighty64
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no I agree with you
Tonio
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We got into the CL with Redknapp in charge soo? Were in the Champs league this season due to Arsenal having a meltdown last season by the way. Your argument doesn't hold water.
It doesn't matter, apparently the season only started 3 games ago. Teams who play badly last season never continue that into the new season....
Spursfan1414
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I'm trying to make the point that we had 17 shots, not 3 like the other poster said. I don't really see why it matters whether shots come in the 1st minute or the 91st but yes I agree we didn't play well.
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Of course I'm disappointed in the result. I'd be disappointed to drop points against what is probably the worst team in the league in any season. But that doesn't have any bearing on the fact that we've yet to integrate the new signings who will be incredibly important to this season, that we've got key players like Eriksen, Vertonghen, and (at least arguably) Aurier who are unsettled because the window is open, that Son was playing his first competitive football in three months, and that we were without Ndombele and Dele.
If everyone currently in the squad stays past Sept. 2 and gets fully fit and integrated, this could at least potentially be our best XI:
---------------Lloris-------------
Aurier--Toby--Verts--Rose
------GLC-----Ndombele----
--Son-----Eriksen----Dele--
-------------Kane-------------
Only four of the outfield players in that lineup started the match yesterday for a variety of reasons, and again one of them was Son in his very first action of the season. It was a dreadfully disappointing result but in context it's not the end of the world.
Thewobbler
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Man city in the 2nd leg of the CL was incredible even though we lost.
DFF
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Only one point from safety, though. Not bad.
Tonio
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Really??
Im not a football manager obviously otherwise i wouldnt be here haha but wouldnt it then make sense to let the opposition have the ball, press them, get the ball and attack i.e. counter attack. That then opens the game up. I mean its what id do but I may well be barking up the wrong tactics
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