Cavehillspur
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Starting to think poch will be away soon unfortunately
Match Threads Leicester vs Spurs - Match Thread
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pjoffre
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These last five years or so under Pochettino have been some of the best of my Spurs supporting life. I am absolutely desperate for him to be a club legend. Spurs, in the Champions League final? Yes please. A genuine run at the Premier League title? Tim Sherwood anyone?
This group of players will probably be the team I talk to my grandkids about. Kane, Toby, Jan, Hugo, Eriksen, Moussa. What a great team.
Poch does not deserve to end his time at Spurs (whenever that is) as a pariah. This guy has taken us so, so close to everything we ever wanted.
Today feels crap. We can all see that we are not as good as 12 months ago. Let's not hang the manager and the players out to dry. Harry Kane? He's one of our own...
This group of players will probably be the team I talk to my grandkids about. Kane, Toby, Jan, Hugo, Eriksen, Moussa. What a great team.
Poch does not deserve to end his time at Spurs (whenever that is) as a pariah. This guy has taken us so, so close to everything we ever wanted.
Today feels crap. We can all see that we are not as good as 12 months ago. Let's not hang the manager and the players out to dry. Harry Kane? He's one of our own...
But, but we played in a CL final. Then it doesn't matter if we lose more games than we win. Btw, I was being sarcastic.
Teddy Klinsmann
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Although we are the only team who could go 2 nil up and still lose 2-1.
m*****73
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The major issue for me is the lack of effort and desire. Is that mentality or fitness or attitude or a combination of all three?
Either way, it's been obvious for some time that things are not right. The manager has made his decisions and the results are there for all to see. We've had some very good days, but the current trend is strongly negative. Can he turn it around? I hope so, but it's going to be a hell of a challenge.
Right now, it doesn't seem as if he knows his best team or formation. He's messed with the heads of some key players - e.g. his treatment of Vertonghen earlier this season - and he's been stubborn with some of his decisions. Again, why is Wanyama even on the bench today?
And increasingly, he's appearing to be much more manipulative in his dealings with the media. Ever since his 'need to be brave' and 'maybe with someone else' messages back in 2017, he has continually sought to shift the emphasis away from him and onto others.
He needs to take ownership of this situation now. He needs to change the behaviours (or attitude or mentality or whatever you want to call it) and he needs to start getting the best out of the players he has at his disposal. That is not happening at the present time - and hasn't happened for the majority of the last 9+ months.
rossdapep
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A much more clear decision that was at 0-0 and didn't have any effect on the pendulum.
When we scored their fans went completely silent, they knew they'd lost and we thought it put is in complete control.
As soon as the fans roared when the decision was made I knew itd give them the momentum and belief. Yes, our players have to stand up but it does put you at a disadvantage.
I'm sure if that had happened at WHL we would have been fine. But the energy from their fans changed everything plus Wanyama
spursfan77
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Or should we play as many as possible to get a morale boosting win?
Imagine if we lose to Colchester even with a rotated team.
SargeantMeatCurtains
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You said ‘we should’ve pushed on regardless’ completely ignoring the fact that, from a psychological POV, Leicester players and fans have gone from thinking they’re 2-0 down and the game is dead and buried, to essentially being back in the game with all the momentum their way.
No, we should not have lost even after that decision. But to simply dismiss it as if it had no bearing on momentum shifting, is nonsensical.
rabbikeane
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As soon as we have a set back we collapse, again and again. Decision against us, or goal before half time. There is a problem there.
Gareth88
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IMO league position this year is far more important than a cup run, just my opinion. Let the youth have at it
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Victor fucking Wanyama ....
Spurs 1961
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Would agree with that. A real mentality issue
JayB
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I suppose it's true that you can't blame VAR for implementing the directive they've been given, but those directives are not above criticism. The whole notion that you can use software to analyze a freeze-frame and decide whether the player is offside down to the millimeter is a complete and utter farce.
The camera captures probably a half-dozen frames as the ball is coming off of the foot, and the selection of any one of those frames can easily make the difference of millimeters. Similarly, it's impossible to determine where the players' shoulders are actually located, because the shoulders are covered by shirts and wrinkles can again make the difference of millimeters. The choice of those factors is completely arbitrary, and yet makes all the difference under the software analysis paradigm.
The law needs to be re-written to say that if the difference is imperceptible to the human eye then the attacker is onside, which was functionally the standard that was applied since the day the offside law was formulate. The human eye test is a far more reasonable standard, because the exacting accuracy required for the software analysis is impossible to achieve given that the determining factors are themselves based upon completely arbitrary choices.
CookieYiddo
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Mentality, mentality and again mentality. ANYTHING goes against us and we collapse. Jesus it’s football, things are gonna go against us but we just can’t deal with it
Spot on. We can't afford to tire our players out in the cups if we want to finish in the top half this year.
Fidget
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It isn’t knee-jerk though. We’re all pissed off with today’s luck, of course, but I personally think he’s gotta be under pressure and that he should be. I would love us to turn it around. Please, please, please mantra isn’t helping lol. Poch is a good nay great man. Things have to change eventually, in everything and maybe that time is now. What do you think Levy is thinking.
Teddy Klinsmann
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One or two times and it’s something that can change. Happening every week now, manager isn’t able to change it now. Too late.
glacierSpurs
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Seriously, is almost like Poch is trolling everyone by putting Wanyama and staging some silence protest.
Never in thousand years will anyone can think of putting Wanyama on...
Never in thousand years will anyone can think of putting Wanyama on...
