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Match Threads Spurs Vs Sporting CP

Date
Oct 26, 2022
KO Time
20:00
Score
Spurs 1-1 Sporting
Bentacur (80)
Edwards (22)
Overview Team Lineups Discussion Match Ratings

Match Prediction

  • Spurs Win

    Votes: 32 58.2%

  • Porto Win

    Votes: 15 27.3%

  • Score Win

    Votes: 8 14.5%

  • Goalless Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    55
DiscoD1882

DiscoD1882

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Got a free executive lounge ticket for tonight. After Sunday. I’ve decided I’m just going to enjoy the experience.

and the free food
……And drink
 
13VanDerBale13

13VanDerBale13

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Would be surprised to see Emerson at RWB, given our lack of creativity as it is, in this formation.
 
Tonio

Tonio

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May 15, 2008
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Fingers crossed for a win. At Liverpool St for a beer. #peaking early too.
 
cjbyid

cjbyid

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Jan 4, 2009
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13VanDerBale13 said:


Would be surprised to see Emerson at RWB, given our lack of creativity as it is, in this formation.
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Yeah I'd be very surprised if it was the same 11 as Sunday.

He's quite good for team selections but he did say in the comments it was just a guess he's received no info.
 
davidmatzdorf

davidmatzdorf

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Here's a thought.

We've been discussing "lack of creativity" and the inability of our midfielders to set tempo, retain the ball and create good chances for a few weeks now, during which time our record has been W4, D1, L4.

Prior to that, our record was W5, D2, L0.

What happened between those two runs of matches? In the more recent run of matches, Kulusevski has started one match and that was the 6-2 win against Leicester. Prior to that, he was a regular name in the starting eleven.

His arrival in January also coincided with the start of our long run to the top 4 last season. We know he fancies himself as a no. 10, rather than a winger. I'm going to propose that he's been playing in the style of a no. 10 and doing the job of a no. 10, but a bit wider, and that we already have our creative player, except that he's been injured. We're not getting his lethal crosses, we're not getting his forays into the box, we're not getting his strong ball retention in the final third and, most importantly, we're not getting his assists and goals.

That's not a suggestion that we should stay out of the market for another creative player this coming January, but it is a simple and compelling explanation for why we showed coordinated link-up play earlier in the season and now we don't.

Kulusevski has been a key to our style of play - more so than people think and more so than the slowly-improving wingbacks - and he was covering up deficiencies in our midfield that the vaunted introduction of a 3-5-2 formation has done nothing to correct.

We need him back, fit.
 
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spids

spids

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I'd like to see (assuming Romero, Højbjerg, Kulusevski and Richarlison are all injured)

Lloris

Dier Lenglet Davies
Doherty Skipp Bissouma Bentancur Perisic
Kane Son​
 
Spurzinho

Spurzinho

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Jan 24, 2016
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I'd love to give this one a miss but I'll probably end up watching it. That's how bad Spurs gets under your skin. In general our European performances have been even more tedious than our domestic ones and they've been about as riveting as sitting in the dentists waiting room.
 
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heinsmit

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Spurzinho said:
I'd love to give this one a miss but I'll probably end up watching it. That's how bad Spurs gets under your skin. In general our European performances have been even more tedious than our domestic ones and they've been about as riveting as sitting in the dentists waiting room.
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Really? Thought the Frankfurt match last time out was most I have been entertained by Spurs in a while, probably all season (except maybe Southampton match)
 
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iddebu52

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Spurzinho said:
I'd love to give this one a miss but I'll probably end up watching it. That's how bad Spurs gets under your skin. In general our European performances have been even more tedious than our domestic ones and they've been about as riveting as sitting in the dentists waiting room.
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You know.what to do if we're tedious!!!
 
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1882andallthat

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Feb 2, 2009
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davidmatzdorf said:
Here's a thought.

We've been discussing "lack of creativity" and the inability of our midfielders to set tempo, retain the ball and create good chances for a few weeks now, during which time our record has been W4, D1, L3.

Prior to that, our record was W5, D2, L0.

What happened between those two runs of matches? In the more recent run of matches, Kulusevski has started one match and that was the 6-2 win against Leicester. Prior to that, he was a regular name in the starting eleven.

His arrival in January also coincided with the start of our long run to the top 4 last season. We know he fancies himself as a no. 10, rather than a winger. I'm going to propose that he's been playing in the style of a no. 10 and doing the job of a no. 10, but a bit wider, and that we already have our creative player, except that he's been injured. We're not getting his lethal crosses, we're not getting his forays into the box, we're not getting his strong ball retention in the final third and, most importantly, we're not getting his assists and goals.

That's not a suggestion that we should stay out of the market for another creative player this coming January, but it is a simple and compelling explanation for why we showed coordinated link-up play earlier in the season and now we don't.

Kulusevski has been a key to our style of play - more so than people think and more so than the slowly-improving wingbacks - and he was covering up deficiencies in our midfield that the vaunted introduction of a 3-5-2 formation has done nothing to correct.

We need him back, fit.
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By default, even if unintended, you have put forward a very good case for going back into the market as a priority to get a player who is capable of giving us as much creativity, as we surely cannot rely on only one creative outlet that disappears when Kulu is out injured. It leaves too much to chance.
 
thecook

thecook

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Spurzinho said:
I'd love to give this one a miss but I'll probably end up watching it. That's how bad Spurs gets under your skin. In general our European performances have been even more tedious than our domestic ones and they've been about as riveting as sitting in the dentists waiting room.
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Win and we're through. You can then give the next one a miss :D
 
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