You weren’t on the minibus were you by any chance Chosenone ha ha?? Left from St Paul’s Secondary School in Beechmount, West Belfast??I was there also. Aged 26.
You weren’t on the minibus were you by any chance Chosenone ha ha?? Left from St Paul’s Secondary School in Beechmount, West Belfast??I was there also. Aged 26.
my word Sanchez was awful! Constantly out of position. Even headers under no pressure never found a spurs shirt. Got lucky with a few chances and generally was a (yet again) a rabbit in the headlights. He’s supposed to be the commanding presence and he is looking more exploited and nervous with every passing game. Time to move him on once Rodon steps up
One of those games where we just don’t get going. But have to say not sure why Vinicius came off at HT, 3 changes sure but for me that was a mistake by Jose.
To be fair sticking Dier or Toby with Davies at cb isn't gonna do much to improve matters.It’s frustrating because we have Europa league games between a run against city, chelsea and arsenal and we don’t want to be relying and Kane and Son then. We needed these points tonight to take control of the group and by us flexibility later.
Sanchez should never play without either Dier or Toby to lead.
Yeah, I agree with what you say with regards to Sid ?? (love that whoever came up with it!!) but by making 9 changes, you are basically starting a completely different team and cannot expect a fluid performance. We were awful tonight but on a positive, we should still get through the group relatively easily and hopefully Jose has learnt that some players including Dele, Sanchez and Winksy can no longer be relied upon. So maybe not all bad news tonight!!I can understand it to an extent as we had three games in 7 days. Monday, Thursday, Sunday.
Also, against LASK, Vinicius, Alli, etc all put in good performances so Jose probably felt that they'd do well again. And Bale had supposedly looked good in training.
Problem is, Antwerp seemed to be much better organised and dangerous which meant those same players needed to be much better too. Unfortunately they haven't had the time together to raise levels and be sharper with their understanding.
Think Jose will have learnt from it though. He won't make as many changes and some will be bench players for a while until they show they can be trusted again.
Another issue we have is CM without Hojbjerg. Winks can't hold the fort, and in fact, he's quickly becoming a bit useless and easily our most upgradeable player.
This makes even more sense now that you can sub half the team.I never understand why managers start a game with a weakened team. Surely, it makes more sense to start strong, kill the game as early as possible and then rest your better players.
You weren’t on the minibus were you by any chance Chosenone ha ha?? Left from St Paul’s Secondary School in Beechmount, West Belfast??
Yeah, it's definitely down to too many changes, I've said that in other posts.Yeah, I agree with what you say with regards to Sid ?? (love that whoever came up with it!!) but by making 9 changes, you are basically starting a completely different team and cannot expect a fluid performance. We were awful tonight but on a positive, we should still get through the group relatively easily and hopefully Jose has learnt that some players including Dele, Sanchez and Winksy can no longer be relied upon. So maybe not all bad news tonight!!
Absolutely moving forward the team must become much more solid especially in the league. But for this one match, all the anger and frustration, does it really matter? Many talked about how we could win 4 group stage matches and throw away the two last. Well, what if we did that but just flipped it upside down a bit, and cashed in early on one shambolic match in a group that we should win anyway. Birdseye view - tonight really isn't that big deal.I agree. But how many reactionary losses do we need this season, and can we really afford to? Consistency is the biggest order but we never get a firm grip on that. Really don't want a repeat of 15/16 season when we lost all initiatives purely down to ourselves. ?
I agree. It really isn't, at all.Absolutely moving forward the team must become much more solid especially in the league. But for this one match, all the anger and frustration, does it really matter? Many talked about how we could win 4 group stage matches and throw away the two last. Well, what if we did that but just flipped it upside down a bit, and cashed in early on one shambolic match in a group that we should win anyway. Birdseye view - tonight really isn't that big deal.
Funny how people see different things.I don't know if I can defend Sanchez any longer. That was his worst performance of the season for me, really really poor. I can't see Rodon or Tanganga being worse at the moment.
Unless he gets his act together he's very quickly slipping into the list of players we need to look to move on.
Totally agree it was like a stroll in the park and when the whole team plays bad everyone plays bad, but some still want to single individuals out and forget the awful performances of the 4 players that got taken off at half time.Very weird performance all round in that it didn't look like anyone particularly cared in a constructive way from minute one until the final whistle, and yet everyone looked a bit naffed off the whole game. Strange one. Hopefully just something to get out the system. ??
He was 26!!! What are you trying to say???You weren’t on the minibus were you by any chance Chosenone ha ha?? Left from St Paul’s Secondary School in Beechmount, West Belfast??
And rightly so, I think.Just caught Jose's interview on SpursTV
Quote "it confirmed a few things for me" and "opened a few other question marks" and "will help me in the future of my decisions"
I think that sounds ominous for one or two members of the squad.
I’m looking forward to hearing what Jose has to say about the performance. Assuming his interview will be shown after the goons game??Just caught Jose's interview on SpursTV
Quote "it confirmed a few things for me" and "opened a few other question marks" and "will help me in the future of my decisions"
I think that sounds ominous for one or two members of the squad.
1 or 2? 4 players got their arses hauled off at half timeJust caught Jose's interview on SpursTV
Quote "it confirmed a few things for me" and "opened a few other question marks" and "will help me in the future of my decisions"
I think that sounds ominous for one or two members of the squad.
I don't think all four of them are in the firing line. There's no way he's thinking of dropping Vini or GLC.1 or 2? 4 players got their arses hauled off at half time