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Match Prediction

  • Spurs Win

    Votes: 55 22.8%
  • Arsenal Win

    Votes: 116 48.1%
  • Score Draw

    Votes: 70 29.0%
  • Goal-less Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    241
  • Poll closed .

jolegend

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Jul 8, 2005
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What is that goal kick tactic all about? Both centre backs in the 6 yard box with Lloris!? I can’t see what that adds at all especially knot of the time is goes straight back to Lloris who lumps it forward. Bizarre tactic to persist with. Very high risk, very low reward.
 

Ronwol196061

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Apr 9, 2018
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What is that goal kick tactic all about? Both centre backs in the 6 yard box with Lloris!? I can’t see what that adds at all especially knot of the time is goes straight back to Lloris who lumps it forward. Bizarre tactic to persist with. Very high risk, very low reward.

I think Lloris likes to make things difficult for himself. He enjoys the pain pleasure, aspect of footie
 

Gilzeanking

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May 7, 2005
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I know people try to defend Sissoko’s end product by saying that he’s not in the team for his attacking prowess and that it’s his athletic attributes and drive with the ball that helps the team. Whilst that’s true to some degree, if he is continually getting in advanced positions only to blast the ball into row Z, he’s wasting attacking opportunities that would be better suited for other players.

Reckon you've missed something . Sissoko isn't playing as an attacker .

The reason he is often in shooting positions , in space... is simply because he has bust a gut to get to that position .
Contrasting somewhat with our other forwards .
 

JKendall13

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Jul 2, 2012
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First four games we had significant absences of Alli, Son, NDombele, Foyth, Lo Celso, Davies, Vertonghen, Sessengnon, Dier, Aurier, and Eriksen’s transfer oddness. Think we’re going to look better when most of them are available?

Also, people keep battering Pochettino over the head with the league results second half of last season. I feel like some of you don’t even watch the club or have the memory of goldfish. Compounding the fact that we bought zero players, we had an epic injury crisis. Kane, Dele, Rose, Vertonghen, Winks, Lamela, Wanyama, Dembele, and more injured for long and crucial periods of time. Against WHU in April our subs bench was Gazzaniga, Trippier, KWP, Wanyama, Skipp, Janssen, and Llorente.

Yet we made the UCL final and finished top four.

No club needed the international break more than we did. If things are still looking shit after the break then I think there will be legitimate space for criticism, but until then I think we need to have some patience.
 

daveduvet

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Oct 6, 2008
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Much much better today, well deserved point and we push on from here now once the window has closed :)Thought Sanchez was excellent out of position.
I agree. There’s lots of Sanchez slagging, but I felt he stood strong. Today was a London derby - both teams wanted it; we did well considering
 

BuryMeInEngland

Polish that cock lads
May 24, 2012
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I should be used to it but, damn, the negativity in these threads just gets so wearying and depressing after a while.

This was a thrilling NLD. Both sides went at it hammer and tongs. Mistakes were made; momentum see-sawed; moments of individual brilliance; moments of diabolical decision-making - it had everything.

But most importantly it was a proper fight. And in the end we came away with a point. Two more than we got from the same fixture last year when Arsenal were worse than they are now.

But, still, these threads are full of fans slagging off players and manager. No credit for any fight shown - just criticism for any and every failing - real or just perceived.

It's really tough just to enjoy a great game of football these days. People everything to be perfect. Seem to take joy out of being the first one to find fault and express their disdain in the most contemptuous way possible.

Imagine being a player and looking at these Match threads (I imagine the Arsenal equivalent is just as bad) - both sides played a proper derby today. They should all be congratulated for that. Instead they are all being slated.

Football's getting harder and harder to enjoy. And the fans are becoming just as much part of the problem. No joy. No perspective. Just vitriol.
Seriously, I would rather see people slagging off players (as you put it) in these threads as opposed to pretending all is well when it pretty obviously isn't.

I understand that you prefer only to see the good things and ignore the bad, but the last two weeks performances have not been good. Game day threads have always been the same and if you think they're going to change, they probably won't.

I like that we expect great performances from our players and that we don't pretend to enjoy the poorly played games when some players are just not performing as they should. It shows more enthusiasm and a desire for the team to win.
 

Norgie

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Mar 29, 2005
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I agree. There’s lots of Sanchez slagging, but I felt he stood strong. Today was a London derby - both teams wanted it; we did well considering

I thought Sanchez did really well today, occasionally out of position but that is because he is a center back.
 

jurgen

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Jul 5, 2008
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Awful, no other word for another shower of shit. So many on here spouting off like we're Burnley or something, getting a lucky, plucky draw!! Jeez, how we have fallen so quickly!!

Nonsense, our record away against them is terrible (2 wins in about 27 years did they say?), they always raise their game, a draw is not us 'falling so quickly'.
 

spursfan77

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Aug 13, 2005
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I think we will be so much better once we get Sissoko out of this team. He was woeful today and back to his old self. If he could of shot we might of won that game.

I can’t wait for ndombele or lo celso to take his place. We will be so much better for it.
 

Phomesy

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Aug 20, 2013
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Seriously, I would rather see people slagging off players (as you put it) in these threads as opposed to pretending all is well when it pretty obviously isn't.

I understand that you prefer only to see the good things and ignore the bad, but the last two weeks performances have not been good. Game day threads have always been the same and if you think they're going to change, they probably won't.

I like that we expect great performances from our players and that we don't pretend to enjoy the poorly played games when some players are just not performing as they should. It shows more enthusiasm and a desire for the team to win.

Well yes. I think - as someone who described this thrilling and hard fought NLD as a "shit show" - that we know where you stand on all things football related. :ROFLMAO:

But, I'd respectfully suggest that you have zero evidence that I "only see the good and ignore the bad". I've posted reams of complaining about aspects of our play; strategy; gameplan and individual ability to carry the former out.

I just don't call our players and manager "useless ****s". And applaud them when effort for the shirt is displayed as it was today. Nor do I persist in the useless exercise of slagging people off forever when there's zero point to it as we are stuck with what we have until an appropriate trade window.

But yes - you're right really. It's the thousands of people like you moaning at NWHL with your audible disdain and impatient silences that are truly showing "more enthusiasm and a desire for the team to win". you're on a winner there buddy. It's making our new stadium a true fortress. Keep the good support up :woot:
 
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