Burnley Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[CosmicHotspur]

We usually win when I wash my hair. Just going to wash my hair.

 

[night-watchman]

That was an abysmal half. Not quite sure what Poch expects to see out of Paulinho that we dont know already.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

We really need aml and amr with guile and pace. Chadli, townsend lamela just doesnt cut it.

and a quality central midfielder to play alongside Bentaleb next season.

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

He has his flaws but on the whole we play much better team football when lamela is on the pitch.

 

[Mr Pink]

It's made worse by the fact that Lamela played great against Burnley in the home fixture. Is there something behind closed doors that we don't know about? I can't imagine it's that Lamela and Dembele don't work hard and are unprofessional. They've been model professionals in big national teams and have no history of acting up. So it really makes no sense.

Just the one bad half against West Ham for Dembele and I've no idea why he continues to omit Lamela.

That mini spell against Arsenal and Liverpool etc was by far our best of the season and the closet we've looked to implementing his style. We were implementing it.

The shit we've seen recently resembles I don't know what.

Every week I say I hope he reverts back, but its clear as day he's not going to. Maybe its pressure to play the likes of Chadli in house. I don't know, its just so perplexing.

If I could ask him one question, that would be it.

 

[Mustard]

I'd say they are more like alpacas.

Alpacas are generally friendly creatures who left to their own devices have a nice positive attitude to the world and their fellow alpaca.

But when in a group some will find fault with one of the alpacas and blame that alpaca for everything regardless of the actions of others.

So Walker haters, you are alpacas.

I ruddy hate Alpacas.

I am jealous of their long necks.

 

[ajspurs]

Fucking shocing half. Feels like we've just wasted a half basically, doing nothing.

Gotta say this is the first time that I've actually been confused at Poch's team selection. Other times he may not have picked what I've wanted to see but you can see the logic in it. With the team we had out the performance isn't greatly surprising and it's been a disgusting performance.

 

[tooey]

When are we going to finally see sense and stop playing Bentaleb and Mason in the middle. They simply aren't good enough as a pairing.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

if walker is injured its his own fault, delayed clearing it.

I'm sure he has vertigo as every time he looks up everything goes to shit lol

 

[paulcumpstone]

poch is fast losing my support, awful doesn't do his team selections justice, does he doing anything with them in training bar fitness? no improvement all season, despite hardly an injury so he can't say hes been without his best players

 

[Phil-spur99]

Awful, so slow and no pace to stretch them. I'd bring Dembele and Lamela on, probably for Paul and Chadli, Chadli does get goals but offers nothing in general play.

I think Poch tried to set up to match Burnley's work rate but they have bossed midfield.

 

[spursfan1991]

We will come good in the second half as our bench is worth more than burnleys entire squad, so i am not worried in the slightest.

 

[EastLondonYid]

Oh no, you made fun of my avatar! How will I live with myself from now on? Devastating blow to my sense of self worth because I really care so much about my avatar and I've given so much thought into selecting this avatar.

fuck me

Because the rest of our midfielders isn't any better.

still happy with this team???

 

[dondo]

Dembele on for paulinho

 

[Gbspurs]

Not as bad as many are making out but certainly not good. Just pretty "meh".

We leave Kane so isolated which is the biggest difference between the two teams. I hope this is addressed in the summer as a priority. Chadli doing nothing. Eriksen trying at least.

Need Dembele on for Bentaleb and Townsend on for Chadli IMO.

 

[elDiablo]

townsend and lamela for chadders and pauli for me. Eriksen has been poor as well, so get dembele on for him is he doesnt buck his ideas up.

frustrated with the line up really. paulinho clearly has no long term future here, so why play him?

saying that, burnley are pressing well, but that shouldn't be a surprise, but we dont change anything to counter it. (Not saying i know what the solution is, but im not paid too )

 

[Black]

We have been pushing rope all season, not surprisee by the first half performance.

 

[mpickard2087]

Pretty pathetic stuff so far. Game is flat, atmosphere is flat. Very little intensity in the game. Burnley are organised and hard working and we just don't seem to be up for it nor we do have any great quality.

I am astounded we haven't targeted their left back, he is crap. Both Townsend and Lamela have ran rings round him this season, yet today we have no-one playing up against him. A massive oversight.

You could swap out all of our attacking midfielders for the ones on the bench, all have been anonymous in attack and wimps in defence. Need to find some nous and threat from somewhere.

 

[alfie103]

"Verts out due to illness" possibly couldn't stomach this offering.

His pathetic defending and attitude has been a big issue for us.

 

[TheGreenLily]

Mason and Bentaleb not working again.

4-2-3-1 looks totally useless once again.

Game more boring than anything AVB could have produced, Easter Sunday is turning in to a war of attrition against horrific levels of boredom.

Second half has to be better.