Match Threads Man City vs Spurs - Match Thread

[Singh_Yid]

Verts surely coulda done better at defending that goal too.

 

[MR_BEN]

Lloris has so much to talk always but he never had anything to show in big games.

Sorry, not a popular opinion but I'm actually quite tired and sick of him.

Your tired? Who cares.

 

[JayB]

Not sure why the need for the meltdown. This is probably the best team in the world we're playing.

They won the league last season despite missing their best player for half the campaign and going up against a Liverpool side that had astonishing good luck with regard to injuries, opponents throwing the ball into their own net week after week, and a dozen blatant dives being awarded with penalties.

They're a million miles ahead of us and there's little shame in that, their oil money means they simply don't operate under the same conditions as 99.99% of football clubs.

 

[Dannyspur]

I hope we change system in the second half and Lucas comes on. Maybe even Lo Celso

Poch won't change it until 70 mins

 

[richard_gleeson]

You'll hear the players talking about how theyve got to stop talking and start winning trophies.

 

[Kingellesar]

Lucky to only be a goal down. Issue we got is that we are playing too narrow, so when the ball goes to the full back, we struggle to find an out.

Not sure what position Eriksen, Lamela and Sissoko are playing, its all a bit of a mess.

Its always a tough place to come, which just highlights how good we were in the CL against them last season.

We need Moura on as I think that defence would struggle against some pace.

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

Needed a llorente today. Go long, because they are absolutely fucking us playing football out of the back. We are a so predictable.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

Seems Poch’s mentality is that, because it’s early in the season, we can afford to lose and then make up for it in the next 36 games.
Shit mentality to have though!

 

[jolegend]

It’s so flat though. It’s like we have turned up and just hoping to cling on for a draw. Not the mentality of a top 4 side with ambition.

Sissoko has never been a wide player. He is so effective centrally. So why not play him there?

Has to be changed as we are getting nothing out of that. Poor Kane....not a sniff.

 

[Grapo2001]

To be honest, it didn't take a rocket scientist to predict such a display with the lineup. Lucas had to start this one really.

Poch will watch us play shit for another 15 minutes first though before changing anything, just hope we don't concede again in that time.

Lucas wouldn't have made a difference that half. Especially as he would have been picked over our best performer, Lamela.

 

[paulcumpstone]

We have been going backwards for the best part of a year. Only the champions league run has masked that

 

[Giovanni]

lo celso on for winks. Winks needs to move the ball forward not play it into the defence only to get pressed on. Get the ball to n dombele and let him move it forwards

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

Sissoko poor, Sanchez shocking at LCB, Eriksen has zero fucks to give. Some things never change.

Poch has gone back to playing him out wide which he isn’t good at. Trying to squeeze too many players into the same positions

 

[ardiles]

We should be down by more than a goal. At least we still have a chance of getting something from the game in the second half.

 

[nugsie]

We need to bring Kane on

Post of the day!

 

[Gareth88]

Second half we step it up a bit running wise, Toby and Sanchez need to talk to each other the distance between them on the second goal was crazy

 

[jolegend]

He is there to help KWP

That’s going well...

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Not enough cover at RB & when we do go forward on the right , we are relying on Sissoko to give us an attacking threat when we all know his best position is in the middle

 

[AnotherSpursFan]

Lloris is part of the problem today. Just not good enough on the ball to play this type of football against a high press.

City are exceptional though. The best team of the Prem era for me.

Lloris has never been the problem, the outfield players who doesnt have balls to make themselve available for the ball is the problem, look at backpass and hiding expert Winks

 

[yankspurs]

You'll hear the players talking about how theyve got to stop talking and start winning trophies.

And then they’ll actually stop talking. So we’re getting there, at least.