Gee, Harry Kane got our first goal and secondary assist on the winner and he gets one vote (although I did vote for Ericksen), I think we're getting a little spoiled by him
My motm votes always get commented on...I'm more concerned about someone voting Dembele. Useless player.
Gee, Harry Kane got our first goal and secondary assist on the winner and he gets one vote (although I did vote for Ericksen), I think we're getting a little spoiled by him
To be honest though, that's all I want from my striker. He's the only one doing it and I don't care if he does much else.I love Kane, but the goal aside, I thought he was relatively poor today. But then he's young and still scoring so meh who really cares.
Paulinho was on for 10 minutes and gets a '4'. Shows the agendas people have. Didn't do anything wrong (or right, because there wasn't enough time) but because he's Paulinho, he was obviously shit.Lloris- 6 - bit shakey when trying to punch or collect the ball and his kicking was poor but he made one outstanding save to keep us in it at 1 down
Dier- 5- He's getting great experience but he's no right back, he doesn't have the postional sense of a right back or the attacking input down the line which negatively affects us both in defence and in attack as we lack width going forward and Lamela is left isolated
Fazio- 5 - poor header for their goal and looked a bit of a donkey much of the first half, better in the second after their sending off but naturally because there was next to nothing left to do
Vertonghen- 6- Wasn't great but did little wrong I suppose
Davies- 6 - played fairly well and I think given a run in the team he could prove a good left back both in defense and providing attacking width, if he had someone worth crossing to I could see him getting a fair share of assists too
Dembele- 4- pretty poor today, the game passed him by and he failed to protect the back four or provide anything going forward. Set a slow tempo whenever he did have the ball and though he looked strong when on the ball he did nothing with it and was rightfully replaced
Mason- 6 - Had a decent game, high tempo and lots of effort. At fault to an extent for their goal and left us weak in the middle as part of a CM2
Lamela- 6.- Has to produce more considering the talent he has. His head always down and misses the simple pass. Cuts inside too much and is predictable. Wasn't awful and put the effort in but when they had 10 men he should have been running the show and creating chances for himself and others. He failed to really produce anything and it was an average and for me a disappointing performance over all
Eriksen- 8- The one player who truly came alive when they went down to 10 men. Dictated the pace of the game and was at the heart of everything good we did (including both goals to win the game)
Kane-7- Wasn't his best game but he was in the right place at the right time again to get his goal and his work rate cannot be faulted, should have scored a header too and I feel he could have been more directly involved in the game but he was better than most today still I thought
Soldado- 5- Hard to see things turning round for him now. Run out of excuses to make for him and my hope is gone. He played the odd decent pass but he was rarely in the right place and often way out of position. A couple of great balls played across the box for a striker of his style that he didn't even react to and a through ball in the second half that he couldn't get on to. When he was in the right place at the right time his shot was poor and wide of the target with no pressure on him. I think its best for him and us if we sell him back to Spain and get someone more suitable in now
Subs:
Chiriches- 6- Did better than Dier at right back, certainly got forward more. Though some of his passing was sloppy and to be fair most of his performance took place while we had a man advantage and he had little threat to deal with
Lennon-7- The red card turned the match but Lennon's pace and energy on the wing certainly contributed too. He wasn't involved in either goal but he helped us pin them back, win back possession high up the pitch and stretched them time and time again which wore them down
Paulinho- 4 - this lad is a waste of space and should be sold. He came on while we were chasing the game fresh and yet he did nothing but slow us down everytime he got the ball and let the play completely bipass him whenever he was off the ball. In essence his substitution evened up the match 10 vs 10 and it was a mistake by Poch to bring him on instead of Caballos in my opinion, one which we fortunately didn't pay for
Over all a poor poor performance but a great result. The predicament we're in we don't have the luxurary of worrying about the performance right now so I'm delighted with the 3 points even though Hull were the better team and they wanted it more than us. We owe everything to the red card - without it we'd not have won that game. I fear for us against Everton, though I feel if we win in midweek too we may have a little confidence and it could see a better performance. I don't fancy our chances though and at this rate I'd probably settle for a draw against Everton because I think they'll turn us over
I don't have an adgenda against him at all - I think he was that bad when he came on. I listed my reasons after the ratingPaulinho was on for 10 minutes and gets a '4'. Shows the agendas people have. Didn't do anything wrong (or right, because there wasn't enough time) but because he's Paulinho, he was obviously shit.
You've judged that Paulinho was worse than every other player in the 10 minutes he played. Flipping hell.
Mason my MOTM over the 90mins
Really like him. Puts most of the rest of them to shame
To be fair, I thought Paulinho was in the way as much as he tried to help.Paulinho was on for 10 minutes and gets a '4'. Shows the agendas people have. Didn't do anything wrong (or right, because there wasn't enough time) but because he's Paulinho, he was obviously shit.
You've judged that Paulinho was worse than every other player in the 10 minutes he played. Flipping hell.
Although to be fair it was much easier to look for the forward pass once they were down to ten men and no longer applying pressure to the full backs everytime they got the ballEwan Roberts @EwanRoberts · 4h4 hours ago
Dier's most-used passing option? Lloris (four times). Chiriches made nine passes to Lamela/Eriksen. Big shift, forward impetus, good sub.
That bad huh? I forgot to put goat in the ratings, perhaps the mods can.