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Match Threads Spurs vs Fulham

Date
Dec 1, 2024
KO Time
1:30 pm
Score
1 - 1
Johnson 54 mins

Match Prediction

  • Spurs Win

    Votes: 40 49.4%
  • Fulham Win

    Votes: 21 25.9%
  • Draw

    Votes: 20 24.7%

  • Total voters
    81

jurgen

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Jul 5, 2008
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It's incredibly frustrating.

But that's not aimed at Ange or the players.

The football authorities and our owners have put us in this situation.

You can't have a serious lack of depth in key areas, play intensely, play twice a week and have players jetting off for internationals every month and expect consistent performances.

We had a huge win against City but even that would have taken something out of the players, we've followed that up with a very difficult tie against a decent Roma side and 2 and half days later play a very resolute and hard working Fulham team.

You can't expect us to be beating teams well and playing well game after game, it's just not realistic

The football authorities didn’t stop us not filling squad positions that everyone else on here could see needed filling, to provide some backup and mean we can more confidently rest people or overcome injuries.

We could easily afford a deeper squad, that’s on the club. That said it’s unfortunate how many injuries we’re having, compared to teams that play at least as many games as we do, and hopefully that’s also something the club are looking carefully at.
 

Flobadob

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Jul 22, 2014
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Our forward line still needs huge improvement. Solanke is good, happy with him but we are starting two wingers week in week out who’s general play is really poor.
 

Gbspurs

Gatekeeper for debates, King of the plonkers
Jan 27, 2011
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Why do referees allow throw ins to be taken 20 yards further forward?
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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There are no easy games these days. With our strongest team, yeah, I agree. But Most teams now are well drilled and physically very fit so the players missing for us today is a bit of a leveller. I’d bite your arm off for a 1 nil win now.
Not only that but Fulham don't have big clashes every week.

They don't have as many 'ups' in the sense they need to fire themselves up week in week out as there's loads of pressure to get 3 pts.

It's why teams like them go through very good patches and poor patches.

More games mean more to us (EL group qualification, big games against City, United, Villa) as a loss can destroy our chances.

Fulham can afford a bad game but they generally stay fresh to get up for the next one. We have to be at it relentlessly
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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Our forward line still needs huge improvement. Solanke is good, happy with him but we are starting two wingers week in week out who’s general play is really poor.
Yes!

We need a winger with better ball retention.
 

Romulus

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Jun 14, 2012
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Fulham look like a team who have had a week to prepare and used it well. We, err, don’t. Europa league is a bastard killer. Just as well we are going to win it 😂
ange said last year that he wished we were playing 2 games a week so he cant complain about tiredness
 

rossdapep

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2011
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The football authorities didn’t stop us not filling squad positions that everyone else on here could see needed filling, to provide some backup and mean we can more confidently rest people or overcome injuries.

We could easily afford a deeper squad, that’s on the club. That said it’s unfortunate how many injuries we’re having, compared to teams that play at least as many games as we do, and hopefully that’s also something the club are looking carefully at.
I'm not disagreeing with that. It's why I included them.

But it's also true we have too many games
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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ange said last year that he wished we were playing 2 games a week so he cant complain about tiredness
But he probably didn't foresee the injuries and underestimated the club's lack of urgency to address squad weaknesses
 

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