I've been saying this for at least 6-7 weeks now. But after some 40 negative ratings, I let it go.I’d drop Kane to the bench for four reasons:
1. He is in very poor form and needs to be shown that poor performances get rewarded with a spell on the bench.
2. Our two best recent performances (Bournemouth away and Chelsea away) have come with Kane out of the team. I think Kane makes us one dimensional whereas the movement of Son, Lamela, Dele and Eriksen creates all sorts of issues for opposition defences.
3. If that movement from the attacking mids doesn’t get us ahead in the game, Kane coming on in the second half to stretch the defence would be a lot more effective than him playing from the start, where he seems to tire incredibly quickly.
4. I don’t need a fourth point because the other three were so great.
West Brom 1 Spurs 0
Just when you think, you are a good team. Spurs kick you flush in the fucking balls.
So where was Poch when all this was taking place?It's the combo of being down after the cup semi and the fact we had a gigantic but not yet unassailable lead for the top 4.
Once the cup was over I suspect the players felt sorry for themselves and didn't want to have to put in the effort to pick things up again. They thought they could just coast until the end of the season. Well it's now well and truly come back to bite us on the arse.
I've been saying this for at least 6-7 weeks now. But after some 40 negative ratings, I let it go.
Maybe they'll listen to you...
Likewise, the slating I got for pointing out it was a crazy idea for the club to actively and publicly get Eriksen's goal given to Harry at a crucial point of the season, because of the knock-on effect it could have in the dressing room and for team morale, enthusiasm and performance, was a thing of beauty.
We were doing fine up until that point.
And now here we are.
Yep that's definitely the reason why we are on a poor run, definitely.
It was the point at which we went from 'unbeaten since 2017' to 'lost 4 in 3 weeks'.
But yeah, totally unconnected.
If, as some have suggested, Levy's bonus is the reason, I don't see why this can't have been another.Yep that's definitely the reason why we are on a poor run, definitely.
If, as some have suggested, Levy's bonus is the reason, I don't see why this can't have been another.
And yet the team dynamic has changed. Is it down to Kane being bang average of late? Hope not cos it would truely make us Team Kane.Maybe because they're both stupid reasons
And yet the team dynamic has changed. Is it down to Kane being bang average of late? Hope not cos it would truely make us Team Kane.
Maybe because they're both stupid reasons
So what’s your explanation?
If it’s not the manager, it’s not the players and it’s not the board, then what is it? How did we become a consistently-dreary shit show pretty much overnight?
We're off form, it's football, it happens to all teams.
But you don't just go from smoking hot to smelly rot for no reason. Football or not.We're off form, it's football, it happens to all teams.
But you don't just go from smoking hot to smelly rot for no reason. Football or not.
We might have, mathmatically we can still pip United for second.I dont know and I don't care, other than we should have capitalised on it.