Swansea Vs Tottenham: Match Thread
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iluvsteffenfreund
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I've never seen a spurs player give up the ball so many times in one game of football. It was embarrasing
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Who are the one or two?
jezz
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If you can tell me what MP expects from his team I will answer your question.
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Can't wait to see a fully-fit Walker combining with Lamela. I thought Erik was poor offensively today but I just suspect that the little bit of space an overlapping Walker will give him will change his fortunes somewhat.
Eriksen my MOTM - kept going to the end and plenty of delicious touches. Central mid a little anonymous today and a few brain farts all over the pitch.
Eriksen my MOTM - kept going to the end and plenty of delicious touches. Central mid a little anonymous today and a few brain farts all over the pitch.
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I think the frustration is we want to play like Swansea. But we play like Stoke of old. We aren't classy enough at the moment. Yes we have won. And yes. I'll take it. But watching tottenham is no fun at the moment. And hasn't been since Bale left.
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Playing away at Swansea in the driving rain and coming away with three points is a fantastic result no matter how disappointing the performance. I'm not sure what people were expecting with that set of players, in those conditions, but I certainly wasn't expecting us to rock up like Barca and pass them off the pitch. We're poor, the squad is poor. No manager, however gifted, will be able to mask the glaring lack of pace, creativity, and general quality at Spurs atm. If Poch doesn’t take any great credit for the win, he certainly doesn't deserve any great criticism either.
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I seen this has two disagrees but for the goal both players were at fault
Bony was constantly getting in between walker and Fazio
@IGSpur and possibly @Spursidol
Though I did see alot of him in the championship
jezz
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Anybody watching that game will know you're a liar.
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Fantastic analysis.
Surprised youre not employed to do it for a living.
So very constructive, non sensationalist and balanced.
Why even ask for an opinion?
And, also, you clearly would have seen a player give the ball away more than Lamela today-unless you have watched very little of Spurs. But I dont think thats the case.
Shadydan
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This is such a strange post.
Barry Mead
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Have to agree, at best our central midfield was pedestrian, no real flair, vision or intelligence, they played some ill considered passes to players getting closed rather than other options with space and didn't exactly provide the defence with any great protection. They are willing workers but limited in what they offer
That said I think playing only two in CM places a big burden on whatever two players even players we don't have.
I actually enjoyed Stambouli's cameo, at least he seemed to use a bit of intelligence in his passing and a desire to get the ball forward
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Mustard
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What's the alternative? Analyse how ineffectual Pochettino has been in implementing his approach? Sometimes the only solution is to try and find humour in the mess we're in.
No we weren't great today. We weren't average either. We were incredibly poor. Again.
Of course I wanted us to win - I always do. I tell you what though, I would have been a lot happier if we'd drawn/lost but played well, as it would be far more encouraging in terms of Pochettino's future at the club. Games can be won or lost due to individual abilities, but overall performances are a reflection of the manager. What signs were there today that Pochettino is improving this team? It was a lucky win. I'll credit some of the players for having the ability to keep going, but Pochettino's influence essentially had Swansea ending the game as extremely unlucky not to take all the points.
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if only pl games can be watched in "tactical" view as well...
those who play the game will know that in this sort of game when the ball moves so quickly, the centre mids are the ones who will have to burst from area to area, covering space and players... a lot of this work is not caught on camera which focuses on where the ball is and therefore only players near the ball can be seen.
that's usually the key difference between watching on telly vs watching live... you really start to see who is static and who is mobile.
How old is Lemela ? It is too early to give up on him. This is really is first proper season in the premiership since he got injured very early in Spurs career as a result he hardly played last year.
