Swansea Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

Blackrat1299 · Dec 14, 2014

Just seen the reverse angle of Christian's goal and you can see Gylfi, jump up in the airs and slam his two feet into the ground and wave his arms.

millsey · Dec 14, 2014

ackie said:
We really have to win next week against burnley!

Why?

StartingPrice · Dec 14, 2014

dondo said:
Not labeled anyone anything. We were better for the 1st 20 and the last 20 and that is nearly half of the match. Were we lucky to get 3 points? Yes but it wasn't all Swansea, think a draw would have been a fair result

True dat. If we didn't dominate the last twenty minutes we certainly more than gave as good as we got...and some. As someone said, above, maybe, just maybe that is due to our training regime - so not so much luck. Apply same to our other late wins. Only Spurs fans could turn winning at a very tough away ground, against a very good side, in miserable conditions, after a Europa league game, due at least in part to our tough training, where we had 2 chances for every three the home team had and four on target to there three, into some kind of mega-whinge.

Swansea played well - they are a good team. Give them some credit. But they were lucky with their goal, his initial shot was off target and would have went out if it hadn't hit Fazio, and it fell perfectly for Bony to have the second shot. They played well, but didn't hit the woodwork and didn't have any clear-cut penalty shouts (not in my opinion).

Yes a draw may have been a fairer result, but so what - that's football.

adamsky · Dec 14, 2014

Eriksen does go missing at times and can be frustrating but he invariably is the only player we have who shows any composure and end product that he has to play. He can't be compared to Lamela as he too goes missing but never produce either.

I know it has been said to death but can you believe how much we have wasted on Lamela, Soldado snd Paulinho, if only one of those was successful it could all be so different. I get pissed off every time I think about it!

falzo · Dec 14, 2014

Play of the day. Ben Davies last ditch tackle on Bony. What a challenge.

Spurger King · Dec 14, 2014

Sweetsman said:
Harry's been gone for some time, so you need to get over it.

Eh?

There was a lot I liked about Harry and his time in charge, but there was a lot more that I didn't. He had an incredibly short-term vision of squad-building for a start, and really only had himself to blame for getting the sack.

I actually admired Levy's ambition when he appointed AVB. It was a risk, but one I felt (and still feel) was worth taking at the time. As for Pochettino, he wasn't my first, second, or even third choice as manager, but I could at least recognise the logic behind it.

I don't want Pochettino to fail (quite the opposite, for obvious reasons), but I can distinguish between points and performances. Today was another poor performance, and I see no reason to sugar-coat it. Not expecting overnight miracles, but surely we can all agree that the signs of his influence should be more evident by now?

THFCSPURS19 · Dec 14, 2014

iluvsteffenfreund said:
Haha behave yourself. Stick to defending the players you believe played so well. Unfortunately you seem to get it wrong so often. How come mason and lamela were taken off today ?

Of course I get it wrong sometimes because nobody's perfect. However, the fact that this is coming from you makes me laugh.

Don't worry though, I've found some examples of you displaying your footballing genius.

(y)

iluvsteffenfreund said:
Hahaha what a joke! Mason, bentaleb and Harry Kane, is the best youth our club has to offer

iluvsteffenfreund said:
Oh here we go Harry Kane and mason to save us! Laughable

iluvsteffenfreund said:
When did I say I wrote lamela off ? Have another little glimpse. I've played the game at a level you can only dream of I can tell that by your posts, bentaleb and Kane will not become tottenham greats because they are not good enough. Solid players at championship level or for a mediocre prem side. We are better than that.

And here's one actually addressed to me:

iluvsteffenfreund said:
You rate Kane don't you ! ? Ahhh bless. Clueless aren't you pal

So embarrassing:

iluvsteffenfreund said:
It's embarrassing being right so often yes your correct

thinktank · Dec 14, 2014

lol said:
when will mopo drop lamela. not until lamela improves his decision making, he should be played as an impact sub against tired legs. kudos to his work rate, but i still prefer lennon starting over him

Have to agree atm. Him and Eriksen can't play together, has to be one on, one off for now.

Lawrence · Dec 14, 2014

Today's match showed me a few things:

1. We need two wingers. Lamela was played because we lack creativity. Eriksen was played left because we lack a left winger. Townsend and Lennon are sub material at best. Chadli was tired.

2. We have not replaced Sandro. Mason and Bentalab ain't it. Eriksen can replace modric to an extent but we lack a destroyer. Can Stambouli do it? I say MF 3 of stambouli, Eriksen and Mason. Capoue sub stambouli, Dembele sub Eriksen and Bentalab sub Mason.

3. If Kane gets injured, we're screwed. We need a loan of an experienced striker till summer arrives.

TH1239 · Dec 14, 2014

StartingPrice said:
Why are you quoting your own post like you've made a Yoda-like prediction?

The main part of your argument was based on the incorrect assumption that Lennon would play ("I'm assuming everyone will get their wish for Lennon").

Your argument was that this incorrect assumption would lead to a lack of end product - we scored two goals ("you cannot gloss over how he [Lennon] just isn't any sort of goal threat, so if you play the same team as Everton, you can't really be all that surprised if that team doesn't score over 90").

Your caveat was that Eriksen might score but no-one else - Kane scored (you can't really be all that surprised if that team doesn't score over 90 minutes barring an Eriksen strike").

We didn't play the same team as against Everton, Lennon didn't play, we had end product (2 goals), Eriksen wasn't the only goal-scorer.

I should've just deleted the entire thing save the Eriksen portion. You're absolutely right and I was totally wrong in my prediction.

As an aside, what do you think of the January transfer window? Any continental players you believe can comfortably come in and play in a Bielsa/Sampaoli style high press?

goughie1966 · Dec 14, 2014

I understand we all have our favourites but I don't think it's fair to single out one player today. The performance overall was poor all round, some were marginally better than others. Soldado, Lamela, Mason, Bentaleb were all poor. Eriksen was quiet until he moved into his best position and won us the game. The CB's had their moments. Davies was ok, it was great to see Walker back and he made a big difference. Lloris was great as usual.

For 70 minutes we were bang average, took us until the 80th minute to get a second attempt on target but we won it. That'll do for me but there has to be some big improvements because I can't see getting away with another performance like that.

shelfboy68 · Dec 14, 2014

Spurger King said:
Eh?

There was a lot I liked about Harry and his time in charge, but there was a lot more that I didn't. He had an incredibly short-term vision of squad-building for a start, and really only had himself to blame for getting the sack.

I actually admired Levy's ambition when he appointed AVB. It was a risk, but one I felt (and still feel) was worth taking at the time. As for Pochettino, he wasn't my first, second, or even third choice as manager, but I could at least recognise the logic behind it.

I don't want Pochettino to fail (quite the opposite, for obvious reasons), but I can distinguish between points and performances. Today was another poor performance, and I see no reason to sugar-coat it. Not expecting overnight miracles, but surely we can all agree that the signs of his influence should be more evident by now?

Doesnt appear to be much so called philosophy
Going on Does there or any defensive organisation we still look as wobbly as Fuck.
Still he needs more time thats what We are told so we wait.

iluvsteffenfreund · Dec 14, 2014

THFCSPURS19 said:
Of course I get it wrong sometimes because nobody's perfect. However, the fact that this is coming from you makes me laugh.

Don't worry though, I've found some examples of you displaying your footballing genius.

And here's one actually addressed to me:

So embarrassing:

Hahaha your life must be so entertaining!! Anyway we can't always get it right can we. Your grasp of the game just seem especially poor. But that's none of my business

THFCSPURS19 · Dec 14, 2014

iluvsteffenfreund said:
Hahaha your life must be so entertaining!! Anyway we can't always get it right can we. Your grasp of the game just seem especially poor. But that's none of my business

I've played once in the North London Sunday League Division 6

Don't start with me m8.

iluvsteffenfreund · Dec 14, 2014

Eriksen does go missing but when you produce what he produces for us so often he deserves his place. Lamela very very rarely produces so therefore cannot be afforded the same luxury

goughie1966 · Dec 14, 2014

Can someone tell me what position Lamela played for Roma? Did he play on the right as he does for us?

iluvsteffenfreund · Dec 14, 2014

THFCSPURS19 said:
I've played once in the North London Sunday League Division 6

Don't start with me m8.

I could of told you that...

scottlag10 · Dec 14, 2014

Spurger King said:
Eh?

There was a lot I liked about Harry and his time in charge, but there was a lot more that I didn't. He had an incredibly short-term vision of squad-building for a start, and really only had himself to blame for getting the sack.

I actually admired Levy's ambition when he appointed AVB. It was a risk, but one I felt (and still feel) was worth taking at the time. As for Pochettino, he wasn't my first, second, or even third choice as manager, but I could at least recognise the logic behind it.

I don't want Pochettino to fail (quite the opposite, for obvious reasons), but I can distinguish between points and performances. Today was another poor performance, and I see no reason to sugar-coat it. Not expecting overnight miracles, but surely we can all agree that the signs of his influence should be more evident by now?

Or was AVB just the cheapest option available at the time?

dontsalebale · Dec 14, 2014

lamela cant keep the ball for toffees diabolical display

Spurger King · Dec 14, 2014

THFCSPURS19 said:
I've played once in the North London Sunday League Division 6

Don't start with me m8.

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