shelfboy68
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Without wishing to be seen slagging a player off before he is given a chance but its a shame would could not have got isco in even on loan, rather than the amount we spent on sissoko.
Liverpool Vs Tottenham: Match Thread
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Without wishing to be seen slagging a player off before he is given a chance but its a shame would could not have got isco in even on loan, rather than the amount we spent on sissoko.
lukespurs7
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Not sure I agree with that. They had a few lucky and breakaway chances, we should've created more but 2-1 was fair. Early goal killed us
Mighty Spurs
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We fielded a young team and I think that we lacked some experience compared to Liverpool's squad. All in all a decent performance against a stronger opposition.
Bobbins
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This was written whilst the game was in progress so I'm not sure why you're picking it out. Obviously by the end of the game he'd done more stuff, but I was responding to the suggestion that he was currently playing well.
UbeAstard
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You're correct it was but I assumed people would know what I was saying when I quoted a post indicating we wont win the league etc, etc and mentioned Leicester. No one in their right mind should be thinking Leicester could win it again just now.
dondo
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You quoted me at half time when I said Janssen was playing well, which Imo he was.
Missing a good chance in that half doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't playing well
Gaz_Gammon
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I can remember in the non too distant past, when we would ridicule Arsenal for fielding almost a second eleven side in both domestic Cup competition earlier rounds.
For Spurs to be potentially three games away from a final and one that we could likely win for me it makes no sense for fielding that weak a side at Liverpool. A different draw maybe so. It's not as if our post 2008 trophy cabinet section is bursting at the seams now is it.
Another wasted opportunity to make a final, when compared to the most unlikely chances at a PL title and the fantasy of even getting to a CL final. As for the FA Cup i would expect more of the same regarding team selection.
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It makes perfect sense, you know why:
29/10 Leicester (H)
2/11 Leverkusen (H)
6/11 Arsenal (A)
And there's no garantees that had we beat Liverpool we would have got to the final, we had this last year, people were complaining about resting players in the cup yet these are the same people who questioned why we were knackered towards the end of the season.
Bobbins
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Missing an almost open goal from a corner means exactly that?
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Bobbins
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It wasn't an almost open goal or a corner. Apart from that your spot on
An open goal from a cross then, since it was.
dondo
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I swear Liverpool were playing with a goal keeper last night or did he go for a walk during the free kick of Janssens header?
Buggsy61
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No, Onomah just needs some developing - hes still a young kid and the talent is there for all to see. People were slagging Kane a few years ago.
Thanks for the feedback though - makes a change to 'WTF' ratings from the mentally challenged on here. I knew match threads have a bad reputation, but why do some of them bother coming on these threads in the first place when its bound to be a broad spectrum of opinion..
Bobbins
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Maybe - he was nowhere near the ball nor the area Janssen should've been heading it into.
spursbhoy67
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The interesting thing for me is that my contacts in the game all rate Janssen and are impressed by his overall game while it is the fans who think he is a waste of money. He is a target player not a run beyond the back four forward, so he needs to be judged in that context. I do believe the goals will come for him, but his overall play will provide goals for others. He was involved in the most initial build ups that led to goals in Holland last year, so that is something to his game that cannot be taught. The goals will come.
spursbhoy67
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As to the loss last night, I am rightly upset. I have posted the same thoughts for years on here that a team that talks about Glory now does so only in a marketing and nostalgic way. We no longer win things and we cannot be a winning club with a winning mentality until we actually win a trophy or two.
Arsenal are going through a rough period for them, but have still won a few FA Cups. Liverpool are in a poor era for them and yet they have won quite a few trophies in that time too. Why can't we do the same thing?
There is a time to rest players and despite my belief in sports science I am not convinced we needed to put out a weakened team last night.
And while some people point to last season as a collapse I don't think it was down to fatigue. We did not look tired 1-0 up at home to WBA nor did we look tired when we were 2-0 up away to Chelsea. We lost both games because we lacked the mentality to finish the job, to take our chances, to keep the ball when the opposition stepped up. Had we won both games there would have been no mention of fatigue. We didn't win either game because of cumulative fatigue. We lost when the pressure was on the most we had no one with the experience to see us through - no player, nor the manager.
Arsenal are going through a rough period for them, but have still won a few FA Cups. Liverpool are in a poor era for them and yet they have won quite a few trophies in that time too. Why can't we do the same thing?
There is a time to rest players and despite my belief in sports science I am not convinced we needed to put out a weakened team last night.
And while some people point to last season as a collapse I don't think it was down to fatigue. We did not look tired 1-0 up at home to WBA nor did we look tired when we were 2-0 up away to Chelsea. We lost both games because we lacked the mentality to finish the job, to take our chances, to keep the ball when the opposition stepped up. Had we won both games there would have been no mention of fatigue. We didn't win either game because of cumulative fatigue. We lost when the pressure was on the most we had no one with the experience to see us through - no player, nor the manager.
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It's posts like that, that make it obvious you've completely written him off already. It's irrelevant making any kind of argument as it's breathtakingly short sighted of you to think that.
He was our best player for the majority of yesterday. He had a bag of shit behind him yesterday (performances not players, apart from Carroll, he's gash) and therefore did EVERYTHING in the final third with absolutely no back up whatsoever.
Yes he's been bought to score goals but others are bought to provide chances. He's not a bad player but he's also not Messi. Sturridge had his goals put on a plate for him yesterday (as well as several misses).
Until such point as he's missing several glaring chances I'll continue to back him, like any proper fan should.
LexingtonSpurs
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We would kill to go through a "rough" period like Arsenal....
As for Liverpool - they have been in 3 cup finals since 2007-2008. They won once. Spurs have been in 3 cup finals, and won once in that same time frame.
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