Bobbins
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Desperately missed Lamela's quick feet and clever short passing around the 18 yard box today.
And we've been living with absolute shite from corners for years now since he got injured.
Tottenham vs Chelsea: Match Thread
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Desperately missed Lamela's quick feet and clever short passing around the 18 yard box today.
And we've been living with absolute shite from corners for years now since he got injured.
thebenjamin
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Arsenal away Kieran gibbs
thebenjamin
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I think Toby suffers more than anyone from the bigger pitch. He's not the quickest on the turn and more space in behind makes him quite vulnerable.
I think Toby suffers more than anyone from the bigger pitch. He's not the quickest on the turn and more space in behind makes him quite vulnerable.
Bobbins
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No United have had higher.
Bobbins
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Sanchez.
Personally very encouraged by that performance. 70% possession against (an albeit weakened) Chelsea is impressive.
Another day we'd have won easily.
Wanyama looked rusty & was surprised Dier was hooked instead of him - maybe his booking influenced poch's decision.
Kane looks so sharp, a decent summer off has done him the world of good.
Lloris will be disappointed after all he's a world class keeper but these things happen.
Strengthen with a couple or three new faces this week then lets go on a massive unbeaten run.
Fucking love my club these days!! Used to get annoyed losing to Chelsea but expected it. Now I'm gutted because we've outplayed them and left empty handed.
Another day we'd have won easily.
Wanyama looked rusty & was surprised Dier was hooked instead of him - maybe his booking influenced poch's decision.
Kane looks so sharp, a decent summer off has done him the world of good.
Lloris will be disappointed after all he's a world class keeper but these things happen.
Strengthen with a couple or three new faces this week then lets go on a massive unbeaten run.
Fucking love my club these days!! Used to get annoyed losing to Chelsea but expected it. Now I'm gutted because we've outplayed them and left empty handed.
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It's this. The way we play, with three at the back, a wall of steel in Dembele and Wanyama, and then with Kane, Alli and Eriksen in attack, we need fast wing-backs which at the moment we just don't have. In games like today where the opposition are defending deep and pressing us well with tall defenders that are dealing with all of the crosses we're sending into the box, we need a fast tricky player who can dribble and take on players to create an opening. Who in our squad can do that? Son is our only option really. Lamela is nowhere to be seen and isn't THAT good at it. N'Koudou has barely delivered and don't get me started on Sissoko. All of our rivals have players that can do this in our starting XI.
If we play like we did today then we'll beat most teams in the league, but today was a real six pointer and having Davies and Trippier instead of Rose and Walker made a big difference IMO. I know that Lloris and Wanyama were the ones who screwed up for the winner but I can't help but think we'd have done a better job of carving Chelsea open if we'd had more pace in attack.
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Think the front 3 looked pretty frenetic - was like a pinball machine in there at times. Can't get Lamela back quick enough imo - can show a bit of poise and pick those little passes to unlock the opposition. Shout out to the Parklane v Shelfside boys too - well impressed with those efforts to make it like home. Keep it up! Early doors as Glenda would say and we'll only get better.
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Looked it up and it seems to be true (but in 2011, not 2001). Poor girl
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Impreciseness
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SEANSPURS1975
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Love Lloris. Cost us big time today.
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Three games then.
St José Dominguez
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Mixture of them snuffing out the option and fact Davies doesn't get forward quick enough to stretch them. Far too many times Dele was out on the left hand side because Davies doesn't dominate the left like Rose does. We also had to play 3 central midfielders because we were scared about them outpacing or doubling up on our full backs making the centre of pitch extremely congested.
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You're very kind to Wanyama.
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Morons. Guarantee they've never played in goal.
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Erik Lamela was our man for corners - don't think it was any coincidence that Toby's headed goals dried up last season.
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Monaco as away lol Hugo was utterly immense in that match.
We've played a lot more big matches in between those matches where he hasn't been culpable, but as per usual people love to rewrite history and over exaggerate just to get their point across.
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Here's my take..
- fullbacks cut the ball back to the centre halves when in advanced positions far too often allowing the opposition to settle.
- too many needless passes backwards when it is more effective to carry/drive the ball forward (Dier, Wanyama, fullbacks again) to draw the opposition out of their defensive shape.
- Son has to play if we're to threaten the goal regularly; so if we're going 3-4-3 then Eriksen HAS to move into central midfield to accommodate - meaning you can only choose 1 of Wanyama, Dier or Dembele next to him. If Eriksen is out for any reason it needs to be Winks in this formation.
- We have one of the tallest, strongest first 11 in the Premier League - short corners? Really??
- Eriksen needs to start seriously threatening the goal from free kicks again.
- Lloris needs to communicate better for his distribution to improve.
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Today, semi final last season, Man City away last season, arsenal away 2 seasons ago,and at home, league cup final vs Chelsea 3 seasons ago,, Monaco last season champ league.
He is a keeper that makes great saves not a great keeper
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