Leicester vs Tottenham: Match Thread

tooey · Nov 28, 2017

What a shit viewing that was. Something has been "off" with Eriksen for a while now. He's so important to us that when he has a bad game we usually do too, his drop in form has coincided with ours. Harry was far too trigger happy. Aurier and Sissoko down the right hand side is great when you're playing against a side that you can counter, not so great against a Leicester side who boast one of the deepest back lines in the league. Dembele looked lost. Jan letting Mahrez get on his left foot for their second was criminal. Dier played like he was wearing bricks for boots.

All in all most of our usual key performers weren't at it. On the plus side Erik Lamelas return would've filled him with confidence.

Sweetsman · Nov 28, 2017

Grapo2001 said:
Llorente linked up play wonderfully when he came in. Quick balls into him which he layed off with one touch opened up space for us to move their players around late on.

Yes he hasn't got that killer goal scoring touch but he is quality with linking up play.

That was said about Janssen and Soldado, too.

thebenjamin · Nov 28, 2017

Actually thought dele played alright tonight, don't know why everyone's so on his back. By no means one of our worst players tonight

Dov67 · Nov 28, 2017

if Poch is true the philosophy he espouses in the book, then certain players shouldn't feel undroppable due t their reputations. Certain players need to have a couple of games out of the squad to think about their attitude, and form

Grapo2001 · Nov 28, 2017

Sweetsman said:
That was said about Janssen and Soldado, too.

It really wasn't

Colonel Dax · Nov 28, 2017

Failure to buy another creative attacking player last summer is looking more and more negligent.

Eriksen and Dele are seriously out of form and/ or shot to pieces. Poch hasn’t been able to rotate much and this is the result.

Metalhead · Nov 28, 2017

OK, I made a mistake just now in saying that the Llorente signing reminded me of Saha. Clearly at the moment, Llorente is worse than Saha so it was a bad comparison. I would like to apologise.

rossdapep · Nov 28, 2017

diamondlight said:
Looking at the bigger picture, we're scrapping for the top four (as expected), and we've just topped a Champions League group with Real Madrid and Dortmund in it (way above expectations).

Having said that, I think changes need to be made, given this bad run. Sissoko shouldn't be playing in an attacking role. And Son should be starting.

I wanna see Son and Lamela given a chance. The likes of Alli and Eriksen need a time out

Blue · Nov 28, 2017

Grapo2001 said:
Who do we rotate Kane Ali and Eriksen for?

That was sort of one of the points, our backup players aren't good enough.. The same players gets used all the time = lack of energy.

Sweetsman · Nov 28, 2017

mattbrakeuk said:
What a shit viewing that was. Something has been "off" with Eriksen for a while now. He's so important to us that when he has a bad game we usually do too, his drop in form has coincided with ours. Harry was far too trigger happy. Aurier and Sissoko down the right hand side is great when you're playing against a side that you can counter, not so great against a Leicester side who boast one of the deepest back lines in the league. Dembele looked lost. Jan letting Mahrez get on his left foot for their second was criminal. Dier played like he was wearing bricks for boots.

All in all most of our usual key performers weren't at it. On the plus side Erik Lamelas return would've filled him with confidence.

The problem for Verts was that he was on a yellow card, but you're right as this isn't the first time he's been done by Mahrez.

McArchibald · Nov 28, 2017

King of Otters said:
More bargain basement failures.

Spot on. We cannot climb any further without major investment in attacking players. Stadium or no...

markiespurs · Nov 28, 2017

Dov67 said:
if Poch is true the philosophy he espouses in the book, then certain players shouldn't feel undroppable due t their reputations. Certain players need to have a couple of games out of the squad to think about their attitude, and form

Only undroppable players we have at the moment are Kane and Sanchez

jonathanhotspur · Nov 28, 2017

Colonel Dax said:
Failure to buy another creative attacking player last summer is looking more and more negligent.

A dereliction of duty most egregious.

glacierSpurs · Nov 28, 2017

Hoddle&Waddle said:
We need to go back to a 4-2-3-1, we're so much more effective at pressing from the front with the extra man.

Poch can be quite single-minded. A victory over chelscum with a back 3 the first time and he stuck with it for most times ever since. But this season most teams seemed to have find a way past the back-3-and-bombing-wingbacks system.

nedley · Nov 28, 2017

Where was Winks tonight?

panoma · Nov 28, 2017

Metalhead said:
OK, I made a mistake just now in saying that the Llorente signing reminded me of Saha. Clearly at the moment, Llorente is worse than Saha so it was a bad comparison. I would like to apologise.

I bet even 40 yo Saha would be more lethal than Llorente. He is way worse than Janssen, Soldado and Saha

Blue · Nov 28, 2017

nedley said:
Where was Winks tonight?

He was ill.

Mr Pink · Nov 28, 2017

KingSandro said:
I don't get the Eriksen form. How do you send your country to the world cup with a hat trick and then not kick on...?

One word mate, complacency. Eriksen is a very talented player, but its his mentality that's holding him back from being in the elite bracket imo.

glacierSpurs · Nov 28, 2017

KingSandro said:
I don't get the Eriksen form. How do you send your country to the world cup with a hat trick and then not kick on...?

Because job's done for his country at least. Concentration level can be allowed to be lower I reckoned.

bigpalacios · Nov 28, 2017

jonathanhotspur said:
I thought Llorente led the press well when he came on.

Yeah him and the rest of journos had the same effect on the game 0

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