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Who should be 'rested'?


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tiger666

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The most concerning thing for me is Eriksen's form. He's was so integral last year in being the player who was calm in possession and set the tempo for the team going forward. This year he doesn't look sharp at all.

He's scoring and assisting more this season than last.
 

Sweetsman

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No but we need to show a bit more ambition than just top 4 every season. Commercially, I agree but football is supposed to be about winning trophies.
Look, the world has changed. We used to be known as a cup team, but we lost out financially due to that type of thinking.
 

Cornpattbuck

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I think it might be the specs, short of choke-slamming the ref that's the most obvious red you'll see, he stepped across him with his arm up and elbowed him in the face.

Apart from pretty much the world disagrees with you...
 

shoggy33

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Thought we actually played ok today all things considered. Showed a lot more fight than we have done for weeks. Still, its another 2 points dropped, and we still look a long way short of where we were last season. We are nervous at the back and lacking creativity going forward. Pretty worrying, i just can't see things changing any time soon.
 

ardiles

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If we still had 11 men at the final whistle, we'd probably have won the game.

Kane had been through the wars but still soldiered on, although he did look knackered towards the end.

Dele chased after every loose ball.

Eriksen looked more lively than in the past few games.

Trippier put in a few good crosses.

Dembele won a few battles in midfield.

We need to rest some of our important players for the APOEL game and use some of the fringe players. If they're good enough to be in our first team squad, then they should be good enough to beat APOEL at home.
 
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doctor stefan Freud

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Sep 2, 2013
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Subs should have come way earlier.

The whole Sissoko is really killing me at the moment. He brings NOTHING.

Terrible performances from the usual suspects. Time to drop the ‘stars’.
This exactly. Sissoko is the elephant in the changing room. He does nothing that fits in with the template Poch has created. As does the insistence to keep playing players that aren't 'running'. Poch's mantra has always been about playing the players who are energised and positive, and now he's not. He's brilliant for us but equally he does need to look at what's not working- and make some brave decisions
 

Sweetsman

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This exactly. Sissoko is the elephant in the changing room. He does nothing that fits in with the template Poch has created. As does the insistence to keep playing players that aren't 'running'. Poch's mantra has always been about playing the players who are energised and positive, and now he's not. He's brilliant for us but equally he does need to look at what's not working- and make some brave decisions
Some of you are blind.
 

doctor stefan Freud

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You all need to calm down and not dance to the media narratives.
I'm not- I'm reacting to what's happening in front of me. Currently it's not great: we're lumpen and discordant and if we want to rediscover our past brilliance we need to fix whatever it is that's creating these effects.
 

Sweetsman

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The Arse-ManU game is ridiculously open. That shows how little Mourinho thinks of Arsenal.
 

guiltyparty

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From F365: “Pochettino has now made 67 substitutions in all competitions this season, resulting in a return of one goal and one assist”
 

Sweetsman

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I'm not- I'm reacting to what's happening in front of me. Currently it's not great: we're lumpen and discordant and if we want to rediscover our past brilliance we need to fix whatever it is that's creating these effects.
Nothing is happening in front of you that is not easily explained.
 

Metalhead

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Look, the world has changed. We used to be known as a cup team, but we lost out financially due to that type of thinking.
I am ambitious for more than just top 4 and a bit of a run in the CL. IMO we should be able to do a bit better than that. We are not going to win the league or CL in the short term. Listen, it's subjective. I am not old school but I am not an accountant either. The success of a club is measured by a lot of factors but silverware is definitely one of them. That's just my opinion.
 

Sweetsman

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From F365: “Pochettino has now made 67 substitutions in all competitions this season, resulting in a return of one goal and one assist”
That stat is dependent on the quality of players that can be brought on. If you bring on Salah or Mané, then it's likely to have more effect than some of the players we can bring on.
 
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