Disagree. It’s squad management. He needs to give the chance to the back up players so they get minutes and match fitness, also it’s important for squad morale to share the minutes, if these players don’t get started in these kind of games then it shows a complete lack of faith in them. He also needs to rest the main team when we have so many games still. These games are never easy, it’s the smaller teams biggest game of their lives. Good we got the draw and hopefully that same ‘2nd team’ can make a better job of it at home.You can't just focus on individuals as poor as some of them undoubtably were. Yet again we send out a team that has the collective decision making nous of a bag of wingnuts, defenders who play the ball out to players running back toward our own goal at pace whilst under the press, who then lose the ball due to poor control or being put under pressure straightaway, if that's how we're going to play then of course we're going to struggle. There's no cohesion, no continuity and no fucking brains.
I'm left wondering at what exact fucking point will Pochettino realise that you can't just cobble any old team together and expect to win just because it's Newport/Rochdale or whoever. It's frustrating because it mirrored the Newport game in many ways. We'll probably get through to a Quarter Final but if Pochettino does this again then I really don't think we have a manager who's serious about winning this cup.
This. Replay extra game is not a problem just disappointing we didn’t have the nous and quality to get he job done first time. I really think we need a better back up striker though, has been an issue for ages.If everyone is fit then the replay is actually a good thing. We need to give players minutes as we might have to rely on them later in the season. Having said that, FFS Tottenham, is bloody embarrassing that we can’t beat Neeport or Rochdale
Sissoko also had a nice assist on the first goal. He did a solid job today.Trippier was out of position for their second goal. It was not Sissoko's fault bullshitter.
Sissoko with a lovely assist today and good driving runs
Performance was ok but mentally we were too complacent again.No excuses whatsoever!!! Roch last in their div, been loosing their last6 games....we should have delivered better football from our prof players!!!-
The magic of the Cup hey.
From a neutral’s perspective, the magic of the cup. It’s what it’s all about. Used to happen a lot more back in the day. Well done Rochdale. Deserved.
2. Forth will be a really good CB for us, potentially better than Sanchez in my eyes.
Agree, he was fine. Defence was a bit shaky and overall as a team the concentration and effort wasn’t quite as good as it should have been.Sissoko also had a nice assist on the first goal. He did solid job today.
He would quite correctly expect the team to be able to beat Rochdale, but there were poor decisions being made in the first half. I think that Pochettino clearly does not rate the FA cup as highly as the Champions League or the EFL, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't rate it at all.You can't just focus on individuals as poor as some of them undoubtably were. Yet again we send out a team that has the collective decision making nous of a bag of wingnuts, defenders who play the ball out to players running back toward our own goal at pace whilst under the press, who then lose the ball due to poor control or being put under pressure straightaway, if that's how we're going to play then of course we're going to struggle. There's no cohesion, no continuity and no fucking brains.
I'm left wondering at what exact fucking point will Pochettino realise that you can't just cobble any old team together and expect to win just because it's Newport/Rochdale or whoever. It's frustrating because it mirrored the Newport game in many ways. We'll probably get through to a Quarter Final but if Pochettino does this again then I really don't think we have a manager who's serious about winning this cup.
Yers, I understand all that but it's not much use 'managing' the squad if you're giving yourself more games to play now is it? Or if you have to bring the 'rested' players on and STILL fail to get a result. And it's doubly not much good if you're not going to have them prepared right from the off either.Disagree. It’s squad management. He needs to give the chance to the back up players so they get minutes and match fitness, also it’s important for squad morale to share the minutes, if these players don’t get started in these kind of games then it shows a complete lack of faith in them. He also needs to rest the main team when we have so many games still. These games are never easy, it’s the smaller teams biggest game of their lives. Good we got the draw and hopefully that same ‘2nd team’ can make a better job of it at home.