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Match Threads Man City vs Spurs - Match thread - Carabao Cup Final 2021 - KO 4:30pm
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Phil-spur99
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Most people would take a 75% Kane over any of other attacking options and the reality is that given how the rest of the team played it wouldn’t have mattered who was up front today, it could have been prime Ronaldo and not made any difference on their own.
richard_gleeson
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Can't believe people are blaming Mason. We lacked confidence with the ball because its been sucked out of us for 2-3 years.
C0YS
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Spurs fans are frankly delusional and have contradictory opinions. Particularly, one of us being shit, yet also should be competing for titles or whatever. It's really quite ridiculous!
spurslenny
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Yeah, small time mentality. About our level right now.
and we do have a lovely stadium, when we can get back in. doubt we'll catch west ham, we will struggle i reckon in remaining games
I agree - wouldn’t have changed as the balance looked good - we were discussing changing moura for bale- on that basis my original comment was that I felt it should have been son not moura - if he wanted to change things.
if we’re talking my opinion on changes - I personally would have replaced lo celso for lamela and ndom for winks - tried to gain a little more control in midfield.
Then after 10mins or so would have probably tried bale for son if the previous change hadn’t given son a better platform to perform
1882andallthat
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So what you are saying is that the only faint chance we had of winning that cup was clinging onto pathetic hope that Man City would go 120 minutes without scoring by missing every chance they had and we would win a lottery of a penalty shoot out.
We were fortunate to be on level terms on 80 minutes. They wouldn't have wanted extra time because of their CL semi final coming up so the time to finally take the shackles off and go for it was then, a 10 minute shoot out if you like, did we take a chance, no, that's pathetic attitude from us.
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Phil-spur99
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It wouldn’t have made any difference when for example after 30mins the ball had been in City’s final third for 1% of the time (and they probably had the ball for that 1% too). 1%.......
Wheeler Dealer
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It doesn't matter who the opposition are, you don't sub your two creative players for Sissoko. I watch like many others and see that the shape and tactics are wrong.
C0YS
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Depends, I get why Ndombele didn't play, he had a very bad half against Southampton, and you can't leave those spaces against city. I might have put him on for Lo Celso, I wouldn't have bought in another attacking player though, just like for like.
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The same people bemoaning the mentality of the players are the same ones who expected us to get smashed 7-0.
It's what so many of us have been saying for ages. The mentality within the club is not good enough. It wouldn't have mattered a damn who we played today or what team was put out. Not an ounce of belief or set of bollocks in that team first half.
Second half some of them grew into it but in reality we never looked like we believed in ourselves to trouble City.
It's what so many of us have been saying for ages. The mentality within the club is not good enough. It wouldn't have mattered a damn who we played today or what team was put out. Not an ounce of belief or set of bollocks in that team first half.
Second half some of them grew into it but in reality we never looked like we believed in ourselves to trouble City.
Jamturk
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Because he didn't want dross?
C0YS
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I think part of the logic, isn't just to balance out with Bale. One of our issues is Kane was dropping deep but nobody was coming into the box, I think a lot of the plan was to allow the front three to push higher up, with Kane coming deeper.
Agree, but not winning the midfield and surrendering the midfield are two different things. Up to the first substitutions, we were losing the midfield but contesting. The few half chances and breaks came through Lo Celso creating some space or Moura making a run. Removing the two that provided any link between the front three and where the rest of the game was being played spelled the end. Lo Celso, Moura, or a Lamela or Ndombele sub were what was needed to get Kane into the game or provide Bale an opportunity to do something special that he is capable of to steal a goal.
I understand the original game plan. Great keeping and not panicking in our own box had done its job and we were growing into actually having a go. That immediately stopped with that sub. Sissoko, Winks, and Hojbjerg, with Aurier and Regulion pinned back, are just not the group to transition any possession into an attack. This was exacerbated with the Dele introduction, now bring the total to 4 players who are going to sit on an island and provide nothing since there was no one to get the ball up to their feet.
The midfield needs a lot of work before next season to see any sort of improvement.
The problem is that if Levy can’t get the prices that he’d want for the players that need to go, then he won’t sell them and we’d be in a worse state with all those players still at the club but without Kane.
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DiamondLites
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In my mind that was the worst way to lose a final, I’d rather of had a proper go and lost 3/4-0. Another non performance in a final and it comes from the approach and set up - benching Bale and Ndombele was small club mentality imo
SpursSince1980
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Effort and desire.
Everything that is wrong with modern football is Reggie losing a cup final and few minutes later liking his missus post on Instagram about her posing in some skimpy clothes advertising some biscuits. I know its not a big deal, but just wish players would feel something for the club. They literally don’t give a toss.,
