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Match Threads Spurs Vs Aston Villa

Date
Oct 3, 2021
KO Time
14:00
Score
2 - 1
Hojbjerg (27) Moura (71)
Watkins (68)

Match Prediction

  • Spurs to Win

    Votes: 65 39.4%
  • Villa to Win

    Votes: 71 43.0%
  • Score Draw

    Votes: 27 16.4%
  • Goalless Draw

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • Total voters
    165

easley91

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Jan 27, 2011
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A few hairy spells but significant progress from the last three and we saw the game out brilliantly after retaking the lead.

We made plenty of chances, Kane/Lo Celso should have scored but on the weight of it we deserved to win, way more attacking than AV and had a lot more chances
Good to hear. At least there's progress and even without seeing the game I know that formation suits these players better than the 4-3-3. Hopefully Nuno sticks with this.
 

TheAmerican

Well-Known Member
Aug 30, 2012
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18,761
Think this solidified the fact that we don’t have a midfield without Skipp. On top of that, the team looks better moving forward without Dele. I have to wonder how much more time he has here as he’s not found form under any manager the past few years (outside 2 months with Mourinho).
 

Jamturk

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Aug 13, 2008
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23,055
Decent performance, something to build on.

Romero and Emerson did well and should remain starters, they have the required character for this league (along with Gil)

Kane looked the sharpest he has been all season, Skipp and Hojbjerg good workrate.

Sonny was a cut above though, showing real leadership.
 

chrissivad

Staff
May 20, 2005
51,646
58,072
Romero, Skipp and Hojbjerg all aggressive and Emerson at times too.

Good to see, and while it will cost us a goal now and then, at least we start to take control of games.
 

dagraham

Well-Known Member
Sep 20, 2005
19,156
46,154
Sounds like a deserved victory..... meaning we can probably put the relegation talk to bed for the moment ;).
 

rossdapep

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2011
22,425
80,792
Lots of positives

- Deserved win vs a good team

- Sonny looking like his usual lively self

- Lots of chances created and that was because we had a real strategy going forward. Notice how we had 5 or 6 players attacking.

- Emerson. Thought he was very good and we are starting to see what he brings to the attack. I think his crossing and decision making is better than Aurier. He's also not rash.

- Conceding but responding. A team under huge pressure and low in confidence could have gone in to lose that.

- Ndombele and Lo Celso. Though he wasn't his typical self with the ball, Ndombele gave us a structure today and was everywhere. He'll play better but we need him to be in a structure first. Lo Celso came on and was heavily involved and we looked like we had an extra zip.

- That means we shouldnt see Dele stinking the place out much more.

- WH lost to a last minute goal
 

McFlash

In the corner, eating crayons.
Oct 19, 2005
13,025
46,830
nailed it.. it’s dross but at least we won..
What?
I thought that, apart from the first 15 minutes or so, we played really well.
Could easily have scored a couple more and never really looked in danger, which considering how many set pieces they had, was superb. We usually look well dodgy defending set pieces.
 

ShelfWatcher

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Sep 9, 2021
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Excellent result, and I think we saw GLC Skipp Hojberg is our best mid
Some hope for the future and great to see West Ham lose
For me Frank is the manager I would like
 

DannyNZ

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Jul 3, 2017
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I'm his biggest fan by the way and I'm not at all worried by a bad performance where he tries. He is so talented he'll have plenty more amazing games.

He got pushed around way too much and looked slow to react to everything, misplaced several passes, a few of which would have been goalscoring chances. One of the worst games I've seen him have for us on the ball, good off it.
Didn’t do much but put in an effort, ran out of gas 15 minutes before subbed, we looked much better when GLC came on.
 

SE Spurs

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Aug 12, 2018
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Best performance of the season imo.
We're not good enough to make games look easy, but they all put in a big shift, and had enough quality to deservedly win.

COYS!!
 

KILLA_SIN

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May 24, 2008
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14,805
Good to hear. At least there's progress and even without seeing the game I know that formation suits these players better than the 4-3-3. Hopefully Nuno sticks with this.
I don't think we are really playing possession football, it's still a bit too counter-attacking for me, I'm not a fan, it's a tactic it shouldn't be the system. But we were quick and direct. It's better than what it has been.
 

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