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Dortmund vs Tottenham - Part II: The Match Thread

spursfan77

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Aug 13, 2005
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Brilliant brilliant brilliant win, take a lot to come back from a goal down, mental toughness, belief, resilience, Kane goal, Dele 2 assists and Winks and Sanchez with another outstanding game, love it.

This team has come from behind so many times that I rarely panic when we go a goal down early in a game.
 

nigespurs

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May as well have given Edwards a go and put Son up front instead of bringing Llorente on.

Or even give Sterling from the U23s a run out.
 

midspur

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Jan 28, 2005
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The best thing is that the Apoel game is now a dead rubber and the players will get a much needed break. Great effort to top the group of this calibre.

Give Llorente a full 90, play others like Lamela, Foyth, KWP and even give Edwards a run against Apoel.
Aaggghh, Lamela isn’t registered for Champions League!!!
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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Feel much much better after that second half.

Was worrying we'd lose that and we'd start to lose our way a little. Glad the boys fought back and dug in to show the character.

It was the right team to play tonight - imagine if Dortmund had turned us over because we went with a weakened team?

Now we need to get back on track in the league and rack up some wins. Would be nice to think that next time we play in the CL we are looking good for top 3 spot.
 

IfiHadTheWings

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Shame really, gonna miss not going out against Astra Goo goo in the ropey league this year, all those who said we would be in the ropey in February suck my massively (small) hairy balls.

COYS
 

worcestersauce

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Jan 23, 2006
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Harry Kane will want to play against Apoel, he's after the top scorer prize.
We upped our game from the minute they scored and quite honestly bossed the second half, away at Dortmund, not bad eh!
 

Adam456

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RM are 4-0 up and assuming that the Dortmund players are aware then it's hard to see them giving 100% second half

We were excellent but a few of their forward players looked liked they had given up towards the end so.....yeah
 

King of Otters

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Proud of the team tonight. To go away and win comfortably at Dortmund is a another huge step forward for us.

Winksy MOTM closely followed by the immense Sanchez.

Honourable mentions for Dier and Rose, who were both superb.

COYS
 

JayB

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Aug 24, 2011
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We have a real dilemma with the backup striker situation. Kane is undroppable which means that whoever is second choice there only gets spot appearances, a runnout in the league cup here, five to ten minutes as a sub after the game is wrapped up there.

They never get to establish any rhythm or understanding with their teammates, and then get the fans on their back and their confidence gets shot to pieces when they don't turn in great performances out of absolutely no where.

What Llorente is going through now is exactly the same thing that Janssen went through last season. Neither are bad players, they just happen to play the one position where confidence matters more than any other and have been thrown into conditions that are conducive to killing one's confidence. No clue how you solve that problem.
 

glacierSpurs

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The second half Eriksen seemed more involved in the middle with Winks, occasionally still exchanging roles with Dele if I'm not wrong. But I really like Eriksen involvement in a deeper role, with more space and time. We had more control and the team really seemed settled, less nervy. It was just so prominent to see when we are stable.

If he is to play deeper midfield, Dele needed someone like Dier or Dembele beside him, more suitable than partnering with Winks.
 
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