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Man City v Spurs: Do they know it's match thread time at all
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Indisguise
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Oh, bad luck mate. I was more fortunate and didn't have to sit through a second of the game.
Great movie!
lukespurs7
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I think the whole he’s only managed top aides excuse is a bit wrong. I think if he managed our team and we set up how his teams do in a 4-3-3 coached by him with a line up of the below + mabye strengthening in 2 positions, and you take this man.city team and say pep has never coached them and they have Mancini in charge let’s say, I think our team with 2 years of peps coaching would win. Yes he manages teams with top players but his teams don’t just win they absoloeuly suffocate and batter teams and you have to understand that is just as much down to the impecible and unique coaching ability for the team and players on and off the ball as it matters the actual quality of the players. Real Madrid once bought the galacticos but peps Barca team would tear that team apart. Trust me he’s an incredible manager and poch still has a long way to go hence his one away win vs top 6 in 18 away games.
Lloris
Aurier
Toby
Jan
Rose
Dembele
Eriksen
Alli/*insert top quality CM*
Son
Kane
*insert top quality wide man*
Spurs' Pipe Dreams
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It's not often I put this team and the manager down, today though I really thought we had a chance if we treated it like the Real, Liverpool and Dortmund home games. We didn't though and there was far too much space in the middle and most possession we had we always looked to keep ball, rather than hurt them.
Having 47% possession in an away game like this tells the story, whereas in the aforementioned games our possession stats were well down. We were so scared of their attack that we kept trying to pass it around our defenders rather than aiming for the lower percentage ball, which was weird because at times when we did go long the City defence didn't even challenge Kane for the header.
Admittedly without Sanchez and Alderweireld we were always going to be a bit shaky at the back and playing 4 it's going to be tougher too, especially without a designated DM, too many times though Dembele and Winks didn't turn with the ball and just passed it back to Lloris, Verts or Dier.
Today we needed to invite them on to us and close the gaps between the players, yes we tried to hit them on the break leaving Son and Kane up there but they were isolated because we never won the 2nd ball and got the chance to use them on the counter. Because the gaps between the midfield 4 (Alli, Dembele, Eriksen and Winks) were too big even when we did grab a nick of the ball the simple quick pass was hardly ever on.
Pochettino's post-match interview was telling and I believe lessons will be learned from today, City are a very good side but so are we and sometimes a defeat will give you a better lesson than a victory. I still believe we'll finish top 4 and go deeper in the CL, which at the start of the season I'd have been happy with. COYS
Having 47% possession in an away game like this tells the story, whereas in the aforementioned games our possession stats were well down. We were so scared of their attack that we kept trying to pass it around our defenders rather than aiming for the lower percentage ball, which was weird because at times when we did go long the City defence didn't even challenge Kane for the header.
Admittedly without Sanchez and Alderweireld we were always going to be a bit shaky at the back and playing 4 it's going to be tougher too, especially without a designated DM, too many times though Dembele and Winks didn't turn with the ball and just passed it back to Lloris, Verts or Dier.
Today we needed to invite them on to us and close the gaps between the players, yes we tried to hit them on the break leaving Son and Kane up there but they were isolated because we never won the 2nd ball and got the chance to use them on the counter. Because the gaps between the midfield 4 (Alli, Dembele, Eriksen and Winks) were too big even when we did grab a nick of the ball the simple quick pass was hardly ever on.
Pochettino's post-match interview was telling and I believe lessons will be learned from today, City are a very good side but so are we and sometimes a defeat will give you a better lesson than a victory. I still believe we'll finish top 4 and go deeper in the CL, which at the start of the season I'd have been happy with. COYS
TURKISH69
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Not going to happen Rose is off in Jan to Utd, Dier will follow once the wolves start circling around Ali oops gone. Levy will not pay the wages for the players you mention. Mark my words if we get anyway in Jan it will be the likes of Sessengon from Fulham young talent which will be sold for a massive profit. The biggest worry for me is getting Toby sorted because if he doesn't extend that will fuck us right up. Just think Walker, Rose and Toby gone we had the best defence in the league. But we are not a selling club my fucking arse!!!
UncleBuck
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You know what makes me laugh, years ago if a player was an ‘international’ we’d be ecstatic that he was in our team, let alone the subs bench, just shows how hard our league is with clubs who have a bottomless pit of cash to waste...
ljinko888
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I don't disagree with you on Guardiola's quality but he would not have done the rebuild job Poch has done to get us to this level. We need step back and remember what a state we were in back in 2014 and Guardiola also has never had to worry about balancing the books or not getting his transfer targets.
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Almost 90 pages and most of it grown men menstruating over a loss to City and now the Spurs failing because of XYZ ...
The last two games I don't think have reached the same number of pages and we won those games.
You couldn't make it up.
The last two games I don't think have reached the same number of pages and we won those games.
You couldn't make it up.
lukespurs7
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Depressing ey lol
lukespurs7
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Manner of defeat mate.
+ 1 trophy in 16 years and 2 in 25, seeing just how far off the top we are and now with ???’s around a good 4-5 of our team is worrying and depressing, let us menstrate ok .
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The curse that is the smartphone... It's never too late for one last post from under the covers.
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Of all the things in the world to worry about at midnight in the middle of December, Tottenham Hotspur, transfers, Daniel Levy and Enic are pretty low on my list.
UncleBuck
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Indeed, I’m hoping to god my Amazon order comes in before the 24th otherwise I won’t be able to post again..Of all the things in the world to worry about at midnight in the middle of December, Tottenham Hotspur, transfers, Daniel Levy and Enic are pretty low on my list.
Gaz_Gammon
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He's had one good season. If you think he's worth an automatic starting spot this season then your either related to him or your name is Stevie Wonder.
Ionman34
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TheLionKing
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Maybe but we’re in our least successful period in terms of trophies in 70 years.
We used to at least be guaranteed a few FA cup wins back in the day. Not now.
Let that sink in before we praise Enic too much.
Their average age is still low, but because it doesn't fit your hypothesis you choose to downplay it.
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