TonyS
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The latter
Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs
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- Start date
Newcastle vs Spurs
- Date
- Apr 13, 2024
- KO Time
- 12:30 pm
- Score
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4 - 0
Isak 30 mins
Gordon. 33 mins
Isak 51 mins
Schar 87 mins
ComfortablyNumb
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Agreed, I said the following after the Luton game.:
We're playing shit football, deliberately.
TheChosenOne
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I think it's 41 game season - One more than the bare minimum
RuskyM
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The early season euphoria kind of masked over the fact that losing maybe our greatest ever player at a time when he was still the best striker in the world might be a problem. But we had become too reliant on him, and these are the teething problems that happen when you've spent years building around your best player and basically nothing else.
gerishep
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I hope Ange can evolve as a manager but it wouldn't surprise me if Levy is already looking for a new manager that can play more than one system, someone that can implement in game changes as required. I wonder if the top 3 were playing this way how they would be doing. We moan a lot but each game seems like a rinse repeat.
TheChosenOne
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Said it was outside the box but no replays were looked at in depth saying VAR is not concerned about outside the box
Outside the box
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
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I would imagine that he isn't looking for anyone at the moment although this might be wishful thinking amongst some on here.
ethanedwards
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Getting kicked in the shoulder is preferable to a kick in the box.
Mate
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Minus Bale
fecka
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A long ball with enough space to play it can cut through any team.
The difference is that we used to be able to suffocate the opposition team and they didn't have the freedom to play the balls the same way they do now. It may be the physical fitness, it may be something else, but we're objectively not as aggressive or good as we were the first 10 games.
ultimateloner
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Newcastle had a good game plan against us. They pressed our fullback and then played long balls to the flanks. Low block + counter-attack is their plan A which happens to be optimal against a team like ours.
It's also a repeat of the 6-1 so we know that both teams are playing to type.
I dont see the lack of plan B as a problem because if your plan A wont work your plan B wouldn't either; this is real life not football manager.
Not every team specializes in this game plan (West Ham's the other one) so lets just forget it and move on.
It's also a repeat of the 6-1 so we know that both teams are playing to type.
I dont see the lack of plan B as a problem because if your plan A wont work your plan B wouldn't either; this is real life not football manager.
Not every team specializes in this game plan (West Ham's the other one) so lets just forget it and move on.
Much as I like Ange, don't think any manager have ever succeeded in the PL with only one system in mind. In today's game, just as against Fulham, I knew we weren't going to get a result after only 10 minutes. The pace and fluidity of the Newcastle attack necessitate our sitting a little deeper. But we know that wasn't going to happen.
Cinemattis
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Outsmarted
Outrun
Outfought
Newcastle beat us with the tools we showed at the start of the season: high intensity, collective pressing high up the pitch. Won every (at least +90%) of all duels. And were much more distinctive and clinical with the ball in the final third.
We did some bad mistakes individually and collectively on especially the first two goals. But tbh they missed a few sitters.
They tore us apart, and we didn’t even show up for the fight.
Not one single player were close to their best. Son, our captain, had one of his worst ever games in a Spurs shirt. But he was not alone.
Cambridge Spur
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I’ve been saying this at every home game for a while. It is AVB mk 2. Neutrals call it entertaining football, personally it bores me to tears. I really want Ange to succeed but I just can’t understand the stubbornness in football now. When did it all become about ‘philosophies’ and ‘our football’. What’s wrong with mixing things up when it’s not going your way.
McFlash
In the corner, eating crayons.
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How are you even a Spurs fan still after all these years, if you give up after a few bad results?I’m back to the stage of just looking out for the result when the game is over rather than put myself through the pain of watching us. I thought that would stop after Conte left but looks like it’s backwe really are a shambles.
We're having a bit of a shit run but it won't last, we're at the start of a rebuilding process so it's not going to be sunshine and rainbows all the time.
Let's give Ange a bit of time and support before we just turn our backs on the club at the first hiccup.
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