Asteras Tripolis Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[only1waddle]

You never hear about trapped potholers any more, do you? Fucking mobile phones.

It really was all the rage at one time, perhaps Potholers wanted the prestige of getting stuck down one, then boooom, mobiles become popular and they lose all interest.

 

[DuDe]

Does this Big Broom play center back?

sweeper

Someone had their Weetabix today

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

it is the system and formation, and inverted wings

I do not like using the phrase no shit Sherlock but in this case i will.....

No shit Sherlock....

 

[longtimespur]

Nope

Yes sorry was Besitktas who scored at the lane.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Except AVB had a much better points record in the league and in Europe despite the squad being brand new.

Jesus H Christ.





No one and i mean no one gives a fuck anymore, whatsoever about that twat. The sooner you realise that the sooner anything you post on here will be taken seriously.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Its a pity because he was doing alright until the red.

But I said I would opt for Dier at CB out of the two...so....

Which is a problem in itself if the inexperienced Dier is looking like a better option than an experienced guy that has just won the europa league

 

[thinktank]

Its a pity because he was doing alright until the red.

But I said I would opt for Dier at CB out of the two...so....

I've got a very strong feeling that Dier and Faz could be our golden CB pairing going forward.

Verts, overall, is just too powder puff. Has to be said.

Said it.

 

[1882andallthat]

Doesn't seem to matter who plays there, our defence is the same every game.

Agree, why oh why can we not defend. Unfortunately the basics of defending have mainly eluded us for the past 5 decades I've been following us. I know it's not deliberate but sometimes it looks as though we go out of our way to give the opposition as many chances as we can, with atrocious defending, we seem to find new ways of creating panic in our own half and box, whoever is in our back four. I know we have had some excellent individual defenders but I'm beginning to wonder whether defending as a unit is deliberately coached out of our players on the training ground just to put our fans through it for the hell of it.

Perhaps we should change our motto from "To dare is to do" to "To dare not to defend properly is to do" .......

 

[SpurSince57]

I don't think it was intelligence he lacked, more consistency.

And self-belief, I think.

 

[CrazyHeart]

Dembélé, Dempsey, Lloris and Sigurdsson hardly constituted a squad, and Ade wasn't 'brand new'.

I think you know that I was referring to the magnificent 7, who changed the face of our play and impacted our then existing squad members.

 

[topper]

I've got a very strong feeling that Dier and Faz could be our golden CB pairing going forward.

Verts, overall, is just too powder puff. Has to be said.

Said it.

Dire + Faz + high line = opposition goal fest and/or Lloris Red Card

 

[DuDe]

Verts, overall, is just too powder puff. Has to be said.

Said it.

He'll fit in just lovely at Real then.

 

[thinktank]

Dire + Faz + high line = opposition goal fest and/or Lloris Red Card

All of our CBs are slow and vulnerable on the high line.

 

[thinktank]

He'll fit in just lovely at Real then.

They've actually got some grit nowadays tbf.

 

[DuDe]

They've actually got some grit nowadays tbf.

I stand corrected. Aside from the CL games last season haven't seen much of them.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

Problem is the 2 deeper midfielders, they are pushing too high up when our fullbacks are also forward, exposing our back 4.

 

[SteveH]

Fazio will be fine.

bloody stupid penalty - the sticker just fell over

these referees are a bloody joke

 

[carpediem991]

Which is a problem in itself if the inexperienced Dier is looking like a better option than an experienced guy that has just won the europa league

In future I would just leave out the italian, spanish or portuguese market. THere are the odd hitters, but overall it just dont seem to be the football needed in England. Rather look out what is there and maybe go more to the Dutch/ German market.

I sometimes think our team could be a decent outfit in Spain or Italy, but not really in the Prem.

 

[thinktank]

Problem is the 2 deeper midfielders, they are pushing too high up when our fullbacks are also forward, exposing our back 4.

There's that and also our lwf and rwf are not functioning properly. The space behind them is exposed way too much, they need to work harder and be more alert to the counter.

We are a long way away from being a functional team tbf. We'll look something like one come the nearing the end of the season though.

 

[spursbri111]

We're shit, that is all

I was thinking we have overpaid for some pretty average players. in paulinio and soldao we had two subs we paid nearly£45m for that cant in the uefa cup first team I have really felt for soldado but it works both ways and seems laclustre. Paulino struggles in most games which is why he cant get into the second team. Add lamela to the list and we have three players who are not good enough to play in premier league every week to a high level. what ever way you look at it we both come to the same conclusion