Match Threads Brighton vs Spurs

[midoshairband]

this defence was always going to get caught out like this against Brighton.

 

[rossdapep]

Credit De Zerbi though, he identified how key Porro and Udogie would have been to us today and pinned them back at every opportunity.

Thats true but then with Bissouma or Bentancur there we are probably able to overcome that and put pressure in them where they overcompensated.

But with Hojbjerg and Skipp you can't do that

 

[EssexSH27]

I’d rather play the kid at CB rather than Emerson. Not his fault. Just doesn’t know how to play there

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

And he’s playing FB. Loads more youngsters get chances at FB than CB

He's a central midfielder.

So making his 5th professional appearance out of position.

Got a goal and had Son in his pocket.

 

[spurmin]

Arsenal losing

 

[worcestersauce]

Gio for Hojbjerg and a CB on me thinks.

That'll guarantee them another couple of goals.
Hojbjerg isn't the problem, he's not great nut Sarr is invisible.
I doubt it is a change of a midfielder it's an extra midfielder if anything. If a change is needed it's in the back four
We're just not winning anything out there tonight.

 

[aliyid]

At least WH are beating Arsenal.

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

watching the replay of that first goal, as captain, Sonny has to be more aware and either drop in or scream his head off to make the defence aware of the spare man

 

[nedley]

At least he’s cutting out some passes and trying to get us moving, Sarr been a lot worse than him but none of us wanna say it.

Well everyone gets a 0 from me bar Vic.

 

[Yiddo100]

We don't have anywhere near the side out there to play Ange's system effectively.

You either compromise the system to suit the players or expect the worst.

If we don't get a couple in next week I'm expecting a very miserable January.

With a spine of Hojbjerg royal and davies I’m not sure sitting back and defending would be any better than very attacking anyway

 

[Impspur1]

That’s the most disorganised and pathetic defensive display i’ve seen as a Spurs game.

I wouldn’t go that far but it’s been poor all round

 

[Rout-Ledge]

It was so obvious we’d been left inexplicably short at CB in the summer. Shouldn’t have been allowed to happen.

 

[dagraham]

Worst performance of the season so far by a wide margin. We’ve been shite all over the pitch.

 

[Thenewcat]

He's a central midfielder.

So making his 5th professional appearance out of position.

Got a goal and had Son in his pocket.

Which in no way proves that our CBs are ready to play in probably the hardest position for youngsters to play.

 

[Bobbins]

Properly shite!

Brighton have been great.

We’ve looked like we’ve got a million of our best players out injured.

The front 4 in particular have been awful, considering they actually don’t have any personnel missing.

 

[Ossie85]

Credit De Zerbi though, he identified how key Porro and Udogie would have been to us today and pinned them back at every opportunity.

Agree.
Ange needs to change something. Our usual tactic is not going to work today

 

[rossdapep]

If we were doing that we'd blood some youth

Not necessarily because the timing needs to be right.

Lets see what happens.

If Ange never uses them and they leave and achieve elsewhere then we can then criticise

 

[WiganSpur]

I’d rather play the kid at CB rather than Emerson. Not his fault. Just doesn’t know how to play there

Yeah i'm a little uncomfortable with Emerson getting pelters as he did at Wolves playing LB.

 

[sparx100]

100% agree, but to pick him out tonight is laughable, he’s far from the worst out there, yet reading some of the comments on here……….

I could make comments about every player bar Vicario in tonight's performance. Sadly we need Holjberg to be driving the team up but it just isn't his game.

 

[$hoguN]

Got to get the young CBs here. We cannot persist without specialist CBs