Crystal Palace Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[Damian99]

Why we would try and defend is beyond me cos we must be one of the worst teams at doing.

 

[Syn_13]

And the ref had that luxury did he, to give a penalty he has to be 100% sure and no way could he have been imo.

Mate, it's down to what you think you see at the end of the day. When I first saw it I thought it was pen, I thought I saw Ledley's boot get there first, and I still thought it on the replay earlier during the game. I didn't want to say anything in here because I didn't want to get torn to pieces as everyone seemed upset.

I get what you say about being 100% sure but, let's be honest, we all know refs don't do that. The game is too quick to base everything on 100% decisions. We'd end up having barely any decisions at times as there's so many contentious decisions that could happen in one match. I think most decisions are made by referees with an element of doubt in their heads.

He called it right at the end of the day, and he was in a good position to see it, whether he truly 100% believed it was a pen or not. I think it's unfair to have a go at him for that. He was also right in not giving the handball against Walker. Walker knew nothing about it and Quinn is a tit for suggesting he did it on purpose. The ref did, however, screw up on other things. Awarded a foul against Rose for winning the ball at one point and I do think Kane's was a penalty as the player caught his foot.

Ultimately, we let Palace into the game and didn't impose enough on the game. Sloppy stuff.

 

[Kirito]

I usually browse this forum on my iPhone.

Just lately I've been getting forwarded on like crazy to spam/advertising websites.
Like I can barely load a page in the match thread without another page loading and taking me somewhere else. Some bullshit health "Fit Moms" site. Anyone else having these problems??

It keeps forwarding me to a bunch of sucidal football fans.

 

[Wsussexspur]

Disappointing result we were in control of that game until the penalty. Never felt we were going to lose up until that point. Thought maybe tiredness also crept in after they scored. Potch wether he wants to or not needs to rest a lot of players on Wednesday.

 

[theShiznit]

If Dembele didn't have his feints and twists he would be one of the worst CM's in the premier League, his use of the ball is prosaic

 

[glacierSpurs]

the lads probably has a psychological hurdle to overcome, knowing they could be on 4th with a win... and they couldn't it...

 

[DiscoD1882]

As long as we are slating players. Chadli and Townsend were absolute shit today. Stymied all of our attacks by carelessly giving away the ball. Chadli in particular was a huge disappointment.

Don't leave out Danny "are we playing in blue and red stripes today boss" rose. Lost count of the terrible passes by him.

 

[spursfan77]

I was really interested to see how Capoue would get on, coming back in to the side.

Still as slow as a French new wave film is the answer.

So much potential, so disappointing.

Me too. I just don't think he's cut out for the PL. He'd do well on the continent but I can't see him being sold without us getting another midfielder in.

 

[aliyid]

Listening to Quinn got me angry, useless fucking biased twat.

Terrible terrible biased commentary never liked his commentary beforehand but that was just shockingly bad today

 

[mikeeegreen]

We desperately need Wing Forwards and Central Midfielders. We all know though that nothing will happen. It really is shocking that over the last few seasons we've always bought a central midfielder but our two best are from the academy.

So so much money wasted. Never got it right since Modric left IMO. That's the heart of a lot of our problems. Followed closely by wingers/wing forwards.

 

[MattyP]

You saw some defending? I didn't.

 

[nightgoat]

I was really interested to see how Capoue would get on, coming back in to the side.

Still as slow as a French new wave film is the answer.

So much potential, so disappointing.

Capoue is definitely more Hiroshima, Mon Amour than A Bout de Souffle.

 

[JohannTHFC]

We need a quality midfielder though. Who's idea has it been this past few transfer window to stockpile shit like Stambouli and Capoue rather than buy quality? Awful, awful strategy that will never amount to anything. We need to pay big £20m+ for Schneiderlin or McCarthy imo.

 

[spursfan77]

the lads probably has a psychological hurdle to overcome, knowing they could be on 4th with a win... and they couldn't it...

I think you're spot on. Time after time,season after season when we have a chance to capitalise we fail.

 

[spike472]

Aargh.

Thought we looked poor all game really - Dembele wasn't shuttling forward so the AM 3 kept having to drop really deep and things kept foundering. And we sat back after the goal and invited pressure rather than closing it out.

Benji, you silly boy. Thought he was good up until that point but diving in like that is just daft. There's a distinct essence of 'Spursiness' about him though: doesn't play percentages. It's either brilliant or awful, it's never middling. See also: Vlad and Lamela.

In conclusion: Mother fudging Spurs.

And what was that new pitch made of? Cream cheese? Looked shit.

Benji good up to that point? He was crap and is crap. I'm sick of Levy not releasing the funds and we have to then bring a 2nd rate half wit.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Disappointing result but I'm chalking it off as a freak result that we'll learn from and one that gives everyone a dose of reality.

We got caught cold today, like we did to Chelsea last week really.

They outfought us today on a shocking pitch. New manager bounce to top it off.

As soon as the contentious pen goes in its only going one way with all of the above factors.

Biggest frustration is our attitude after going 1-0 up. Was not good from the lot of them, Poch included. Poor ref doesn't help but idiotic tackle from Stambouli. At least we got him at a bargain price though huh?

 

[TEESSIDE1]

Can anyone explain how Eriksen puts his foot in one week then runs about like Louis Spence on Babycham the next?

I agree that he was poor but when you lose 2 high intensity, fully committed and eager to impress central midfelders in Bentaleb and Mason, and replace them with a side ways passing sloth, a cheap knock off version of Parker and out of favour, form and can't pass for sh*t Capoue, your style and attacking play is unsurprisingly going to suffer.

 

[Rout-Ledge]

Kane's goal was a big big positive, despite all the faults today.

 

[DannySafer]

Chelsea game gave us a glimpse of what we can become and today's game reminded us that we still have a lot of weaknesses to address. So very frustrated to lose today. Reality check.

 

[Blake Griffin]

eriksen with yet another scoreless, assistless and ineffective outing as a #10.

#heplaysontheleft