Don't let sluggish display against Watford mask so many silver linings

[mawspurs]

What more could Mauricio Pochettino have asked for than a functional if uninspiring victory that all but guarantees Champions League qualification?

Source: Independent

 

[guiltyparty]

"This was their first game since the heart-break of the semi-final here, the painful throwing away of their biggest game in four years."

Why was it any bigger than last year's FA Cup semi-final, against local rivals? Or the league cup final three years ago? Or even the Juve game?

 

[Sweetsman]

"This was their first game since the heart-break of the semi-final here, the painful throwing away of their biggest game in four years."

Why was it any bigger than last year's FA Cup semi-final, against local rivals? Or the league cup final three years ago? Or even the Juve game?

JPB has a real soft spot for Spurs and was upset after we lost the semi. I think he's calling down very slowly.

 

[yid-down-under]

Needing 4 or 5 points from a maximum of nine hardly guarantees us a cl spot- theres still a bit of work to do

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

I think too many pundits and "journalists" are easily swayed by 1 win this way or 1 win thst way.
Sky sports were running stories on how Chelsea might still get in when they were 2 points behind, almost daring is to fuck it up against Watford.

 

[JC-Rule]

i would say don't let the 2 nil scoreline hide the fact it was a very poor performance by a tiring set of players.

Poch needs to ring the changes and bring in fresh legs, rest Dyer, Dembele, Alli, Son, play Moura, Lamela, Wanyama and Sissoko.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

i would say don't let the 2 nil scoreline hide the fact it was a very poor performance by a tiring set of players.

Poch needs to ring the changes and bring in fresh legs, rest Dyer, Dembele, Alli, Son, play Moura, Lamela, Wanyama and Sissoko.

That never works well.

 

[Jadon Benjamin]

That never works well.

As much as I agree with you I feel that this is the area Poch needs to up his game whenever he tries to rest a first team players I'm not always convinced with how he sets up he'll change 3 or 4 players just to "rest" 1 or 2. Sir Alex Ferguson was brilliant at this. It's the only gap in Poch's game I can think of, mind you I'm a huge fan...

 

[yid-down-under]

As much as I agree with you I feel that this is the area Poch needs to up his game whenever he tries to rest a first team players I'm not always convinced with how he sets up he'll change 3 or 4 players just to "rest" 1 or 2. Sir Alex Ferguson was brilliant at this. It's the only gap in Poch's game I can think of, mind you I'm a huge fan...

We rested players against Brighton- that went well

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

It never goes well. 1 player should get a rest, the next week, a different player and so on and so forth.
5, 6, 7 changes, for players who play less often, usually ends up in a negative result.

 

[Jadon Benjamin]

We rested players against Brighton- that went well

We have enough quality in our team to rest players and not expose ourselves. Yes Brighton was a good result but that was midway through the season. That same stunt won't get us 9 from 9. Poch has got to learn to be better at squad rotation.

 

[yid-down-under]

We have enough quality in our team to rest players and not expose ourselves. Yes Brighton was a good result but that was midway through the season. That same stunt won't get us 9 from 9. Poch has got to learn to be better at squad rotation.

I was referring to last weeks draw when we made about 5 changes and only got a point