*** HAPOEL TEL AVIV v SPURS *** Offfical Match Thread

[Adamspurs]

Decent result, nice to get a clean sheet aswell. That 2nd half was boring though!

 

[PLTuck]

poor game, but 3 pts, and a clean sheet.

As defoesapprentice said. Job done.



Oh and...Ramos out! I saw Lennon on the left at one point! He obviously has no idea what he's doing! [/sarcasm]

 

[Zapsta]

*relevant but inappropriately specific comment*

 

[eddiebailey]

I quite like winning when we play badly.

It's better than losing when playing well. In fact it's a fucking awesome sign.

We were playing an awful team, and there were only ten of them... so maybe no that awesome a sign...

Anyway, job done, so I am not complaining.

 

[BoringOldFan]

I quite like winning when we play badly.

It's better than losing when playing well. In fact it's a fucking awesome sign.

But you have to admit stoof, against a 10-man pub team in the second half we should have done more. I feel sorry for the fans who traipsed out to Tel-Aviv to be served up with that.

 

[paxtonyiddo]

complete and utter crap-performance i mean not commentary-big job in hand senor
ramos. glad to win today but sooo poor.

 

[batigol]

Well, it was certainly boring but I think Ramos is still getting a feel of the squad and trying things out.

Some positives from the match.

1) Malbranque was creative and industrious once again. I think Ramos value his contribution and hence the substitution to rest him early.

2) Plenty of Lennon runs. I think we can see how much emphasis Ramos places on our wing attack. If only his final balls are better.

3) Clean sheet. Another clean sheet is better than none and can only serve to boost Robbo and our defence's confidence.

4) Some neat passing from Boateng. I think he will be eased into our first team and present a much better midfield option than Jenas's one dimensional play. He just needs to cut down on showboating.

5) Its 2 wins and 1 draw so far under Ramos. Steady progress that can only serve to build up confidence.

COYS!

 

[TheChosenOne]

But you have to admit stoof, against a 10-man pub team in the second half we should have done more. I feel sorry for the fans who traipsed out to Tel-Aviv to be served up with that.

I actually was thinking "Dog & Duck Sunday 2nd team"

 

[madroosta]

3 pts yay!
was it me or did lennon (before switching sides) when taking his man on go the same way almost every time?
steed looked pretty good,
lyp had a good game,
jj was making up numbers for me personally, wasn't bad, wasn't great....
chimbongo makes me nervous when he gets the ball and dances in a circle before releasing at the very last minute!
robbo looked trim or my tv angle was wrong...
zokora just ran around a lot lol, he was ok but should not shoot ever again (albeit i actually always yell shoot when he gets it)!
dawson was ok tonight.
salty looked ok too.
robbie looked average to me tonight personally. Well taken goal as was berbakings!
boatang looked smooth once on
jd looked fired up maybe a bit too much but i think thats a good thing!
bent needs games i think, he must have zero confidence at the mo! Well up until his goal against boro that is!

 

[MattyP]

I'm tempted to look on a Bayern message board to see their fans reaction to being behind to a team in the bottom three, "Ze Woof und Quack" bier hall team.

 

[GKHotspur]

I quite like winning when we play badly.

It's better than losing when playing well. In fact it's a fucking awesome sign.

I agree to some extent but I would like to see more 'oomf' from our players especially at the moment, it can only breed confidence, I felt a lot of them could've risen to the occasion and put in strong performances, especially when we played 10 men.

 

[Adamspurs]

I'm tempted to look on a Bayern message board to see their fans reaction to being behind to a team in the bottom three, "Ze Woof und Quack" bier hall team.

:lol:

 

[biggsyboy]

Lennon flatters to deceive. He doesn't do anything. There's no point doing his jigs if he can't cross a ball. He is sooo easy to defend against. He was taught a lesson in crossing by Malbranque. Even if he tried a hundered times, there is no way Lennon would be able to make 2 crosses of that quality on his left foot! I think our buying English players ideology is in tatters. Robinson, Dawson, Lennon, Jenas, Defoe....all good players but not great. Keane, Bale, Malbranque will be on Ramos untouchable list....jury out on all the others.......

 

[Zapsta]

"Ah diddums, Berbatov" by Colin Murray.

:lol: Ledge. Also, playing badly and winning is not an awesome sign. People fuck this up so much. If a good team that generally plays well can win in spite of playing badly, that is good. If a team plays badly the whole fucking time and occasionally picks up a win against shitty opposition, that is bad. Always.

 

[nipponyid]

I actually was thinking "Dog & Duck Sunday 2nd team"

Was that cause you played for them?

 

[Spursking]

Overall: Not a great performance, but we got the 3 points we needed in an away match. We should be happy.

 

[gregga]

Good to see malbranque getting the praise he deserves.

He was getting sooo much stick on here not long ago but I've always thought he's a quality player. The majority of our creative attacking play goes through him, its just a shame his vision only seems to extend more than 20 yards.

 

[MattyP]

:lol: Ledge. Also, playing badly and winning is not an awesome sign. People fuck this up so much. If a good team that generally plays well can win in spite of playing badly, that is good. If a team plays badly the whole fucking time and occasionally picks up a win against shitty opposition, that is bad. Always.

Hmmmn. Played well against Man Ure. Lost. Played well against Liverpool. Drew. Played shit against Hapoel. Won.

Our first away match in the group stage last year was also a 2-0 win.

I ain't gonna complain, two weeks ago we couldn't buy a win.

 

[sparx100]

Well, it was certainly boring but I think Ramos is still getting a feel of the squad and trying things out.

Some positives from the match.

1) Malbranque was creative and industrious once again. I think Ramos value his contribution and hence the substitution to rest him early.

2) Plenty of Lennon runs. I think we can see how much emphasis Ramos places on our wing attack. If only his final balls are better.

3) Clean sheet. Another clean sheet is better than none and can only serve to boost Robbo and our defence's confidence.

4) Some neat passing from Boateng. I think he will be eased into our first team and present a much better midfield option than Jenas's one dimensional play. He just needs to cut down on showboating.

5) Its 2 wins and 1 draw so far under Ramos. Steady progress that can only serve to build up confidence.

COYS!

Completely agree with you. The result was the most important thing.

In addition I would add that it was nice to see Salty back - I thought he did enough - Chimbonda made a few mistakes in the middle, but it does give us a little more experience at the back.

 

[DC_Boy]

good performance - great result - very happy we were in danger of going out at the group stage - now we can still win the thing - marvellous turn around by Ramos & Co - 2 wins and a draw -

Robson was talking so much rubbish - at the start he's going on about we're playing at too slow a tempo - I'm shouting at the TV - bollox - just keep a clean sheet and we'll win - nothing to do with the tempo - we'll score against these - and so we did - twice - and hit the post -

well done Spurs and Ramos - not so well done C5- but what do I care - I saw the game - as for the pundits - right !! (not)

Oh and well done Salty - the player I and many other Spurs fans wanted to keep - but quite a lot wanted out -

I know whose side I'm happy to be on