Match Threads Man City vs Spurs - Match thread - Carabao Cup Final 2021 - KO 4:30pm

[carpediem991]

Who would have thought that Sissoko, Winks, Pierre combo in midfield is the end of the game? Well everyone who watched us play the last years.

Sorry Ryan, you got it horribly wrong.

 

[Seafordian Spurs]

We're done as a club. No ambition, no desire, terrible owners, knackered players. We need a major rebuild which won't happen because of the owners. Kane will now leave.

Yep, we're done. Back to mid table obscurity we go.

I'm sure there's a Soundgarden song about this

 

[THFC_SWE]

I think if Jose had stayed manger we would have had a less defensive performance. It is worrying that Ryan does not appear to have the strength or authority to change things. Change is certainly required to these gutless players and the way they play. A wasted opportunity to win a trophy as we went down with a whimper.

Less defensive with Mourinho? What now?

 

[tobi]

Son is world-class 25% of the time at best and totally anonymous the rest of the time.

He goes on streaks and the media go crazy but he's the absolute definition of "mercurial".

It hurts because your 100% right.

 

[King Yid]

They deserved it and the subs destroyed the small amount of momentum we were getting but fuck me can we have a competent referee the next time we reach a final?

Mate, there’s a reason none of the PL refs were picked to go to the last World Cup. They are the worst collection of refs in Europe. I look at some of their decisions and the lack of consistency and think how can they not be on the fucking take

 

[daveduvet]

Kinda also the reason we were in the final in the first place

Yea, obviously. But I’d suggest that was luck rather than driven & positive football. I genuinely feel Jose would not have won us tge cup today. It was right to let him go. Easy to ‘blame’ Mason on the day; but we’ve 18 months of Mourinho ball behind this moment.

 

[Thewobbler]

For all those that love the xG:

 

[markiespurs]

Sissoko is a ****

In fairness to Sissons, we know what we get from him and its not goals. He wasn't even the worst player on the pitch.

 

[dagraham]

The one thing that gets me angry, is somehow we managed to get through the first half even and actually started playing football in the second. You then bring on Sissoko for Lo Celso, our only creative player, and sub Lucas who was the only attacker making a difference. Yes were poor, but we actually had a chance to win and that chance was taken away by some idiotic subs. I actually feel cheated. This club is an absolute shambles at the moment.

Like most I wanted Jose gone, but I still question the decision to sack him just before a cup final.

 

[jbstarr14]

Regardless of who the manager picks, you’d hope that every player would leave everything out there...
Not sure we’d have won today even if you swapped the managers - Ryan made some naive decisions, but the players (with a couple of exceptions) haven’t shown up today.

 

[DenverSpur]

This has nothing to do with who the manager is, nothing to do with tactics; it’s a Cup Final and once again in a big game the players didn’t turn up. Toby, Loris and Hojbjerg had good games. Dier was ok(?) but everyone else was really poor. The passing was awful - it has been for a long long time which makes me ask what they actually do in training. We continually give needless free kicks away in our final third which is the sign of a poorly disciplined team - Aurier(and Sissoko) are almost masters at this indiscipline and it’s no surprise they were major contributors to the goal. Why we continually tried to pass out from the back when we continually gave the ball away in our final third in incomprehensible
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I am pessimistic that ANY new manager can turn ANY Tottenham team into winners. It’s 19 years since we won ANYTHING, 30 years since we last won the FA Cupwhen we used to be a “Cup” team and 60 years since we won the league. Different managers, different players same result - big game and Spurs don’t turn up time after after time.
One last point. Sickened that Laporte scored the winner which many people will say he should have been off but in reality if he’d got a yellow for his first foul against Lucas it’s highly unlikely he would make he second foul.

 

[TOLBINY]

I think if Jose had stayed manger we would have had a less defensive performance. It is worrying that Ryan does not appear to have the strength or authority to change things. Change is certainly required to these gutless players and the way they play. A wasted opportunity to win a trophy as we went down with a whimper.

Ryan doesn't have the players to change things and neither did Jose. At what point will fans wake up and realise it is the players who are not good enough, not the flipping manager!

 

[JayB]

Look, it would have been incredibly naive to rebalance the side into a more attacking one. We would have happily taken penalties. Particularly as Man city also really don't want extra time. The decision was a logically sound one, I think it was incorrect, but it made a lot of sense. Bale on and a player that would allow our forward line to be more attacking and play ahead of Kane if needed.

Who says that the side had to be unbalanced in order to bring on Bale? Even if you accept that Sissoko needed to come on in order to provide cover for Bale, it doesn't explain why Gio was the one who made way. Winks provided fuck all throughout the game and could have been the player to go in order to make the double change possible.

 

[cozzo]

How can Ryan not see what we see. There’s must be politics at play

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

Dont know why people are gagging for a new manager, nothing will change

 

[IamSpurtacus]

And injured in two of them

Why is that spam @GilzeansGrandad ?

 

[bigfrooj]

FFS Manchester City cost a billion to put together and have the best manager in the country, if not Europe. We were outplayed and none of our players got a chance to show what they could do. Son was clueless again in an important match, Sissoko and Aurier were no worse than we've seen before, just their usual atrocious self's. No one on here expected to win so let's give our fragile team some credit for staying in it.

 

[Thewobbler]

Regardless of who the manager picks, you’d hope that every player would leave everything out there...
Not sure we’d have won today even if you swapped the managers - Ryan made some naive decisions, but the players (with a couple of exceptions) haven’t shown up today.

Its embarrassing that not one forward player turned up. Like the CL final, it was shit.

 

[OPModric]

Fuck all

Apparently more important to play Levys favourites than trying to win

 

[Wizzy77]

Leeds beaten City two weeks ago because they have BALLS and they pressed !

Cowards the whole lot. Cowards. A freaking final.