As always, the pre day final excitement leads to a dreadful performance where we can’t even score a goal or put up a fight ??
Against premier league teams we just can’t hack it in finals. Chelsea, Liverpool & now City have all managed to hold us at bay with ease.
Our best hope is knocking out one of these big teams in the semis so we’re favourites in the final or trying our luck against a European side ...
And the first one is a really good point. It's not that city looked more motivated, they just looked relaxed, like it's any other game. When looking at our player's faces they looked terrified, very nervous. That's what the experience of winning does. It's a bit like Andy Murray when he'd reach a lot of finals but just keep losing, often without a set. Yes, normally he was facing opposition better than he was but it's more than that. Federer is super relaxed in those conditions, and can just play their normal game, Murray is nervous and that dynamic is a really hard thing to get over. Ultimately, it's that first win that's the hardest, and it's not really about desire, it's about calm, just play your natural game (although part of the problem is at the moment we don't really have a natural game).
Who told you that?
Whilst I agree Dembele made everything tick, it's unrealistic to replace players. More often than not you need to change appriach.
Yes even the little counter attacks we had was terrible, with sloppy passes before we even got anywhere near City’s area.
The Grealish transfer was just terrible,
Agreed. But the scary thing even a manager like Jose who came in, seems to pander to Levy instead...
We've suffered no more than the vast majority of football fans in fairness. Probably a bit less than most. I've never experienced a relegation, being forced to sell half our teams and having people at the club losing their jobs. I know it's a joke, but the idea that Spurs fans have it so bad is just laughable to most football fans. Part of the reason Arsenal tv is so funny is that they are going mad about what's happening on the pitch, even though they are one of the most privileged clubs to support, who have no experience of hitting bottom, this forum can be the same at points.
The only thing that might appeal, and it would rely on him being the sort who relishes that, is the scope of the challenge. That's the only thing I can think of outside of salary, which Bayern would easily be able to match anyway.
I don't think Nagelsmann is coming, because of Bayern. But it feels like a challenge to the fans and it is, but from a managers perspective it's quite good to go to a side where underperformance has lead to lower expectations, it removes a lot of pressure. You come in, you finish 6thish first season, and you can say it's a work in progress, so it gives you much more leeway than going to a team where everything is so perfect already that you can only fuck up, like Bayern.
The Jose period was a mish mash. We don't know what was planned or what was offered when he was appointed. He came in and had to take over from Poch. He may have had a good budget to bring in new players but Covid struck. I doubt he would have joined us knowing that he was going to be restricted by funds. I never wanted him here not for his management styles but he wasn’t the face for Tottenham. The biggest problem with the last two managers is they were not strong enough to be able to stand up to the talisman and it was the same today. If you are not fit you don't play. Even poor old Mason caved in. Would Fergie play an unfit player in our last two finals to placate his ambition for a trophy? There was one point today when Son had the ball running forward and Kane was jogging 10 yards behind him. He wasn’t fit and shouldn't have started.
