Pochettino blasts Tottenham squad after poor display

[bigspurs]

I disagree, Monaco had our measure for the majority of the game.

They let us have the ball in non threatening areas.

I think that when a side has far less possession, has no corners and only has two shots on target, resulting directly from defensive errors, which they actually score from - that's more luck than judgment in my books. It's also clinical finishing, but if that game played out ten times over, I doubt that Monaco would have won it that many times.

 

[fridgemagnet]

Quite possibly our players had a massive adrenaline dump in the first half due to the occasion and i can forgive them that if it turns out to be a one off but that leads me to my next point.

We lack a leader on the pitch IMHO having a young side is great and all but i'm struggling to pick a leader out of our best XI, to not only lift our players but help deal with occasions such as the Chelsea game the game & last nights occasion.
Dier in the future possibly but not right now. Hugo i think its hard for keepers to be that figure only ones i can think of are Buffon & Peter Schmeical.

We needed a Ledley or Gallas/Parker type signing in my onions, i don't mean fill the squad with them like Redknapp would have done but surely there was someone available this past window that would have been ideal.

My criticism of Kane is that he really should be starting to show ability of choosing the better options by now, i know strikers are greedy and judged on goals but if there's a team mate in a better striking % then he has to start passing to those players rather than take on the lower % shot himself especially if you're going through a poor run of form.

I also i believe we're having a case of the "Arsenals" at times in that we're guilty of almost trying to walk it in. I love watching skilful silky play but we have to learn to pick our moments, double nutmegging Wilshire is great but not if it comes at the expense of a quick through ball for a 1on1 with the oppos' keeper when the game is dead locked or we're behind.
Ancient Chinese proverb "Keep It Simple Stupid."

Lastly am i being overly harsh in believing our passing and first touch is very poor far too often?

PS WTF is up with the prawn sandwich section at Wembley it's always pissed me off can they not employ an usher to cattle prod the bastards towards their seats 5 mins before the start of the half?

"GET A BLOODY MOVE ON!"

 

[UbeAstard]

Yes you can; if your final third is either swamped with bodies taking up the same close space, or so spaced out that you don't have an outlet, then you decrease the ability to pass and move accurately and intelligently, and increase the chance of the opposition winning the ball off you (it's not like they stand still for you).

And if you have over loaded those spaces, but left the ones behind you vacant, then losing the ball invariably leads to those spaces being used by the opposition... Moutinho and Silva enjoyed that no end in the first half.

Everything in football and life is about balance. It's how Ranieri took a team of relegation candidates to a title, and Van Gaal a team of superstars to the Europa League.

From the memory picture in my head the space was there for the quick pass but Lamela dithered too long on the ball till the window was closing.

 

[UbeAstard]

They also got to the CL last season, but out before the groups and into our Europa Group. Good weren't they.....Arguably had more named players last year too. Carvalho, Coentrou, El Shawaarry. Now they have 2 forwards who have scored 20 goals between them in 2 years.....

good league that though.....as you can see with the great players it's produced for Spurs over the last few years. Stambouli.....Capoue......

The truth lies somewhere in the middle. Monaco maybe aren't as bad as you make out, but neither are they as good as suggested. They are in a weak league that had no opposition to PSG last year who are now weakened.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Same old shit really for us in certain home fixtures over the last ten years:

Lethargic start - check
Have most of the possession - check
Have more shots on target - check
Miss loads of chances that we should score - check
Make stupid defensive errors - check
Opposition is ridiculously clinical with their only one or two chances - check

As I said.

We now have quality options: check that fucker Poch!

 

[ThorntonSpur]

i have heard a number of people go on about the big pitch at wembley.. is there any reason why we cannot reduce it to the same size of WHL?

 

[eddiebailey]

We needed a Ledley or Gallas/Parker type signing in my onions, i don't mean fill the squad with them like Redknapp would have done but surely there was someone available this past window that would have been ideal.

Don't think you are going to be seeing those sort of signings under Pochettino.