- Jun 9, 2003
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No fight, no balance, no passion, no passing. Only one team seemed to realise it was a derby. We had one player who showed up. No contest - MoM Davinson Sanchez.
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Llorente 3 laughing and joking with Arse players at the final whistle showed how much he cared. His flick on for Son’s miss one of his very few contributions all season.
Llorente has been a pretty pointless signing so far. We needed a back up striker who was 100% trusted to be able to start games. He didn't start when Kane was injured v Utd and didn't start when Kane was about 50% fit today. I know Kane is Kane and we're not going to get someone same level to fill in but if can't even have someone trusted to do better job than state Kane was in today then what's the point of having them.
We needed to buy someone who would definitely start today and be trusted so Kane could come on later in game. It's so early days but its not been a very promising start and it's starting to feel like we still desperately need a back up striker who Poch finds impossible to not trust.
There is no such thing as a 100% reliable quality player who'd be willing to be a back up to Kane, and wouldn't want be paid £150k to do so.Llorente has been a pretty pointless signing so far. We needed a back up striker who was 100% trusted to be able to start games. He didn't start when Kane was injured v Utd and didn't start when Kane was about 50% fit today. I know Kane is Kane and we're not going to get someone same level to fill in but if can't even have someone trusted to do better job than state Kane was in today then what's the point of having them.
We needed to buy someone who would definitely start today and be trusted so Kane could come on later in game. It's so early days but its not been a very promising start and it's starting to feel like we still desperately need a back up striker who Poch finds impossible to not trust.
We were poor from start to finish. Frankly it could have been 3 or 4 . In the first half we created absolutely nothing and in the second we were unsurprisingly caught on the break several times. Our top players didn’t show up. Dembele looks a shadow of the player he once was and doesn’t deserve a place in our starting line up. If he is not fit then why play him ? Personally I didn’t see that Kane was injured. He was just poor. Worst of all our intensity for a NOD was way below theirs, especially in the first half. I don’t know how Pochettino can say he was proud of the effort from the players.
I agree Sanchez was by far our best player . Sissoko looked good because the rest were so poor.
Lloris 6 , Was slow reacting for the second goal, but kept the score relatively respectable in the second half.
Dier 5 not great, good header could have brought us back in it
Sanchez 8 outstanding. Ridiculous free kick decision.
Vertonghen 5 not one of his better games
Trippier 4 zero attacking threat first half, caught out of position several times in the second.
Dembele 3 very poor
Sissoko 6 tried hard
Eriksen 3 very poor
Davies 5 same as Trippier in reverse but did put in a couple of useful crosses.
Alli 2 worst player on the pitch , deserved to be taken off. Should be left out for lack of commitment.
Kane 3 very poor . Didn’t look unfit to me. But taking him off was like throwing in the towel.
Winks 6 Neat and tried . Should have started.
Son 3 Probably that’s unfair because he wasn’t that bad and had one goal bound shot blocked , but that miss was so frustrating. Should have been 2-1 at that point. Nevertheless should have started.
Llorente 3 laughing and joking with Arse players at the final whistle showed how much he cared. His flick on for Son’s miss one of his very few contributions all season.
Dannythomas-1 . We have never lost to them when I follow the match on line instead of watching. Poor decision making by me today.