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MOTM

  • Vorm

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Trippier

    Votes: 3 1.4%
  • Sanchez

    Votes: 2 0.9%
  • Verts

    Votes: 43 20.4%
  • Davies

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dier

    Votes: 42 19.9%
  • Dembele

    Votes: 2 0.9%
  • Dele

    Votes: 7 3.3%
  • Eriksen

    Votes: 80 37.9%
  • Son

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Kane

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Moura

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Wanyama

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lamela

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 7 3.3%
  • None Deserved

    Votes: 23 10.9%

  • Total voters
    211

danielneeds

Kick-Ass
May 5, 2004
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The team were naive and struggled against a parked bus. Our fans, however, are embarrassing. When did our fanbase become diluted with so many absolute tits? This new generation of Spurs fan is making me long for the late 90s when we were shit but at least we supported the club through thick and thin.
Can’t blame people for feeling like it’s never going to happen for us, after taking so many hits. I do take issue with this “bottling it” culture every time we lose a big game. I remember when bottling it meant losing to Wrexham in the FA Cup, or losing 4-3 after being 3-0 up against 10 men at halftime. Losing 2-1 against a star-studded, talent packed United team is just not that.
 

mpickard2087

Patient Zero
Jun 13, 2008
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I put that squarely on Poch. It's the most disappointed, angry even, I have been with him after the last couple of weeks.

We get told the word bravery is his buzzword. But for weeks now I have been watching the collective start to fail - the drop off in our intensity, pressing game, work rate etc, even a game against Chelsea was patchy in this regard and required a big effort, and certain players like Kane, Son, Dembele, Davies, Sanchez, are looking tired and a bit frazzled, or clearly unfit in Kane's case, and yet he hasn't been brave - he's stuck his head in the fucking sand, avoided making tough, difficult, and yes brave decisions, and just hoped we could get the job done. Well it didn't happen.

Everything good we have done since he has took charge has been built around work rate, energy and intensity. You need 11 players who can put that shift in, and cant afford passengers. Unfortunately we have a few at the moment, players, including some critical components, who just look fucked and cant put that shift in, and you cant get away with that at the top level.

There are many, many other things I could take issue with about the match itself and write chapter and verse on - that maybe we should have had a different game plan from the start if we could only compete for 15-20 mins before punching ourselves out, that we were predictable and one dimensional, the lack of width/fullbacks issue, the subs, the actual make up of the subs bench (lots of midfielders, no striker on the bench even if he has been shit this season - he's a different option with aerial ability and it's mental when knowing Kane is fucked and Son isn't far behind), and a million other things - but I cant be bothered because I'd be here all night. But Poch, as I find myself always saying after these tough moments, has got to be more ruthless and yes, a lot braver. For the rest of the season we need 11 players out on that pitch who can first and foremost put in a shift and play with energy and intensity. Forget the performance and result for now, as a starting point that is what is needed. If he has to leave out certain players then that's what it takes, but currently we are limping towards the finish line and the whole thing needs a shot of adrenaline.


Vorm - Very disappointing for the winning goal.

Trippier - Seemingly forgotten how to cross a ball, so then you struggle to find a use for him.

Sanchez - Starting to unravel a little, probably played too much for his debut season.

Vertonghen - Near faultless at the back. Bullied Lukaku.

Davies - Admittedly had to play a lot of games, but had that purple patch end of last season/start of this, been back to his average self for months now. Piss poor in both directions.

Dier - Ok.

Dembele - That good fortnight in February seems a long time ago. As immobile as I've ever seen him. Atrocious display.

Eriksen - Majestic first half, not quite as good in the second and faded a bit in the final stages. However he put in a really good shift today, and increasingly had to cover for Dembele and do all his running and tracking back.

Alli - Scored, fairly good opening to the game, after that plenty of carelessness. Why was he playing so deep in the latter stages with statue Kane up there on his own is anyone's guess.

Son - Gone badly off the boil - both with the ball at his feet and his work rate.

Kane - Managed 15, maybe 20 minutes where he was lively, but that's pointless if you then cant move for the rest of the game. Get him off the pitch until he is sorted out. It's not benefiting the team or him.

Subs:

Moura - Again looked for the ball in all the wrong areas.
Wanyama - Guess we needed to put a midfielder on for a semblance of balance, but hardly seemed like a move you'd want to make at that stage.
Lamela - This was another who wanted to play in unthreatening areas rather than effective ones, and was hardly an inspiring sub and just seemed like tinkering rather than any great plan of action.
 

BringBack_leGin

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Jul 28, 2004
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Can’t blame people for feeling like it’s never going to happen for us, after taking so many hits. I do take issue with this “bottling it” culture every time we lose a big game. I remember when bottling it meant losing to Wrexham in the FA Cup, or losing 4-3 after being 3-0 up against 10 men at halftime. Losing 2-1 against a star-studded, talent packed United team is just not that.
I’m just embarrassed to be part of the same umbrella as some of this lot. We were dazzling until a month ago, now the wheel have come off a tad bit of anybody, start if the season, has said we’d be 5 points clear in 4th, fa cup semi finalists and much improved in the champions league I’d have ripped their hand off.

I live in Andover. I’ve been travelling non stop since the final whistle and only got home 45 minutes ago. I’m disappointed but it happens, we were naive and outfoxed by a man who has made a habit of perfecting the Pulis approach with oodles of cash. The whole match I had to put up with some idiot behind me who was a broken record ranting about how Pochettino threw this away by picking Vorm and Sanchez, totally ignoring the fact that Sanchez played well and Lloris has let in far worse goals recently. I’m far more pissed off with our awful fans than I am with the team. They think this is bad? Where the fuck were they then when we had our best team of the decade dismantled at Elland Road by relegation threatened Everton in the 95 semi?
 
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PLTuck

Eternal Optimist
Aug 22, 2006
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I came on here expecting an over reaction but I'm bemused at how certain sections of our "fan"base are turning on Poch.

I'm as gutted as you all are, but have a fucking word lads.
 

theShiznit

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Jul 26, 2004
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barring 25 minutes we were slow and predictable everything played very deliberately sideways and slow not moving Utd from their bus parking shape at all. after the equalizer we looked very poor.

Vorm didn't even try for the first and reacted slowly to the second which was right by him.
Davies, sluggish and didn't really offer much. at least tried to cross

Jan decent as always against Lukaku.
Sanchez great ball to Erikson for our first goal a bit panicky at times and lost a lot of headers from hopeful crosses.
Trippier, always cutting back had several opportunities to cross but chose to pass back into the crowded middle were the ten en of Utd were stationed.
Eric Dier played ok moved the ball quicker than Dembele and got in some decent tackles.
Dembele, over reliant on his strength in possession covering his inability to move the ball quckly, shrunk after that mistake. (imagine if Winks had made that mistake...)
Son, tried to attack but was having a bumbly miscontrol day then went from trying to do everything too fast to jogging around.
Erikson great ball for the Ali goal, but suffered from the lack of anything around him as his static teammates stood well marked around Jose's narrow banks of four.
Ali, goal aside, slow, ponderous, deliberate not good enough.
Kane, started better than of late, but with his already limited mobility without his sharpness he is a shadow of himself and we suffer because of it, easy to mark out of the game, had one shot (I think) from the half way line.

Moura, huffed and puffed for a while but just added to the congestion in the middle.

Lamela, should've been on earlier, added some zip to the movement as he searched for pockets of space and created the only thing of note second half which Sanchez blasted into the air.

The wanyama sub was the most bizarre sideways sub you'll see, sure Dembele was bad but how was Vic going to change the game for us?
 

ebzrascal

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Sep 13, 2009
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I am disappointed but felt much worse after the Champions League defeat to Juve...

I do think there is an issue with out team though.. We have some talented players and the manager is good but I am not sure we have the winning mentality when the heat is on. It`s not just ok to play good football you have to play winning football when the moment demands it. I am not sure Poch gets that and consequently his players are obsessed with playing pretty patterns out from the back when really they should be taking the safe option. Time and time again players being caught in possession this season in dangerous areas leads to us conceding goals.

Next point we need to learn how to kill games when we are on top link Liverpool and City do because after 20 minutes this game should have been done with the way we were dominating the game.

Next point what message does it send when the players that destroyed Chelsea at the Bridge are dropped so Harry Kane can come back in so it can try and win the golden boot. It`s frankly criminal, surely he should fight for his place like everyone else. Son, Lamela, Alli and Eriksen were doing so superbly and since Kane has come back in were have not been as fluid.

Another point why can`t anyone cross a ball properly and why don`t they try to cross the ball earlier instead of trying to work the perfect opportunity also why are none of our players especially Kane on the six yard box waiting when a decent cross eventually arrives?
Lastly can we just try shooting more when we are on top as its all a bit predictable!!
 

SugarRay

Well-Known Member
Jul 6, 2011
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The team were naive and struggled against a parked bus. Our fans, however, are embarrassing. When did our fanbase become diluted with so many absolute tits? This new generation of Spurs fan is making me long for the late 90s when we were shit but at least we supported the club through thick and thin.

The equaliser today drained our end completely, like everybody accepted defeat as soon as Sanchez scores. Last week was the same against City. Zero support. Was frustrating watching it unfold especially when you see how Anfield beat City the week before.
 

double0

Well-Known Member
Aug 29, 2006
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Some of our supporters have let's say been embarrassing but you can't blame them. We are somehow predictable whenever it comes down to the crunch.... How many times do we hear so much nonsense from some of our players and managers past and present before a big game , Pochettinho came out saying the cardinal sin ie saying the CL was more important blah blah.

There's no doubt we lack a certain mentality throughout our mid to recent history we all some how knew this would happen, we'd play well enough to win but so where Mourinho and all that pressure (of the media demanding we start winning) we'd screw it right up.


What we need to do is take a gamble I feel, live up to our motto and back the manager in the transfer market the next couple windows.
 
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gp13tot

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Aug 25, 2011
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Vorm 5 a couple of decent saves but poor for the 2nd goal and little comms with his defence. The fact a genuine case could be made for him to start recently shows how much lloris form has dropped. Position needs upgrading.

Trips 6. Played well 1st half. Didn't bother crossing 2nd half when in great positions. Little to recommend if he wont utilise his greatest asset. Rotation option at best, shouldnt be 1st choice in big games like this though.

Davies 1. Worst player on the pitch. Had a solid start to the season but he's not even bang average. Never been a big fan. Rose has to be 1st choice if he stays. If not, position needs upgrading.

Sanchez 5. The ledley comparisons are miles off. Still young but was atrocious in the air today and struggled against lukaku despite being able to match him physically. This Toby issue has to be put on hold, get him in the team, secure 4th and if he leaves get a replacement in the summer.

Verts 8. Handled lukaku extremely well. Player of the season for me.

Dier 8. Mom. Really impressed with his desire, tackling and some of his passing. Didnt give up when others phoned it in.

Dembele 4. Some neat passing but he clearly hurt himself 2 or 3 mins before his mistake. Was limping noticeably. So dont try and beast a fellow beast near your own goal when not at physical peak. So unprofessional, and bar a strong finish to the first half the team were clearly deflated by conceding a goal like that. Mistakes can happen but he was reckless and stupid by not taking the ball further away from our goal. He can still dominate a game occasionally but we need to upgrade to a younger, healthier model this summer.

Son 4. Fucking touch of harold shipman today. Got into sone great positions as well. An enigma.

Alli 6. Great finish for goal and kept showing for the ball but largely ineffective 2nd half.

Eriksen 7. Only player who looked like he could make something happen but also got mourinho'd 2nd half.

Kane 2. Started brightly but that is it. Not fit, not playing for the benefit of the team. Won't happen, but i wish he'd withdraw from the wc squad. Also hope we get genuine competition/rotation option as we are too reliant on him being on form.

Moura 6. Bright, lively but always 15 yds in front of the halfway line. Needed to be 10 yds further up the pitch or wide. Looks heavy.

Wanyama 4. Shit cameo.

Lamela n/a
 

tippspur59

Well-Known Member
Aug 21, 2006
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Ericsen was excellent but my MOTM was Verts again for about the third game in a row when all these pundits come out at the end of the season with their teams of the season if Vertongen is not on it you haven't a fooking clue about football.that's all.
ps.thought Dier was very good today also.
 

DenverSpur

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Sep 25, 2011
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was anyone really surprised? Earlier in the season Poch had a plan for the big games(Dortmund, Liverpool at home, Real Madrid) but lately he just picks the same old 11, in the same old formation and hopes for the best. This was demonstrated most glaringly against Man City. Where in the previous 10 days Liverpool(twice and Man Utd - a least for the 2nd 45mis) showed everyone how to disrupt and beat City ( a midfield 3, a high press and quick passing and movement) Poch thought playing a high line behind a (slow) CM2 with little or no pressing from the front would be a winning formula. Everyone knows Mourinho has a plan for these big games. What was Poch's. More of the same. Surprisingly for the first 20 minutes Utd played very open and we had lots of space to work in and should have really scored more than 1. As soon as they equalized they reverted to type dropped back closing the space between the lines and hit us on the counter. We would have been better of playing 3 at the back and making them come on to us and hitting them on the counter.
I think it was Einstein who said doing the same thing and expecting different results is a sign of madness(or something like that). When faced with a bus parked defense we continually try to play through the congested middle. There is little or no attempt go wide and try to get in behind them. There's very few runners going ahead of the ball. Man City have this problem every game but they have their wide men hugging the touchline, stretching the defense and then have midfielders making runs in the gaps. We're just all parked on the edge of the box passing the ball side ways with little or no runs in behind. Of course this is all made for possesion's sake and giving the opposition time to get in position. Teams know this and target him. We have to have a more dynamic midfield with quicker recycling of the ball. Poch has to revert to a 433 system with maybe Wanyama, Eriksen and a Toni Koos type along side them. He has to rotate the team more. Players are allowed to get away with lack of effort and/or form which affects the team when it happens and means come the end of the season half the "1st" team are knackered and the "squad" replacements are lacking game time and therefore sharpness. Poch needs to be more ruthless with them. The farce of playing Kane when he's obviously not fully fit is embarrassing. My fear for quite some time now is that we will not win anything under Poch because he lacks this ruthless streak. I can't stand Mourinho but I always admired that he did not fear making changes when necessary. I remember one game when he was first at Chelsea where he made a double substitution after 20 minutes. and another where he substituted the substitute when he'd only been on the pitch a short time because he wasn't doing what he was told to do. Can you imagine Poch doing something like that?

This next transfer window is very important. We need to get in a least 2 CM a least one of whom must be able to cover for Eriksen as we can't expect him to play and perform every game an at the moment without him we are even more clueless as we were today. And we need some experienced players not some young prospects. We so lack leaders on the field when things are not going for us. From when they equalizes today we appeared lost. We need someone who can galvanize the team.
 

guiltyparty

Well-Known Member
Sep 21, 2005
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I know Davies should block it and Vorm save it but youve got to wonder about Poch's tactics?

Clearly Lucas is told to play centrally which just overcrowded that area when he needed to isolate a full back.

As soon as they got in front you knew Maureen would strangle the space and the time through the usual wasting.

Dier isn't my fave but today he was brilliant. Hope he wasn't playing for a move there. Eriksen gave everything and took responsibility so full credit to him too.

Same old Spurs otherwise. Christ I miss Kyle and Danny bombing up and down.

Dier idolised Keane, i’d be amazed if he isn’t doing anything he can to get his agent to make a Man U move happen. He’s clearly wanted to go there for ages
 

guiltyparty

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Sep 21, 2005
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I’m just embarrassed to be part of the same umbrella as some of this lot. We were dazzling until a month ago, now the wheel have come off a tad bit of anybody, start if the season, has said we’d be 5 points clear in 4th, fa cup semi finalists and much improved in the champions league I’d have ripped their hand off.

I live in Andover. I’ve been travelling non stop since the final whistle and only got home 45 minutes ago. I’m disappointed but it happens, we were naive and outfoxed by a man who has made a habit of perfecting the Pulis approach with oodles of cash. The whole match I had to put up with some idiot behind me who was a broken record ranting about how Pochettino threw this away by picking Vorm and Sanchez, totally ignoring the fact that Sanchez played well and Lloris has let in far worse goals recently. I’m far more pissed off with our awful fans than I am with the team. They think this is bad? Where the fuck were they then when we had our best team of the decade dismantled at Elland Road by relegation threatened Everton in the 95 semi?

There’s very little to say then. It’s the same show on repeat and will be every season it seems. There’s only so many ways we can all say the same things so shall we just watch, enjoy the nice football and just close the forum?

You can appreciate where we are and how far we’ve come and still be peeved at always falling at the last hurdle. Except it’s often the hurdle before the hurdle - notice the Freudian slip of Poch calling it The Final in the pre-match interview - and it’s often self inflicted

If PL and CL really are the only cups Poch is interested in, I can safely predict we’ll never win a trophy under him as we are not going to win either. We’ve been nowhere near winning the league despite finishing 2nd, which is pretty impressive, and we are noticeably on a downturn as everyone else improves. Sorry, it’s the truth. Getting used to the new stadium will be just as difficult as Wembley, it’s not going to suddenly feel like home.

That’s fine, as a project it’s been and continued to be a successful one, and the club is in a great position. You’d have to be crazy to not see that. But it means we are effectively in a holding position of being the club that plays pretty football but shits the bed in the big games and never wins anything until something happens to change that. People need to deal with it, agreed.

But bigging this Man U side up when we lose to them when everyone’s been running them down all season is really painful.

There will always be an excuse and we’re becoming the experts at finding it. It’s why players leave to go to clubs who don’t make excuses for not winning and we can’t get angry about it either
 
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sparx100

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Jan 8, 2007
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Lloris would have saved the second and we would have defended better had Toby been playing. I understand the sentiment of playing Vorm, but you don't play him in a semi final of the cup when we want to win the thing.

Disappointed with the team selection and the effort from the players throughout the second half.

None of our players imo were stand out and oir match winners all had shockers. Kane especially needs to look at his form and whether he has rushed back to the detriment of the team.
 

TheHoddleWaddle

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Dec 13, 2013
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I put that squarely on Poch. It's the most disappointed, angry even, I have been with him after the last couple of weeks.

We get told the word bravery is his buzzword. But for weeks now I have been watching the collective start to fail - the drop off in our intensity, pressing game, work rate etc, even a game against Chelsea was patchy in this regard and required a big effort, and certain players like Kane, Son, Dembele, Davies, Sanchez, are looking tired and a bit frazzled, or clearly unfit in Kane's case, and yet he hasn't been brave - he's stuck his head in the fucking sand, avoided making tough, difficult, and yes brave decisions, and just hoped we could get the job done. Well it didn't happen.

Everything good we have done since he has took charge has been built around work rate, energy and intensity. You need 11 players who can put that shift in, and cant afford passengers. Unfortunately we have a few at the moment, players, including some critical components, who just look fucked and cant put that shift in, and you cant get away with that at the top level.

There are many, many other things I could take issue with about the match itself and write chapter and verse on - that maybe we should have had a different game plan from the start if we could only compete for 15-20 mins before punching ourselves out, that we were predictable and one dimensional, the lack of width/fullbacks issue, the subs, the actual make up of the subs bench (lots of midfielders, no striker on the bench even if he has been shit this season - he's a different option with aerial ability and it's mental when knowing Kane is fucked and Son isn't far behind), and a million other things - but I cant be bothered because I'd be here all night. But Poch, as I find myself always saying after these tough moments, has got to be more ruthless and yes, a lot braver. For the rest of the season we need 11 players out on that pitch who can first and foremost put in a shift and play with energy and intensity. Forget the performance and result for now, as a starting point that is what is needed. If he has to leave out certain players then that's what it takes, but currently we are limping towards the finish line and the whole thing needs a shot of adrenaline.


Vorm - Very disappointing for the winning goal.

Trippier - Seemingly forgotten how to cross a ball, so then you struggle to find a use for him.

Sanchez - Starting to unravel a little, probably played too much for his debut season.

Vertonghen - Near faultless at the back. Bullied Lukaku.

Davies - Admittedly had to play a lot of games, but had that purple patch end of last season/start of this, been back to his average self for months now. Piss poor in both directions.

Dier - Ok.

Dembele - That good fortnight in February seems a long time ago. As immobile as I've ever seen him. Atrocious display.

Eriksen - Majestic first half, not quite as good in the second and faded a bit in the final stages. However he put in a really good shift today, and increasingly had to cover for Dembele and do all his running and tracking back.

Alli - Scored, fairly good opening to the game, after that plenty of carelessness. Why was he playing so deep in the latter stages with statue Kane up there on his own is anyone's guess.

Son - Gone badly off the boil - both with the ball at his feet and his work rate.

Kane - Managed 15, maybe 20 minutes where he was lively, but that's pointless if you then cant move for the rest of the game. Get him off the pitch until he is sorted out. It's not benefiting the team or him.

Subs:

Moura - Again looked for the ball in all the wrong areas.
Wanyama - Guess we needed to put a midfielder on for a semblance of balance, but hardly seemed like a move you'd want to make at that stage.
Lamela - This was another who wanted to play in unthreatening areas rather than effective ones, and was hardly an inspiring sub and just seemed like tinkering rather than any great plan of action.

I put the fact we made it to a semi final down to poch. I put the fact we are 4th down to poch. I put it down to poch that we are actually at a level we can compete.

This is man United we lost to. Silly money signings and a master of the dark arts of fucking games up in charge.

Pochettino isn't to 'blame' for anything. It's down to the players not performing as well as they can. United are still a team.full of quality.

His in game management can be a bit suspect, but who is to say that taking dembele off, for example, would have made any difference? Who comes on for dembele in the cm that makes the slightest bit of difference?

He can only pick the players he has. I think overall, we didn't do that badly. Competed, made some errors, lost to a side ultimately better than we are at the moment. Move on and learn from it.

Building success without spending bananas money takes time. It means using your squad wisely and giving players games to keep.harmony. It's going to take more time and a bit of luck to bring silverware.
 

EastLondonYid

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Jan 26, 2010
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I’m just embarrassed to be part of the same umbrella as some of this lot. We were dazzling until a month ago, now the wheel have come off a tad bit of anybody, start if the season, has said we’d be 5 points clear in 4th, fa cup semi finalists and much improved in the champions league I’d have ripped their hand off.

I live in Andover. I’ve been travelling non stop since the final whistle and only got home 45 minutes ago. I’m disappointed but it happens, we were naive and outfoxed by a man who has made a habit of perfecting the Pulis approach with oodles of cash. The whole match I had to put up with some idiot behind me who was a broken record ranting about how Pochettino threw this away by picking Vorm and Sanchez, totally ignoring the fact that Sanchez played well and Lloris has let in far worse goals recently. I’m far more pissed off with our awful fans than I am with the team. They think this is bad? Where the fuck were they then when we had our best team of the decade dismantled at Elland Road by relegation threatened Everton in the 95 semi?


spot on

Too many 'fans' and i use that term lightly, are being influenced by the anti spurs media, a media largely made up of bitter goons, deluded scousers, pikeys and chavs...

Before the season started we were being told to expect 6th or even 7th playing away from WHL,and we had no chance of CL football.
Now that we sit 4th 5pts clear with 4 games left the media have completely moved the goal posts and brainwashed everyone into thinking this is the season we must win silverwear and nothing else matters.
I am not falling for all that shit , we all would have taken the season we have had back in August, we are moving into our new stadium with CL very realistic, no one gave us a prayer at the start of this campaign.

Fans with a real depth and knowledge of football and for the club will not get sucked into the media frenzy of doom and gloom, yes i am gutted, yes i want to win cups ,but i am still happy with our season and feel in the circumstances of the ground change and the current power of the league, we have done amazingly well and top 4 WILL be a fantastic achievement.

Carry on getting mugged off by the sky wankers who can't stand us, turn on your own, is that what supporting your team is all about.

Fuck me , where were you lot when Gary Doherty was our hope and 10th was a good season.
 

spids

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Jul 19, 2015
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I put that squarely on Poch. It's the most disappointed, angry even, I have been with him after the last couple of weeks.

We get told the word bravery is his buzzword. But for weeks now I have been watching the collective start to fail - the drop off in our intensity, pressing game, work rate etc, even a game against Chelsea was patchy in this regard and required a big effort, and certain players like Kane, Son, Dembele, Davies, Sanchez, are looking tired and a bit frazzled, or clearly unfit in Kane's case, and yet he hasn't been brave - he's stuck his head in the fucking sand, avoided making tough, difficult, and yes brave decisions, and just hoped we could get the job done. Well it didn't happen.

Exactly this. If Poch really was brave he would have dropped Kane. Not just from the bench but from the squad a he clearly is nowhere near match fit. The team that won the game against Chelsea away is the team that should have seen this season out for us. Bringing Kane back as soon as he wanted to play has cost us the FA Cup and could cost us CL football next season. When we beat Man U at Wembley earlier this season one of the main factors was that Smalling and Jones simply could not cope with Kane. Yesterday he spent the whole afternoon in Jone's pocket.
 
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