Seattle Sounders Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[Spurs' Pipe Dreams]

I hope Steve Bruce has Sky and not BT,.or Daws could be with us forever.....

 

[Amo]

Ok, we won't tell you.

But he did - it was a Make A Wish Foundation thingy.

That's some fucked up wish-granting. All that build-up and they don't even let him play for a minute or two.

 

[idontgetit]

what minute did Xander come off? Don't tell me he just done the kick off and was taken off right away.

They let him run through on goal and have a shot straight after kick off, then he went off.

 

[ItsBoris]

Can we put Xander Bailey on for Dawson?

I'm actually 100% sure I would have done better that half at CB than Dawson.

Get him off and get him fucking transferred to Hull. I would much rather see Capoue at CB instead, or Kaboul/Veljkovic off the bench.

 

[Spursh]

"Big brands from the BPL"

That sentence is just... Eww

 

[MaccSpurs]

score and scorers?

 

[kohn]

Would like to have seen Kane be more involved also.

His quality assist was not enough.. in a preseason friendly..

 

[Spurger King]

Enjoying this. A proper pre-season game that is providing a real test, and asking a lot of questions. Exactly as it should be. Poch will learn a hell of a lot more from this than watching us bang 10 in against some random farmers from Luxembourg.

 

[bubble07]

Can someone confirm the formation and in particular where Holtby was playing

 

[kitchen]

Pro's:
-Great goal
-Holtby looks good, was everywhere
-Rose was only shit once or twice
-Some good play when in final 3rd

Cons:
-Defense is wank, way too many mistakes from all
-Was hoping Capoue would offer more, fairly disappointing
-Little control over the game
-Poch doesn't look like he's worked out Townsend needs to be wide left

The Townsend thing was just strange. He needs space to work and doesn't have the hold up ability to play through the middle. He was hounded within seconds every time he picked up the ball in the middle in their final third and couldn't cope with it.

 

[13VanDerBale13]

What a name Xander Bailey is! Imagine if they did that kind of gesture in the BPL

 

[idontgetit]

The Townsend thing was just strange. He needs space to work and doesn't have the hold up ability to play through the middle. He was hounded within seconds every time he picked up the ball in the middle in their final third and couldn't cope with it.

He needs to be making runs behind the defence instead of getting the ball short and running at people all the time

 

[spursFanKC]

I understand that it is the first game on a difficult pitch against a team that is in the middle of their season .... but I was hoping to see a little more structure to the team. Other than Capoue and Kane I am not sure who is playing where. Holtby seems to be on the right wing and the others either nowhere or all over the place. If we had some more structure I was thinking that we would net let our full backs be left pen so much.

Very nice goal by Holtby after Kane pass through other than we have struggled offensively. I waned to see either Holtby or Carroll in the middle spreading the ball around including wide to Lennon/Townsend out wide.

Not sure that I want to talk about the defense as they are causing more problems with their poor positioning and passing

 

[Dillspur]

You can tell it's the first game of pre-season, everyone's touch is off and Townsend has been terrible!!

 

[CosmicHotspur]

Please read if you want to know more about Xander Bailey - the final para will make things clearer.

http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2014/07/16/sounders-fc-signs-bailey

 

[DuDe]

... in a perverse way I am almost glad, because hopefully Poch will see this and decide to fuck him off.

I'm so glad I re-read that post. At first I thought it meant something very different.

 

[beats1]

Please read if you want to know more about Xander Bailey - the final para will make things clearer.

http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2014/07/16/sounders-fc-signs-bailey

They said it on air when he came on as well

 

[muppetman]

His quality assist was not enough.. in a preseason friendly..

I would just like to see him more involved - he hasn't done badly by any means, just not had a lot to work with.

 

[guate]

I'm actually enjoying seeing Spurs play in over three months even if the quality of the "turf" is absolute rubbish with strange bounces that go all over the show.
Loved Holtby's goal, reminiscent of RVP…..
Hopefully we'll get to see Ericksen in the second half.

 

[thinktank]

I hope Steve Bruce has Sky and not BT,.or Daws could be with us forever.....

I'm laughing but that is genuinely concerning.