Match Threads Spurs Vs Arsenal

[Bluto Blutarsky]

What will it take for posters to realise that no manager will get a consistent tune out of Dier, Sanchez, Davies et al? And that's not taking into account Lloris' decline.

Or Sonny's...

 

[EastLondonYid]

That fan should have booted Lloris up the arse not Ramsdale...?

 

[EastLondonYid]

sonny will be fine.. he just needs a rest.. his confidence is shot...

You mean dropping..?

 

[TheChosenOne]

I don't have an issue with his attitude or leadership, more his ability. He's finished i'm afraid to say. There are just too many costly errors to give the already flaky defence any confidence, calmness or stability.

Someone was laughing at an Alisson howler last week. Lloris has at least two blooper videos up on youtube with all his unforced errors. He's a superb shot stopper but his game changing spills happen way too much and his distribution has gone altogether. He ain't been right since that drink driving episode in 2018 - He has that thousand yard stare. We can't afford to give teams a start in every match.

Pawson was doing a "no-look" performance in the first half - IMO he always seemed to be looking away from incidents and also missed a lot of dives and fouls by Arsenal players.

I get no enjoyment out of watching my team playing like this, disjointed and screwing up every week but by Jebus I could never take to watching Arsenal with their histrionics - the dives, time-wasting at every opportunity and all round gamesmanship, it's anti-football.

Laying low on soc.media for the next few days

 

[Pistols At Dawn]

Spare a thought for Harry Kane.

His loyalty to this club -- when he could've pulled a Kyle Walker years ago and have a cabinet full of trophies by now -- is being repaid with this shit.

 

[TheChosenOne]

Teams have worked us out, you can get away with a certain style one season and get lucky, just look at Leicester winning the league and doing nothing since then.

If you don't count the 2021 FA Cup win.

 

[VoteMe4Prez]

I don't want to make a comment on the management situation, but I do know that the ownership does need immediate changing. A cash injection is severely required.

 

[mrlilywhite]

If that fan is still around, hope he gives Merson a slap next.
Soppy **** talking bollocks again
Back on the smack

Merson talks crap 99% of the time, but he's right about us not getting top-four based on our current form. I mean it isn't even a hiccup from us, is it? It's been like this for the whole season, and with City and Fulham up next, the misery looks set to continue and results dependent I'd be surprised if Conte is still here anyway. It also doesn't look like much is going to transpire in the window as things stand, even less so if Conte is gone by then.

 

[mpickard2087]

How can Conte be blamed for a long range strike and Lloris gifting goals and momentum away time and time again? And if it's not Lloris, it's another member of our mid table level defence.

What I'd say though is the first half was a carbon copy of the Emirates game, may as well have been the same match. The last two times now they've exploited our tendency to totally collapse into ourselves in midfield/defence into our penalty area. They stress our (lazy) 5-2-3 defensive shape by going wide, get our players desperately chasing across or panic dropping into the box, then pass it back across the edge of the box to players waiting to pepper the goal. That's been a deliberate tactic of theirs in both games this season.... now people can say stuff like oh well that's a low percentage way of trying to score goals, but they've worked numerous decent edge of the box shooting chances against us and ultimately got three goals from it this year.

To get caught out from the same tactic in both matches with zero effort to readjust... just seems pretty weak to me. Top level sport you're expecting them to adapt. Maybe not stop it, but at least recognise what the opposition might be trying to do and attempt to find solutions. We just seem to do one thing, one tactic, and see whether it works or not.

 

[TonyS]

I saw on Twitter that Conte might walk tonight. Rumor I know, but interesting all the same. Could be a fun filled week

 

[freeeki]

That lasted well...

You asked why he made that choice.

I told you.

 

[Trotter]

were we this dull and useless under gilet Tim? Must be close…

No, we were significantly better under Sherwood

 

[Trotter]

I saw on Twitter that Conte might walk tonight. Rumor I know, but interesting all the same. Could be a fun filled week

Where is the fingers crossed, or praying that this is true emoji when you need it.
Would get us the result we need without having to pay him off.
Front foot manager (probably Poch but open to other suggestions) to replace, happy days

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

What will it take for posters to realise that no manager will get a consistent tune out of Dier, Sanchez, Davies et al? And that's not taking into account Lloris' decline.

I've been 'realising' Tottenham for 40 years chum. Trust me I'm well aware of the failings of the players. But the coach is falling too. When things go disastrously wrong, it's always more than one thing. The coach, the players, the recruitment, the academy, the chairman, the board...everything's wrong and everyone's to blame.

 

[Lifelong]

A cash injection is severely required.

Is there any news on this? Might be worth starting a thread so we could all join in and have a friendly discussion…………

 

[BH_spurs]

We lost the game in the place where a lot of us thought we would - midfield. I can’t understand playing 3 centre backs and letting them outnumber us in midfield, but there you go. Sessegnon got murdered by Saka, Hojbjerg had one of his worst game for us and it was generally shit. But like I said during the game, the worst thing wasn’t the shit we had to watch on the pitch but the absolute idiots that seem to surround you in the stadium now. As if it’s not bad enough watching us getting comprehensively outplayed, you have to do it to a backdrop of people slagging the players off and spouting their absolute bullshit all game. I’m not sure what keeps me going there anymore

The new ground has certainly attracted a lot of idiots last few years, people now see it as more of a ‘day out’ rather than the late dash to old WHL, cheer the team on and leave the ground straight on full time. They say once you move to a bigger ground from the old school the hardcore fans get spread out and it affects atmosphere and it certainly seems to becoming true here. Our south stand is a shadow of Dortmunds wall.

 

[Finchyid]

Never been so embarrassed to support this club. I have been punched and had things thrown at me! For what. I said support the club… that’s my crime

 

[jurgen11]

If Dier did what Romero does he would get grief on here...
Romero great for Argentina
Not seen it in our colours yet.

Ditto Richarlison

 

[southlondonyiddo]

The new ground has certainly attracted a lot of idiots last few years, people now see it as more of a ‘day out’ rather than the late dash to old WHL, cheer the team on and leave the ground straight on full time. They say once you move to a bigger ground from the old school the hardcore fans get spread out and it affects atmosphere and it certainly seems to becoming true here. Our south stand is a shadow of Dortmunds wall.

The WIFI is fantastic though

 

[Mark_147]

Teams have worked us out, you can get away with a certain style one season and get lucky, just look at Leicester winning the league and doing nothing since then.

Still doesn't take account of the fact that our goals conceded are bottom half of table while we sit 5th and 3rd top scorers