Match Threads Spurs vs Man United - Match Thread

[poc]

Just watching that trippier pass for the goal again just gets worse ?

 

[The Apprentice]

How has Lloris been beaten there. Like a tree falling down.

De Gea would have stuck his right foot out.

 

[thinktank]

I've been saying this for years but we repeatedly come up short when it comes to delivering on that front. It's the reason we keep being close but not close enough every time.

It's why poch and the players should never ever mention winning the title.

We just look silly and put unnecessary pressure on ourselves.

 

[Graysonti]

Walking out of Wembley feeling like this team is at a crossroads. We need investment. Too many of our key players look fatigued. No depth on the bench. Very little alternative to Plan A. Certainly not a title winning team. With Son flying off to Korea and if Kane and/or Sissoko are injured, then I can see us sliding back quickly. These games make Poch and Eriksen question why they should stay.

Sorry, but Jarrod Bowen or Jack Grealish ain't going to do it. If we are ambitious then we need to prove it. Otherwise, let's stop fooling ourselves that we are even competing to win titles. Sickened.

Calm down - we played well except the finishing

 

[StevePil]

If that is Kanes ankle again, that is the season over IMO
We have no-one who can step in with Son going too.
fearful for these next few weeks
Levy really is going to cost us this year with thinking this bare bone squad can last a season

 

[teok]

Kane
Lucas
Son
Dembele
Wanyama
Dier
Man-Beast

All perhaps missing now!
Good thing it's Jan and we'll be signing plenty of worldy talents as usual to step up

This is really worrying.

 

[C0YS]

We didn't lose because of our full-backs. We lost because we set ourselves up ripe for the countering by the way we set up in the first half and poor finishing/good goalkeeping in the second half.. Could have had Walker and Rose playing at their peak and the issues would have been the same until we changed. It was the same against Liverpool earlier in the season.

I don't know about that. The first half was very even, and we were actually on top at the point they scored. We let the goal in because of a poor decision. Partly actually down to Sissoko going off and our failure to re adjust. Its important to note, we didn't concede on the counter attack, we conceded on a phase of transition.

In any case with better finishing it wouldn't of been a issue, Man Utd couldn't contain us, they hang on. We should have done better, but overall we largly played pretty well, which makes it very frustrating.

 

[malin]

A poorer keeper would have slower reflexes to save them.

There were 2 top drawer saves, the rest I’d be disappointed if any good keeper didn’t save them

 

[Gb160]

From the look on Kane’s face he looked distraught. Reckon it’s 6 weeks out.

Brilliant

 

[Deleted member 27995]

This leaves me more frustrated than the Wolves game. Why the fuck couldn't they start the game like they started the second half?

Poch keeps talking about it and some of the players seem to have picked up on in, but some of them just mentally lapse and it keeps fucking costing us.

Like most sports football is/can be a game of fine margins and yet again we come up short at both ends of the pitch.

Now add in what looks like one, maybe two injuries to key members of the first eleven and the second half of the season will mean the squad could be stretched, for a period, to breaking point. Hopefully they aren't long term injuries, but short to medium term, it could fuck us.

Fingers crossed and on to the next game, but fuck it, I feel like a balloon with a slow puncture this evening.

 

[SugarRay]

Shooting boots eh some said. The lads took those shots the best they could under those circumstances. They couldn't have been better. Why was it so hard to give credit when it was due to De Gea.. He won them the match, that was the fact.

Dele’s finishing was awful. Harry? He was under more pressure with his chances but he’d usually do better.

Fair fucks to De Gea. Class

 

[vuzp]

When will this Wembley nightmare just fucking end.

Next season it looks most likely

 

[SpursD22]

No mention that we have the worst injury list in living memory? You don't think that plays a part as well? Despite that, we completely dominated them. They got LUCKY. You're embarrassed? You should be ashamed of yourself yourself.

Listen I don’t give a f about our injury list right now, we lost to United at “home” why are people trying to defend it?! They’re shit I don’t care what anyone says

 

[poc]

Souness talking sense

 

[easley91]

Look on the bright side, we created a plethora of chances. Can't say we weren't toothless. On another day we score a hatful like Everton, Bournemouth and Tranmere.

One first half mistake cost us in the end.

Oh and we must be on course for a league record run without a draw, surely?

A week between this and our next game at Fulham. First midweek off in how long? Much, much needed. Hopefully this extra week sees Dier and/or Dembele back.

 

[lis spur]

Swap the keepers and we win that game

Well maybe draw.

 

[werty]

Yep, that tactical naivety again. Davies sitting deeper in the second half made a massive difference IMO, don't know how it took so long to have at least one of the fullbacks sitting deeper to aid in counter attacks.

Exactly. We changed formation a bit and all of a sudden they had little threat from the counter in the second half despite the same full-backs.

 

[Paolo10]

Bar Trippier I agree.

I like Trips but I’m past giving him the benefit of the doubt again. It’s too many times now

One poor pass didn't make the goal anything close to a gift and he was arguably our best player in the 2nd half.

 

[Kirito]

Im so confused right now, do we sell Poch to manu so Ole is available for us, please help

If we play like that going forward then we'll finish 2nd. Fluke by Man Utd.

New injuries have highlighted our need for players though.

 

[SugarRay]

6th defeat.

Not really good enough at this stage of the season.

Especially when 4 of them have come against the rest of the top 6.