Match Threads Spurs vs West Ham - Match Thread

[Blake Griffin]

foyth showing his limitations today.

 

[JimmyG2]

Good game
Good game.

 

[wrd]

Pretty happy with half, we haven't used too much energy before tuesday. Eriksen and Dele doing well but Son been terrible.

 

[CrouchPotato]

Alli is actually so poor at kicking a football at times. He really looks like he scuffs every pass and shot think the goal will come, but we are seriously missing it in the final third today. Lucas looking sharp

 

[Monkey boy]

Our lack of first half goals is something Poch needs to work on next season. The dive from Dele was embarrassing.

 

[rossdapep]

Incredibly frustrating half. We've absolutely fine in general and looked dangerous but some are well of the pace in terms of final third play. Alli has to sharpen up, his passing and decision making have been the worst I've seen it. Sonny looks like he's trapping a bag of cement and his feet are out of sync. If either of those two had been at even 50% of their best we'd be comfortably winning.

Lucas Foyth and Eriksen have been great

 

[Ron Burgundy]

We lack players who present a genuine threat. More skill, pace and movement needed.

Maybe it’s just the time in the season but we look tired, unimaginative and slow

 

[KenTHFC]

Dele really isn't too effective from a deeper lying role tbh

 

[Monkey boy]

Also is it me or is the ball holding up on the pitch? It’s like we’ve forgotten to water it.

 

[mpickard2087]

Put some nice moves together in patches, but not great so far and got more scrappy as the half went on.

Having said that, we've had chances to be ahead. Son and Eriksen had decent chances, and Alli ruined two great opportunities to slide a player in on goal because he wont play a first time pass.

Don't like the balance of the team. I think Rose in midfield has done well, but Foyth is providing nothing down the right. Eventually trots forward and gets involved in some of the play but when you need a quick transition run or for him to have provided width and got ahead of the game he's nowhere to be seen, and defensively he has got away with his positioning getting on for a dozen occasions. I'd prefer we get an actual RB on.

Son, Alli, Eriksen have all not looked sharp at key times, in fact Son in most of his play, but I guess we have to just keep plugging away and hope someone has a moment where it all clicks, like in midweek.

 

[WiganSpur]

I’ve never liked centre backs playing full back, even Vertonghen

 

[StevePil]

we got to be careful here, as they will fancy themselves in the 2nd half here.... how they would love to be the first to win at our new ground..
COYS

 

[shoggy33]

Pretty poor half, very disjointed. Son having a bit of a shocker after that early miss. West Ham look like scoring to me, big improvement needed in the 2nd half

 

[Monkey boy]

All of you calling for Dele to cut that out of his game, lol when the rest of the leagues top players do it? Are we above it?

Yes

 

[joelstinton14]

Son and a couple of others look completely knackered. But don’t think we too far of one or a couple of goals. Think there’s a goal in them lot too.

 

[midoshairband]

foyth showing his limitations today.

think he’s been pretty good to be fair. especially for a CB playing at RB.

 

[$hoguN]

How so? He's playing high up the pitch the same way as we usually do with wingbacks and a back three, isn't he?

Felipe has been in behind him several times as he is coming too far in field

 

[spursbhoy67]

All of you calling for Dele to cut that out of his game, lol when the rest of the leagues top players do it? Are we above it?

Was just going to write something similar. To be fair to Dele he was expecting the challenge and was looking to draw the foul as we used to say. Salah does it every game which is why he earns so many pks.

 

[isaac94]

Yes

I agree with you, if Salah or someone did that we would hate it, we can't be hypercritical

 

[shelfmonkey]

same as Brighton for me. he’s playing really well but doesn’t have a lot in front of him to pick out. Sonny and Lucas need to provide more movement or him, he’s getting lots of time on the ball to pick something out.

It's not the two up front that are not providing enough movement, it's the three other midfielders, none of them are making the runs between the lines or between the fullbacks and centrebacks, Alli in particular has been ineffective.