Stoke Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

[wingvaldsen]

So happy with this match!
I think this will be the start of a good run, with Dembele back and new confidence between Dele, Kane and Eriksen.
COYS!

 

[chinaman]

And don't forget the Son of Tottenham.

 

[ghjk_91]

Apparently Alli's pass completion rate was 97.5%, which is pretty ridiculous for a midfielder.

 

[piedpiper]

Yes it is strange considering he named Wimmer in the UCL squad and he left out CCV.

I believe he didnt need to name Ccv because of some age group thing. He is though eligible. Ok will drop this im getting sarcasm to a question from some quarters.

 

[EllenAlex]

Kane!!!!

I Kané

 

[EllenAlex]

Oh and credit to Ekiksen, I'd been really critical of him over his previous performances but he was much much better today. Also well done to Davies and Son for stepping up!

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Eriksen won a 50/50 with Shawcross for his second assist. It was good to see.

 

[littlewilly]

Hi EllenAlex
Is there a point to using lyrics of a Haka in your rather long signature?

 

[EllenAlex]

Hi EllenAlex
Is there a point to using lyrics of a Haka in your rather long signature?

Didn't realise it was in my signature; it's a motivational thing. At the time of reading/uploading I thought of Spurs. Cheesy, but true.

 

[voxy28]

Son, Toby, Eriksen, Delle, Kane..... In terms of performance. More to come..... Coys!

 

[jolsnogross]

Wanyama and Dier might well be quite similar, but they've only had 4 games to work on their partnership. There were plenty of people who used to think Dembele was often guilty of slowing us down and so forth, but once he had some games with Dier under his belt, things changed. So it's premature to be writing 'Dieryama' off right now and I've no doubt they'll play a lot together this season and improve over time.

I also think the slow start to the season until yesterday's second half is more about the 3 behind the striker than Dier+Wanyama. When the trio are taking an extra touch and standing still when receiving the ball, they don't look like any sort of threat. Not to mention just jogging around with and without possession. We create next to nothing when they're in that mode.

But then you include someone like Son or Sissoko (and hopefully Nkoudou) and things change. You have to live with the odd misplaced pass from them since they take more chances in terms of dribbling and challenging their markers. If one or two of them are on, they help make Alli, Eriksen, & Kane look better by opening things up. I was delighted for Son today; despite the odd awful pass or decision, he really got at his full back early on and made the world of difference in terms of unsettling their back line and generating the threat we've lacked so far this season.

Hopefully we're back in the groove now. And being able to switch from 4231 to 4141 so seamlessly could be a big deal for us this year.

 

[glacierSpurs]

When everyone plays well, we really do seem like having a great squad with depth after the transfer window...

 

[littlewilly]

Didn't realise it was in my signature; it's a motivational thing. At the time of reading/uploading I thought of Spurs. Cheesy, but true.

Thanks for that. As I recall, Ka Mate, has largely been ditched by the All Blacks. It's origin relates to a story of a leader (Te Rauparah) hiding from a war party from an opposing iwi in a kumara pit. Because he sat under the genitals of a woman, his opponents deduced that no self-respecting man would do such a thing and didn't look for him there.
Personally, I would follow the lead of the All Blacks and look for a more inspirational alternative.

 

[neptunes]

I believe the introduction of el Coco changed the game.

 

[teok]

Son's goals are just so nice to watch. An incredibly satisfying game.

 

[Wellspurs]

I bet that game went down well with Kumho Tyres?

 

[Leachie]

Thanks for that. As I recall, Ka Mate, has largely been ditched by the All Blacks. It's origin relates to a story of a leader (Te Rauparah) hiding from a war party from an opposing iwi in a kumara pit. Because he sat under the genitals of a woman, his opponents deduced that no self-respecting man would do such a thing and didn't look for him there.
Personally, I would follow the lead of the All Blacks and look for a more inspirational alternative.

Thanks for the inspiration "littlewilly".

 

[arunspurs]

People were worried after Chadli departure. Lets just say, a fit Son is like a new signing in itself.
Son was very unfortunate with his foot injury. Till that point, he was going very good. Foot injury affected him the entire season. Now, it looks he is back. Hopefully, he can carry on this way.

 

[buttons]

Third goal was absolutely stunning. Reminded me of the counter attack goal Rooney and Ronaldo scored a few years back. Sexy.

 

[luRRka]

Third goal was absolutely stunning. Reminded me of the counter attack goal Rooney and Ronaldo scored a few years back. Sexy.

The best bit for me was Walker started his run from our own goal line and still managed to get the ball from lamela and be the furthest player forward. Such desire

 

[Johnny J]

I find it interesting that you should mention it in isolation. The interviewer on MOTD asked Mark Hughes about them not getting decisions obviously against Manchester Citeh and again today - what?

Stoke either benefited from incorrect decisions today, or where on the end of correct ones. Yet still they managed to whip up a fury among their fans and manager from a perceived sense of injustice and still the media won't just tell them to shut up because they actually benefited and the decisions they are moaning about were correct.

Son was fouled - but the ref wouldn't even think about a penalty. The accusation was that he went down a bit easy. Whether he did or not the Stoke player kicked him and didn't kick the ball. Still, rather than focusing on their good fortune that the ref wouldn't even consider it, they booed Son.

Wanyama won the ball when he was carded.

Astronautovich wasn't fouled - he did dive.

Officials are clamping down on the Hughes shenanigans - and the managers have been told this will happen.

Dele didn't dive, he was pushed in the back - and the Stoke player's boot was high on Kane (was it?) in the build up.

Wanyama, as others have argued, didn't actually move. It is the type of thing that is contentious and the player who wins the free-kick is usually said to have bought it a bit. A free-kick was just about acceptable - but not every free-kick needs a yellow. And IMHO that wasn't one.

Strangely enough, the Goons got a penalty in injury time today which allowed them to win - and even Ian Wright (actually a pretty honest pundit) says it was soft. Ho hum.

It's incredible how the media (TV especially) rarely, if ever, call out managers on their nonsense. I remember Allardyce (?) getting outraged when a presenter (Keys?) had the audacity to ask whether or not he'd ever taken a bung. Perfectly legitimate question, "how dare you!" response.