Swansea vs Spurs - FA Cup Match Thread

[mark87]

Am I the only sad **** listening to Chas and Dave on repeat for the last 45 minutes?

Nope. Been singing and dancing to it for almost an hour now.

 

[Giovanni]

I've heard it all now.
Alli is technically one of our best players. The problem is sometimes he's quite loose with his touch as he's trying to draw the player in, which makes him look poor. His volley against stoke two years ago.
His strike for England.
His multiple nutmegs.
His chip set up for Kane against WBA

That's off the top of my head. He's got superb technique.

Some ppl have to nit pick when there's simply no need to.

Nit pick? No simple to see. He is a clearly a level below eriksen, lamela, son and kane technically but still a good player of course. You are manipulating my original post and trying to seperate the 'loose with his touch' before then bigging him up.

If losing the ball often isnt through being poor technically (in terms of control, touch, awareness) than what bracket does it come under?
He is a quality player overall but too often attacks stall and break down through alli having a lose touch, a heavy touch and lack of control in tight and busy areas COMPARED to the others. Im not saying hes total rubbish just simply not as good as those named. There are however traits he has which are better than the others.

 

[stonecolddeanaustin]

Will be unusual for the players to have half the ground cheering the opposition though

Not that dissimilar to having half the ground being ambivalent!

 

[Wellspurs]

Will be unusual for the players to have half the ground cheering the opposition though

Not if we get Leicester, it will be nearer a quarter?

 

[lis spur]

Disgraceful diving from Dele to set up all 3 of Kane's goals.......

 

[Marty]

Not if we get Leicester, it will be nearer a quarter?

Leicester is actually the one team I'd prefer to avoid. Just think as all their eggs are now firmly in the FA Cup basket and they're in decent nick that they'll raise their game 100% for Chelsea tomorrow and the semi final should they get there.

Plus the way they set up is a good way to expose our weaknesses and, 6-1 aside, we've had a fair few traumatic games against them the last three seasons.

 

[Wellspurs]

Leicester is actually the one team I'd prefer to avoid. Just think as all their eggs are now firmly in the FA Cup basket and they're in decent nick that they'll raise their game 100% for Chelsea tomorrow and the semi final should they get there.

Plus the way they set up is a good way to expose our weaknesses and, 6-1 aside, we've had a fair few traumatic games against them the last three seasons.

It was how many fans they will bring I'm on about!

 

[Marty]

It was how many fans they will bring I'm on about!

I know, You just said Leicester and I jumped on it to make a different point.

 

[homer hotspur]

It was how many fans they will bring I'm on about!

i'm not so sure, I think they would probably sell the majority of their allocation actually

 

[nailsy]

Err...how about the probability of a player getting injured when they are still on the pitch as opposed to not on the pitch?

The game was won, time to think about winning the next games?

But you're still making a decision out of fear rather than looking at what's actually happening with the players on the pitch. Moura looked tired and was more likely to pick up an injury than Son therefore the sensible decision was to take him off. If either him or Lamela had picked up an injury it would possibly mean Son dropping back and playing Llorente up front anyway.

Every time Poch makes a sub people panic and bring out the 'what if he gets an injury?' line.

 

[homer hotspur]

From last year's FA announcement re Semi final ticket allocations;

'Each of the four clubs will be allocated approximately 32,000 tickets for their own supporters.'
Not sure where the other approx 25,000 go as it isn't the final?

 

[fingersinc]

I don't really like the ironic cheering Sissoko gets - it's hardly going to help his confidence.

I don't know if this post has been replied to but I've just got back from the game. There was no ironic cheering of Sissoko. If fact he got quite a few cheers. Probably the best support for him yet

 

[Wellspurs]

I don't know if this post has been replied to but I've just got back from the game. There was no ironic cheering of Sissoko. If fact he got quite a few cheers. Probably the best support for him yet

Indeed and if you switched his performance and Moura's he would be hailed as the new messiah?

 

[Gassin's finest]

Nit pick? No simple to see. He is a clearly a level below eriksen, lamela, son and kane technically but still a good player of course. You are manipulating my original post and trying to seperate the 'loose with his touch' before then bigging him up.

If losing the ball often isnt through being poor technically (in terms of control, touch, awareness) than what bracket does it come under?
He is a quality player overall but too often attacks stall and break down through alli having a lose touch, a heavy touch and lack of control in tight and busy areas COMPARED to the others. Im not saying hes total rubbish just simply not as good as those named. There are however traits he has which are better than the others.

Gibberish. Dele is excellent technically, he makes the majority of the game look effortless. He is also a percentages player because of where he plays... He doesn't lose the ball more often because he's "poorer" but because he's more high risk. When it comes off, Dele is capable of things others are not. His limits are only those imposed by himself.

I'm also not down with comparison game between our players, as the stand out characteristic of this squad is how they all play for and trust each other.

 

[shelfboy68]

I don't know if this post has been replied to but I've just got back from the game. There was no ironic cheering of Sissoko. If fact he got quite a few cheers. Probably the best support for him yet

He played well to be fair and would play better if not under extra pressure from fans baying for blood.

 

[Trix]

One of those teams will go through. But I don't think we will be playing them in the semi.

Edit. When is the draw?

Fancy Leicester to be the upset of the round.

 

[ghjk_91]

I don't know if this post has been replied to but I've just got back from the game. There was no ironic cheering of Sissoko. If fact he got quite a few cheers. Probably the best support for him yet

That's good to hear - he was very good today I thought. Maybe I'm just pessimistic but I assumed the cheering was sarcastic! Definitely heard a lot of that when I've been to Wembley this season. We all know his limitations as a player, but he's never shown a lack of effort.

It must be difficult as a player to hear stuff like that, these are just humans at the end of the day, so glad to hear he got some good support.

 

[Phomesy]

I don't know if this post has been replied to but I've just got back from the game. There was no ironic cheering of Sissoko. If fact he got quite a few cheers. Probably the best support for him yet

Yep that's what I thought watching the game on BT. sounded like our fans were loving the big galoot! And rightly so - he was very good today.

 

[ardiles]

I thought I had read awhile ago that he wanted to go home. I think if he wants to stay, we will sign him.

With the way we are currently playing and the thought of playing in the new stadium, he might decide to stay on. I’ve seen nothing wrong in his performances so far this season.

 

[ardiles]

He did.

Yeah, you’re right. VAR out!