Tottenham vs Dortmund: CL Edition Match Thread

[talkshowhost86]

Couple of Spurs fans raging talking to Talksport - one person, queued for 2:30 hours today & missed the first half. Apparently we/Wembley fucked up today

Where were they queuing?

 

[arunspurs]

Where were they queuing?

He didnt specify where - was just saying he was held up in a queue with his 8 year old Son & got into his seat 5 minutes after first half.

 

[Makkaveli101]

Rose will have to fight for his place to get back in this team. Davies has grown consistently since he has had a run of games. Looked solid tonight defensively, was getting into attacking positions, playing balls...

Looks a more complete player than Rose. Dare I say it, when Dortmund were at their strongest in spells in the game - I think Rose could've done a "headless chicken" (Walker style) and lost possession to Dortmund which they could've capitalised on when it was heavily congested in the middle of the park.

Decent left back in Rose as a back up though. (Not feeling so fucking prolific now are you Danny boy?!)

 

[talkshowhost86]

He was just saying he was held up in a queue with his 8 year old Son & got into his seat 5 minutes after first half.

Bit odd.

But I didn't understand why they weren't selling tickets on the door. Saw at least 10 people turned away asked no for tickets and there were clearly quite a few available.

 

[arunspurs]

Davies consistency nowadays is right up top. Rose after his ill advised comments, will find it hard to displace him. Poch isnt going to give him his place in XI so easily.

Its great that we have such competition for places

 

[riggi]

After the cock up that was our CL run last year? And considering our former 'Wembley issues" I don't find it surprising. People will pack it out now I think.

Ye maybe but people are always willing to snap them up. Spurs or not...

 

[arunspurs]

Dortmund goal keeper made Lloris look like a saint. Good on the ball but what a mad goal keeper
If the game pans out the exact same way away at Dortmund, our lads will be ready to test him again

 

[spurs_girl_tasha]

All day I said we were going to win, and they laughed at me. That was fucking fantastic.

The best hug you can get is from a stranger when spurs scores haha

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Rose will have to fight for his place to get back in this team. Davies has grown consistently since he has had a run of games. Looked solid tonight defensively, was getting into attacking positions, playing balls...

Looks a more complete player than Rose. Dare I say it, when Dortmund were at their strongest in spells in the game - I think Rose could've done a "headless chicken" (Walker style) and lost possession to Dortmund which they could've capitalised on when it was heavily congested in the middle of the park.

Decent left back in Rose as a back up though. (Not feeling so fucking prolific now are you Danny boy?!)

People vastly underrate what a decent run in the team can do for a players sharpness, all round ability and building a working understanding with team mates. As a result, people can also be too unforgiving over the form of players that only rotate in and out and only receive intermittent playing time.

 

[Duffman]

Where were they queuing?

A load of fans had issues with their access cards today, many had not been activated with the Match ticket for the game. Took us an hour from trying to enter initially until we finally got in, 5 minutes before half time. Many Many others were in the same situation. Poor from the club

 

[bceej]

He didnt specify where - was just saying he was held up in a queue with his 8 year old Son & got into his seat 5 minutes after first half.

I got in 20 minutes late for the same reason. Season tickets weren't scanning so a total of 6,000 fans reportedly got sent down to the ticket office. We held fast and got let in the disabled entrance and had to produce season tickets, confirmation e-mails and have stewards check our seats weren't occupied. Absolute joke. Missed 3 out of 4 goals.

 

[talkshowhost86]

A load of fans had issues with their access cards today, many had not been activated with the Match ticket for the game. Took us an hour from trying to enter initially until we finally got in, 5 minutes before half time. Many Many others were in the same situation. Poor from the club

That does sound fairly crap.

They do tell people to arrive early but that's to cope with the security checks not the card issues.

Sounds like I was lucky I didn't even receive my card so had to get a ticket printed at the stadium.

 

[Sweetsman]

I thought I was going to pass out in the first half: I was so nervous, my fingers were tingling. We weren't getting our passing game going. Aurier and Davies were excellent. Then, we come out and pass two great chances, so I was expecting it to end in tears. Our passing improved and when Sissoko came on, he won headers when we were often being beaten to them. People leaving fifteen minutes before the end was ridiculous: just walk to Preston Road; I got there in fifteen minutes after clapping players off the pitch.

 

[Makkaveli101]

People vastly underrate what a decent run in the team can do for a players sharpness, all round ability and building a working understanding with team mates. As a result, people can also be too unforgiving over the form of players that only rotate in and out and only receive intermittent playing time.

Agree 100%. You articulated that balance perfectly. Very, very true.

 

[Amo]

https://streamable.com/06fld

The commentary on this video is hilarious.
Rough translation :
Aurier ducks down
Commentator #1 : "Is that on purpose ?"
Commentator #2 : "Yeah that's on purpose."
Aurier mystifies Dortumund n°15
Commentator #2 : And that's on purpose too.

 

[Dinghy]

Anyone notice how negative Jermaine Jenas was tonight? Takes me back to his playing career for us when he used to go missing or when we would bottle games and truly made me feel this is the same mentality he had on the pitch, and a mentality that was probably shared or influenced by him on the pitch and in the dressing room.

E.g. we're 1-0 up and concede a goal in the 70th minute....Jermaine's thoughts "we're gonna lose this now", we go a goal down inside 10 minutes...."we're gonna lose this now" etc etc.

I think he's a good pundit, he's definitely more intelligent than your average pundit....but tonight felt like a window into his mentality when he was a player. Nice bloke, a bit weak though.

Think it goes to show that he's a true Spurs fan...

 

[Phomesy]

Talk about the goals.... And the referee decisions...

But what won us the game was what Poch did during half time...

Dier & Dembele... Sticking close to Pulisic and Yarmolenko. Bring Eriksen back as a deep lying playmaker. Isolating Aubameyang.

Poch won the game during half time... Gave us a more defensive onset, and we defended well and deserved the win.

I wondered what had changed. Suddenly Dembele was winning the ball; Eriksen was pulling strings... it was such a subtle shift yet had so much impact.

 

[Ionman34]

All day I said we were going to win, and they laughed at me. That was fucking fantastic.

The best hug you can get is from a stranger when spurs scores haha

I saw a Wonan in the crowd with a banner that read SC Spurs.

Was that you?

 

[Sweetsman]

I didn't think Dembele had his best game in terms of ball retention. He gave the ball away quite a lot in dangerous positions. Dortmund swarmed around him as soon as he tried to dribble around them.

 

[Tucker]

Rose will have to fight for his place to get back in this team. Davies has grown consistently since he has had a run of games. Looked solid tonight defensively, was getting into attacking positions, playing balls...

Looks a more complete player than Rose. Dare I say it, when Dortmund were at their strongest in spells in the game - I think Rose could've done a "headless chicken" (Walker style) and lost possession to Dortmund which they could've capitalised on when it was heavily congested in the middle of the park.

Decent left back in Rose as a back up though. (Not feeling so fucking prolific now are you Danny boy?!)

Agreed. A lot of people who go on about how Davies isn't good enough have egg on their faces after the last few games. He's class.