Tottenham vs Everton: Match Thread

[matthew.absurdum]

Our run of league games up to Arsenal at the Lane is:

Southampton (H), Burnley (A), Swansea (A), Watford (H), Bournemouth (H), Leicester (A).

Five relegation threatened candidates out of the six.

In that time will be Man City v Lpool, Lpool v Everton, Arsenal v Man City, Chelsea v Man City, Man Utd v Chelsea.

Chance to make ground on the other candidates for the top four.

Burnley away is the most difficult one. They get almost all points at home. And those leicester players will try their best to stop us

 

[King of Otters]

So we pretty much dominated that game yet MotD have spent the whole time talking about Everton and sucking off Lukaku

Us dominating Everton isn't discussion worthy. It's expected now.

 

[Spurger King]

Us dominating Everton isn't discussion worthy. It's expected now.

This. I think we need to get used to the shift in coverage that comes with being a competitive team. We'll feature more because we're playing more significant matches than most teams, and MotD aren't going to repeatedly blow smoke up our arse every week.

It pretty much goes without saying that we have a top team performing well. Today was more or less a routine three points, so I don't begrudge them dwelling on Everton.

 

[Sweetsman]

Burnley away is the most difficult one. They get almost all points at home. And those leicester players will try their best to stop us

We should treat each equally and not assume anything until we have settled the matches. Complacency has bitten us before.

 

[Sweetsman]

So we pretty much dominated that game yet MotD have spent the whole time talking about Everton and sucking off Lukaku

Which MOTD2 programme were you watching? No wonder Lukaku looked contented.

 

[Lilbaz]

Yes, however i was talking about the europa league, not champions league.

Read what you said. You mentioned both.

 

[davidmatzdorf]

We are now 4 points ahead of last season, measured by same opposition, and 2 points ahead of last season after 27 matches.

This is the first time all season that the first statistic has been superior to the second one.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Only just realised Dele is now only two goals behind Ibra in the PL top scorers table! That's insane.

 

[crokey]

Only just realised Dele is now only two goals behind Ibra in the PL top scorers table! That's insane.

9 more than De Bruyne

 

[mattie g]

Scoreline flatters them incredibly, 4-1 would be more of a reflection.

My God though, we never make it easy lol

Except when we beat teams 4-0.

 

[Jenko]

Except when we beat teams 4-0.

Yes. We've a +26 GD from our 14 home games so we're usually comfortable.

 

[14/04/91]

Like Sunderland, and see how City struggled against them? Not....

Wasn't too long ago we struggled against Sunderland

 

[UbeAstard]

Wasn't too long ago we struggled against Sunderland

You've not really picked up on my hint have you? Do you really think Man Citeh who won 0:2 struggled?

 

[buttons]

Just watched a good chunk of the game again and I think the crazy last 10 minutes are covering over the fact that for 80 minutes yesterday we were absolutely fantastic and utterly dominant, against a pretty good side.

Everyone was good (varying degrees of good) and the intensity and tempo were fantastic. I think, if we maintain that sort of form, we will win a good number of or remaining games and we will be there to capitalise should Chelsea fail.

COYS

Special note at the end for VJ, who I wrote off as finished earlier in the week, he came on and looked hungry, looked a menace. If he keeps that level up then he'll get more minutes and his goals will come.

 

[Chris12]

Always annoying when the clear goal we had wrongly disallowed isn't shown in the highlights too

Which goal was that?

 

[noggen]

Which goal was that?

Must be the offside on Walker?

 

[teok]

From http://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-and-losers-59

Tottenham
A victory that caused more late panic than the overall performance merited, but an important one all the same. Tottenham have now won nine consecutive home league games for the first time in the Premier League era. They still, just, have Chelsea in their reach, which is more than can be said for Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.

You really do have to remind and re-remind yourself of Tottenham’s progress to avoid taking it for granted and thus making Mauricio Pochettino a victim of his own success. This is a club whose wage bill is close to £100m less than Manchester United’s and Manchester City’s, with a small squad insufficiently improved upon last summer and comfortably the youngest group of players in the division.

Two years ago today, Tottenham were seventh in the Premier League, two points behind Southampton and 16 behind Chelsea in first place. They had already dropped 18 points at White Hart Lane and had an overall goal difference of +6. Keep pinching yourself as you look at the current Premier League table, Spurs fans.

No squad or manager in the Premier League is perfect, and the flaws in Tottenham’s strength in depth bear repeating. But any negativity should be swept away in a wave of positivity. Six of the outfield players used against Everton are aged 23 or younger. When Pochettino’s side attack with the pomp seen in their last two league games, they are a joy to watch.

 

[muppetman]

http://www.spursfanatic.com/spurs-result/spurs-3-2-everton-breaking-midfield-box/

Good read I thought and highlighted the importance of Walker and Davies.

 

[Romulus]

back to having the joint best defence in the league again