Tottenham vs West Brom: Match Thread

[Bus-Conductor]

Completely disagree.

It doesn't matter. There is nothing through the middle. They have not been under enough proper duress/pressure and the only way for us to manufacture that is by turning their heads with balls in/across the danger area and making the game as uncomfortable as possible for them.

Son has done a sterling job of trying to penetrate from the other side and that is where all our genuine threat has come from.

If we're not playing accurately in between them with cunning runs off the ball and we're not going to get in behind them, there is no point coming out for the second half.

I don’t disagree with some of that. But Aurier isn’t a solution. We need to press them viciously - say this every time we play bus parkers - high up, win the ball higher before they get set. Then a player like Trippier with better delivery can be more useful.

 

[theShiznit]

Something's gotta change in our approach to these bus Parker games.

It's always slow, pedestrian, deliberate way your facing passing with little to no link up or give and go play.

 

[yankspurs]

Taking Winks off and leaving on Eriksen and Dele is insane

 

[kaz Hirai]

Winks off, for dembele....that makes sense

 

[Huddlestone22]

What weird changes, I'm so bemused.

 

[Leigh]

Something different might just be the key.

 

[StevePil]

difference between us and utd....

They bring off bench Ibrahimovic, we bring on Llorente..... that just shows you what a good job poch has done last 2 seasons to get us CL football but I fear we will miss out this year, Wembley and these sort of performances are badly fucking us over

 

[Setzthree]

I'm worried.

 

[yankspurs]

Dier's gonna get himself sent off here

 

[Dirty Ewok]

Why exactly did we keep Dier on?

He is working hard to pick up a stupid second yellow...

 

[shoggy33]

What does Dier have to do to get subbed?

 

[Hawk_Spur]

Surely Dier on a yellow, should have been taken off?

 

[The Apprentice]

Unless Vertonghen is injured, that is crazy to sub him and not Dier. Eric’s on a tight rope and not as creative.

 

[Cravenspurs]

Interesting to take Verts off who isn’t on a yellow.

 

[Nerine]

My stream has gone to total pot now, too.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Terrible, fucking terrible.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Strange sub? Why not get ale off Dier on a yellow?

 

[thinktank]

Can't believe I'm having to look at Smegson's ropey mug chewing gum on the sideline again.

Thought those days were long gone.

 

[dirtyh]

My stream has gone to total pot now, too.

count your blessings.....

 

[JayB]

Vertonghen with a thousand mile stare. He's probably as mystified as the rest of us.