Match Threads Spurs vs Bayern Munich - Match Thread

[Dannyspur]

This one will live long in the memory for all the wrong reasons, and one we will never be able to forget even though we want to, especially like many of us if we can say we were actually there to witness us concede more goals at home in one match than I have ever seen us concede.
In my lifetime the following nightmare results are forever etched on my memory, which can't be undone.
Derby 8 Spurs 2
Liverpool 7 Spurs 0
Spurs 0 A**enal 5
Spurs 1 Chelsea 6
Newcastle 7 Spurs 1.

and now this one has joined that grisly looking list, where comical and suicidal defending and tactics on that scale is something haven't seen from us in a long while....this was reminiscent of that pathetic surrender on the last day away at Newcastle. Fortunately, I was not at any of those games above to witness them person, but I was with this one, and this has rnow replaced my first hand witnessing of us being rinsed 5-1 away at Wimbledon in 1991 as the biggest defeat I'd seen live and in person and that was at Plough Lane. I've seen some real highs and lows live at the lane and on away days but this is the lowest of the lows.

Thanks a f*cking bunch Spurs, this all happened the night before my other Half's birthday, and it is one that is a big milestone birthday if that ain't bad enough, and she was there to witness this horror show with me, so when I think back in years to come, this sorry shitshow will always be associated with it. I'm trying my best to put on a happy face for her and not let it drag me down but it's one hell of an effort and challenge.
I'm sparing a thought too for the poor f*ckers who it may have been their first visit ever to a Spurs game, what a memory !!

Could have been worse - could've been her 2-7th

 

[spursfan77]

Saw him play a outrageous pass last night

It was his shot stopping I was impressed with. Either we were shooting straight at him or his reactions and positioning were outstanding.

 

[worcestersauce]

This one will live long in the memory for all the wrong reasons, and one we will never be able to forget even though we want to, especially like many of us if we can say we were actually there to witness us concede more goals at home in one match than I have ever seen us concede.
In my lifetime the following nightmare results are forever etched on my memory, which can't be undone.
Derby 8 Spurs 2
Liverpool 7 Spurs 0
Spurs 0 A**enal 5
Spurs 1 Chelsea 6
Newcastle 7 Spurs 1.

and now this one has joined that grisly looking list, where comical and suicidal defending and tactics on that scale is something haven't seen from us in a long while....this was reminiscent of that pathetic surrender on the last day away at Newcastle. Fortunately, I was not at any of those games above to witness them person, but I was with this one, and this has rnow replaced my first hand witnessing of us being rinsed 5-1 away at Wimbledon in 1991 as the biggest defeat I'd seen live and in person and that was at Plough Lane. I've seen some real highs and lows live at the lane and on away days but this is the lowest of the lows.

Thanks a f*cking bunch Spurs, this all happened the night before my other Half's birthday, and it is one that is a big milestone birthday if that ain't bad enough, and she was there to witness this horror show with me, so when I think back in years to come, this sorry shitshow will always be associated with it. I'm trying my best to put on a happy face for her and not let it drag me down but it's one hell of an effort and challenge.
I'm sparing a thought too for the poor f*ckers who it may have been their first visit ever to a Spurs game, what a memory !!

Cheers for that, I'd forgotten about them results.

 

[lis spur]

This one will live long in the memory for all the wrong reasons, and one we will never be able to forget even though we want to, especially like many of us if we can say we were actually there to witness us concede more goals at home in one match than I have ever seen us concede.
In my lifetime the following nightmare results are forever etched on my memory, which can't be undone.
Derby 8 Spurs 2
Liverpool 7 Spurs 0
Spurs 0 A**enal 5
Spurs 1 Chelsea 6
Newcastle 7 Spurs 1.

and now this one has joined that grisly looking list, where comical and suicidal defending and tactics on that scale is something haven't seen from us in a long while....this was reminiscent of that pathetic surrender on the last day away at Newcastle. Fortunately, I was not at any of those games above to witness them person, but I was with this one, and this has rnow replaced my first hand witnessing of us being rinsed 5-1 away at Wimbledon in 1991 as the biggest defeat I'd seen live and in person and that was at Plough Lane. I've seen some real highs and lows live at the lane and on away days but this is the lowest of the lows.

Thanks a f*cking bunch Spurs, this all happened the night before my other Half's birthday, and it is one that is a big milestone birthday if that ain't bad enough, and she was there to witness this horror show with me, so when I think back in years to come, this sorry shitshow will always be associated with it. I'm trying my best to put on a happy face for her and not let it drag me down but it's one hell of an effort and challenge.
I'm sparing a thought too for the poor f*ckers who it may have been their first visit ever to a Spurs game, what a memory !!

Yip first game at the new ground,might be a while till Iam back .stunned

 

[sebo_sek]

Blind ****. The disrespect Kane gets shown is actually embarrassing. Deserves so much better than us

prove to me I'm wrong instead of calling me names. He DESERVES better? Why? Why should he be immune from criticism when he's been subpar for over a year. I'm sorry but he is just as to blame for our form as anyone else.

If that meakes me a .... then so be it.

 

[sebo_sek]

What has he done for you to think that ? to be fair Toby has not looked as good as he did a couple of years ago but he was still in the team ahead of Sanchez so that doesn't bode well for us. Now if you said that Foyth was the future of our defence i would perhaps agree.

Lamela and Moura are not starters so perhaps the team is NOT selected on merrit?

 

[worcestersauce]

What has he done for you to think that ? to be fair Toby has not looked as good as he did a couple of years ago but he was still in the team ahead of Sanchez so that doesn't bode well for us. Now if you said that Foyth was the future of our defence i would perhaps agree.

I think you missed my point which was he is 23 and we bought him for £40 million so he is the future of the team unlike the 30 year olds we played last night, if you think he's not good enough that's another matter but Alderwiereld and Vertonghen won't be here much longer so we are going to have to do it eventually.
As for Foyth I'm fine with him but I just gave one example, the same applies to him though because there are fans who don't rate him but eventually we will have to play these guys, or new ones if necessary, and it's worth remembering we lost 7-2 without them playing so would they have done worse? This is my point about rebuilding, we are going to have to be brave and make these decisions and that comes with problems and setbacks so our supporters are going to get on board with that, this may not be our year but that doesn't mean we're a busted flush and it's all over.

 

[Ronwol196061]

I thought in the first half we played better than we did in most of the CL games we played when we got to the final last season.
We went toe to toe with them.
Had we had a bigger emphasis on defence then the scoreline could have been different it would be true but we still would have probably lost. Winks played well in the first half but he wasn’t enough to stop them by himself in front of the defence in the 2nd. NDombele in the first sprang three great through balls in the first that Son and Co couldn’t turn into goals (that could have won us the game) Sissoko had a great half too. The problem is they went up a level or two.
In the second we took off NDombele and he was for sure getting tired and we put in Eriksen and apart from a close shot Eriksen did his usual,running about like a bunny rabbit and not providing any responses for us to compete with Bayerns ferocious attack. They were dynamic. Kane is good but Lewandowski was brilliant,a real hitman. And was Son any match for Gnabry? They have a better team,better organized. But in the first we could have got our noses ahead of them but they scored just before the half and in the second they showed their quality and we were lost and open.
So as bad as the score was I thought that first half was about as enjoyable a game Id seen in a while with us doing well.
With just Winks back we would have needed to really cash in more on the front end and Poch had no answer went it all went south.

 

[cjbyid]

Quick word for Manuel Neuer. He’s bloody good. Best keeper I’ve seen at the lane for a long while.

He was class. Best I've seen. He can read where any shot coming at him is going to go, great passer too.

 

[Gbspurs]

prove to me I'm wrong instead of calling me names. He DESERVES better? Why? Why should he be immune from criticism when he's been subpar for over a year. I'm sorry but he is just as to blame for our form as anyone else.

If that meakes me a .... then so be it.

I'd argue your expectations of Kane are more of the issue here. How do you expect him to be the same player with a poorly performing team as he was when the team was flying?

If he isn't getting the service he was why would he performs how he did? I'm not seeing Kane struggling to hold up the ball, take his chances, play poor passes etc which would indicate to me he was the problem.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Can't fault that Gnabry lad though. 4 goals from, what, 5 shots?

 

[Primativ]

I’m not surprised we are struggling in the CL. We’ve been shit for a year now and last season in the CL we only got out the group thanks to a huge slice of fortune.

We literally limped into fourth spot last season which isn’t an indicator that we are a proper CL quality side that are going to challenge at this level.

Under a different manager we could, but certainly not with Poch. People seem to rely on blind optimism rather than anything, that’s what I’ve observed recently. They ignore the atrocious performances and tactical set up and leaky midfield and defence, when all signs have been pointing to us getting a thrashing.

It should have been against Man City really.

Thanks Poch but it’s time to part ways.

 

[Reece]

I really don’t think Kane is playing poorly. Weird that he’d be the one people are calling out. Already got 7 goals this season. How many clean sheets do the defence have?

 

[olliec]

I just want to put one thing into perspective. Bayern has 10 shots on target and 7 goals. We got more hounded by City. They were just extremely clinical which rarely happens so overall It was a bit of a freak match. Badly needed a proper DM last night to cover the defence. I really hope Poch can rejuvenate Dier as we really need him and winks is very limited.

 

[Ronwol196061]

I just want to put one thing into perspective. Bayern has 10 shots on target and 7 goals. We got more hounded by City. They were just extremely clinical which rarely happens so overall It was a bit of a freak match. Badly needed a proper DM last night to cover the defence. I really hope Poch can rejuvenate Dier as we really need him and winks is very limited.

The only freak thing was that Son had chances but Gnabry and Lewandowski took their goals brilliantly.We were no match for them.They were playing away and look supremely confident as the game wore on

 

[olliec]

The only freak thing was that Son had chances but Gnabry and Lewandowski took their goals brilliantly.We were no match for them.They were playing away and look supremely confident as the game wore on

Yes they took their chances or half chances even. But 9 times out of 10 not even half of those chances go in. It was a bit of a freak game to be honest. Since when is Gnabry a goal scorer that can finish like that? It’s a one off for him.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Just got home, still can't quite believe what I saw. We didnt play horrendously but we were so defensively naive it's unreal. The high line was suicide and we could have been 1 nil down in the first minute due to a ball straight over the top which sadly became the theme of the night.

I'm not too sure what the answer is but one thing is painfully clear is that our defense is shot.

The high line was horribly exposed when we were playing at Wembley until we signed Sanchez which helped Toby and Jan with their lack of pace

 

[Ronwol196061]

Yes they took their chances or half chances even. But 9 times out of 10 not even half of those chances go in. It was a bit of a freak game to be honest. Since when is Gnabry a goal scorer that can finish like that? It’s a one off for him.

Yes but they did it.Away from home and with clinical finishing. Gnabry cant be that bad can he?
Son can get hot and cold,there is no guarantee with him. Not sure what Gnabry is about but here was a big game and he looked fantastic.
Lewandowski was a killer as well. That brilliant goal he scored he knew exactly what to do. Son needed to be as on as they were,he wasn't,thats the game right there

 

[Phomesy]

Actually just looked at the highlights on BT Sport, on there they were saying he could have done lot better on quite a few of them.
Hugo has habit of staying on his goal line on all occasions, if he positions himself even just a yard or 2 off line would have significantly narrowed angle on a lot of them, and likelihood could have saved, and still been in no danger of being lobbed.

Not part of the goal keepers union are you?

Seriously every single one of their shots hits the inside of the side netting. Think 3 or 4 the hit the inside of the post. There's no saving that. Perhaps he could have rushed one of Gnabry's but there's no keeper in the world blaming Hugo for a single one of those. Ridiculous for ex-midfielders to suggest as such. (Not that I saw any such speculation when I watched the highlights after the game but take your word for it).

 

[southlondonyiddo]

I said after 30 mins that we’d been brilliant and it was like the Palace game but it was a bit worrying as we were 4-0 up and cruised the last hour v Palace

Bayern are not Palace and whilst we couldn’t lift ourselves for the last hour they certainly could

We'd had a very tough game Saturday holding on with 10 men for over an hour but still!!!

Was never a 2-7 game but have to say Gnabry was electric and we had no answer to him

Odd that the Toby-Jan partnership is back in full swing when we all know how desperately slow the pair. They’ve always needed Sanchez covering them putting out fires. Especially with somelike like Gnabry and his pace in behind