Match Threads Spurs vs Chelsea - Day 11

[Tiberius Gracchus]

Normally pissed off after a result like that, especially with the long drive home. But can't help loving this team more and more with each passing game.

Felt proud being in the south stand tonight, highlights being the "I Love Eric Dier" song, which I've not heard in years, emerson royal ("Emerson Royal, he's our Beckenbauer") and Son running his heart out.

Oh and Vicario putting in a performance for the ages. The boys deserved so much more and that's why we stayed and sang for them at the end

 

[coy-spurs1882]

This probably ends our title run sadly

 

[Kirito]

jesus that sucked. two players deservedly sent off. we lose 4-1 with two reds and people are digging it?

Rest of the team put in a top performance and it could have easily been a draw. Dier only just offside and Bentancur missed a tap in. No one is happy with the loss, but this isn’t the match to get annoyed at.

 

[DarwinSpur]

Fucking Michale Oliver is infuriating. Romero was clearly fouled before he stupidly kicked out. Even then Neville's making th most out of an incident that was as soft as beckham I 98 World Cup - and the chelsea player acting like he'd been shot was utterly ridiculous.

Also the Sterling handball was clear as day from Row 73 of the south stand - how Oliver missed it is baffling. Bloke needs demoting

 

[nicdic]

Another positive (I think) was that in all of the chaos of the game tonight, Bissouma managed to avoid a yellow (ref must have thought he played for Chelsea as they only got free kicks, not yellows until the end!)

I'm pretty sure he got booked while chelsea were celebrating their third goal

 

[nicdic]

Oh my bad, it wasn't for him, chelsea player

 

[Kirito]

I'm pretty sure he got booked while chelsea were celebrating their third goal

Looking at the stats, we didnt get another yellow after Udogies.

 

[fortworthspur]

Rest of the team put in a top performance and it could have easily been a draw. Dier only just offside and Bentancur missed a tap in. No one is happy with the loss, but this isn’t the match to get annoyed at.

Chelsea played rope-a-dope and we got suckered. They did the same thing the year we finished 2nd to Leicester.

 

[zykos]

Fucking Michale Oliver is infuriating. Romero was clearly fouled before he stupidly kicked out. Even then Neville's making th most out of an incident that was as soft as beckham I 98 World Cup - and the chelsea player acting like he'd been shot was utterly ridiculous.

Also the Sterling handball was clear as day from Row 73 of the south stand - how Oliver missed it is baffling. Bloke needs demoting

Yup. Thiago’s barge on Romero was clearly overboard. I thought they wld hv pulled it back for that, but didn’t even look at it.

Ref lost the game before this. Chelsea was nipping in with so many niggly fouls to disrupt our play. N he allowed it, repeatedly. N it impacted us. N eventually the whole game. Ref mis-managed the game big time. Think he knows it too.

I can’t blame him for sending Romero off though, even though I don’t even think it was a foul. But she var asks the ref to look at the monitors, and all he sees is those studs flying in, what other choice does he have? VAR has become a farce.

 

[DiamondLites]

Just got back from the game, and although we lost I was so proud of the team and the fight they showed. I can’t really comment on any of the VAR decisions as I haven’t seen them other than in real time in the stadium. What I will say is Michael Oliver completely lost control of that game early doors. Thiago nobbled Romero, and that flipped the switch in him. A few observations

* Vicario is genuinely world class, what a keeper
* Højberg was great as a CB (played better there than he did at CM)
* Devastated for Mickey, I’m convinced the long breaks in play for VAR played a part in his hammy pinging
* Skipp was terrible, I’ve usually defended him but he looked knackered 2 mins after coming on and wasn’t able to apply any pressure to the Chelsea player on the ball
* Chelsea are absolute toilet, they have spent A LOT of money on some real dross

Credit the fans, they stayed with the team and showed their appreciation for the efforts the players put in. In years gone by things would’ve got pretty toxic but not with this manager and this group COYS

 

[zykos]

This probably ends our title run sadly

The result not so much. But the ensuing suspensions, and more critically, losing van de ven for what looks like a couple of months at least, is gonna hurt us big time. He has become integral to the way we play, and is a big big loss.

 

[zykos]

Just got back from the game, and although we lost I was so proud of the team and the fight they showed. I can’t really comment on any of the VAR decisions as I haven’t seen them other than in real time in the stadium. What I will say is Michael Oliver completely lost control of that game early doors. Thiago nobbled Romero, and that flipped the switch in him. A few observations

* Vicario is genuinely world class, what a keeper
* Højberg was great as a CB (played better there than he did at CM)
* Devastated for Mickey, I’m convinced the long breaks in play for VAR played a part in his hammy pinging
* Skipp was terrible, I’ve usually defended him but he looked knackered 2 mins after coming on and wasn’t able to apply any pressure to the Chelsea player on the ball
* Chelsea are absolute toilet, they have spent A LOT of money on some real dross

Credit the fans, they stayed with the team and showed their appreciation for the efforts the players put in. In years gone by things would’ve got pretty toxic but not with this manager and this group COYS

pretty much share the same sentiments. Proud of our guys despite the result.

 

[Chimbo!]

The Mickey injury is the only thing I’m really bothered about tbh.

Even if we had to do without the ones that went off for 3 games I’d be ok, unless Phillips is some VDV regen we are going to really struggle until Jan

Yeah, it’s the VdV injury that’s the problem. I was thinking after every game, he could be the best defender I’ve seen in a Spurs shirt. He dominated everyone every game. When we were struggling for the first 30 mins against Arsenal, he was the only player keeping cool and performing well.

but on the positive, the fact that we are all positive after a 4-1 defeat at home shows how much Ange has done in such a short space of time. If anyone can fix the VdV shaped hole, it’s him.

 

[DarwinSpur]

Can't believe that for Van Den Ven. Utter tragedy for such a brilliant defender and bloke

 

[TonyS]

Second post after getting home, making a cuppa and watching the highlights. In and around the 25 min mark we started to lose our head and our rhythm. I was sitting near our bench and Ange was urging them to calm down. Some of our senior players should have tried to calm the shit down too. Up to that point, we were ripping them a new one. The sendings off killed us obviously, and these players need to know better. They cost us the game. They put the rest of the team under so much pressure even though we nearly got a point. Again, the fans were brilliant throughout and the team gave absolutely everything. Even though we have a few injuries coming up and some suspensions, I'm optimistic we will be ok. We get to January and then Levy will have to back Ange or potentially miss out on CL, because I certainly believe it's within our grasp to make it.

 

[zykos]

Second post after getting home, making a cuppa and watching the highlights. In and around the 25 min mark we started to lose our head and our rhythm. I was sitting near our bench and Ange was urging them to calm down. Some of our senior players should have tried to calm the shit down too. Up to that point, we were ripping them a new one. The sendings off killed us obviously, and these players need to know better. They cost us the game. They put the rest of the team under so much pressure even though we nearly got a point. Again, the fans were brilliant throughout and the team gave absolutely everything. Even though we have a few injuries coming up and some suspensions, I'm optimistic we will be ok. We get to January and then Levy will have to back Ange or potentially miss out on CL, because I certainly believe it's within our grasp to make it.

I don’t disagree, but felt that some of that loss of control was down to the ref allowing a number of Chelsea’s niggly fouls to disrupt our play. Once the players realised that the ref was allowing them to get away with it, they got more at it, n frustrated our players n fluency.

 

[zykos]

Yeah, it’s the VdV injury that’s the problem. I was thinking after every game, he could be the best defender I’ve seen in a Spurs shirt. He dominated everyone every game. When we were struggling for the first 30 mins against Arsenal, he was the only player keeping cool and performing well.

but on the positive, the fact that we are all positive after a 4-1 defeat at home shows how much Ange has done in such a short space of time. If anyone can fix the VdV shaped hole, it’s him.

The worst takeaway from the game for me as well.

 

[FloridaSpur]

Two observation's from tonight's game.

1: We are a team in the making.

2: Levy must spend in January, we have little left once we lose Romero, possibly Maddison, Micky and other likely suspensions or injuries.

Levy needs to go all in.

 

[coy-spurs1882]

The result not so much. But the ensuing suspensions, and more critically, losing van de ven for what looks like a couple of months at least, is gonna hurt us big time. He has become integral to the way we play, and is a big big loss.

yes vdv's injury is the nail to the coffin of our title run, not the loss. probably have the same impact of Bentancur's injury last season...

 

[coy-spurs1882]

Two observation's from tonight's game.

1: We are a team in the making.

2: Levy must spend in January, we have little left once we lose Romero, possibly Maddison, Micky and other likely suspensions or injuries.

Levy needs to go all in.

we literally say the same thing under different managers every transfer window, but none of them had come off