Tottenham Vs Blackpool: Match Thread

[ibbz]

We should be Spanking teams like Wigan, West Ham et al with the players we have.

 

[maglajz]

After the tackle, Harry decided to change from a 451 with VDV off the striker that was working very well and creating chances. Instead he chose to go back to the unbalanced, disjointed 442 with VDV playing pretty much out of position.

Why on earth he didn't keep the same shape and put Niko on in place of Bale?

While I agree Kranky would be better choice, I really wouldn't call it the same shape

 

[Bobbins]

Thank God people are beginning to see sense!

Even if we won today, and by some stroke of fortune eventually qualified for the CL, I'd still want that cretin and arrogant sod Redknapp out.

His woeful managerial and tactical abilities have been disguised by an excellent squad and group of players who have performed brilliantly at times (and had a good CUP run) - in spite of Redknapp, not because of him!

I've been ridiculed and given negative after negative approval rating here voicing my views, all because I state truthfully that this Cretin has ONE honour to his name, and has done nothing apart from that one Honour of note or worthiness to be a Manager of the Club of Spurs status and grandeur.

He also has stated that he wants the England post - I wish he doesn't get that as he'd fuck up England beyond all recognition and FAIL miserably at that.

Redknapp out NOW so we can at least get a quality Manager in who can have pre season to sort things out and then go for the Big Five next season.

I'm so vexed, but I'm glad I'm not alone and that people have at last had enough of Redknapp.

You get neg repped because you're personally abusive of players and staff.

You can want Redknapp out all you want but there's simply no need to start calling him a cretin etc.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Blackpool have won one game in their last 17, almost half a season, typically it had to come against us.

 

[Chimbo!]

So let me get this straight because I am slightly in disbelief:

1. One of our best players is injured by a horror tackle (possibly broken ankle) by Charlie Adam but he is not sent-off when he should have been.

2. The first penalty is a bad decision because Dawson was fouled and handled the ball as a result of the push from a Blackpool player.

3. The penalty is saved but a further penalty is awarded after the resulting corner. The player who scores is Charlie Adam who should have been sent-off earlier.

4. A Blackpool player had handled the ball in his own box before the drama but nothing was given.

We have been on the rough end of some poor refereeing decisions in the last 2 games and as much as you may want to criticize our performances if you look at those decisions it is highly probable that we would still be contention for a Champions League spot.

Yes, we were below-par but we have not been helped by some atrocious refereeing.

I thought Rose and Modric had good games and Harry's change at HT was the right decision.

 

[Bobbins]

We didn't have good luck today, but there is no excuse for not beating Blackpool at home. I don't care how bad the ref was. Whatever the reason, the players just aren't motivated to win at the moment. They haven't been for months.

Oh I'm not defending us for a moment - just frustrating to see our own incompetence compounded by cheating opposition and a crap ref.

 

[ibbz]

You get neg repped because you're personally abusive of players and staff.

You can want Redknapp out all you want but there's simply no need to start calling him a cretin etc.

Well, I think he is.
He is arrogant, with his comments, and has 'bigged' himself up so much he feels he's superior to our club and seems to think we owe him.

Anyway, my approval etc isn't the issue, the problem is Redknapp and he needs to GO

 

[maglajz]

1. One of our best players is injured by a horror tackle (possibly broken ankle) by Charlie Adam but he is not sent-off when he should have been.

The ref didn't even think it was a foul, that's the most shocking thing

 

[stormfly]

Today was the first time I really thought Redknapp can't be arsed anymore. The last 10 mins he just sat there and couldn't give a s***. If he really wants to be England manager he should pull his finger out! 9 points from 9 games is shocking. Some players need to look at themselves too.

 

[bubble07]

even in the pre match he was saying what an excellent season this is. I don't think he has the big team mentality

When Ramos left we needed someone like Redknapp. Now that he has taken us to 4th, CL Quarters, and now 6th must be appreciated but I think now is a time we had a manager with a winning mentality

 

[mpickard2087]

Between them, Blackpool, West Ham, West Brom and Wigan have lost 63 games and conceded 260 goals.

We've played 8 games against them, picked up 5 points and scored 5 goals.

That is an absolute fucking disgrace and we don't deserve to be in the Champion's League. Some major changes need to occur this summer in terms of playing personnel and Daniel Levy needs to be asking Harry Redknapp some very serious questions.

How can a manager who's defining managerial attributes are his man management, motivational skills and ability to get the best out of players not manage to motivate his team to go out against a poor team all guns blazing? Especially after seeing Man City lose just minutes earlier?

Why are Defoe and Pavlyuchenko starting together up front?
Why is our attacking central midfielder, Van der Vaart, playing on the right?
Why is our centre back playing at right back when our right back is sitting on the bench?
Why is Danny Rose being pushed into left back to keep Bale on the wing despite the fact that Bale hasn't had a good game on the wing in months?
Why is Niko Kranjcar, a genuine goal threat, being brought on in injury time?
Why do our defenders insist on lobbing long balls up to Crouch when he'd struggle to win an aerial battle against a corpse?
Why do our attacking players seem determined to fire shots off when an opposing defender is standing six inches away from them?
Why is Sandro the only player who seems to genuinely give 100% in these last few months?

Cant disagree with any of that.

 

[Rout-Ledge]

Oh I'm not defending us for a moment - just frustrating to see our own incompetence compounded by cheating opposition and a crap ref.

I understand completely, but I find it hard to get annoyed by that kind of thing when we clearly didn't deserve to win anyway.

 

[liam17oi]

"Spurs score less than last year,concede more than last year,have less points than last year, Harry obsessed press think it's a good season?"

 

[Maske2g]

So let me get this straight because I am slightly in disbelief:

1. One of our best players is injured by a horror tackle (possibly broken ankle) by Charlie Adam but he is not sent-off when he should have been.

2. The first penalty is a bad decision because Dawson was fouled and handled the ball as a result of the push from a Blackpool player.

3. The penalty is saved but a further penalty is awarded after the resulting corner. The player who scores is Charlie Adam who should have been sent-off earlier.

4. A Blackpool player had handled the ball in his own box before the drama but nothing was given.

We have been on the rough end of some poor refereeing decisions in the last 2 games and as much as you may want to criticize our performances if you look at those decisions it is highly probable that we would still be contention for a Champions League spot.

Yes, we were below-par but we have not been helped by some atrocious refereeing.

I thought Rose and Modric had good games and Harry's change at HT was the right decision.

1 We were playing a team with a terrible record this year at home

2 our forwards played like parplegics

3 when blae went off we opted for plan, launch it Crouchie

4 Gomes is a liability

5 They could have scored 4-5 goals such was a defending

6 We should have scored 4-5 such is our ineptness in front of goal

7 our discipline at times was disgusting. Instead of using it to put in hard tackles like they did, we just wanna argue.

Stop making excuses for these ever more disgraceful performances

 

[Chimbo!]

1 We were playing a team with a terrible record this year at home

2 our forwards played like parplegics

3 when blae went off we opted for plan, launch it Crouchie

4 Gomes is a liability

5 They could have scored 4-5 goals such was a defending

6 We should have scored 4-5 such is our ineptness in front of goal

7 our discipline at times was disgusting. Instead of using it to put in hard tackles like they did, we just wanna argue.

Stop making excuses for these ever more disgraceful performances

I am not making excuses but we have been on the rough end of decisions lately. If you take those bad decisions away it is probable that we would have collected more points and everybody would be a lot more cheerful. Matches at this level are won by fine margins and when the opposition get the edge from the refereeing decisions then you are fighting an uphill battle.

It does not help that we are out of form. Basically, we have a team that is capable of grinding out results and winning even when the decisions go against us. But when our team is out of form and the decisions go against us then the team struggles to get the results, which is what has just happened.

I should not blame only the refereeing decisions but likewise you should not blame only the team/manager when it is not just them. It is both in tandem, at least, for the last 2 games anyway.

 

[simyid]

9 points from 9 games this AC Milan away.

That is relegation form over a season.

There isn't another manager other than Harry that would have that poor form and not have the media call for him to be sacked.

pretty sure chelsea didn't win for 3 months during the year and we are not a title challenging club yet i think people are expecting too much

 

[StartingPrice]

1 We were playing a team with a terrible record this year at home

2 our forwards played like parplegics

3 when blae went off we opted for plan, launch it Crouchie

4 Gomes is a liability

5 They could have scored 4-5 goals such was a defending

6 We should have scored 4-5 such is our ineptness in front of goal

7 our discipline at times was disgusting. Instead of using it to put in hard tackles like they did, we just wanna argue.

Stop making excuses for these ever more disgraceful performances

I'm not being funny, but have you seen the picture of Adam's assault on Bale's ankle. It is clear that he made no attempt to play the ball, and you can tell from the angle of his leg that it is a stamp.

It is pretty major that we lost one of our main attacking outlets to a tackle like that, whereas their best player by a country mile wasn't even booked, let alone given the red card he deserves.

 

[Rout-Ledge]

pretty sure chelsea didn't win for 3 months during the year and we are not a title challenging club yet i think people are expecting too much

I don't even need to look at their results to know this isn't true.

And Ancelloti was on a knife edge during that period btw, but he pulled it out the bag.

 

[nidge]

pretty sure chelsea didn't win for 3 months during the year and we are not a title challenging club yet i think people are expecting too much

Just had a quick look through Chelsea's result this season and they have won at least one premier league game every month since the season started.

 

[StockSpur]

hopefully the FA throws the book at adam for that tackle, no ref decision makes it worth ajudication by the disciplinary panel.