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Tottenham Vs Reading: Match Thread

teok

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mark87

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I know alot of people are moaning about the amount of shots we've had in the last few games or so and haven't converted as many as we like, but look at this way, we lost Modric, VDV and had a change of manager, we had a slow start to the season but have now started to create the same amount of chances that we were making last season when we had Modric and VDV, losing 2 players of that quality and still creating those chances really is quite incredible to see. I think the squad, manager and backroom staff deserve a big pat on the back. COYS.
 

Berbatonghen

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Good win.

With the amount of shots we had on goal you would of thought we won the game 5 or 6-1.

All thats missing in our team especially at home games is that killer instinct in front of goal and also someone in midfield that can unlock the defence.


Ps - really hope southampton do us a favour.
 

eViL

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Good performance but we need to be more ruthless.

2-1 up and we start playing like the game is already won with 20 odd minutes to go.

I really don't know what happened to Walker this season. His indecision has and will continue to cost us both in defence and going forward. He needs some time on the bench. You can't continuously skin defenders, get into the box and then just wait to be tackled - get down the line and slam in a cross for god's sake.

There's one thing about it, my arse cheeks are getting a proper workout at the moment from the clenching anytime the ball falls into his area of the pitch. I've no doubt he'll come good, but Naughton is starting to look established now.

So pleased with the rest of the team though, movement could be better up front but we're winning.
 

avonspurs

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I know alot of people are moaning about the amount of shots we've had in the last few games or so and haven't converted as many as we like, but look at this way, we lost Modric, VDV and had a change of manager, we had a slow start to the season but have now started to create the same amount of chances that we were making last season when we had Modric and VDV, losing 2 players of that quality and still creating those chances really is quite incredible to see. I think the squad, manager and backroom staff deserve a big pat on the back. COYS.

Totally agree. I'd love us to be scoring more but the fact that we are so dominating games is impressive. Three games over Christmas our possession has been 60%, 55%, 68% and we have had 21, 17, and 34 goal attempts (72 in total) whilst only allowing 4, 8, and 7 against (19 in total). I'm chuffed with that, especially as two of those games were away.
 

$hoguN

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Alan McNaley is a fucking tool. He said we battered them and that we didn't deserve a two goal lead. Tool.
 

avonspurs

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AVB on BBC text:

"We did well to close out the festive period with 10 points from four games and hopefully we will continue this form to put ourselves in the position we want to be.

Aaron Lennon is such a magnificent player and sometimes he does not get the recognition he deserves but his form has been extraordinary. He has been magnificent for us, scoring goals, like last week, and is such a good player."
 

$hoguN

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Good win.

With the amount of shots we had on goal you would of thought we won the game 5 or 6-1.

All thats missing in our team especially at home games is that killer instinct in front of goal and also someone in midfield that can unlock the defence.


Ps - really hope southampton do us a favour.

The thing is Defoe must have hit 15 of them, and only about 2 were on target.
 

mark87

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Alan McNaley is a fucking tool. He said we battered them and that we didn't deserve a two goal lead. Tool.

Really? How can you say we battered someone but don't deserve to have a two goal lead? Definition of contradiction right there. What an idiot.
 

$hoguN

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Really? How can you say we battered someone but don't deserve to have a two goal lead? Definition of contradiction right there. What an idiot.

The jist of it was that despite dominating he didn't think we looked like scoring, which is not true.
 
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