The Official Tottenham Hotspud thread [Vol 11]
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Guvernator said:
Probably one of the worst NLD's I've seen. Neither team covering themselves in glory but I don't give a s
t about Arsenal, I'm more worried that we seem to have hit a rubbish patch, right at the worst time.
The worse thing is I can't really work out why. Our last 3 games have been woeful with none of the big players turning up. Kane, Eriksen even the usually consistent Son have gone off the boil. Just seems like they lack motivation but as a Spurs player, if you can't get motivated for a NLD you should probably not be playing for Spurs.
We need to turn this around ASAP or we could be looking at a rubbish finish to what has been a pretty decent season up till now.
I don't think individual performances were the reason per se - fundamentally we were too spread out as a team. There was too much space between the front line and the back line. The ethos of Spurs under Poch has been about the team operating as a unit up and down the pitch - compact and industrious, pressing as a team, defending as a team. What I saw today was two or three players way up the park looking to receive a ball, then some big empty spaces then a bunch of players where you could not quite distinguish who was doing what job, then a back three.t about Arsenal, I'm more worried that we seem to have hit a rubbish patch, right at the worst time.The worse thing is I can't really work out why. Our last 3 games have been woeful with none of the big players turning up. Kane, Eriksen even the usually consistent Son have gone off the boil. Just seems like they lack motivation but as a Spurs player, if you can't get motivated for a NLD you should probably not be playing for Spurs.
We need to turn this around ASAP or we could be looking at a rubbish finish to what has been a pretty decent season up till now.
Arsenal were pretty much first to everything in the middle of the park when the ball was not pinging around 60 feet in the air and we were almost forced in to playing a counter attacking style at times because we could not establish any kind of dominance and control the game.
The net result being that when we were on the front foot and did get the ball in to potentially dangeous positions, the forwards wanted to walk the ball in to the net to get a goal - case in point Arsenals goal which came from Kane being quite greedy and trying to fashion an opening for himself rather than pass to Son in a better position.
We are f
ked on Tuesday if we play like we did today, 3 goal lead or not.
Will be interesting to see how OGS does when he brings in his own players. if he gets the gig of course.
So far he's had the benefit of having probably the best premier league's manager in recent years choice of footballers to select from.
He seems a very likeable chap & i do wish him well.
So far he's had the benefit of having probably the best premier league's manager in recent years choice of footballers to select from.
He seems a very likeable chap & i do wish him well.
Gotta love the bants - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeizN_tSHF0
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