Spurs (A) | Post-Match Thread

hilts said:
Missed Bernardo today
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Bernardo played there last year in an identical game which we lost. He’s not the reason we didn’t win today. Not taking chances when on top (who says we don’t need a striker) and not being able to combat counter attacking teams killed us. No kdb, Foden, stones, Walker, rodri. It’s why I wasn’t overly confident to start with despite reading by one poster how we’d win as we finished x amount of points ahead of spurs. Fans will be a factor this year. We need to get at it quickly
 
Funny we still haven't scored there.

Anyway, since we can't win any points there it's in a way good to have it out of the way. We could have lost points vs many teams on our missing fitness and form.

We have to keep calm, find the net asap and somehow win the next 2 matches at home.
(Loud Grealish welcoming included.)

I prefer chasing the pack anyway and going on a winning run deeper in the season would be nice again. Not much lost today. The lads will surely show a good reaction.
 
BlueDan91 said:
Slow start as usual, but I don't think we're going to be afforded to have one.

If we turn up and play that slow and turgid against Liverpool, Chelsea. We're going to be in a poor situation very early on.
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Most likely at least 9 points behind by the time we get beat at Anfield.
 
Zinchilla said:
Sterling needs to play alongside a centre forward - proper centre forward - who creates the space.
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He’s definitely struggling playing in our team and has been for a long time now. He obviously played better for England who were ultra cautious. Not sure how we can set up to help him tbh.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Surprised all the stick Ake is getting on here, I thought he was one of the few to come out with any credit.
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You're probably right but for me he's never going to win a game, too cautious.

Just out of place in a decent side, mid table standard at best.

Not for us at this time.
 
Mcfcbing said:
I truly cannot believe we haven’t been linked with a left back this summer
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Mendy still has 2 years left on his contract. We won’t sign a left back until he’s gone. We hope that will be next summer, but don’t bank on it.
 
no preseason.

half a first team squad.

difficult run of starting fixtures.

relax everyone, you think after last season we arent aware its a marathon, not a sprint.

we have the deepest squad in the league and once frequency increases, players get injured and go out of form for other rivals we will be there or thereabouts come the business end of the season.

once kane signs next week, starts banging them in and spuds lose their first game they'll be the ones calling for their managers head in 6 months.

reeeeelax.
 
if all those players on the bench are not ready leave them in manchester ffs! they should be ready unless injured ! pep picked the team like it was a pre season match ! apart from grealish and dias the rest were woeful !
 
ysmsa said:
You're probably right but for me he's never going to win a game, too cautious.

Just out of place in a decent side, mid table standard at best.

Not for us at this time.
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Wasn't too disappointed when we signed him but the more I see him play I realise that he is not going to cut the mustard at the top level
 
baggy said:
no preseason.

half a first team squad.

difficult run of starting fixtures.

relax everyone, you think after last season we arent aware its a marathon, not a sprint.

we have the deepest squad in the league and once frequency increases, players get injured and go out of form for other rivals we will be there or thereabouts come the business end of the season.

once kane signs next week, starts banging them in and spuds lose their first game they'll be the ones calling for their managers head in 6 months.

reeeeelax.
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I love diazepam.
 
Not really arsed about the result, never expected much with the lack of preparation we’ve had. Full house away at Spurs was always going to be tricky, it’s up there as one of our bogey grounds now.

Performance really hammered home the reality that Mendy is no longer a capable footballer at this level. I’m actually astounded that a perfectionist like Pep lines up with him in the team.
 
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SanPellegrini said:
Too much negativity, but also too much nauseating positivity after a loss like that.

We were not good enough today, it’s something we have seen before in familiar patterns. But it’s also something we’ve managed to deal with before on our way to success.

We all know where the problems lay today and there’s no point over analysing it. But I don’t think there is much room for excuses about who was fit, whether we are ready, etc. Other top teams won this week.

Easiest to forget about it and move on. Pep and his team will know what to do.
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Other top teams did win but we are the current champions. Not Chelsea, not United, not Liverpool. Last season the players busted a gut until we hit a wall. No one is happy with a defeat. Mentally we looked dead. Tired buildup, tired passing, tired closing down.

No positives and no negatives today as we have seen nothing new however the club is owed time from fans to get it right before the overreactions are justified.

A goals scorer would have put us in front in the first 20min. Different game then and we could settle into a rhythm.
 
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