Spurs (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Absolutely pure 100% bollocks that. A terrible watch too.

Why does Pep seem to ignore that we often ship tragic (comically) bad goals ?

Bad day at the office today and we all expected way way better with the new line-up. To serve up that slop as the first home game of the season was unforgivable.

Saying that, although everyone will be wanking themselves off into a frenzy about the amazing and mighty Spurs tonight, those were dreadful goals to concede. Especially the second. That should have never ever fucking ever happened. The first too if we had a proper defence. But did we even deserve a 0-0 today ? I dunno. You decide.

Serious question : Was Haaland on the pitch today ?

He was on the pitch! He managed to miss 2 sitters and couldn’t square a 3 yard pass.

 

[RNBlue]

£150 million, 5 new players, same performance as last season (though the defending is worthy of a comedy film)

 

[come-on-barney]

Pathetic and predictable.

Dmtvtell
Me we won’t make any more

Shocking.

The tactics don’t work.

The system from back to front is broken.

We pass about at the back not knowing what to do. If the ball gets into midfield we run into blind alleys, wingers constantly head down.

The lack of cohesion passing around the box is poor. The few chances created are not taken.

The defending is atrocious.

The lack of effort after we go down goals. Press was ok for a while first half.

No point calling anyone out. It’s broken.

We need 3 world class players min to play pep’s system.

Something has to give blues. No point not acknowledging the problems.

In summary, it is not working anymore. If we keep living in the past we won’t move forward.

Dominance is over. Whats next?

Some won’t see it

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

That was as bad as I have seen. It would be much easier to list the players who did well rather than list those who struggled.

Bobb, Stones, Reijnders good.

Trafford, Marmoush, Cherki Rico, Nico awful.

Haha fucking hell are you related to stones? He was shite and cost us the first goal

 

[citytill1die84]

Lewis, Dias & Trafford absolutely piss poor

 

[madloaf]

Does my head in aswell, we hardly ever look to give our biggest asset (and 500k a week outlay or whatever it is) the ball to his feet or to run onto

Why we only ever pass to him to make him hold up the ball I'll never know. Best manager in the world and all that. The first season he probably ignored him.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Bollocks. We’ve brought in good players at considerable expense but reasonable prices. A credit to Viano. We’ve spent a shotload more than today’s opposition but they were better organised.

Can we only beat moderate teams by being stacked with £100m players?

Spurs had £72m Salankie on the bench, they have spent fortunes as well

 

[paulchapo]

Desperate for a winger too. Ours are turd

Sadly we're stuck with them unless we sell Savhino and buy Rodrigo.

 

[willipp]

Spurs got what they deserved there sadly. They physically beat us all over the pitch, defended well and then took their chances when they came. We have a lot of work to do as that was piss poor.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Told you lot you had your cocks out too early after Wolves.

Not fit enough, not strong enough and not determined enough.

If you don’t have those basics in place, the rest of it (tactics, personnel etc) isn’t worth thinking about.

I’ll be brutally honest, that was a fucking disgrace.

 

[Withnail]

Thoroughly depressing performance, disjointed in both attack and defence. That 2nd goal summed us up, a shambles in defence.... a lot to work on.

 

[madloaf]

Absolutely pure 100% bollocks that. A terrible watch too.

Why does Pep seem to ignore that we often ship tragic (comically) bad goals ?

Bad day at the office today and we all expected way way better with the new line-up. To serve up that slop as the first home game of the season was unforgivable.

Saying that, although everyone will be wanking themselves off into a frenzy about the amazing and mighty Spurs tonight, those were dreadful goals to concede. Especially the second. That should have never ever fucking ever happened. The first too if we had a proper defence. But did we even deserve a 0-0 today ? I dunno. You decide.

Serious question : Was Haaland on the pitch today ?

Yes. He set up our best chance and was involved in our 2nd best chance.

 

[Dribble]

A Serious Reality Check...​

I watched back last week's match against Wolves twice, because I didn't see the performance live that many City fans & pundits would have us believe, & so today proved.

Before we start to lose our collective minds, it's only our second game of the new transitional season. Strangely, I'm not too concerned by our tepid performance, as I think this painful defeat could be the best thing that could happen to us. It'll bring us back down to earth & give us a sense of realism & perspective.

The Turning Point... ​

The key moment in the match was the injury to Ait Nouri & him subsequently having to go off. We lost his threat going forward which gave Porro the confidence to venture further forward than he had done up to that point. This is when the tide began to turn. Spuds grew in attacking confidence, & we visibly shrank & looked unsure of ourselves.

Reijnders & Cherki looked lost. Gonzalez was trying to cover our lack of central midfield structure on his own, which was impossible against such a strong, effervescent Spuds midfield three. We got bullied & had no strength to fight back.



Oscar Bobb was almost anonymous, & every time he received the ball, Spuds doubled/trebled up on him forcing him to either play the ball back, or he lost possession.

Moose had a rampaging start to the game, but quickly lost his effectiveness after the injury to RAN. Haaland put himself about, but we were seriously profilgate with the limited chances which came our way in a match against a top opponent.



If Reijnders & Cherki weren't aware of what the Premier League was all about, they are now. Reijnders was given the freedom of Molineux against Wolves, but today he was strangled & had no answers.

Cherki seemed shocked by the pace, power & lack of space he was afforded in his first serious test in the PL. As soon as he received the ball, Spuds showed him zero respect & jumped on him & he kept looking over to Pep as if to say "WTF is this? What should I do?", but he'll learn.

I'd rather get a collective poor performance like this, & the reality check it brought about, out of the way as early possible, so we have time to address the issues our disjointed display exposed.



Congrats to Spuds. I fuckin hate the bastards, but they played their game, remained solid & took their chances. It was City who looked flaky & as solid as wet bog paper in our first home game.

 

[Fordyboy46]

In every single facet of the game, Spurs were simply far better.

It was the same story last season where our opponents always looked the more composed team, in terms of transitions, passing etc. Our passing was a million miles off today , it was atrocious. New signings will take time to adjust but that was a piss poor effort from Cherki today, got to improve 100% on that

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[alexmcity]

A completely new midfield, no chemistry, poor performance.

Was surprised to see Pep starting Cherki. Both Cherki and Bobb are final third players. If we do not control the game playing in the opposition's 3rd, Cherki's efficiency is highly reduced.

Also, Lewis over Nunes is a questionable decision. Lewis is impressive for his age. Might become a top player. But if he was 25, he wouldn't be starting too many games for a team wanting to win the title. In any of the last 3 seasons, we improved only after he disappeared from the starting XI. Just not good enough YET.

Trafford had a bad home debute. He's too young for a keeper. Will have good and bad games.

Imagine if Akanji was Stones for their 1st goal. Half the posts would be starting with his name.

As I expected, it's going to be a slow start to the season. The talent is there, but a lot of work is needed. We were playing better football with the *uncs*. That's why Pep relied on them to make the top 4.

Imo, Rodri will come back and help us compete.

I think, or hope, this season will be like 20/21. We started with a win at Wolves and then lost 2:5 from Leicester. In December we weren't in top 4. Fans were writing Pep off. Gundo and Rodri were perceived as too slow. The rest is history.

 

[NQCitizen]

What are the entirely Ederson-reliant tactics without Ederson?

Stunned we played exactly the same way today.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Reindeers realized today he is not in Kansas anymore

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I thought spurs pressed us really well, which meant we were relying on long balls, which only haaland could win.

The midfield was non existent and Dias was terrible

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Can’t wait until next season.