Spurs (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

[SamBlue]

When does Pep start to become responsible? The whole fucking team could not have lost their hunger. Maybe they aren't sick of winning. Maybe they are sick of Pep...

When his little orchestra stops performing and right now I cannot hear one single note.

 

[RayCTID]

all i’m saying is we won’t take 6 points of them the way we’re plodding…

I thought Arsenal were going to be alot better in the FA Cup game than they were.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Most if not all teams are quicker than us these days. The football we play is very slow, predictable and boring. And we wonder why there is no atmosphere…

Spurs have only one quick player - Son. They're a workmanlike side that crumbles when they go behind. Kane had no pace when he was young - but was/is clever in the box. He's now slower than he was three years ago but is a much better all-round player now. Our style is to pull the opposition out of shape by keeping the ball in certain areas of the pitch - passing sideways and back if necessary than switch play with a killer diagonal pass to the opposite flank where our wide player runs at the lopsided defence - that killer diagonal pass ain't coming at the moment - nor the alternative more direct ball over the top or through the gap to Erling. Erling must be well pissed off.

 

[come-on-barney]

2nd in the league, Last 16 of Champions League & through in the FA Cup not bad for a struggling side.

Imagine this place if we were as bad as Liverpool & Chelsea

We're entering a transition period. We've players who don't want to be here.

Let’s say it is a transition season. That means Pep has one season to rebuild ?

 

[BlueRhubarb]

Jesus Christ...anyone would think we couldn't string a pass together today! We dominated possession, hit the bar and gifted the team lying 4th in the league a goal. We certainly aren't at our best but some people seem to only remember the mistakes and the odd counter attack by the opposition when we lose possession cheaply and not the decent stuff we played in between. Talk of our defence being a shambles are way over the top...we defended well and kept them to a handful of chances. Ederson also made a very good save with his feet which the Eddie haters will conveniently forget and Grealish is starting to look more like the game changing £100m ;layer that we all thought we were buying last year. Lets not pretend that everything is rosy in the garden because its clearly not...but its also not that bad. We need to start finding Haaland a bit more and cut out all the stupid mistakes that have cost us goals this year but we aren't far off I don't believe at all. Whether that will take us to the title this season is another matter but there is still plenty of time to kick into gear and for Arsenal to drop points. And one final thing...if I hear one more moan about us not having pacey wingers who can beat a man I will scream...teams very, very rarely give us space to run in behind and players like Bernardo, Riyad and Jack who keep the ball and work openings are far more valuable and effective to us than £80m Brazilians from the Dutch league who can run fast and do a few step overs. Rant over!

 

[manimanc]

Has that scouse gobshite really said haaland has picked the wrong club?

Oh my life that is hilarious.

Suppose him and sky have to even it up with the tramps being dogshit at the minute and nunez firing blanks.

25 goals by February.

I'll Just leave that here.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

2nd in the league, Last 16 of Champions League & through in the FA Cup not bad for a struggling side.

Imagine this place if we were as bad as Liverpool & Chelsea

We're entering a transition period. We've players who don't want to be here.

We ain't as shit as them 2 but good god we are shit

 

[yatesy94.]

We're not getting outplayed by anyone, but we're getting outthought. Opposition are quite happy for us to have the vast majority of possession as we seldom do much with it. We've been playing teams who park the bus for a few seasons now, hence one of the reasons we let Sterling go (as defences sat deep and there was no space to run into) and bought Grealish (who holds the ball against packed defences well and wins lots of free kicks around the box).

We're not coping well with time wasting tactics, niggly and hard fouls and gullable officiating. We let opponents and officials disrupt our composure, when we should rise above it and it should increase our determination. Time wasting never gets fully added on (like it did at the world cup) so if we go behind then we'll struggle (apart from Spurs at home).

We're starting too slow in an early attempt to control the game. Apart from against the rags at home when we went for it in the first half, we're quite content to control first halves instead of winning the game in the first half. We've scored more goals in the second halves than any other club in the country. We've also wasted more first halves than any other club in the country.

We've become too risk averse. Always the safe pass, usually sideways or backwards. We've become too ponderous and predictable. If I'm the opposition I'd love our back 4 to be passing to each other and our midfield passing back to them and our forwards isolated and frustrated. Thats's about 90% of the our possession. Possession outside the box is great when we're ahead, so lets do it when we're ahead....not when we're level or losing. This also applies to passes around the edge of the box. Why not have a few shots from there occasionally eh?

We don't mix it up enough. Same old, same old, rinse and repeat. Lets try a few long balls when we can (Eddie is capable but has been instructed not to) and whilst mentioning Eddie (love the guy), can you please try to save a shot now and then please. His career is starting to mimmick Bravo's if he's not careful and is in danger of being benched for Ortega. And whilst we're at it, if Kev ain't playing a through ball, then who is? No through balls to Haaland when he starts his run is a complete waste of his main strength. Any young talented player would rightly be frustrated in that situation.

We have the players, the experience and the manager to yet make this season a successful one (again thankfully). Sorting most of the above out would go a long way towards achieving it.

Should just lock this thread right now summed up everything this is spot on.

 

[Craig]

I thought Arsenal were going to be alot better in the FA Cup game than they were.

They had 5 regulars out and we hardly smashed them

 

[sutty66]

I thought Arsenal were going to be alot better in the FA Cup game than they were.

they rested 6 mate now added trossard and jorginho… we need to look over our shoulders cos rags be level on wednesday