Spurs (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

[JewelZee]

It's easy to blame our change on Haaland, maybe it was a catalyst but we have played shit without him in the team and Alvarez up top as well. In truth, Pep has had a mare in the second part of this season. We aren't stable, we don't have any first 11 and we are over crowding the midfield but not using width like we have done previously to create spaces. We've a guy up top whos begging to get in the game, he's not just there to run in behind and get on the end of things. However he is the best in the world at that, and we're not even using that, so wtf are we doing?
Today was a chance to measure how much we were up for the challenge this season, in the past we have shown that we have the bollocks but it looks like a lot of these guys aren't up for the fight. Maybe pep has already seen that in training, tried to remedy it with tough love and it's backfired. It's his responsibility to pressure his mates in the boardroom into moving guys along but getting someone in to replace, we need a huge overhaul as it stands.

But why is it OK to assume players who have come good for us too many times to count have all either gone to shit ability wise or become problematic personalities all at the same time? I'm not saying it's all on Pep, but how exactly is he blameless? Does anyone really believe that throwing so many champion players under the bus is going to make other top players come here?

 

[eyalluvitt]

Leipzig(who’s unbeaten in something like 16 matches) at 4 to 1 to qualify sire does look tempting at the moment.

They look on fire , young, hungry, passion, power, pace and of course they have a left back

 

[super_city_si]

When it comes down to things like our dressing room I don't rely on suspicions and this smoke and fire thing you mention. You seem to be getting a bit over excited - drop in form 'Oh, there must be some drama going on.' You're entitled to your opinion but you have zilch/zero/no idea of the state of our dressing room. Every great team in history has poor runs - we're going through ours. And it's all relative - 21 games in and the table doesn't lie - every team is exactly where they deserve to be. We're second - we deserve to be second. Arsenal have played out of their skin - they deserve to be top but no medals are handed out on 6 February.

Good post. We look very jaded. Look at the dippers? Are they having disgruntled issues behind the scenes? No, theyre fucked. So are we but the difference is we have a better squad and better manager so we do better In adversity.
this is a season too far. We arent ready for 3 on the bounce.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Spot on with the back line from available players, fuckin madness how Pep is pissing about with the defence.

Should be bedding in a settled back 4 for the run in and CL, use the other lads to see a game out as subs or whatever.
All this tinkering is not yielding clean sheets, we don't score more than 1 then we lose!

I agree with what you're saying but fitting 5 CBs into 2 is difficult (Stones injured at present, excluded). Both Ake and Akanji have done well but Pep needs to start playing Dias and Laporte soon or they'll both want out, and neither deserve to be asking Pep the question of why they aren't playing. A difficult situation Pep is paid shit loads to sort out and to appease all our 5 CBs, not easy.

 

[eyalluvitt]

When one, maybe two players get pass marks in pretty much every game and the rest are dreadful, it’s amazing we are as high as we are

 

[JewelZee]

Clearly something not right behind the scenes mate. It’d be too much of a massive coincidence for it just to be a ‘drop in form’

This is no drop in form. That is much too convenient of an out to explain this unrecognizable team.

 

[Ted_Bovis]

Had to be against us that Mr personality gets his club record.
The VTs at the end of the game by sky made it look like he died.

We all knew what would happen here. Disappointed but not surprised.

One consolation is that no matter how many goals the mumbling sir Harry has scored for Totspurts they’ve won absolutely nothing in the same time frame.

 

[wolviedinho]

Attacking players are creating fuck all. The defenders have the ball too long and we end up doing nothing with it.

Jack, Mahrez, Gundo, Bernardo, Foden, Alvarez all need to pull their finger out as so far they don’t deserve to play for city. Kev gets a pass as he has plenty of credit and dips/age happens.

Creation is shite and the transitions from back to front is shite. Build up passing is awful, players look like a busted flush. Time we say thanks and bin a few.

 

[JewelZee]

But I didn't say "won't", I said "can't".

Not many thought we'd win the cup match either, and NOBODY thought Everton would beat them.

No one can say we can't. Unless they mean we "can't" playing this way along with Pep acting like a looney toon...

 

[Shaffer92]

People overate league form and how it translates to CL.

Totally different.

People on this sub(not you) also are seemingly completely overlooking Leipzig, who is one of the hottest teams in Europe with a great squad. If we don't pick up our form and fast, they will absolutely make us sweat or even get through.