Spurs (A) - Post-Match Thread

We did get 22 shots though, and for many of them I thought we should have passed.
i think all this comes down to the fact that we are mentally and physically knackered with no preseason and no proper summer break. Most teams who finished late that season are currently struggling to find best form, including the machine Bayern

Not having that. It's exactly what KDB said and he was wrong as well.

Spurs also didn't have a proper preseason and they also had players away on internationals.

It's just excuses for not playing well.

The worst thing is that KDB saying it will filter down to the rest of the players, this whining, excuse mentality isn't good for the team.
 
Been going to City since 67/68. Some of us support the team no matter what. But there's a hard faced brigade, they point a lot, they abuse our players a lot (even David and Yaya a few years ago - I've seen it), they argue with other fans a lot, they talk about their days in 'the firm' a lot (in the Family Stand now), they never shut up about happy clappers, and they can't handle it when other fans tell 'em to shut the f*ck up and support the team (I see it all the time). Thankfully, this lot are the minority.
Supporting shouldn’t mean being uncritical. If that’s your bag, so be it. Accept your station If it makes you happy.

When we employ “the best manager in the world” and spend multi millions, it’s hardly surprising that some people have higher aspirations. So yes, they will complain when being served mediocre fare.

To associate that with hooligans and abusing players from the stands is a bit rich. If it was unintentional, what exactly is your point?
 
I appreciate that I'm wandering dangerously into ridiculous hyperbole territory here but that genuinely had 'watching City under Pearce' vibes tonight. And by that I mean that for long periods of the match I didn't even bother watching. It was on but it was obvious that we weren't going to score tonight if we'd have played till midnight.
At least we're camped in the opponents half and taking some shots. Under Pearce we struggled to win a throw in.
 
Teams that win hard games against big rivals do though. They remind me a bit of Chelsea the last time Mourinho won it
That Maureen/Chelsea team put in a higher level of park the bus and hit 'em on the break level of performance. That Maureen team tended to park the bus against the better teams and open up on and dominate the lesser teams. This Spurs team haven't always dominated the lesser teams - although they've scraped some narrow wins. Let's see how parking the bus and not having many shots works out over the season. No medals given out in November.
 
I thought Rodri was our best player tonight and quite easily so.

I thought Jesus rodri and cancelo did quite well. Also though Ruben was good. Laporte got caught for the goal but it happens.

I wish pep would play rodri in the middle of a 3 at the back it's not his fault he doesn't have the pace when we get countered. We need a different type of midfielder next to Kdb. 4 3 3 is gone for me with the players we have now.
 
That Maureen/Chelsea team put in a higher level of park the bus and hit 'em on the break level of performance. That Maureen team tended to park the bus against the better teams and open up on and dominate the lesser teams. This Spurs team haven't always dominated the lesser teams - although they've scraped some narrow wins. Let's see how parking the bus and not having many shots works out over the season. No medals given out in November.

I agree this spurs team won't challenge for the title.
 
Anyone still believe we will win the League this season?

On current form, I'd reckon somewhere between 8th and 12th is more realistic. Any opposition Manager worth their salt knows exactly how to set up against us and if they have capable enough players to defend, defend, defend, defend, defend, defend, defend, break, score, defend, defend, defend, defend then we're gonna drop a load of points if our Catalan genius can't come up with some fresh ideas.
 
We're not only interested in winning, and neither I have to say were the rags in their long gone glory days. No, I don't think that tonight Spurs'll be worried about only managing 4 shots at home. How often does a team that only manages 4 shots at home win the league ? This is the best chance Spurs will have to win the league. If they don't, they'll be supporting a megabucks team that parks the bus and wins f*ck all. It's not a normal season - any team can win it - even us at this point. As for the Pearce era, we didn't have an identity - we couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo - and we didn't even have enough personality or identity to park the bus. We were a nothing team - and thankfully there were plenty of teams worse than us.

Ultimately we are, otherwise fans would be saying, " Hey we dominated possession, had more shots, more corners, Spurs were so negative, I'm.made up we don't play such boring football that's beat us 2-0."

We all want to see great football but not if we win nothing playing it. Having said that whatever happens with Pep I will be forever grateful for two absolutely magnificent seasons, football and trophy wise, blessed.
 
Hart would have saved both those goals. End of story. I'm not on anyone's back

Hart went to sit on the Spurs bench because he couldn't get 1st choice keeoer gig in the championship.

Anyone who thinks we'd do better with him in goal is either a cretin or just woke up from a 9 year coma.
 
Trumper?
That's a pretty big leap as I don't think that I have denied things aren't happening .
The team probably would get relegated if I managed it but then again I have never claimed that I have the ability to do that. But I have watched this club for 45 years and I know that this team is nowhere near as bad as some of the football I have seen in that time.

The last time we had a negative goal difference after 8 games was back in 2002 when we were awful.

This squad has big, big problems which some people on here aren't willing to admit.

A god awful Utd team are 2 points ahead of us.

For all the millions and millions that we've spent, we're relying on an ageing and injury prone Aguero to regain form and save our season.
 

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