Spurs (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Gordyola said:
I don’t agree they were excellent as they didn’t need to be better yes but never excellent
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Then you are blind, they were fantastic. Passed us off the park, fast, direct and dangerous every time they came forward. So many times they had it in their left back area, with us pressing and a few passes later they are on the attack. Really impressed by them.
 
It was bad midfield was over run ,but and it`s a big but ,we are playing with squad players and kids out of position ,I have however over the years seen an awful lot worse than that ,remember where we came from ! We are not rags or scousers don`t forget that ,so I am unhappy but it`s not the end think of the players who will return .CTID
 
give it to gordon said:
Things just aren't clicking at the minute. Passing is of by a few inches, decision making is a few milli seconds of. Shots just abit of. Players not fully fit. Players of the pace coming back. The world's best player out for the season. Team is struggling and lacking confidence. Team struggling to cope with all of this.
Plus everything that could go wrong is going wrong.
Add into the mix we are everyone's cup final ! I bet spuds lose their next game ;)

This team needs support now.
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The fact is this could have happened after we won the treble. Pep is right in that they've shown so much already and a decline is inevitable, particularly when you are missing the key jigsaw piece in Rodri. We rarely lose with him in the side. Replace Gundo for Rodri today and those mistakes either don't happen or he resolves them. He is always an out ball and he wouldn't stand for the filth some of the players are serving up. He certainly wouldn't stand for the number of players bottling tackles or losing the physical challenge. Foden, Savinho, Gundo, Rico, Akanji, Walker...all of them were easily shoved off the ball. There's no nasty edge running through the team to make sure we win every aspect of the game.

But we are 2nd in the league still and there was going to be a drop at some point. We aren't many players off being right back at it again and we will be the team to beat again very soon.

For now, we support the lads, push them to make sure we stay in the top 4 and hopefully pick up honours elsewhere then go again. Form is temporary, class is permanent and this squad has plenty of class.
 
The problem for me is that I’m really struggling to see how we can turn this around. We’ll probably beat Feyenoord and maybe Forest too, but I just can’t see us going on the type of prolonged run needed to win a title. Any kind of decent opponent suddenly feels like a daunting prospect. Seems incredible that you can still get Liverpool at 11/10 next weekend. Free money for this who want it.

The main problem is clearly in midfield. We have no physicality or energy in there, and that is a major issue to solve. We clearly need to go into the market in January, but not sure how we can fix it in the short term. If Guardiola somehow wins the title this season with this squad, it’d arguably be his greatest achievement to date.
 
B\connellblue said:
Without wanting (or meaning) to sound controversial I believe we need to sign some Strong athletic players of African origin. We are lacking pace and power all over the pitch at the moment.
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I honestly can't decide whether you're being serious or not.

Either way, I suspect we both know it's not likely to happen in the next few years.
 
thismeansfour said:
What an absolute dog shit post. We have just been tonked 4 nil at home, making it 5 losses on the spin. Fans are allowed to voice their displeasure and anger. Claiming we will be champions is rag as fuck. Gimp
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Rag?! No. And that’s a fucking insult

What it is, is positive and realistic way of looking at our recent history and dominance, but that is clearly lost on our new, glory hunting, spoilt twat ‘fans’
 
MadchesterCity said:
That's honestly my concern, there are several teams looking more likely
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We have been poor but are still second. We will improve. It says a lot about the teams below us that despite our current form they are still not above us. As somebody said, we are shit, so what does that make the rest then!
 
RayCTID said:
15 minutes we should have been a couple up. There were more impressive performances against us this season and neither Spurs or Sporting Lisbon were any of them.
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Don't worry, understanding football isn't for everyone
 
A few observations- Walker is done and needs replacing now, we need a 6 otherwise we don’t finish top 4. We need to figure out which of Grealish. Savinho or Doku is the future and go all in. We’re too happy to accept effort but no end product
 
That game was unbelievable really.

We were so in control from the off and putting the ball into the box and i thought it was just a matter of time before we scored, then out of the blue they score.

The confidence just drained from us after that and they seized their opportunity.

To be fair we created chances and their keeper made some big saves, but their third goal summed up this awful run we're on for me. We give the ball away and then just don't have the pace in midfield to catch them, and how the fuck their fullback has that much time and space to score is unbelievable at this level.
Their fourth goal just took the piss and rubbed a lot of salt in the wound.

Obviously losing Rodri is a huge loss and it just gets magnified every game, but other key injuries and loss of form for Foden, Bernardo, Gundo and Walker especially, have cost us big time.

We are way off it and unless Pep starts trusting the young lads, i have no idea how this gets turned around before January.

We need a RB, DM and striker in January or we may struggle to get top 4 this season imo.
 
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