Spurs (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Mr HJ said:
Cue some over reactions on this thread. The only thing for me that was really bad was all about fitness - Spurs looked so much sharper and fitter and we gave them very few problems as a result. The start was good and if Omar had a better day finishing wise a goal lead would have changed a lot.

It's early and lots to work on but similar issues with poor fullbacks Rico and Ake had very poor games in my opinion and our 2 central midfielders played way too deep giving them plenty of space. Feel sorry for Trafford it seemed a lot were willing him to f**k up with his passing out and that manifested. He will need to show a lot of character now and perhaps Donnaruma may be closer than ever...

Always a cup final for Spurs but boy do we need to up our work & intensity - this is not pre season and other teams seem faster.

Few good glimpses but we have to be much stronger mentally - as soon as Rayan went off injured we panicked and went to slow, slow build up play again.
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Donnaruma is dreadful playing out with his feet. He is not what we need. We need a younger Ederson but from where?
 
Matt.D said:
I’m fucking puzzled with Pep today. The first time in the game we had a period of sustained attacks was the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half. I wouldn’t say Spurs were on the ropes but they were on the back foot. Cherki, Bobb and Lewis were linking well and causing problems. But Cherki was the one pulling the strings. I appreciate he also lost possession sometimes trying things. But he takes the only creative player on the day off and also takes the only other consistent goalscorer apart from Haaland off and brings on Unc Bernardo and Doku who have very little end product on and we spent the next 30 minutes chasing spurs round like a bunch of c*nts.

I get making changes if you’re not playing well or later in the game but it was the first time we looked like a consistent threat. Said it at the time and it proved that way given we got so much better worse after the change. Fucking bizarre.
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Not puzzling, simply an extension of the last 18 months of decision making.
 
Just on the train home from the game, and wow we were so so poor today, created hardly anything and defended terribly
 
Thought Gonzales and Dias were particularly poor.

Not really sure why we’ve rewarded 2 subpar years from Dias with a new contract?

Ait-Nouri going off ruined the whole balance of the team, which is mad to say.

Rodri isn’t sharp at all. I thought Bobb was poor today. Marmoush off for Doku was an awful sub in hindsight.

Foden made a huge difference, praying he stays fit. Was hobbling around at one of their corners.
 
Main problem today was complete lack of control in midfield...Cherki, Reijnders and Gonzalez were incapable of holding onto the ball and getting some concerted pressure going. Too many guys in this team lack consistency, good one week then mediocre the next, happening too often
 
DenisLawBackHeel74 said:
I know who we bought but I don’t know whether Pep actually wanted any of them. He put all the toys on today …
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Maybe, just maybe, he is not our manger anymore, but nobody has balls to tell him that yet. He is going to end up like Milton in some of Etihad's dark subterranean corners.

I mean, wtf, they bought more than half the team and he was not involved!?!?!?!?!
 
Doc_Testosterone said:
Trafford did nothing wrong? Excuse me but did you see him get away with a totally deserving red card, a goal he gave away, and the plenty of times he shat himself when passing out the back?
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We won a treble when Pep trusted his defenders to just CLEAR THE BALL instead of retaining possession!

That was the one thing Ake, Dias and Akanji did different in that season from the 17-18 to 21-22 seasons.. where as Zinny/ Laporte/ Cancelo would all try to retain it and it'd end up in our net.

We have to give license to the defenders again to clear it.. because losing a ball 40 yards from goal is a lot better than losing it 10 yards from your own goal.

That's the only thing I would change after today other than the amount of effort put in because Spurs outworked us today and first to every loose ball!
 
That's ohe of the most demoralising opening home games of the season I have seen. Pep needs to make massive changes. Reijmderd snd Bobb are class. Trafford, Gonzalez, Rico and Cherki were awful. Marmoush is not a left winger.

I can not see that City team competing for the top 4 let alone the title. Spurs were better than us in every area of the pitch with the exception of Bobb and possibly Stones.
 
Give Pep some credit.
He went with the new players and a very attacking side at home today against Spurs.
It didn't work with a well organized Spurs team.
We need to give Frank and his players some credit.
 
CΛL said:
Thought Gonzales and Dias were particularly poor.

Not really sure why we’ve rewarded 2 subpar years from Dias with a new contract?

Ait-Nouri going off ruined the whole balance of the team, which is mad to say.

Rodri isn’t sharp at all. I thought Bobb was poor today. Marmoush off for Doku was an awful sub in hindsight.

Foden made a huge difference, praying he stays fit. Was hobbling around at one of their corners.
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Doku needs to work on his touch, constantly just booting the ball ahead of himself for the ball to run out, and when he does keep hold of it his final ball is shocking
 
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