Spurs (H) Post Match Thread

cjn said:
What’s really struck me watching the first two weeks, and especially today, is that half our squad look like they aren’t even close to full fitness yet. KDB and Sterling were both gassed for the last twenty or thirty minutes, Kun wasn't pressing in the second half, Bernardo was a little bit sluggish, Gundo looks like he's carrying an extra 10 pounds. I really wonder if not being able to train at more than half speed during our shambolic preseason tour cost us two points today.
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So it was nothing to do with not taking one of our countless chances? It was down to fitness?
 
stan bowles said:
Interesting. So you were watching in Canada on TV and you were better informed than the 54,000 souls inside the Etihad. How has the game got to this ? It's clear and obvious then that there's no point going to watch games live any longer. Everyone stay at home and they can pipe crowd noise into an empty stadium.
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I think you're onto something - let the match going fans be the judge instead of using VAR, for example by pressing a button in the seat. Season ticket holders get two votes, and being a Top Blue earns you an additional vote.
 
Just back and listened to phone ins and seen comments on here before I left the ground and just caught up on some more comments. For me, as I said in an earlier comment we should've had this game wrapped up easily with the chances we had. Pep told us all this a while back and being wasteful has cost us today, whereas as Spuds had two efforts and scored two.

Ref VAR , well it ain't going away is it? I think no one would argue its clinical, down to a hair on an arm or a mm. That's fine, I accept that, what I dont accept is the inconsistency of its use. One game a pen is a pen, in another it's not even reviewed. that's the problem with it as I see it and until it is consistent then it's just a lottery and open to corruption. A few people on radio asking why the ref didnt go and take a look at the decisions That's because they have been told to trust their colleagues at Stockley Park and try not to slow the game down. I still think Riley is a smug cnut tho even tho VAR wasnt his introduction I bet he loves all the shit it causes

We attacked brilliantly today without being in top gear and whilst theres a bit of rustiness in our play I'm fairly confident that we will still win the league this season.
 
Just got in so not caught up.
2 things we learned today:
1 We need to put our chances away (statement of the bleeding obvious, but crap var decisions would become academic)
2 Spurs are not good enough to win anything.
 
Proy said:
He came here to fucking WUM and then get outta dodge.

You've fell for it. All the way to the bank.

My breathing is fine btw, but thanks for the concern.
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Relax bud, we'll win the league with or without VAR or wums.
 
Steadfast said:
Just back and listened to phone ins and seen comments on here before I left the ground and just caught up on some more comments. For me, as I said in an earlier comment we should've had this game wrapped up easily with the chances we had. Pep told us all this a while back and being wasteful has cost us today, whereas as Spuds had two efforts and scored two.

Ref VAR , well it ain't going away is it? I think no one would argue its clinical, down to a hair on an arm or a mm. That's fine, I accept that, what I dont accept is the inconsistency of its use. One game a pen is a pen, in another it's not even reviewed. that's the problem with it as I see it and until it is consistent then it's just a lottery and open to corruption. A few people on radio asking why the ref didnt go and take a look at the decisions That's because they have been told to trust their colleagues at Stockley Park and try not to slow the game down. I still think Riley is a smug cnut tho even tho VAR wasnt his introduction I bet he loves all the shit it causes

We attacked brilliantly today without being in top gear and whilst theres a bit of rustiness in our play I'm fairly confident that we will still win the league this season.
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Great post.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
If they don’t want us to think it’s corrupt, mic the refs, the VAR room, show all the footage they are looking at in the big screen. Until they do that, they are hiding something. And the only reason to hide it is if it’s bent.
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Exactly.
Rugby refs have a mic and fans are happy.

Mind you in football theyd have the VAR ref with Gary Nevilles voice dubbing it.
 
Metalartin said:
Haha windup merchant eh... even fitted in "conspiracy theories" just after I pre-empted that in my previous post.

Definite pull on the arm, directly influenced the position of his arm when the ball came in.
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He’s felt where he is, not an actual pull to impede him. The Rodri one was a deff impediment though and should have been given
 
I would welcome a similar system to cricket and tennis where technology is also used.
Allow each team 1 VAR appeal per half on decisions they strongly disagree with officials. Give the captain 15 sec to ask for an official review then show all angles on the big screen before the decision is made.
Works brilliantly in the other sports so why not football....it’s only fair....or maybe that’s not the point of VAR!!
 
Spurs are average. Ottamendi dominated their hero Harry. We were selfish in front of goal which cost us dearly, kdb, Sterling and Jesus could all have laid on tap ins for teammates, that’s not like us. Their fans should be embarrassed cheering for VAR rather than their team but when you get that badly outplayed...
 
Burtonblue said:
I would welcome a similar system to cricket and tennis where technology is also used.
Allow each team 1 VAR appeal per half on decisions they strongly disagree with officials. Give the captain 15 sec to ask for an official review then show all angles on the big screen before the decision is made.
Works brilliantly in the other sports so why not football....it’s only fair....or maybe that’s not the point of VAR!!
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Because both of those sports don’t include subjective decisions, it’s always a right or wrong. That doesn’t work for football.
 
lastmanback said:
When bernardo done his little party piece near touch line dancing around 3 spurs players, why when danny rose flattened him, did they get the free kick ????
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VAR said he was showing off and we cant have that on a wet Tuesday at Burnley never mind at the home of the champions and treble winners. They reckoned he did it only to get more image rights from the amount of Gifs that's are going to be created. They felt that this would outshine Michael Oliver' performance so they blocked him with a yellow card for being a smartarse
 
Burtonblue said:
I would welcome a similar system to cricket and tennis where technology is also used.
Allow each team 1 VAR appeal per half on decisions they strongly disagree with officials. Give the captain 15 sec to ask for an official review then show all angles on the big screen before the decision is made.
Works brilliantly in the other sports so why not football....it’s only fair....or maybe that’s not the point of VAR!!
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It doesn’t work mate because it’s a totally different fucking sport!! Comparing football to cricket and tennis is ridiculous. Why try to make all sports operate in the same way??? It’s this stupid mentality I can’t stand.

Oh and cricket and tennis are gash sports.
 
adelaideblue said:
He’s felt where he is, not an actual pull to impede him. The Rodri one was a deff impediment though and should have been given
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Felt him? That's how you feel where someone is in you book? Some strange logic there pal. He's dragged his arm back.

Look at the position of Laportes arm, is that a natural position, straight out by his side and behind him?

No, it's a foul and it influenced the handball more importantly. It would be hard to spot in real time and the one in the first half was a stronger claim(could see it in real time) but that's the point of VAR isn't it? They've given a handball that barely grazed him but dragging the arm back to be in position for it, is too marginal? Isn't that double standards?
 
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