Spurs (H) - Sun 3rd Dec, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Ducado]

The weather doesn’t look good for Sunday, forecast sleet and snow

 

[PragueBlue]

The weather doesn’t look good for Sunday, forecast sleet and snow

Ballet on ice part 2 ;-)

 

[JPBB]

We need these guaranteed three-points to end our losing streak.

Do we get to keep you when we win this?

 

[Bluewars]

If Spurs decide to play a high line against us then Pep needs to show them videos of our first goal last night and say "do that". Too often I think our players don't get their head up to put Haaland in behind when he makes runs, maybe because we player the possession game more.

Many of Haalands goals for Dortmund were like that. You can't usually get away with a high line against him if his teammates are putting good balls in behind.

Hopefully Spurs do! Postecoglou is a bit mad and had their defence on the halfway line when they only had 8 outfield players on v Chelsea. If he does, we need to use it to our advantage.

Haaland must get so frustrated, its not even 'eye of the needle' passes, Alvarez ignored the most basic of through balls to Haaland vs Lpool, honestly if he can't play those through balls he shouldn't be playing #8, Bernardo is the worst culprit though, we really miss Kdb and Gundogan.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Haaland must get so frustrated, its not even 'eye of the needle' passes, Alvarez ignored the most basic of through balls to Haaland vs Lpool, honestly if he can't play those through balls he shouldn't be playing #8, Bernardo is the worst culprit though, we really miss Kdb and Gundogan.

To be fair, as much as I loved Gundo, he was one of the worst for not getting his head up and spotting Haaland making runs, it was something I mentioned time and time again last season.

Can't complain too much, we won a treble haha and I guess it's much easier to spot those runs from the sofa than it is on the pitch, but there's no doubting that ball is on much more than we use it. There is barely a centre back that would match him for pace either ones he's away.

The funny thing is when he signed from Dortmund, some people were doubting he would get as many goals because teams won't play a high line against us, and a lot of his Dortmund goals were actually coming from through balls, so they probably underestimated how good he was around the box because they were used to seeing him running onto balls a lot of the time.

I would definitely like to see us mix it up a little bit in that respect

 

[55yr old teenager]

Hope we smash the spurs and condem them to their 4th loss in a row. Have never forgot the loss to them in the 1981 FA cup final. Hate them with a passion.
Not forgot that handball they got away with in the Champions league as well.

 

[Bluewars]

To be fair, as much as I loved Gundo, he was one of the worst for not getting his head up and spotting Haaland making runs, it was something I mentioned time and time again last season.

Can't complain too much, we won a treble haha and I guess it's much easier to spot those runs from the sofa than it is on the pitch, but there's no doubting that ball is on much more than we use it. There is barely a centre back that would match him for pace either ones he's away.

The funny thing is when he signed from Dortmund, some people were doubting he would get as many goals because teams won't play a high line against us, and a lot of his Dortmund goals were actually coming from through balls, so they probably underestimated how good he was around the box because they were used to seeing him running onto balls a lot of the time.

I would definitely like to see us mix it up a little bit in that respect

I used to get annoyed with Gundo too, but he's far better than Bernardo and Alvarez at seeing the through ball.

Id like to see us mix it up too, sometimes we tend to overplay with extra passes or resetting the play from deep. All in all cant complain because the first half of last season I was a big critic of our inverted style and then we won the treble.

 

[solley attwell]

Hope we smash the spurs and condem them to their 4th loss in a row. Have never forgot the loss to them in the 1981 FA cup final. Hate them with a passion.
Not forgot that handball they got away with in the Champions league as well.

Me too. Hated the media bollox, Osssie's cup final, chas and Dave, year of the cockeral, year ending in 01 and the usual london media bias. Fuck em then and fuck em now

 

[Father Paul]

Me too. Hated the media bollox, Osssie's cup final, chas and Dave, year of the cockeral, year ending in 01 and the usual london media bias. Fuck em then and fuck em now

Yeah fuck em

 

[wattle]

No Kyle, lol.

Why is it lol? I just think Rico deserves to play and don’t know who else he could fit in for. If stones plays then Kyle plays as stones steps into midfield. I think we struggle without that defender stepping in midfield and I personally don’t think akanji is good enough to do that.