Spurs post match

[CITYROBBO]

Who are the half time guys? That Feed the Goat thing was hilarious!! A bit near the knuckle, but, very funny

Half time entertainment was Funny with Mike Mcclean, the goat and him putting them off them taking pens, then that older chubby guy smashes one in that was piss funny with the pile on....

 

[cleavers]

Wouldn't say we're weak at full back though; with Zabaleta, Sagna, Kolarov and Clichy I think we're stronger in that position than any other team in the league.

You're right we're not weak at fullback, but I think its still our weakest position, especially if Sagna and Clichy both play at the same time. I'd rotate one, but not both personally, and I wouldn't rotate a centre back at the same time as well, its no surprise that 3 changes in a back 4 made us look poor at the back for much of the game, especially when there were changes in the cover in front of the back 4.

We won 4-1, so I'm not overly fussed, but it could easily have been a very different result.

 

[Balti]

we might have won if zaba played ffs

 

[Salford_Blue]

Sagna first job is defending and he did it very well today for me.

Some very timely covers and interceptions.

All about individual perceptions

 

[CelesteItis]

The thing with Clichy is that he gets forward and into space but has zero delivery skills. He can't cross it low and hard and he can't cross it high. He can't shoot either.

Agree, and his poor headed clearance forced Demichelis non penalty; quite similar to Vinnie's mistake when the candlefucks won to title, it came from poor Clichy defending.

Also there is an urgent need to clone Pablo Zabaleta, the bar is set too high for Sagna.

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

End to end..bizarre game today.
love sergio.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

Great result, Aguero, Hart, and Milner were superb, others not so great for me, very strange game though, we could have scored 10, Spurs maybe 5 or 6, some of our defending today was amateurish. I love our "we'll score more than you" attitude, but better teams than Spurs would have exploited it, and while good going forwards Spurs are pretty poor in midfield, and frankly w@nk in defence.

I don't want to be kidded by that result that we were better than we were, some of out football was very good, but we wasted a lot of it with poor decisions, and poor passing.

For me we made too many changes (again), I understand the need for rotation, and we have a key game midweek, but three changes in defence is too many, especially when we make (effectively) 3 in midfield too.

Ultimately it worked, so I won't criticise MP, but despite Aguero's goals and performance, Joe Hart was our key player (2 key saves at a very crucial moments), added to some idiocy from the Spurs defender, we still might not have won that game. James Milner too, put in so much energy, and effort, that he was dead on his feet by the end, yet we will need him midweek, and he can't keep performing at this tempo, no footballer can.

This might seem a negative post, its not meant to be, as I'm very proud of a lot about the way we played today, but it wasn't perfect, and we can be better than that (hopefully in the next home league game).

My ratings....

Hart - 9
Clichy - 6
Sanga - 6
Kompany - 7
Demechellis - 6
Navas - 6
Fernando - 5
Lampard - 6
Milner - 8
Silvas twin - 6
Aguero - 9.5

Fernandhino - 7
Jovetic - 5
Toure - 6

That's a very shrewd assessment but the phrase " a better side than Spurs" ?

Spurs are hoping for a Champions League spot, I don't think they will get it but they will come very close come May. Therefore, their aren't many better sides in the Premiership than Spurs and we won easily with a shoddy defensive performance, players missing and being very wasteful in front of goal.

Another point; how weird is this split opinion on Sagna - half seem to think he played very well and the other half think he was gash.

 

[jollylescott]

I sat on the edge of my seat for the entire game. It was a thrilling game where either team could have scored on multiple occasions. Credit to Spuds for coming to play. I don't think we will see that very often this season, and it had shades of the 6-3 game against Arsenal last season.

Kun was on fire and that made a huge difference. Jimmy and Joe played exceptionally and I thought 'Dinho made a huge difference when he came on.

Onwards now to the silent stadium in Russia. That is going to be very strange. And then West Ham away. They are a different team this season and will take some beating at home.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Strange game, overall we wasn't at our best yet we could of been celebrating a southampton kind of win on another day. Have to say it was a fantastic game of end to end eventful football. Not seen one like that for a while since most teams just play with 10 men behind the ball and we've been lacking tempo. Was very pleased to hear before kick off we were playing 4-5-1 and not 4-4-2. I realise we have some outstanding strikers but the sooner Pelegrini settles on a 4-5-1 regular formation the better. It provides our midfield with the ability to move and interchange fluidly which we often sorely lack in a more rigid 4-4-2. Silva had a poor game today granted, but he'll flourish even more playing behind the striker (needs to learn when to shoot mind as he'll be expecting to chip in with a few more goals, that return pass he tried with aguero from about 10 yards out early on at 0-0 drove me mental) and we'll be a lot more solid on that weak left hand side that opposition teams are targeting with somebody like Milner positioned there.

Interesting to see so much praise for navas, I thought he was piss poor today, I thought his inability to drive with the ball and take on a man and unusually poor decision making was going to cost us when they got the penalty. Navas is quite lucky in that he's a unique player within our squad. The only real out and out winger with any real pace. If we had an alternative to him, i think he would of been brought off very early on in the second half.

Also thought Sagna was good today despite some comments. He's not Zabba and we should probably get our heads around that sooner rather than later. He doesn't offer you what Zab does going forward, he will however always be there in support, his main attribute going forward is his ability to whip a decent ball in but that's almost redundant in our team of midgets unless Dzeko plays. Today he was very solid doing what he does best, defending. Made some crucial interceptions early on and reads the game very well.

 

[neel]

Aguero simply cannot continue to miss easy chances like his penalty and the rebound today. It'll haunt us if he does.

no matter how good you are, players some times miss easy chances. Even Messi has missed couple of pens in short period of time.

The penalty miss was down to arrogance but boy did it give him a wake-up call. Absolutely delighted that he will be with us for years to come.

Dont think was arrogance but nerves as he was on hat trick...but glad he got 4:)

 

[neel]

Who are the half time guys? That Feed the Goat thing was hilarious!! A bit near the knuckle, but, very funny

Half time entertainment was Funny with Mike Mcclean, the goat and him putting them off them taking pens, then that older chubby guy smashes one in that was piss funny with the pile on....

Any one knows the link for video

 

[momo88]

Knocking 4 past them after an international week is a top result. Take the pens away and we still created loads.

Navas was very wasteful at times but offers a threat going forward and does a lot of defensive cover.

I can see that game being the same as the derby in terms of both team's style, I can also see a similar result

fingers crossed

 

[EalingBlue2]

I think the biggest thing for me is arguably that was two thirds a b team! In a title game with our absolute first XI you could arguably bring in zabba, Aleks, mangala, fernandinho, Yaya, Sami and dzeko . Shows just how strong our squad is now .

Sagna looks really good to me and is a quality addition, caballero for me gives us a true quality back up and I couldn't be happier

 

[BlueDan91]

Don't usually post on post match threads but today I thought navas and sagna were.decent, they weren't phenomenal But they put in a shift, the "problem" for me is that neither play is direct. Navas saw a lot of the ball but always seemed reluctant to take on the man, but his ball retention was brilliant and his cross field runs on occasion spread the play for us. Sagna too isn't as direct as we would want.
He gets up well to support navas but instead of overlapping and cutting inside he waits out on the wing so when the ball goes to him he is almost penned in on the touchline.
Only trivial points as I think we can largely be very happy with that.
Very odd game in which both teams could of had bag fulls.
I thought Fernando had a decent game though, despite the loss of possession for their goal, there were a few occasions where we lost possession where he made last minute tackles to break up the attack.
Overall, delighted for Sergio, milner and hart who all had brilliant games!

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Don't usually post on post match threads but today I thought navas and sagna were.decent, they weren't phenomenal. But they put in a shift, the "problem" for me is that neither play is direct. Navas saw a lot of the ball but always seemed reluctant to take on the man, but his ball retention was brilliant and his cross field runs on occasion spread the play for us. Sagna too isn't as direct as we would want.
He gets up well to support navas but instead of overlapping and cutting inside he waits out on the wing so when the ball goes to him he is almost penned in on the touchline.
Only trivial points as I think we can largely be very happy with that.
Very odd game in which both teams could of had bag fulls.
I thought Fernando had a decent game though, despite the loss of possession for their goal, there were a few occasions where we lost possession where he made last minute tackles to break up the attack.
Overall, delighted for Sergio, milner and hart who all had brilliant games!

I thought Navas was excellent yesterday and was unlucky not to finish on at least a couple of assists (ball pulled back to Aguero who shot straight at Lloris, and the perfect cross to Aguero which resulted in the third penalty). He stretched Spurs all day and got in very good positions. As others have mentioned, had Zabaleta been playing (and had Lampard or Dzeko been on the field for the whole game) I'm certain he'd have picked up another assist or two.

 

[whp.blue]

We had royalty watching today as well

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Ashley Giles was at today's game? WOW never had him down as a City fan

 

[tonea2003]

just watched some of the game back, i dont usually have the luxury of listening to the BT coverage. anyone doubting the agenda tune in to mini me and the guy with him. hatred for our club. total hatred.

Can't you give it a rest and enjoy their pain rather than moaning about them

You used too....

you do what you like, i'll say it as it is.

i will
and you will thats what good about a forum

but you used revel in these commentators not gushing over our every move
just wondered what's changed

 

[blueinsa]

just watched some of the game back, i dont usually have the luxury of listening to the BT coverage. anyone doubting the agenda tune in to mini me and the guy with him. hatred for our club. total hatred.

They are the same every match,owen and darke hate us for sure,always want us to lose

Must admit, I had to laugh today as they found fault with every single goal.

1. Lampard was deemed 'offside' for the first (without BT being able to show a single corroborative camera angle), cos he jumped out of the way of the ball. Well given that that ball wound up in the far corner of the net, and given that Lloris's starting position was covering his near post, it would be physically impossible for Frankie to have been in the keeper's direct line of sight. Fucking cretins!
2. The first penalty was given incorrectly, despite replays clearly showing Lamps being bumped over from behind. Soft maybe, incorrect no.
3. Sergio wasn't denied a clear goal scoring opportunity, because there were a 'lot of bodies' in the box. Say what now? Kaboul failed to cut out Navas's pull back, and Sergio was steaming in a yard ahead of the other defender to knock it in, when he was dragged back. Depends on your definition of 'clear' I suppose, but it looked a fully justifiable red card to me.
4. According to ikkle Mickey, Sergio's 4th was a deflection. Well, if it did deviate off line - and it didn't - you'd have needed a NASA approved telescope and sextant to notice it.

Just enjoy their salty tears

Don't forget number 5 mate. Whilst they admitted the challenge on Soldado was outside the box, because he fell into the box you could see why the ref gave it so fair enough in their eyes......penalty!

Watch any game on to and you won't see the bitterness there is when we are on. Desperate they are to take away anything from us. It would have been so different had Soldado scored the penalty they kept on saying over and over and over whilst never once admitting had Kun not missed his, it would have been 3-1'and good night Vienna anyway.

 

[Benarbia]

Sergio immense should have had 7 though. milner pretty much 1st name on team sheet now along with Sergio and Hart

 

[FantasyIreland]

Sergio immense should have had 7 though. milner pretty much 1st name on team sheet now along with Sergio and Hart

The first name honour belongs to Vincent.I'm not sure how you have come to have an alternative opinion.