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Spurs vs City post match
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Transfer windows closed. We have to put things in context and not stress about one game.
HypnoticBlue
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If Pep had started with Stones on Weds instead of Kolarov at CB, today's game wouldn't have played the way it did, Spurs got the idea from Celtic, as will everybody else who plays us from now on. Time up for Zabba I'm afraid, and Kolarov is just a passenger.
Very poor disjointed performance in a Pellegrini mould. Thought Rose & Wanyama were lucky to stay on as was Otamendi, and Alli amazingly escaped any card at all.
Hopefully Pep learns from this week and plays with some paceier fullbacks. Missed KB massively.
Very poor disjointed performance in a Pellegrini mould. Thought Rose & Wanyama were lucky to stay on as was Otamendi, and Alli amazingly escaped any card at all.
Hopefully Pep learns from this week and plays with some paceier fullbacks. Missed KB massively.
christened at st marks
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And match the opponents commitment balls and work rateAnd stop making schoolboy errors would help
TCIB
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Well thats the Second game our fullbacks have been found out.....Zabba too slow fof EPL games....Kolorov should be at another club.....shambles at the back......Stones and Bravo take some credit.....midfield and defence shambolic and Sergio the invisable man 2 games in a row. ???? Need some strong words or time to sell !!!
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If Pep had started with Stones on Weds instead of Kolarov at CB, today's game wouldn't have played the way it did, Spurs got the idea from Celtic, as will everybody else who plays us from now on. Time up for Zabba I'm afraid, and Kolarov is just a passenger.
Very poor disjointed performance in a Pellegrini mould. Thought Rose & Wanyama were lucky to stay on as was Otamendi, and Alli amazingly escaped any card at all.
Hopefully Pep learns from this week and plays with some paceier fullbacks. Missed KB massively.
Swansea tried it got beat Celtic did it draw Spurs did it and won because they are a far better team than the other 2. There will be only liverpool spurs and maybe Arsenal who can do that and get a result.
HypnoticBlue
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I hope you're right, but hopefully they'll all beat each other and we'll have more points.
nmc
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This is a work in progress. New manager, trying new system. What are people expecting with new manager only in place 3 months. He has to see if the squad he has is capable then make his decision on the future squad. 1 transfer window and everyone expecting to ship out dead wood straight away and have replacement's brought in without any problems. Be realistic it don't work that way and thinking we'll just get 2 fullbacks handy in January. It's not like you just pick them off a shelf in supermarket. Too much of the I want it all and I want it right now mentality on this forum. As I said work in progress. Patience..
You can't go spouting sense like this on here - you'll get a ban. You are right of course. Pellegrini had the ship well in reverse and it will take time to get us moving again - but we are moving forward. Only just seeing how much Pellegrini set us back, but Peps making good decisions and we are a work in progress.
meltonblue
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I thought the game today showed that we still have a team that are reliant on a few players and when they aren't available, our balance suffers as a result. As we are playing a quicker transition from defence to attack than a typical Guardiola side does, we really miss De Bruyne driving us forward.
Ultimately though, today we came up against a team that is now well drilled in what their (very good) coach wants from them, who has moulded the squad to be able to cope when they are missing a couple.
It is going to take a while for us to be fully embedded in Guardiolas style, Until then, if we have everyone fit, we have the quality of players that can see us win and go through the transition at the same time. If they aren't, then we will have a few games that look disjointed or teams overrun us in certain areas. We need to keep with the same style though to really reap the long term benefits.
Ultimately though, today we came up against a team that is now well drilled in what their (very good) coach wants from them, who has moulded the squad to be able to cope when they are missing a couple.
It is going to take a while for us to be fully embedded in Guardiolas style, Until then, if we have everyone fit, we have the quality of players that can see us win and go through the transition at the same time. If they aren't, then we will have a few games that look disjointed or teams overrun us in certain areas. We need to keep with the same style though to really reap the long term benefits.
the blue panther
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Today, it was like having a free hit: if/when we lost, we knew we'd still be top!
It panned out virtually as I expected, but, I'm disappointed for a few reasons:
First, Sagna and Clichy are our 2 best defensive full backs, and as they we on the bench, I assume that they were both fit. I would have picked them. We were always going to need our most mobile full backs. Pep knows best, but, I don't understand that selection.
Second, worryingly, Zabba looked like he was running through treacle; Kolarov looked off the pace until 70 mins when spurs were tired - and that own goal was pathetic - but as per his first half performance.
Third, if there was a match where I wouldn't want to see 4 'reserves' playing - Zaba, Kola, Navas and Fernando in the same team - it was today at WHL - probably our most difficult away game. Needs must, to an extent, but just our luck that Nolito gets a completely unnecessary ban, and KDB got injured. Either of those 2 playing would have made a major difference, as Navas wouldn't have started.
Fourth, as a result of the above, Sterling starts on the left and was ineffective.
Fifth, despite the above, we could have scored a couple if Aguero had been on his game, but, he's in a 2 game lull.
Last, it looked like Nacho came on with Dzeko's old lead boots on!
Thank God spurs weren't at full strength!
Bad day at the office. Let's hope the break does us some good. Still top. United dropped points. We might be full strength again in 2 weeks. Still early days, and everything to play for - AND the Womens' team have done the double! But, Gareth Southgate's called up Jesse Lingard and Glen Johnson to the England squad, so maybe the world's gone fckin mad - or is it me?
It panned out virtually as I expected, but, I'm disappointed for a few reasons:
First, Sagna and Clichy are our 2 best defensive full backs, and as they we on the bench, I assume that they were both fit. I would have picked them. We were always going to need our most mobile full backs. Pep knows best, but, I don't understand that selection.
Second, worryingly, Zabba looked like he was running through treacle; Kolarov looked off the pace until 70 mins when spurs were tired - and that own goal was pathetic - but as per his first half performance.
Third, if there was a match where I wouldn't want to see 4 'reserves' playing - Zaba, Kola, Navas and Fernando in the same team - it was today at WHL - probably our most difficult away game. Needs must, to an extent, but just our luck that Nolito gets a completely unnecessary ban, and KDB got injured. Either of those 2 playing would have made a major difference, as Navas wouldn't have started.
Fourth, as a result of the above, Sterling starts on the left and was ineffective.
Fifth, despite the above, we could have scored a couple if Aguero had been on his game, but, he's in a 2 game lull.
Last, it looked like Nacho came on with Dzeko's old lead boots on!
Thank God spurs weren't at full strength!
Bad day at the office. Let's hope the break does us some good. Still top. United dropped points. We might be full strength again in 2 weeks. Still early days, and everything to play for - AND the Womens' team have done the double! But, Gareth Southgate's called up Jesse Lingard and Glen Johnson to the England squad, so maybe the world's gone fckin mad - or is it me?
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Watching it again I think some people are overreacting, for a start on another day we could easily have come away with a point, Sergio and Kelechi could have both scored at least a goal a piece in the second half, aside from the Penalty and a few shots from outside the box they didn't create that much compared to us. The own goal was very unlucky for us and set the tone for Spurs had that not gone in and maybe had Silva got a hold of that ball that was flashed across the box(Serg scored one like that at Swansea) it could have been a very different game.
Spurs were good but we weren't outplayed we gave as good as we got but there were individual mistakes and there will be days like that for all teams, some of our older players have played a lot of high intensity games and need a rest IMO that's when the mistakes come when players are tired.
Spurs were good but we weren't outplayed we gave as good as we got but there were individual mistakes and there will be days like that for all teams, some of our older players have played a lot of high intensity games and need a rest IMO that's when the mistakes come when players are tired.