Spurs vs City post match

[Ezra]

just got back.
ok not brilliant but why all the doom and gloom. its one defeat, an unlucky one at that.

sorry but I have no concerns apart from Pep just needs to think very carefully about each starting 11 we use. he seems to think they can all do the job but in truth some clearly can't. I said i'd like to be there all there abouts at xmas so we can see what we need for January in order to kick on. well we are ahead of that, we are top. nothing to see here.

Post of the day!

 

[simon23]

just got back.
ok not brilliant but why all the doom and gloom. its one defeat, an unlucky one at that.

sorry but I have no concerns apart from Pep just needs to think very carefully about each starting 11 we use. he seems to think they can all do the job but in truth some clearly can't. I said i'd like to be there all there abouts at xmas so we can see what we need for January in order to kick on. well we are ahead of that, we are top. nothing to see here.

i agree with you but do you think we will go for anyone in January?

Notoriously hard to get anyone decent in January and we need a better option than fernando and a better fullback than kolorov and zabba. I just don't see us getting any of that in the January transfer window. I know we have Jesus coming but thats already signed and sealed.

 

[simon23]

own goal. rose staying on the pitch. aguero and others clipping parts of the keeper and bouncing kindly for them. the fa appointing mariner the ****.

2
ref didnt do anything wrong

we were second best purely down to the 11 players on pitch and the what each manager asked them to do..they could have had a few more and we may have had one or two but we would have still lost.

we were 2nd best today...end of!

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Was glad to see Fernando in the starting line up to strengthen up our midfield but then totally sanitised that impact by picking Navas to start. We're not Barcelona, yet. We cannot play 4-3-3 away from home to the likes of Spurs, Liverpool etc who are teams that will batter us and run us ragged. We've got to play 4-5-1 to win the midfield battle and to nullify the threat and the crowd. Should've also started with Gundogan in that midfield 5. Very surprised that Pep didn't realise that. Pellers was too ignorant of that fact and now Pep might be too. We cannot be that arrogant, like the swamp monsters, that we think we have a god-given right to beat all before us. Pep said they were just better. Zaba said we just weren't at it today. But the truth is our tactics were wrong. Hopefully Pep will learn from it.

Tend to agree with this. We were not very good today but the formation didn't help....simply because we are not yet good enough to play it against very well drilled opponents. I think pep is a coach who imposes his style of play on the opposition rather than setting up his team to nullify or counter their formation and tactics. Given time and the right personnel we will get there..

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Got to love football. This time last week Kolarov was being compared to Bobby Moore, now he's more like Bobby Davro.

I thought Carraghers comments calling him a poser and only on the pitch to take free kicks were uncalled for.

I must have been watching a different game to some as I didn't think Spurs were cheats or dirty, just used their physicality, something we might like to try sometime.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

Tend to agree with this. We were not very good today but the formation didn't help....simply because we are not yet good enough to play it against very well drilled opponents. I think pep is a coach who imposes his style of play on the opposition rather than setting up his team to nullify or counter their formation and tactics. Given time and the right personnel we will get there..

Yes, but when you set a team up you expect the players to do what you have told them, today we did not do that :-)

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Got to love football. This time last week Kolarov was being compared to Bobby Moore, now he's more like Bobby Davro.

I thought Carraghers comments calling him a poser and only on the pitch to take free kicks were uncalled for.

I must have been watching a different game to some as I didn't think Spurs were cheats or dirty, just used their physicality, something we might like to try sometime.

Yeah they bullied us. We were a bit lightweight today

 

[burning blue soul]

Spurs played well and deserved their victory, but I was very disappointed with the gamesmanship, time wasting and niggley fouls they employed. Looks like they will be this year's Liverpool (along with Liverpool!)

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Honeymoon over, Kolarov has reverted to type the last 2 games.

The Fern's cannot play together we knew that last year.

I hate all this pissing about at the back.

Stones was superb.

Thank fuck the international break is here Pep needs some thinking time.

Oh and Rose is a nasty cheating shithouse.

 

[cucumberman]

Spurs played well and deserved their victory, but I was very disappointed with the gamesmanship, time wasting and niggley fouls they employed. Looks like they will be this year's Liverpool (along with Liverpool!)

Rose was guilty of all counts but I guess the game has been like this for years now. Unsportsmanike but sometimes they work to get into the heads of opposing players. I'm not sure if the tables were turned we would be outraged, though I've never seen us bullying other teams.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

Honeymoon over, Kolarov has reverted to type the last 2 games.

The Fern's cannot play together we knew that last year.

I hate all this pissing about at the back.

Stones was superb.

Thank fuck the international break is here Pep needs some thinking time.

Oh and Rose is a nasty cheating shithouse.

Yeah, and even my pet dog knows we need new fullbacks, I hope pep does too :-)

 

[fatbloke]

We were beaten by the better team today. It was a brilliant game, both teams were well up for it, in the end Spurs deserved the win. You can just see that they're a bit further along in that building process with Pochettino having been there for 2 years.

Guardiola has brought us a long way in 12 games, further than any of us could possibly have anticipated this early but we have to keep perspective and understand it'll take time. Our players are still having to think where to run, when to time the run, where to pass etc. were as Spurs players have had 2 years to get used to how Pochettino wants them to play and their movements are instinctive now and that was the difference between two very good teams today. Well that and Kolarov being a fucking dozy **** for the second game in succession.

Zabaleta, Kolarov, Fernando and Navas just aren't quite good enough and at their age I don't see any of them improving significantly enough to justify a place in next seasons squad but we're on the right track and Guardiola knows what he's doing so lets just enjoy the ride.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Spurs played well and deserved their victory, but I was very disappointed with the gamesmanship, time wasting and niggley fouls they employed. Looks like they will be this year's Liverpool (along with Liverpool!)

It's annoying but at 2-0 up it's what needs to be done sometimes. Wish we would do it more often to kill off games when leading.

 

[kevodevo]

key to these games, which are always tight, is you just have to convert chances as they will be few.
We had enough chances- even one in the first few mins with Silva- we hit the post- Lorris made two fortunate saves with his legs- we had a free kick go very close- we did not take those chances and we did not win-
JuST MOVE ON KEEP MAKING CHANCES AND CONVERT- nowt won in October plenty of time and many twists and turns- keep the faith in the blue boys!!

 

[cucumberman]

Teams now know that we play from the back and if they press the back and at the same time put men on midfield to scrap the loose balls we will have less possession. They press and our touches and passes become poor.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

key to these games, which are always tight, is you just have to convert chances as they will be few.
We had enough chances- even one in the first few mins with Silva- we hit the post- Lorris made two fortunate saves with his legs- we had a free kick go very close- we did not take those chances and we did not win-
JuST MOVE ON KEEP MAKING CHANCES AND CONVERT- nowt won in October plenty of time and many twists and turns- keep the faith in the blue boys!!

And stop making schoolboy errors would help

 

[Peggy's a blue]

This result has been coming. Losing three goals to Celtic was a clue, we are flaky when teams attack us, and please can all stop using this "high press" nonsense. Teams were using this in sixties, it was called "closing down" then fed up of this modern talk.

 

[simon23]

We were beaten by the better team today. It was a brilliant game, both teams were well up for it, in the end Spurs deserved the win. You can just see that they're a bit further along in that building process with Pochettino having been there for 2 years.

Guardiola has brought us a long way in 12 games, further than any of us could possibly have anticipated this early but we have to keep perspective and understand it'll take time. Our players are still having to think where to run, when to time the run, where to pass etc. were as Spurs players have had 2 years to get used to how Pochettino wants them to play and their movements are instinctive now and that was the difference between two very good teams today. Well that and Kolarov being a fucking dozy **** for the second game in succession.

Zabaleta, Kolarov, Fernando and Navas just aren't quite good enough and at their age I don't see any of them improving significantly enough to justify a place in next seasons squad but we're on the right track and Guardiola knows what he's doing so lets just enjoy the ride.

i agree but what about this season...how do we get around those obvious problems of those 4 not being good enough this season. Its not as thought its actually ground breaking revelation as everyone knew that those 4 together would not be good enough...once the injuries, suspensions start hitting we all knew that we would drop down a level....Pep has to adapt to having players who cannot play his way...the big question is will he? like you said none of these players are going to get any better at what they need to get better at...so when we lose silva or KDB or fernandishnio especially and we are playing teams like liverpool spurs arsenal everton who will run their balls off and press like today ...how do we go about changing this cause if we don't there will be more performances and results like today and it will come down to these games who wins the league....are we to expect a season of transition or should we be expecting to win the league...genuine question as I really don't know what to expect from this season

 

[R-u-s-x]

own goal. rose staying on the pitch. aguero and others clipping parts of the keeper and bouncing kindly for them. the fa appointing mariner the ****.

City should have been one player down well before. Intentional hand ball is always a yellow

 

[northstandgiveusasong]

Sane for Navas and Gundoghan for Fernando. Fernandinho in front of back four.