Marvin said:Spurs were lucky to get a point. But it might not be a bad point at the end. Wigan played really well. Hard to believe they are in the relegation zone.
Problem is they haven't won at Stamford Bridge in 23 years - I'm sure they've got a graph for it. If we beat Swansea today we could even afford a draw in that game. Told you Spuds that you don't want to be facing relegation sides at the business end of the season.lust overlord said:Spurs needed 3 points today.It now likely they may need to beat Chelsea at Stamford bridge to put them on course for that last champions league spot.
Castiel said:Problem is they haven't won at Stamford Bridge in 23 years - I'm sure they've got a graph for it. If we beat Swansea today we could even afford a draw in that game. Told you Spuds that you don't want to be facing relegation sides at the business end of the season.lust overlord said:Spurs needed 3 points today.It now likely they may need to beat Chelsea at Stamford bridge to put them on course for that last champions league spot.
tonea2003 said:from opta joe
24 - As it stands, Tottenham have lost 24 points from winning positions this season, 2nd most behind Southampton. Slips.
GHoddle said:tonea2003 said:from opta joe
24 - As it stands, Tottenham have lost 24 points from winning positions this season, 2nd most behind Southampton. Slips.
I guess but technically we also gained a point from a losing position. Same against Everton.
bleed.blue said:Jan Vertonghen has actually made it to this season's team of the year.
His career path's similarity to that of Vermaelen is amazing.
Vermaelen also had a break out first season in english football where due to his goal scoring prowess people ranked him highly. He also made it to team of the year that season in 2009-10. Reports started linking him to Spanish clubs and since then we have all come to know how poor he is defensively. I have a strong suspicion that Vertonghen is going to be the same.
THFC6061 said:bleed.blue said:Jan Vertonghen has actually made it to this season's team of the year.
His career path's similarity to that of Vermaelen is amazing.
Vermaelen also had a break out first season in english football where due to his goal scoring prowess people ranked him highly. He also made it to team of the year that season in 2009-10. Reports started linking him to Spanish clubs and since then we have all come to know how poor he is defensively. I have a strong suspicion that Vertonghen is going to be the same.
Nice try.
But City (along with every other Premier League club) would kill to have a player of Vertonghen's quality.
THFC6061 said:bleed.blue said:Jan Vertonghen has actually made it to this season's team of the year.
His career path's similarity to that of Vermaelen is amazing.
Vermaelen also had a break out first season in english football where due to his goal scoring prowess people ranked him highly. He also made it to team of the year that season in 2009-10. Reports started linking him to Spanish clubs and since then we have all come to know how poor he is defensively. I have a strong suspicion that Vertonghen is going to be the same.
Nice try.
But City (along with every other Premier League club) would kill to have a player of Vertonghen's quality.
THFC6061 said:bleed.blue said:Jan Vertonghen has actually made it to this season's team of the year.
His career path's similarity to that of Vermaelen is amazing.
Vermaelen also had a break out first season in english football where due to his goal scoring prowess people ranked him highly. He also made it to team of the year that season in 2009-10. Reports started linking him to Spanish clubs and since then we have all come to know how poor he is defensively. I have a strong suspicion that Vertonghen is going to be the same.
Nice try.
But City (along with every other Premier League club) would kill to have a player of Vertonghen's quality.
THFC6061 said:bleed.blue said:Jan Vertonghen has actually made it to this season's team of the year.
His career path's similarity to that of Vermaelen is amazing.
Vermaelen also had a break out first season in english football where due to his goal scoring prowess people ranked him highly. He also made it to team of the year that season in 2009-10. Reports started linking him to Spanish clubs and since then we have all come to know how poor he is defensively. I have a strong suspicion that Vertonghen is going to be the same.
Nice try.
But City (along with every other Premier League club) would kill to have a player of Vertonghen's quality.
Castiel said:Spurs fans love to talk about how good their CB's and goalkeeper are but their defensive record is mid table and miles off the best teams in the league. Even Liverpool has conceded fewer. Their defensive issues are probably why they're depending on Arsenal and Chelsea to slip to get into the CL because they've been scoring enough goals.
Castiel said:Some Spurs fans love to talk about how good their CB's and goalkeeper are.
FrostyNRG said:Castiel said:Some Spurs fans love to talk about how good their CB's and goalkeeper are.
Fixed your post, although I concede you have a point.
To be honest, I think our keeper is very good and our centre halves decent too. I don't think our full-backs are that great defensively, which might explain our less than stellar defensive record, but even with that said it's hardly awful. We've "only" conceded 7 & 8 more than our direct rivals this season which is not a huge gap. We certainly aren't fantastic defensively but we are far from terrible.
Oh, and we're not relying on Chelsea and Arsenal to slip up to make Champions Leagues. It's entirely in our hands. Same for Chelsea. The only team that needs other results to go their way even if they win every game is Arsenal. I don't actually think we'll do it now, but I certainly haven't given up!