supercrystal7 said:
Possession means little when you are doing nothing with it. Tottenham had more of the ball and Chelsea were giving it away easily, but they always looked like they would get in at some point. People complain about referee decisions too much. People were doing it at our game today. If the officials had got everything right then Tottenham would have been down 1-0 and playing with ten men from the third minute.
They will probably make fourth and they can hope for a Liverpool collapse as unlikely as that is. They need to win all of their remaining games and hope Liverpool lose to City, Chelsea and United at least.
The only consolation is that their players have not lost value. Loris to PSG, Holbty back to Germany, Sandro, Lamela back to Italty etc. They can easily raise 60/70 million in the summer with players they sell and then reinvest in a more balanced squad.
The game changing moment was the Vertonghen slip and back pass. Game was on a knife edge up until then. Spurs always looked like they might be undone by a ball in behind them, but they had more possession. As you say possession should not be an end in itself, but usually it allows you to control a game
Spurs have a lot of quality in their squad and it's just a question of finding the right balance, and the right coach and sticking by them. But competition for the top 4 is so fierce that no one has any patience.
I'm not sure Spurs will be able to recoup all their transfer outlays. Losing Defoe is a big loss. They too him for granted.
