Tottenham vs Liverpool FC

darkskol

Poor display today, yossi should have been on since the start. I was afraid of a hangover from performing so well last season, I hope this is only a blip and we can move on from here.

McGrath5

Well done Spurs.

missingtime

What a big pile of cock!

Unearthly

Get in there Spurs

They look a very impressive side. Palacios looks the business to me.

Stargate

Can we win the league with this team and a bench like that ? Man u win , City win , Chel$ki won , Arsenal won , Liverpool lose JEZ !!

Chardee MacDennis

mayordenis wrote: »

Gwan lucas - one of the only performers today with johnson and reina and benayoun.

lucas did what he needed to do every time he was called upon, but he never stepped up and took control of the game he was too happy to wait to be passed to rather than call for it and make a forward run or try a killer pass. needs to play with more confidence and want to get on the ball more.

ziggy

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mike65

Enjoy the gloating chaps, Spurs should be pretty tough game for any team this season.

OPENROAD

Happy with that result

CivilServant

BastardPrince wrote: »

lucas did what he needed to do every time he was called upon, but he never stepped up and took control of the game he was too happy to wait to be passed to rather than call for it and make a forward run or try a killer pass. needs to play with more confidence and want to get on the ball more.

we've being saying that since day 1 :rolleyes:

Mental Mickey

Stargate wrote: »

Can we win the league with this team and a bench like that ? Man u win , City win , Chel$ki won , Arsenal won , Liverpool lose JEZ !!

Don't think so? Too many ordinary player, imo.

whatawaster

Let's just all come out and say it. Lucas was awful today. But so were about 8 or 9 others, and we're kidding ourselves and have short memories if you think Alonso would have made much difference today. Second best all over the field.

Kev_ps3

United Win, Pool lose - great weekend!

SWAR

Well FCUK that anyway...no more than we deserved tho unfortunately...LOL at Babel starting ahead of Yossi...himself and Johnson were the only decent performances in a red shirt (and Reina of course but he was wearing yellow). Gutted, but hopefully Padraig Harrington will make it a good end to the day!

ntlbell

mike65 wrote: »

Enjoy the gloating chaps, Spurs should be pretty tough game for any team this season.

funny your prediction thread wouldn't have assumed so

Sully

Stargate wrote: »

we need a win today to show we are going to take the league

On loosing, does that mean you have shown the opposite?

bUILDERtHEbOB

Man, that was all Lucas' fault, terrible individual performance that cost us everything, meh, 37 games left and all that, probably need to buy someone though, pity there's no money.:rolleyes:

Villain

LOL I love fans one sided view, yes the shoulder could have been a peno for Pool, but about a minute before that Carragher clearly pushed Crouch which could also have been a peno.

Liverpool need to buy a winger Babel isn't up to it and they need a striker if Torres gets injured they are in bother

Eire-Dearg

We looked sluggish and static - and Spurs deserved the win.

At least that's one tough away game out of the way. Bring on Stoke and Villa.

ziggy

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Mental Mickey

whatawaster wrote: »

Let's just all come out and say it. Lucas was awful today. But so were about 8 or 9 others, and we're kidding ourselves and have short memories if you think Alonso would have made much difference today. Second best all over the field.

Spot on.

Stargate

Sully wrote: »

On loosing, does that mean you have shown the opposite?

LOL sully , dont you feel our pain today its ok , we learned a hard lesson today ........ buy buy buy

PCPhoto

robbed !!!

should have been given at least another penalty for the "handball" ..... the shoulder charge on Voronin wouldnt have been given if it was on any other part of the pitch --- but the "handball" the left arm went out (thats the way I see it )

ntlbell

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Bring on Stoke

I was thinking the same.

missingtime

whatawaster wrote: »

Let's just all come out and say it. Lucas was awful today. But so were about 8 or 9 others, and we're kidding ourselves and have short memories if you think Alonso would have made much difference today. Second best all over the field.

Lucas and Gerrard had to switch positions because Lucas couldn't provide the delivery. It looked like Gerrard had no confidence in anyone on the team. Apart from Torres who couldn't get a look in.

Defence looks to be hammered with injuries - will be expecting a signing before the end of the transfer window.

Babel was poor, didn't seem to put himself about at all.

Spurs were good but Liverpool put in a bad performance

Holsten

They should have scored about 4 more than they did.

I had high hopes for Babel today but Yossi showed why he should be ahead every time.

kingshankly

hard to be positive after that,the only thing i can say is it was the same result as last season.
but if we continue to play like that we wont make the top 4 never mind win the league.
we need a striker big time.
reina played well kept us in it at times.
johnson terrific display great run for the goal
carra thought he played very well made some terrific challenges.
skirtel didnt want to know after the knock
insua tried hard but was poor
kuyt tried but absolutely no quality today
lucas best midfielder we had by a mile
mach looked unsettled all game
babel terrible probably his worst display in a red shirt and thats saying something.
torres little supply but any time he got the ball give it away shocking display
gerrard tried hard but not his usual sharpness

PHB

Interesting performance today from Liverpool. Not their best obviously, but I thought that Gerrard dropping so deep was endemic of the problem he was dealing with, Liverpool were overrun in midfield. Modric put in a fantastic performance. I don't know how anyone wouldn't think that Alonso wouldn't have made a big difference, Gerrard was forced to drop deep to dictate play because nobody else could.
It was like watching Gerrard a couple of years ago.

Quite interested to see if this trend continues in the next 2 games this week. If it does, losing Alonso could be quite the problem

Headshot

mind boggling that yossi didnt start

missingtime

PCPhoto wrote: »

robbed !!!

should have been given at least another penalty for the "handball" ..... the shoulder charge on Voronin wouldnt have been given if it was on any other part of the pitch --- but the "handball" the left arm went out (thats the way I see it )

His hand was covering his chest, doesn't count.

OPENROAD

Liverpool bench looked poor today could be a worry for them.

rossie1977

Sully wrote: »

On loosing, does that mean you have shown the opposite?

liverpool were never going to win the league anyway, 3rd at best, more than likely 4th, liverpool are going to miss alonso far more than Man utd (1-0) are going to miss ronaldo, mark my words

PHB

Yossi made a big difference when he came on.

spockety

Just to point out, we do have someone to replace alonso. His name is aquilani. Wasn't available today.

PCPhoto

missingtime wrote: »

His hand was covering his chest, doesn't count.

it hit that hand .... then went to the right and his left arm went out (was out already maybe) ...... bing !! ... PENO !!!

rossie1977

PHB wrote: »

Quite interested to see if this trend continues in the next 2 games this week. If it does, losing Alonso could be quite the problem

we knew that, i uploaded the stats, you and others laughed at them 30% win rate without alonso in the side last 2 years, 67% with him in it, its clear as day how vital he was

daithijjj

I hear alot of criticism for babel which is fair. However , may i point out that kuyt was fkin atrocious aswell.

Benny deserves to start. Gerrard not 100%. All resulting in torres being fed scraps. Hes a great player but hes not a miracle worker.

Middle of the park has no ingenuity, cleverness or ability to dictate games.

We deserved fuk all and thats what we got.

monkey9

This thread reminds me of why i don't even bother anymore. So much bullsh!t from so many idiots!!!

So the season is over after one match! Brilliant! So, Arsenal are Champions, Chelsea will get a Champions League spot. Spurs and Man Utd will get a Europa League place and obviously Everton are already down.

ntlbell

spockety wrote: »

Just to point out, we do have someone we HOPE can replace alonso. His name is aquilani. Wasn't available today.

FYP

Headshot

so much for the light weight spurs

iv links but I wont do a pighead on it

PCPhoto

spockety wrote: »

Just to point out, we do have someone to replace alonso. His name is aquilani. Wasn't available today.

and wont be available for a couple of weeks ..... signed an injured player !!! :eek: only Rafa could do it !!!

spockety

PCPhoto wrote: »

and wont be available for a couple of weeks ..... signed an injured player !!! :eek: only Rafa could do it !!!

Rafa out.

rossie1977

what is going to piss off liverpool fans even more is that bassong should have been banned for this match, only served one match of his two match ban he got at the end of last season

missingtime

PCPhoto wrote: »

it hit that hand .... then went to the right and his left arm went out (was out already maybe) ...... bing !! ... PENO !!!

It hit his right hand which was covering his chest. No peno.

PCPhoto

spockety wrote: »

Rafa out.

come back in January - see where we are ..... might jump on the bandwagon then ...... if not - will check back with you in May !!!

kingshankly

rossie1977 wrote: »

what is going to piss off liverpool fans even more is that bassong should have been banned for this match, only served one match of his two match ban he got at the end of last season

as was said you cant serve the one ban for two different clubs

Stargate

rossie1977 wrote: »

what is going to piss off liverpool fans even more is that bassong should have been banned for this match, only served one match of his two match ban he got at the end of last season

Get onto Neil Warnock ,he`ll sort it

whatawaster

PCPhoto wrote: »

and wont be available for a couple of weeks ..... signed an injured player !!! :eek: only Rafa could do it !!!

Aquilani himself put it best - he's been signed for 5 years not 5 weeks.
No point buying a fit, but inferior player

mike65

Triumph and Disaster, triumph and disaster....

PCPhoto

rossie1977 wrote: »

what is going to piss off liverpool fans even more is that bassong should have been banned for this match, only served one match of his two match ban he got at the end of last season

you really werent listening to the news last week .... he was still a newcastle player when he sat out the game last week ....spurs delayed with the signing so that the ban could be finished with :rolleyes::rolleyes: