Spurs V QPR

DubPerryman

Tactical review of the match...

http://www.spursfanatic.com/spurs-result/spurs-4-qpr-0-slow-quick-goal/

irishmover

DubPerryman wrote: »

It's not about the actual passes though, it's about the complete dominance of the opposing team.

The 48-pass goal in one breath describes and summarises the 90 minute match.

Need I say more.

Leinstersqspur

It's called probing lads, you invite the other team to press in order to create space. This goal by Silva v a poor Scotland is touted as 'the perfect team goal'....

Let's give ourselves a break, two games into the season, that was a goal of quality and shows the team ethic Pochettino has formed so early on. The future looks lilywhite.

PS. No mentions of the Thursday night hangover when we win;)

Ormus

THFC wrote: »

From one game? Lennon, Dawson, Rose, Naughton, Paulinho, etc., have all had more than 1 good game. I'm not writing him off but to state he's a valuable member of our team after 1 game is premature. Based on last season he's nothing more than a decent player that is handy to have around as a back up. Would he be missed if we sold him? Probably not.

I hope just as much as you that he kicks on this season, but that remains to be seen.

All I said is that he's proved he has what it takes. But you're right, it does remain to be seen if he will be consistent. He definitely can be though. I think it'd be a mistake to sell him.

jobeenfitz

Former Liverpool and West Ham midfielder Don Hutchison has revealed an interesting tidbit on the first game of the season between the Hammers and Spurs during his column for the Newcastle Chronicle.

Tottenham won out 1-0 at Upton Park thanks to a late Eric Dier goal but were fortunate on the day with Mark Noble missing a penalty and Mauricio Pochettino’s side failed to exert the kind of pressure they did on QPR this weekend.

Hutchison talks about “tricks” played by home teams, especially in cup games with Newcastle set to play at Gillingham tonight.

And, he reveals the following on Tottenham’s match at West Ham, via goalkeeper Brad Friedel, a former team mate of Hutchison at Liverpool.

Hutchsion writes: “And believe me, these little tricks still go on at all levels. I was working with Brad Freidel the other week and we were talking about Tottenham’s performance – or lack of one – at West Ham on the opening day of the season. I couldn’t believe how bad they were, having tipped them for top four.

Brad’s response was really interesting. He told me Sam Allardyce had let the grass on Upton Park grow an extra six inches and the Spurs players knew it from the first moment they walked out before the game. They couldn’t pass the ball properly because the grass was that bit longer and it was getting held up in the turf. They struggled all game because of it and were bailed out at the end with a last-minute winner.

It’s crazy what goes on in football that you don’t see on TV…”

SuprSi

It sounds a little far fetched - 6 inches is half a foot, that's not a football pitch it's a field! I can imagine him letting it grow an inch or two but 6 inches sounds a little unrealistic.

jiltloop

SuprSi wrote: »

It sounds a little far fetched - 6 inches is half a foot, that's not a football pitch it's a field! I can imagine him letting it grow an inch or two but 6 inches sounds a little unrealistic.

That was my first thought too. You wouldn't even see half the ball in grass that length! It should probably be 6 cm.

Eamo71

jiltloop wrote: »

That was my first thought too. You wouldn't even see half the ball in grass that length! It should probably be 6 cm.

Unless Brad's been misled about how big six inches is... ;-)

Eamo71

DubPerryman wrote: »

Tactical review of the match...

http://www.spursfanatic.com/spurs-result/spurs-4-qpr-0-slow-quick-goal/

Was it not Chadli who passed that lovely little dink on the sideline to Rose for the fourth goal?

jiltloop

Eamo71 wrote: »

Unless Brad's been misled about how big six inches is... ;-)

Aw poor little Brad :pac: