Tottenham Hotspur Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

Ndombele off too

Again, cant argue

Will dele hold it up or find the killer pass, or will he simply replace the former in the "only noticed him when he gave it away" role?

Ffs

tom1ie

And there’s the Sanchez implosion.

How the **** has that ball gotten to him

Yet again out defenders nowhere near the actual man

Kiith

Sanchez had to try and block that. Should never have gotten to him that easily in the first place.

We deserve nothing from this. Absolutely woeful performance.

Have to question the defensive coaching, every game several moments where the opposition strikers are nobody's responsibility

How can that keep happening?

Glebee

Shocking performamce.

MrKingsley

No way Kane is fit. If anyone else put in a performance like his today we'd all be fuming

Glebee

Who will Jose blame today???

Kane has been absent but the inability or disinterest in the midfield to keep the ball and move it forward has also been a real let down

Ormus

A part of me thinks Davinson was a bit unlucky that Lacazette fresh aired the ball. His tackling technique is very clumsy though, he somehow managed to be facing away from ball and player when he made the tackle.

Alli has to score that imo

Ormus

Ormus wrote: »

A part of me thinks Davinson was a bit unlucky that Lacazette fresh aired the ball. His tackling technique is very clumsy though, he somehow managed to be facing away from ball and player when he made the tackle.

Would agree but starting ten yards from a man and yet still playing him inside will leave you in these tough spots

He simply switches off, even in a good performance

Still think a draw is for the taking here but its a real step back to the cowardly performances of a few months back

And thats very hard to understand.

tom1ie

Lamela trying his best to get sent off now.

People giving doherty a hard time but reguilon has let a lot of deliveries in from that side too

We just arent working hard enough either flank, off the ball- midfield or defence

MrKingsley

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Alli has to score that imo

Strange that he doesn't give his all to get on the end of it. Not like him

We are jogging around in front of the ball, quite happy

The same lads will look devastated at the final whistle and claim they gave it everything in a narrow defeat


Lamela gone.

Kiith

Surprised its taken this long for Lamela to get a red :pac:

tom1ie

tom1ie wrote: »

Lamela trying his best to get sent off now.

Well, yeah.

Ormus

Kiith wrote: »

Surprised its taken this long for Lamela to get a red :pac:

Ha I was just thinking is it his first red for us? Miraculous if so

Soft enough yellow but he had laid the ground for it with a few tackles before that and cant blame the ref at all

Passive, passive passive

Neither manager nor players take any credit but the lack of leaders on the pitch is a horror yet again for me

That's a dangerous tackle for me

Kiith

This is as bad as we've been in a while. Shockingly bad performance, making Arsenal look like a brilliant team. They've barely had to get out of 2nd gear.

Ormus wrote: »

Ha I was just thinking is it his first red for us? Miraculous if so

Yeah, somehow has managed to avoid getting a red up till now.

MrKingsley

Words cannot describe how unprofessional Alan Smith is. If we can mute crowd noise why can't we mute him

Glebee

If tierney did not dive would ut have been a foul??

MrKingsley

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That's a dangerous tackle for me

Absolutely

MrKingsley

MrKingsley wrote: »

Words cannot describe how unprofessional Alan Smith is. If we can mute crowd noise why can't we mute him

I was just agreeing with him there tbh- that team was attacking on paper, i wouldnt jump to criticise mourinho based on the selection. Too many of them failed to control a ball or find a teammate all game, thats hardly an instruction from the manager.

We probably need to start acknowledging that hojbjerg gives the ball away for fun, even when he has no pressure on him.

Surely a yellow there for xhaka.

Flag up ffs

Shows how bad they are

If we attacked them with any competence we'd have them reeling

MrKingsley

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I was just agreeing with him there tbh- that team was attacking on paper, i wouldnt jump to criticise mourinho based on the selection. Too many of them failed to control a ball or find a teammate all game, thats hardly an instruction from the manager.

I was thinking more so that Lamela flying in and winning the ball is "dangerous" (Sissoko actually gave the free away) but Xhaka doing more more recklessly is a "proper tackle".

We have been utter muck. I will not give credit to any commentator noticing that

joeguevara

Something in me thinks that we will at least draw this match.

Jesus we are headless under a high ball, ive had dogs who jumped at a bouncing ball with more brains and intent

Lucas has had some excellent moments, if the two behind him had covered and passed to a reasonable level all match we had a platform

Kane free kick ah well

Ooof

golfball37

Embarrassing all round today. Should be beating this Woolwich team handy. The way we are set up doesn’t give us the best chance of winning. Yes the players are rubbish but they should be attacking.

tom1ie

Wtf is Doherty doing with that “pass”

Why put a bit of life into it now ffs its like rubbing our noses into it

Equium

Cowardly tactics for me. We've had 65% of the ball since Lamela was sent off. Arsenal are a poor side who crumble under pressure, so why sit off and let them play their game? Pressure them and force them to make their usual mistakes.

Hojbjerg just kicking it to them again and again and again

What are people seeing that says we were set up to defend?

Ive seen an entire midfield kicking the ball to red shirts all game, thats not a managerial instruction

golfball37

An utterly pathetic performance regardless of whether an equaliser materialises in last few minutes. This Woolwich side are no better than Burnley or Crystal Palace who were rolled over last few weeks, yet Mourinho sends them out with a defensive mindset and set up as if it’s Brazil 1970 they’re facing. Only started playing when down to 10 men and have bosses the game with a disallowed Kane goal and hitting the post too.

Licas super again

abff

Well, that was sh*te

MrKingsley

Half way house tactics for me. Half press, half sit in and no one knows really what they are meant to do. NDombele was hiding not looking for the ball so we can only lump it forward to a hobbling Kane.

The fact that we can play like that for the last 20 minutes with 10 men says so muc

Glebee

An utterly **** of a display. No effert shown until the 90th minute.

I dunno lads, hojbjerg and ndombele and kane didnt do much right today and we can criticise the defence and mourinho but if three big names dont do the basics you wont win

Players need to shoulder blame today, way way way below par on the easy stufd

tom1ie

golfball37 wrote: »

An utterly pathetic performance regardless of whether an equaliser materialises in last few minutes. This Woolwich side are no better than Burnley or Crystal Palace who were rolled over last few weeks, yet Mourinho sends them out with a defensive mindset and set up as if it’s Brazil 1970 they’re facing. Only started playing when down to 10 men and have bosses the game with a disallowed Kane goal and hitting the post too.

Is it the players is it mourinho? I’m not so sure.
Jose certainly doesn’t tell them to give it away non stop.

joeguevara

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Licas super again

He really has been top class for us.

No issue with arsenal win. They were better and we didn't really show up. Nearly scraped a point in the end but not to be. With the other results, it is a pity that we didn't capitalise but also the defeat was not as bad as it could have been.

One thing that does worry me is the reaction of Bale being substituted. He had that sullen disgusted look we had seen before. I hope it was as a result of being disappointed with his performance rather than because he was being taken off.

Hope son is not too serious but on recent performances he does not deserve to start, which is an absolute crazy thing to say.

Anyway, hope all ye legends are well and keep the heads up.