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

Glebee

Watched Mike Basset : England Manager again last night. What a film

Jose popped into my head for this scene, substitute in spurs dressing room at half time.

Lad GAGA

Hope Rodon plays well, of all the players I think Jose's treatment of him (given how brutal Sanchez and Dier have been) has been disgraceful. Hasn't kicked a ball in months and now thrown in (and maybe that is due to Toby being out sick) but still he should be getting more minutes than he has been. Think Tangaga's best position is centre half but hope he has a decent game. Villa re no great shakes but we need to impose ourselves on them. Midfield line up looks very disjointed, nDombele in particular needs to stand up and be counted. My sense is that Jose has alienated most of the players at this stage.

2nd Row Donkey

Ormus wrote:

You were close, good guess.

Pretty happy with that team. Sends a message.

Slightly worried about the balance and width across the middle, but Reguilon will help provide the width.

Ok start and fading fast

Ndombele and the fullbacks are not tracking well and we look like conceding

Back posts miles open

Lo celso asleep

Ormus

Defence looks like it hasn’t played together before, which it pretty much hasn’t

2nd Row Donkey

A shambles at the back, villa goal coming.

Peter File

Feels like the first Villa goal is not far away.
Spurs are terrible again

tom1ie

This is not looking good for us.

Charliebull

Different team
Same ****e

No heart in this side lads

Peter File

Lovely goal!!.

Villa mugged tbh

Like a goal we'd concede

But will take it

Charliebull

Well played Lucas
Only lad with a bit of fight

Delighted for vini

tom1ie

Well that came out of nowhere!
Delighted for vinny.

Ormus

Great work by Lucas, one player who doesn’t lack heart

Super speed of thought from kane

Uneasy that Lucas is our central threat even tho i like his effort, his ball retention and final decision arent up to that role

Christ we are being strolled past down that left side tho lads

Peter File

Lucas is showing up all over the pitch.

Sanchez rash again

Look at hojbjerg in the refs face after but also giving out to sanchez

That's the captain there lads

Ndombele is risking the ball and not working off the ball imo

Lad GAGA

Sanchez giving away needless free kicks, Reggie very poor defensively, Lo Celso hasn't a clue where he's playing but certainly not helping out Tanganga at all, although Tanganga doing ok. Good for Vinnie to get the goal and thank God Villa are so poor, if they up their game we might be in trouble. Moura and Kane playing well.

2nd Row Donkey

Can't be too hard on Rondon, Tanganga and LoCelso. They've hardly kicked a ball in anger in 2021. They are doing OK considering.

Ndombele is back to his bad old self

When the fullbacks get forward the others are running *away* from them

Very very disjointed performance and its hard to see why they couldnt just talk a bit and sort it out ffs

Charliebull

Here comes super Ben

Gio just quit tracking again there a minute ago

And they get to us easy again there for soft chances

Jesus we just give up the ****in flanks so easily

Even when we do win possession the pass choice/execution is awful.

Zero respect for intelligent possession

Charliebull

We can’t pass

Bloody hell

Christ, again, under no pressure the out ball is just a stupid kick away


Sanchez has had a few ok moments one on one but i swear i cannot relax when he is on the pitch at this stage the guy just doesnt put in ninety mins awake

Ref has allowed them three or four cheap shots in a row and just booked lo celso for preventing a quick free kick

Absolutely unfair reffing

Thank ****

Lucas vital again

Head and shoulders best of our lot tonight

davycc

2 nil super Kane

Have to be honest, if that's bruno and dier in that situation id be furious if the ref gave it

Ormus

Not a peno for me but that’s football, Kane is clever

Based on the passage just there vinicius is our best right back

Still very slow to a bouncing ball or to close down here and im not relaxing just yet

A poor performance from too many again, totally disjointed

Jesus Lucas has been unreal

Mr. Guappa

It might be disjointed but it's good to see us remain on the front foot instead of sitting back.

Sissoko. FFS. He better not replace Vini.

On another night we couldve conceded a few and that penalty isnt given, great to get a result but in no way the reaction sought really

Amazed sissoko travelled after his disgraceful showing against zagreb

2nd Row Donkey

Moura was unreal. They couldn't handle him. 3 villa players booked for fouling him.

Peter File

A win and a clean sheet!

Kiith

2-0 win away against Villa. We'd take that all day long, form be damned.

Given how ****e we've been, we're still only 3 points off a top 4 finish. So either even is **** (the most likely), or we're not as bad as we think (we are).

Ormus

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On another night we couldve conceded a few and that penalty isnt given, great to get a result but in no way the reaction sought really

Amazed sissoko travelled after his disgraceful showing against zagreb

Tad harsh I think. Two nil away to a top half team and it was comfortable. We were closer to scoring a couple more than we were to conceding a couple.

spurshero

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On another night we couldve conceded a few and that penalty isnt given, great to get a result but in no way the reaction sought really

Amazed sissoko travelled after his disgraceful showing against zagreb

I was honestly hoping to never see him in a spurs jersey again .

Lad GAGA

A good ending to a crappy week, good to get the 3 points and a clean sheet to boot. Thought Lo Celso was a liability all night. Rodon and Tanganga did very well against a really poor Villa side. If some people thought the Arsenal penalty was harsh last week our penalty was a joke but same type of issue, defender got the man and not the ball in the box. Kane was excellent and Moura was outstanding. We were actually comfortable enough in the last twenty minutes. Still don't think Jose knows what his best team is but how is Rodon supposed to make a case for himself if the manager doesn't play him? He looked good tonight and his passing was pretty good.

2nd Row Donkey

I'd bring Toby in for Sanchez and Lamela in for LoCelso in the next game and keep the rest as is.

Ormus

Ormus wrote: »

Tad harsh I think. Two nil away to a top half team and it was comfortable. We were closer to scoring a couple more than we were to conceding a couple.

Possibly, possibly. Hard to be too enthusiastic at the moment

What the **** does Merson look like

Who dresses these ex arsenal players for tv, are they involved in dares or something?

Here comes the chat about kane leaving

golfball37

Rodon made one bad mistake against Chelsea which is forgivable for a young lad. Every time I’ve seen him he’s been good, much better than Dier or Sanchez. He has to start every week imo

Charliebull

Sanchez to be fair played ok,

Lucas was outstanding

Tanaga was solid given he had very little cover

Harsh on le celso given it’s his first game in months

As long as dier or winks never see first team again

Top 4 is actually achievable

Dublin Spur

amazing what a win does for the soul
talk of top 4 again
it's the hope that kills you

Jaysus im keeping my head fixed firmly on the europa spots for now just for my own good!

jobeenfitz

Dublin Spur wrote: »

amazing what a win does for the soul
talk of top 4 again
it's the hope that kills you

Funnily enough, and I'm surprised to say, Spurs and Manchester City have the best points tally in last five premier games, 12 points, that's more than, Man U, Leicester, Chelsea and West Ham.

Its just after Arsenal and Dinamo games it's all doom n gloom, two terrible performances though they were, maybe alls not lost.

We are not favourites for top 4 but our fixture list is easier than Leicester and Chelsea, there's a glimmer of hope.

Some players (especially Kane and Hojbjerg) couldn't continue playing two games a week so ten games left til end of season more manageable.