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***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Sat. 20th Dec. 5:30pm***

Nexus1967 said:
In my humble opinion I dont think Muani Simons and Kudus would be starting any games if Solanke , Maddison , and Kulusevski were fit. I know we have to rotate because of the number of games but from what I've seen Muani Simons and Kudus are average at best and not one of them would get into any of the current top 5 starting line ups
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The guys you mention are average as well. Please don't let the injury absence make them better players in your head than they actually are (Kulu excepted).
 
Dont get me wrong , I don`t think that they are that much better and I know every player usually has a purple patch but on the games I`ve seen this season even though I think Solanke for example is a very average striker I think his pressing and hold up play would be better suited to our current system than Muani up front. Out of the 3 players I mentioned for me Kudus is the biggest disappointment, the amount of times he beats his man but just keeps running with the ball until he runs out of options while I am screaming release the ball. My missus laughs her head off at me saying he cant hear you lol. It helps me relieve the stress of watching Spurs this season
Bishop said:
The guys you mention are average as well. Please don't let the injury absence make them better players in your head than they actually are (Kulu excepted).
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Bishop said:
The guys you mention are average as well. Please don't let the injury absence make them better players in your head than they actually are (Kulu excepted).
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Maddison 20 goal involvements in about 34 starts last season. If you tried to sign an AM to hit those numbers it would cost a lot - and wouldn’t be guaranteed.
 
Hopefully being reduced to nine men for the second time in 3 seasons might prove to be a watershed moment for our club and the fight shown yesterday might precipitate us challenging for the top 4 again, as this is the Premier League table for the period since that infamous Chavski match in 2023…

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SteveAWOL said:
Hopefully being reduced to nine men for the second time in 3 seasons might prove to be a watershed moment for our club and the fight shown yesterday might precipitate us challenging for the top 4 again, as this is the Premier League table for the period since that infamous Chavski match in 2023…

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Over 2 full seasons worth of matches with a return of 15th, at what point does that just become your level?
 
billyiddo said:
Over 2 full seasons worth of matches with a return of 15th, at what point does that just become your level?
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It's a fair question. But I don't think it's our level, our squad isn't as good as many thought but it's not a true representation (in terms of being 15th) for many reasons.

Last year luck with injuries, we might not want to use it as an excuse but it was horrific that is a factor. And combining it with going as deep as you can in a European competition it's going to take its toll on the squad.

This season we will probably not go so deep in Europe so the last two or three months of the season we will have full weeks on the training ground like the majority of PL teams have the luxury of and we could well pick up then if not sooner. And hopefully by this time Frank would have got us looking a fair bit better than we have this first half of the season - I'd still say coming anywhere from 6th-10th is more likely come the end of the season than around the bottom 6....
 
harr1984 said:
It's a fair question. But I don't think it's our level, our squad isn't as good as many thought but it's not a true representation (in terms of being 15th) for many reasons.

Last year luck with injuries, we might not want to use it as an excuse but it was horrific that is a factor. And combining it with going as deep as you can in a European competition it's going to take its toll on the squad.

This season we will probably not go so deep in Europe so the last two or three months of the season we will have full weeks on the training ground like the majority of PL teams have the luxury of and we could well pick up then if not sooner. And hopefully by this time Frank would have got us looking a fair bit better than we have this first half of the season - I'd still say coming anywhere from 6th-10th is more likely come the end of the season than around the bottom 6....
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We have just had a full week training
We have it next week too
 
Bedfordspurs said:
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Well that did lift the players
My nephews are hoarse today from singing most of the game
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Was going to mention this. First time in a long time I’ve heard the support rise up after going behind. Not sure if it was because it was Liverpool or Christmas spirit or what, but it was good to hear
 
Mrs Vert said:
We couldn't even do basic passing in first half . Unforced errors by more than 1 player
We looked ok cos pool were bloody awful. I thought they would be intense and it wasn't. They did less than us, if that was possible
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For sure there was quite a bit of sloppiness and some strange decision making at times. Not denying that.

But also seemed to me like we were overall trying to get forward, attack, get numbers forward. And our own pressing was quite good.

A lot to go on, but some positive signs.
 
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