parklane1
Vic Buckingham
I agree with all of your post, but this bit is especially bang on.
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OMT - Tottenham v Wolves
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I agree with all of your post, but this bit is especially bang on.
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
With January looking fairly congested, and without knowing whether the injury list is going to shorten any time soon (I'm ruling out our signing anyone who will go straight into the breach), it looks as though we might need to get still more creative. I wonder how Alderweireld might perform in the Dier/Wanyama role as a contingency. He scents danger, he's got good positional sense, good distribution, tackles well generally speaking and has a reasonable turn of pace. Maybe yesterday we could have withdrawn Winks for Rose, shifted Davies to CB and pushed TA into a holding/shielding position. Just a thought... Above all, though, we needed to stop turning over possession so cheaply and often.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Why can't we win the league? There are two exceptional teams who are favorites, both ahead of us, but we're in the mix. A couple of injuries and wayward results and suddenely we're being hyped up again. As Poch said we're outsiders, but we're there.
As for the game. No real criticism, it is truely amazing we have amassed so many points with so many injuries to back 4 and midfield. We've conceeded a lot more goals but were still getting results. Wolves scored 3, the first time they've done that in the PL. Since the start of the season we havn't been good enough defensvely. But playing Skipp, Foyth, Davies at CB, without our first 3 CMs, we've done well.
If I have a small criticism it's the way Poch reads a live game. Look in this thread and posters here could see we didn't end the first half well. After the goal we backed off, and Wolves took up the momentum. But watch Poch's post match confrence and he was happy with the first half, talking about how the turn around happened second half.
I love Pochettino he has many subtle and brilliant abilities, but he didn't read what was happening at the end of the first half. If he had then he and the team could have had a plan for the second half to take back control. Instead the team went back out playing in the same way, and with fatigue, the game was lost. Maybe the plan wouldn't have worked and its easy to say in hindsight, but live in games, he's not the fastest to react and change things. He had a limited hand with subs, but there were options to bolster us, prep the side, and fight to hold out for the win. It's the only area I think Poch has a weakness. And it's hard to say for sure as we don't konw what was said in the dressing room, but I'd love him to show more foresight and react quicker sometimes.
As for the game. No real criticism, it is truely amazing we have amassed so many points with so many injuries to back 4 and midfield. We've conceeded a lot more goals but were still getting results. Wolves scored 3, the first time they've done that in the PL. Since the start of the season we havn't been good enough defensvely. But playing Skipp, Foyth, Davies at CB, without our first 3 CMs, we've done well.
If I have a small criticism it's the way Poch reads a live game. Look in this thread and posters here could see we didn't end the first half well. After the goal we backed off, and Wolves took up the momentum. But watch Poch's post match confrence and he was happy with the first half, talking about how the turn around happened second half.
I love Pochettino he has many subtle and brilliant abilities, but he didn't read what was happening at the end of the first half. If he had then he and the team could have had a plan for the second half to take back control. Instead the team went back out playing in the same way, and with fatigue, the game was lost. Maybe the plan wouldn't have worked and its easy to say in hindsight, but live in games, he's not the fastest to react and change things. He had a limited hand with subs, but there were options to bolster us, prep the side, and fight to hold out for the win. It's the only area I think Poch has a weakness. And it's hard to say for sure as we don't konw what was said in the dressing room, but I'd love him to show more foresight and react quicker sometimes.
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
She thought she'd left milo looking after the dog?
Jurgen the German
David Ginola
Every club in the world has injuries to deal with.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
Yes but that's not the point. Very few have have most of their entire midfield long time injured at the same time.
Jurgen the German
David Ginola
Dembele has had injury problems for his entire spurs career. Has he ever played 38 games in a season?
Wanyama has had injury problems for the last 18 months.
Winks has had at least one long term injury.
When you take that into consideration, it’s not too surprising what has happened.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
Not surprising? That's fudging bollox, and you know it. It's only hindsight. I don't know any other team that has had so many long term injuries to so many players in the same position. There was a statistic showing Dembele games, and if I remember correctly, he has played over 30 games every season.
And having had ONE injury hardly suggest a player in prone to injury.
Jurgen the German
David Ginola
Dembele has been with 7 seasons including this one and has only managed 30 league games or more in two of those seasons.
Winks has had niggling injuries that has prevented him from playing regularly until this season.
Arsenal have had long term injuries to Koscielny and Mkhirtyran.
Liverpool have to play fudging Lovren cos of injuries to numerous CBs
Winks has had niggling injuries that has prevented him from playing regularly until this season.
Arsenal have had long term injuries to Koscielny and Mkhirtyran.
Liverpool have to play fudging Lovren cos of injuries to numerous CBs
It’s not surprising that CM is our weak area because in the summer many said CM was the position we need to strengthen. Regardless of whether Dembele is normally fit or not he is no longer reliable performance wise, as for Wanyama he can’t be relied upon these days either. It’s not just bad luck, it was a position that needed strengthening in the summer yet some were insistent it was all good that we didn’t do any business at all. This was always an area that needed strengthening.....
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Dembele has played more than you think. Close to 40 appearances a season in all comps on average. He's done though for us, I would guess.
Wanyama shouldn't be considering his age. That one is a mystery.
Craig_J
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Stick on Tottenham vs. Wolves from the 29th of December 2018. Fast forward to the 70th minute and watch the rest. That's why.
awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
Anyone else think Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo could make a good replacement option for Poch if the worst case scenario happens?
The appendix is known as a potential weak spot for rupture and infection, despite its obselete status in the modern human body.
However despite knowing that a huge majority of our team members currently do have an appendix, we have failed to adequate cover for Eric Diers absence.
However despite knowing that a huge majority of our team members currently do have an appendix, we have failed to adequate cover for Eric Diers absence.