OMT - SPURS v BRIGHTON

[braineclipse]

Decent, definitely not great. Defending getting better. Still can't play through pressure or keep possession ageinst high pressing teams, but nothing new.

Lacing confidence and a bit of flow, but some good moments and good fighting spirit. Much more clever getting over the line towards the end.

Onwards and upwards. Need to improve, but it takes time.

 

[Kandi1977]

Scholes and Ian Wright laughing their ass off, and cannot fatom how the ref didn't give the FK! Also the former ref, Gallagher? can't understand it. He even said it should be a yellow card to the Brighton player.

 

[Legohamster]

I don’t think we looked gutless or nervous. Quite the opposite, we played the last 15 mins in a way I’ve rarely seen a spurs team play the end of a game. brickhousery and time wasting all over the place. We weren’t good though, I’ll give you that.

Agree.

Jose even pulled Doherty aside to tell him to sort his life out and stay back

 

[SubZero]

@milo

I never ever thought I would say this, but in a quite poor performance - especially from our Super Duo - I would nominate Sissoko. Yes he dallied the ball out before the goal, but the defensive pickup in front was brilliant. He had a slow start, but made A LOT of crucial defensive interceptions, and while Højbjerg and Dier did well too let's switch it up for once.

Sissoko.

 

[Yiddo]

How can a team deserve more from a game if they have not even tested the keeper more than the goal they scored?

 

[markysimmo]

Our end of game management against both Burnley and Brighton has been first class

 

[paxtonwolf]

...and just realised that we play before Liverpool next week, meaning we can go top!

Plus they play at City. We could feasibly go top into the International break. A long way to go though

 

[elyid]

Well, Solksjaer is now on seriously wobbly legs. Pochettino in the wings. The Popguns winning at a big 6 rival for the first time since George Graham. Giant talking points for bigger audiences than Spurs pipping mighty Brighton.

I didn't spent my time illegally streaming a channel called "pearooster" for that rubbish ha

 

[Baleforce]

So what was the xg for today then ladies.

it’s skewed by Bale coming on, that instantly puts you at +5

 

[Grays_1890]

Lots of games, lots of travel

Lots of players, Brighton started without a striker and their best CB, you can't play like that all season and expect to we in things

 

[Bullet]

Meh. 3 torpid matches in a row. And we go second in the table?! This game. Meh.

Hojbjerg deserves the MoM for huge energy and defensive cover and keeping us moving, but boy did we look shorn of ideas.

 

[Kandi1977]

Sissoko and Højbjerg for MoM for me.

 

[markysimmo]

How can a team deserve more from a game if they have not even tested the keeper more than the goal they scored?

Efan Ekoku was a massive bell-housing

 

[Legohamster]

Lots of players, Brighton started without a striker and their best CB, you can't play like that all season and expect to we in things

Which teams are playing well?

Brighton played keep ball all game and did nothing.

the period up to xmas was always going to be difficult.

we are a brick hand ball call from being top.

 

[paxtonwolf]

Our end of game management against both Burnley and Brighton has been first class

Agree. Commentators were giving us stick on my stream for having to do it, but that's how you secure the points

 

[SubZero]

We could feasibly go top into the International break

Have we learned nothing?! The right thing to say is "we could feasibly be relegated before the international break".

 

[fernadez]

Look

We know we can attack and blow teams away

Now we're seeing signs we can grind out results and defend when we need to.


You'd think as a fan base we'd be happy but again it's so much negatively. Brighton battered Utd and gave Chelsea a good game. It's like people think anyone outside the top 6 should be a walkover. They had the ball bit created nothing, we scored sat too deep and when they scored turned it up a notch and got the win.

3 points, job done.

From supporters of a team that historically slip up in these games all of a sudden we've got expensive tastes.

 

[Mosquito_Coasting]

Efan Ekoku was a massive bell-housing

Def upgrade from Hinchcliffe last Monday though.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

It's hopefully a good sign that we aren't playing well and still winning.
The team and shape is still fairly new.

What's crazy, is Liverpool have City away next week - we could go top!! COYS!

Yep, and I’m still rueing those two dropped points vs Saudi Sportswashing Machine for the terrible handball decision... we’d be top now, not that that actually matters as much as the two points at this stage.

 

[markysimmo]

Def upgrade from Hinchcliffe last Monday though.

I'd honestly think on a par, the brick he was coming out with
They always want the lesser team to win no matter what