***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur Football Club vs AFC Bournemouth***

[parj]

I meant that chance at the end.

But semenyo won't score with every chance. Unfair to compare a player that plays regularly and is playing well to a player that a manager remembered he has a few games ago.

 

[MrScottSpur]

I genuinely think that unless we make BIG changes, we will be in relegation fight next season. We could yet be in one this season.

Agree and the stats / form last 3 seasons back this up

 

[DubSpur]

Really needs to get Danso into the side. He's all about defending first, a proper defender. With him in the side players in the box will be picked up. Play VdV at LB and give Porro a break, he's been shocking for most of the season.

 

[Yiddo]

We’ve lost Kane and Son and replaced them with Muani and Odobert.

Nothing else needs to be said.

You are not finding anyone in world football who will come close to Kane let alone sign for us and its the same for a prime Son.

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

He plays two DMs, boring fudging football and concedes 3 and loses to a side that hasn't won since October .. nope, can't be anything to do with the manager.

His old club lost two of their best players and is having the best season of their history now he is gone? funny that

fudging hell, I really am missing something ..

We had territory, we had momentum, players were flying forward tonight.

I get the criticism of Frank’s style in general. But the players need to execute on the pitch. This wasn’t a bad performance. We got sucker punched but we’ve seen way worse than this. Brentford was so much worse. I don’t think this on Frank’s decisions. It was bad luck and a failure to execute in the moments that mattered.

 

[MrScottSpur]

Yes, the entire 2nd half!

From open play with a series of good worked opportunities no not really only from crosses and set pieces. We are devoid of all creativity and flare

 

[DubSpur]

Lets be honest, you start rowing with the star players they are going to want out. We are not winning, the fans are being clams why would you stay? If i was VDV i’d say fudge the lot of you i’m leaving this toxic environment.

VdV a star player? fudge me, we really have sunk to a low depth when he's a star player.

 

[Baleforce]

We had territory, we had momentum, players were flying forward tonight.

I get the criticism of Frank’s style in general. But the players need to execute on the pitch. This wasn’t a bad performance. We got sucker punched but we’ve seen way worse than this. Brentford was so much worse. I don’t think this on Frank’s decisions. It was bad luck and a failure to execute in the moments that mattered.

And cowardly defending

 

[paxtonwolf]

Sorry, but Frank has to go!

Be careful what you say on here

 

[yiddo37]

you concede one goal you deserve to lose, let alone three

It was more of a 'tempt fate' comment when we had the last minute corner, was hoping for 3-3.

 

[billyiddo]

Poor third goal full of mistakes, but I said before the match 3 attackers was poor. We played with no real intent. We played more defensive and still let in 3 goals.

That was not a defensive performance

 

[DubSpur]

I don’t know. I feel like we improved in that respect after the Fulham home game. Clearly the players tired after really pushing and just failed to do the basics. Someone should have closed him down.

But Frank gets brick for being defensive and having bodies back. Basically the whole of the second half we’re pushing to win. And we tire right at the end. It’s like he can’t win.

I get the criticism of his style, believe me I do. But the players have to execute. They are failing to score enough when we have the momentum and are letting slip concentration so that we get sucker punched. I’m not sure it’s tactical, I’m not even sure it’s overall player quality. It might be luck. It might be feeling confident and natural in this style of play and maybe it’s going to take more time.

Overall though I don’t look at the game today and think that Frank made massive errors. We lost because goals change games and failure to score when you have the momentum basically means you have a harder job defending. Because you’ve used all the intensity up not scoring and have less to give at the back.

That'd be fine if it was just the last goal, but for all three goals there was no closing down. The first two goals there was loads of time to get the cross in and then lack of marking.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

He plays two DMs, boring fudging football and concedes 3 and loses to a side that hasn't won since October .. nope, can't be anything to do with the manager.

His old club lost two of their best players and is having the best season of their history now he is gone? funny that

fudging hell, I really am missing something ..

Yeh because Thiago isn't making a difference. We haven't got anything that touches him. Or Schade, or Henry.

 

[Benny_Lad]

You are not finding anyone in world football who will come close to Kane let alone sign for us and it’s the same for a prime Son.

There’s a guy who signed for Brentford who’s on 14 this season.

 

[yiddo37]

I read here that Xavi was the passing option, being played in the wrong way and position.

Muani has been shocking from Day 1.

Been really disappointing

 

[parj]

We had territory, we had momentum, players were flying forward tonight.

I get the criticism of Frank’s style in general. But the players need to execute on the pitch. This wasn’t a bad performance. We got sucker punched but we’ve seen way worse than this. Brentford was so much worse. I don’t think this on Frank’s decisions. It was bad luck and a failure to execute in the moments that mattered.

I didn't think we were flying forward. We may have walked forward but it was slow to support. It was better when Richy came on but that's 2/3 of the game already gone.

There were times in this game where the wide player only had one or two players to aim at, and then when we are transitioning from defence to attack, we have 8 players in our defensive areas.

We need to show more energy transitioning. It's too lethargic. Palinha scored a great goal but he doesn't really help us on the ball

 

[Gilzeantoscore]

I said in the Sunderland thread I think that this squad needs to be gutted. I reckon there are about three players from todays lot who I would definitely keep, with another three who I would maybe keep. This smacks of the days of the Ginger Pele to me, distinctly mediocre. One plus for the late90's and 2000's teams was that they knew they were brick, some of these guys, Porro, Romero and Bentancur think they are world beaters.

 

[Raziel]

We had territory, we had momentum, players were flying forward tonight.

I get the criticism of Frank’s style in general. But the players need to execute on the pitch. This wasn’t a bad performance. We got sucker punched but we’ve seen way worse than this. Brentford was so much worse. I don’t think this on Frank’s decisions. It was bad luck and a failure to execute in the moments that mattered.

We didn't get sucker punched mate, Frank allows teams to shoot from outside the box, fudging it's "low percentage" brick and despite two players feasting hattricks on us because of it, we still do it, sit too deep.

The lack of tempo is why our attacks looks so bad, every fudging team in the PL given time will get back in shape and be difficult to score against.

Bournemouth hasn't won a game since October, Semenyo did two things all night because he was playing not to get injured and we conceded 3 and couldn't control the game.

 

[DeanoAustin]

We had territory, we had momentum, players were flying forward tonight.

I get the criticism of Frank’s style in general. But the players need to execute on the pitch. This wasn’t a bad performance. We got sucker punched but we’ve seen way worse than this. Brentford was so much worse. I don’t think this on Frank’s decisions. It was bad luck and a failure to execute in the moments that mattered.

I think your post is absolutely correct…based on the game tonight. But we’re 14th. That can’t be acceptable in any way shape or form. In February we have City, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Man U and Woolwich.

He’s in the results business. They have to pick up quickly because bottom half of the table is spectacular failure at a club like ours.

 

[parj]

That was not a defensive performance

Sorry, I meant lined up more defensive