*** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

[Rock Strongo]

Same every time, Vicario wanting a freekick and it's not given. He needs to start throwing players crowding him out of his zone.

 

[DubSpur]

Whoever introduced that zone from corners should be sacked

Nothing to do with zonal marking. You can harp on about it all you want but stats prove it's the best system.
It's like with any system, if you do it poorly it doesn't matter what system you use. Lazy and poor analysis always blames zonal system.

 

[paxtonwolf]

Good Lord. The one chance we get and Sonny nearly hits the ISS

 

[alekaras]

Sonny channeling his inner Werner

 

[scaramanga]

I disagree, we aren’t a team at all.

Mainly because nobody needs to fear us when we attack.

We've got a world class wide forward playing out of position and a bit of potential in Johnson. Not much else.

 

[monkeybarry]

Ange can't defend set pieces

Neither can his players

 

[Baleforce]

2 set piece goals and a counter attack, other than that the game plan was working well.

When you give those up every game you need a better game plan.

 

[djp82]

Teams let us have the ball, let us pile forward and know we will lose the ball and have half the pitch to attack.

We've been dreadful.

Saudi Sportswashing Machine , Fulham . Same same again. We got no answer to it.

 

[paxtonwolf]

Same every time, Vicario wanting a freekick and it's not given. He needs to start throwing players crowding him out of his zone.

Or stamp on a few ankles

 

[DubSpur]

Have we been found out?

Is it really that so many of our players are off-form (or injured), or is it just that our opponents have done their homework and figured out how to hurt us?

Is Ange's system coming undone now that he's playing it against the best teams in world football?

I'd have taken 5th very happily at the start of the season, esp. coupled with exciting attacking football, but I'm struggling to see how we'll get much better.

Two goals from corners, would say it's more being poor at defending them than being found out.

 

[SpurMeUp]

That Son chance was a way back into the match. We’ve handed them this game.

Yet we’ve played ok. Either end of the pitch where it matters most we’ve been seriously lacking

 

[GlennGoddle]

Have we been found out?

Is it really that so many of our players are off-form (or injured), or is it just that our opponents have done their homework and figured out how to hurt us?

Is Ange's system coming undone now that he's playing it against the best teams in world football?

I'd have taken 5th very happily at the start of the season, esp. coupled with exciting attacking football, but I'm struggling to see how we'll get much better.

100%


Same old bollox every game now.

 

[DubSpur]

That is brutal from Son

 

[alekaras]

6 mins. Let's at least get one back

 

[Yiddo]

Have we been found out?

Is it really that so many of our players are off-form (or injured), or is it just that our opponents have done their homework and figured out how to hurt us?

Is Ange's system coming undone now that he's playing it against the best teams in world football?

I'd have taken 5th very happily at the start of the season, esp. coupled with exciting attacking football, but I'm struggling to see how we'll get much better.

Give it a rest, its well over the top, we have dominated the game and kept them quite for the most part, we gifted them 2 goals from set pieces other than that they haven’t had a sniff. We hit the post and VDV had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside. Seems the luck is with them.

 

[monkeybarry]

It’s undefendale letting it carry on
It’s all about such small margins at this level

Agreed.
And the third wasn't even a small margin!

 

[Baleforce]

Nothing to do with zonal marking. You can harp on about it all you want but stats prove it's the best system.
It's like with any system, if you do it poorly it doesn't matter what system you use. Lazy and poor analysis always blames zonal system.

It’s trying to do zone with these players that is the problem

 

[glasgowspur]

Kulu looks like the only one that cares

 

[Baleforce]

Give it a rest, its well over the top, we have dominated the game and kept them quite for the most part, we gifted them 2 goals from set pieces other than that they haven’t had a sniff. We hit the post and VDV had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside. Seems the luck is with them.

They have been playing with us.

It’s been a piece of tinkle for them.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Agreed.
And the third wasn't even a small margin!

It’s the same thing though
Set pieces and simple counters
Every week since Christmas