+++OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool+++

[Silly McSilly Face]

No just your expectations.

Yeah was enjoying some basic competence such as not chucking a few goals in ourselves before subbing the keeper and not pulling down opposition strikers in our penalty box in full view of the referee....saw green shoots haha

 

[stratnumberone]

 

[Daisuk]

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Rage bait. It’s so easy to get a lot of attention these days.

 

[SirPercyHotspur]

If only Richy had miss hit a couple of his headers he might have had a hat trick.
Still can't get used to this new fangled formation where you play two out and out strikers up front in fairly central positions, is it something new.
And these long balls up the middle for someone to flick on , if only Gilzean had thought of that.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Yeah was enjoying some basic competence such as not chucking a few goals in ourselves before subbing the keeper and not pulling down opposition strikers in our penalty box in full view of the referee....saw green shoots haha

It’s mad that in a game where we don’t literally give away gifts…. We look like we have a modicum of competence in the side

 

[stratnumberone]

Rage bait. It’s so easy to get a lot of attention these days.

True. But we seem to be a particularly popular target!

 

[WillWeEverBeGoodAgain]

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[Rafa87]

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Shame we only get officiated fairly by those who have retired.

 

[thfcsteff]

We were in a low block for significant phases of that game imo. With both strikers joining in getting back into midfield areas to defend and cover space.

But other than a period after their goal and for a while towards the end when we were clearly throwing caution to the wind and didn't have the legs to get back we defended as a unit. Low, mid block and some higher pressing. Good mixture really and reasonably good cohesion in that.

The beauty of the game...

I saw it as more compact, tighter lines leading to less space between the lines meaning if we did lose a second ball there was someone right there to either block space or challenge. Never felt we were just sitting in a low block for any significant amount of time, and felt more 'mid' to me...again the beauty of the game and opinions! Maybe it is because I associate low block with lines deep and sitting in and around our own box for long tracts of time and taking a pummeling. I did not really see that?

 

[thfcsteff]

Its so weird from Richie....VVD had hold of that shoulder for quite a while BUT for some reason Richie was determined to get a shot away when his usual character is to hit the deck asap

Truth is I think he knows he won't get the foul most of the time so if he can get the shot off, best try in that case as opposed to take the contact (in this case near removal of arm via shoulder socket) and move on.

 

[SteveAWOL]

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[El Dante]

Would be if he didnt get the shot off. They couldn’t ignore it then

That’s a big factor what’s ridiculous about refereeing. A foul should be a foul, that’s it. It shouldn’t need a player to go to ground, or not to shoot. The decision shouldn’t be what the impeded player did, it should be about the one that impeded him. VVD should have been sent off and we should have been awarded a penalty. End of.

 

[SissokoWasGood (BoL)]

Shame we only get officiated fairly by those who have retired.

Genuinely, as much as I punched furniture when Richy scored because I was so happy we equalised and it proved to myself that I very much do care if we get relegated, stuff like this is ruining the game.

The blatant lack of consistency where we get punished for something one week and then our opponents fail to get punished for it the following. It’s happened way too often this season. And it is utterly ridiculous that we have video review, but the ‘rules’ and procedures with it are constructed to give them leeway to avoid getting these sorts of calls right.

It’s not a fair exchange because we aren’t customers, we’re fans and can’t go anywhere else to get our Spurs fix. But this comes very close to making me shrug and just wonder what the point of it all is. To have system that is supposed to bring fairness and a capability to get the important calls right that just isn’t used for that purpose…rubbish.

 

[braineclipse]

The beauty of the game...

I saw it as more compact, tighter lines leading to less space between the lines meaning if we did lose a second ball there was someone right there to either block space or challenge. Never felt we were just sitting in a low block for any significant amount of time, and felt more 'mid' to me...again the beauty of the game and opinions! Maybe it is because I associate low block with lines deep and sitting in and around our own box for long tracts of time and taking a pummeling. I did not really see that?

Yeah, probably more a difference in how we use that term... For me a low block doesn't mean just sitting very deep taking a pummeling for extended periods.

I want to see us drop into a low block at times, it's not a bad thing. Can be a good sign of some cohesion defensively if a team can mix between that and being higher up the pitch when defending.