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Good morning.
Boy there really is an attitude out there that we need to beat everyone 8-0 or it’s open season to groan. 3 points and the job done. Bill Nicholson did say it wasn’t just about winning but winning well. I one hundred percent agree with him. But that’s in an ideal world and we don’t live in one.
A game of two halves indeed. The issues are pretty straightforward. We dominated the first half and the second half was a joint effort of the Saints giving it their upmost and our lot wanting to get in out the rain and slip their jazzy beats headphones back on.
The sense of relief that we won – or based upon the harum scarum of the last 50 minutes – the sense of relief that we’d got away with it was palpable. And rightly so. Much improved with Bale on the wing but elsewhere what we miss in every department is wit. One knock on effect of Modric and van Der Vaart leaving has been the lowering of the team’s collective IQ. The closest we had to passes that made a real difference came from Huddlestone. 90% of the balls he pinged about were superb. Unfortunately 89% were in the first half.
We played a first half that was built upon mostlt tight, fast passes. More triangles than a Dairy Lea factory. But the second half degenerated into a cup tie between two old Second Division sides hoofing and huffing in the rain. Desperately sad to watch and nothing much to be proud of.
– Distribution of a dyslexic postman. I’m not too worried his ball saving so much. It’s this burning desire to hoof the bloody thing into the void at every opportunity. I don’t recall us winning possession from even one of these old school clumps upfield.
– He’s about as convincing as a carthorse in a wedding dress. Somebody make it stop.
– Solid. Only real negative was him passing to Brad who then passed to Southamptom.
– Everything on his side, including me. More please.
– Returned to form in the first half, looked half dead in the second.
– How long can he keep up doing the work of 3 men? Somebody find out whats keeping The Rolling Stones alive and give our boy some.
– Quite exceptional in the second half, joined the Witness Protection Program in the second.
– We should sell him in January. To B&Q or Wickes.
– The pigeons sitting on this statue must have got heavy as he could barely move at all after 50 minutes.
– Pinged and whizzed then fizzled out.
– As winning away goalscorers go, boy he’s unexciting.
– I was actually so angry he made me giggle. Put me in a coma of hysterical despair.
– A man that has inherited a squad pretty thin on brains that doesn’t particularly like playing for longer than an hour. The return of Kaboul and Moussa can’t come quick enough. Brad & Hugo’s roles need to be urgently reversed. If Walker cannot be improved in training then Naughton must replace him.
I don’t know how unfit Ade is but Defoe is so selfish and gormless I don’t know how much more of him I can cope with. This was Southampton, a team that have conceded more goals so far this season than anyone since 1804 or something. Come on.
All the fuktards moaning about Defoe. Who would you play right now? Don’t wanna here fantasy crap about kjh or others at other clubs ! Who would you highly esteemed footballing know it alls play instead?
easy……………Falcao!
More chance with falco
chris bastard armstrong
The winner of the 100m race for people with no sense of direction?
Ooh you are butch aren’t you?
Here’s a nice little piece on booing and boo-ers from today’s papers:
“Me, me, me:
At half-time of their game at home to Swansea, with the score goalless – goalless! – Manchester City were booed off the pitch. That’s Manchester City, reigning Premier League champions.
We often talk about the entitlement of the professional element of the ftbllr generation, but fans can be just as bad – the same thing happened at Old Trafford a month ago, when a very good Spurs side were thoughtless enough to take a half-time lead:
“How dare you, a team in whose reflected glory I demand to bathe, not sweep aside all opposition, when I, Angry from probably not Manchester, have paid for my ticket”.
You can bet that the ingrates responsible were not in attendance when City were travelling to Gillingham and Bristol Rovers and United were losing to Wimbledon and Crystal Palace.”
My thoughts, exactly. Stop the f*cking booing. Sure, if we’re in the relegation zone and losing to Carlisle in the Cups, but not when we’ve revampted half the team, are 4th in the League and still in all the Cups*
*note that this was written pre-Weds night ;) COYS… bring it on you non-tractoring EACs…
Unfortunately with AVB saying Friedel is his No.1, he won’t install Lloris as main man anytime soon, Harry. January’s a good time for that, with the return of Kaboul, allowing Spurs to play a higher-line, and Lloris’ distribution more important then.
Spurs play a high-pressing game, Southampton being too nice, not having any player who can or are willing to rough up opposition teams, it’s so easy for Spurs in the first half. The second half, I think tiredness set in – due to pressing, away trips in Europe, injuries and lack of squad depth for quality rotation, allowing Southampton to play their game, which they are actually pretty good at. They conceded more goals in the EPL so far is because, well as I said, they are too nice.
i have reached a zen like state of apathy.
never thought it would happen.
like pavlovs dogs i have been punished so many times when nearing the prize, i dont want it anymore.
i can happily sit in the corner now and starve to death.
thanks spurs
be back to normal in a couple of days i suppose……
Chill Winston gonna be Irie :silly: