Essentially this was a game where the quality of the opposition pushed and pressured the Starship Tottingham Hotspur to the point where you could hear Mr Scott cry from the ether, ‘She cannae take it, Captain!’ The frailties in the engine room were there for all to see. Dry ice shot out of the pipes, lights flashed and the camera man didn’t need wiggle the vertical hold button about, the pitch did actually tilt violently now and again.
The inhabitants of the Blue Moon were a physically strong godless gang of vicious but talented bar stewards. We attempted to stun a few of them but they simply ate our phasers.
The boss made some questionable substitutions yet again and I would welcome him explaining why in his report to Star Fleet Fleet St. Ade was on a yellow, but unarguably our best player. With Defoe and Dempsey teaming up we were effectively down to 9 men.
If I didn’t know Hugo was there on the bench then I’d give the old buzzard an easier ride. It’s not his fault that Lloris appears faster, more proactive, determined not to hoof the ball. It’s not Brad’s fault. But thems the facts.
His agent should get him a non speaking extra part on EastEnders. A bloke happily shifting boxes of cauliflowers on the market. Playing football at this level he looked out of his depth. No howlers, just a startled bunny hopping about on a main road.
Gets dogs abuse from a certain section of our support. This must a be a group of people who live timid, anally retentive lives who will tell you with pride they don’t own a piece of red clothing. He wasn’t perfect but much better than some.
Against the Premier League Champions and their multimillion pound megastars he stock fell a little. Given his age and experience my guess is he’ll survive. The quality of his header beat the country’s best goalie. So yes, a mixed bag but no screaming disaster.
Really needed him in the middle of the defense. Again, with Verts as with others there was too much being thrown at us to indulge him being played out of position.
Here’s a guy that’s worth his wages and due a pay rise. Never goes missing. Doesn’t flounce about doing impressions. He’s mustard. If we had Parker back then we could focus more on feeding the creatives.
This was a game that I felt he genuinely tried his best and despite it not being quite good enough it, that doesn’t make him a bad person. He tried to defend more and move more, but it made little difference. If we could squeeze performances like this out of him against far far weaker opposition then he would be a squad rotation asset. At this level he was too pressured and gave away possession far too frequently.
I liked the figure pointing bit. Must find that for a caption comp. But he didn’t spin past them, he didn’t achieve a whole hell of a lot. He did pitch in defensively which was the right thing to do. But offensively they didn’t notice him.
Did City do a job on him or was he deployed more defensively? Whichever it was, it didn’t work out well for us. A game we could have really benefited from him blazing a trail. And he didn’t.
Oh dear. It appears Clint Dempsey is in possession of some rather lurid photographs of Villas-Boas and a pineapple.
My heart sank when he came on because we took off the only bloke who was probably going to supply him.
Best boy on the pitch. Hugged most of the City team in the tunnel and then proceeded on the pitch to wind most of them up like cheap alarm clocks. If we learned anything from this game it was that Emmanual Adebayor is a diligent footballer. Jermain Defoe is poacher.
Oh Andre, Andre, Andre. What was the deal with taking off Ade? And what on earth were you doing with that pineapple? My big concern is that you aren’t being as tough on the lads as some of us might wish you to be. That said you are missing so many vital ingredients there is a futility to the analysis. Carroll must be trusted. Huddlestone is too limited. As for Dempsey, I am afraid the jig is up.
AVB will turn Arsenal over at the weekend and he will be the best thing since sliced bread. I am beginning to worry about the mental state of some of the posters on here. 11 games in and people want AVB sacked. This bloke is here for the long hall and I for one am delighted with him.
I’m with ya brother….. :daumen:
IF we do get a result against L’arse (the worst team they have had in 12-15 years), I can almost guarantee it wont be through dominating the game, it will be through a good portion of lady luck (just like the well deserved luck in the second half against ManUre).
Even HH doesn’t appear to now show your appreciation for Always Very Bland (see HH I can give compliments!).
As for the comment:
“I for one am delighted with him”
WTF, please explain what exactly you are delighted with?
Prize for if you can get ‘one’ reason why you are delighted with Always Very Bland.
Is it due to Always Very Bland’s starting 11, decisions during games, tactics awareness, post match comments, hair, man management etc etc etc.
Always very bland? Pot calling kettle, me thinks….. :wassat:
If very bland is voicing my concerns with ‘my eyes wide open’ – then I’m hell bent on being bland, blander the better…!
Brisblandspur?
Scary’HH’spice?
Sporty’HH’Spice??
Apologies, can’t quite remember which one was Mel C and also dim witted….
What’s at the end of the long hall?
The trophy room….. :-p
H.H… you are sooo easy going on AVB; “Andre Ander Andre”… etc
I seem to remember you referring to H.R a retard for far, far less.
We all have our pet hates i suppose. Ones that often make a balanced opinion of a situation rather impossible!! Anyway, we move on…
Think AVB did the right thing starting Adebayor, i cannot understand this notion that just cos he scored a hat trick against a glorified pub team that he should he selected to lead the line in the next game. J.D has been great this season but if you play one up top at this level it’s just a no-brainer that you go with Ade.
However, he should have hauled Dempsey off and used Ade as a deep lying target man, as he played against the Slovenians but possibly more withdrawn as with Dempsey.
By the way, can someone tell me what on earth Dempsey is all about please? Why was he signed? I no understand such bollocks, Siggy should be given a go in that position now, Dempsey can go and play in the reserves at full back, he’s got the right number which also says how many he’s scored for us too dunnit??
I’m sure he’s alright but not in this role, total pants. Sort it Ginger!!
last man standing wasn’t he,levy was playing poker
Moutinho…
We simply don’t have the quality…
If Levy…
moutinho & willian if only,do we believe they were possible :hae:
Qoizu: that is the best example yet of what Levy has achieved in the last two transfer windows….. :daumen:
Some thoughts:
1. We need a midfielder who can both pass the ball and run with it. NOT Hudd.
2. Put Dempsey on the bench.
3. Give Siggy a run of 3 games behind Ade
4. Dempsey´s & Siggy´s poor form could be because Defoe doesn´t make players around him better, he only thinks me me me!
5. Ade & Siggy could link well together.
6. Bale is good but he doesn´t have to take ALL set pieces.
7. Remember preseason where Siggy was taking the corners and Bale was the player hammering the ball in the net from the near post…
8. Put Siggy on the dead ball situation and he´ll regain form when he´s allowed to do what he does best, bend it like Beckham. Just read his factfile!
9. Jan the man in central defence is key.
we’ll all be amazed id dumpsey starts against the arse,i think its russia v usa this week,wonder if it will spark clint into some kind of life,he has been shocking for us
Amazed, will you really if Dumpsey starts (?) Bar a firm knock to the head for Always Very Bland (and a harder one for Dumpsey to knock the fuker out until Sunday)…. Don’t like your chances…
Love your optimism, but based on experience thus far, he will be first name on the team sheet!
Some good points, I reckon:
1. We’ve got one: Dembele – just pray he’s back, soon…
2. Yep
3. Yep – Sandro, Dembele, Sigurdsson in MF
4. Defoe has always been that player
5. There’s only one way to find out…
6. Siggy is a set piece specialist – see stats 2011/12
7. See above
8. See above
9. Pray for the speedy return of BAE…
So, mainly, I will just be praying for the next 5 days… ;)
I’d settle for Kermit the frog upfront if it provided just a little excitment on the pitch….
Very bland………as always :gaehn:
As oppose to:
“Hat trick?” (?)
“Hudds shot gone in we would have won” (truly inspiring)
“Don’t forget that last year against pretty much the same players (except Tevez) at home with both Modric and VdV in the team we were soundly beaten….” (Bollox)
I have to admit after that unadulterated demonstration of absolute innovative genious, I have nothing apart from my bland life (thank fuk)….. :shocked2:
PS noticed your still reading my comments…..
:sleeping:
:-p
:shocked:
:face:
:hae:
:winke:
Ade and Siggy are both Supply players
Incorrect. Ade has a better EPL scoring rate than Defoe. Fact.
Now your all soundly asleep suppose I should do some work. Oh well, excitment over for another day…….. :-(
I would have thought we would have at least one insomniac, after we have planty of maniacs!