Suarez made him look like a fool a few times.
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What I really don't get and Leo touched upon this in the above are their priorities as a club. Why rest a trio of their key players when you're facing elimination from the Champions League group stages - I would be livid if our manager rested say Matip, Coutinho and Clyne instead of younger more unproven players in such a vital game (especially if we then lost easily). Even more so if the argue were to keep them fresh for a league game where their main quest is to secure Champions League football next season.
Don't get me wrong, from what I've seen Eriksen, Walker, Vertonghen etc. hasn't exactly set the world on fire this season, they've been mostly poor to average - and same goes for Dele, Dembele, Lamela and Son, but it still doesn't make any sense to me. And newcomers in Janssen and Sissoko (I thought he would've been a good buy actually) has looked completely League One standard all Season. (Btw, what is it with Spurs and their 'talent' for buying strikers - if it wasn't for their homegrown Kane they'd be way down the table watching Janssen, Soldado etc. firing blanks)
Anyway, them out of the ChL is mainly on Pochettino as I see it, could also harm them in the league, to our advantage.
Oh and Lloris is probably the best keeper in the world right now.. the fact Spurs didn't lose with a greater margin last night was only down to him.
Don't get me wrong, from what I've seen Eriksen, Walker, Vertonghen etc. hasn't exactly set the world on fire this season, they've been mostly poor to average - and same goes for Dele, Dembele, Lamela and Son, but it still doesn't make any sense to me. And newcomers in Janssen and Sissoko (I thought he would've been a good buy actually) has looked completely League One standard all Season. (Btw, what is it with Spurs and their 'talent' for buying strikers - if it wasn't for their homegrown Kane they'd be way down the table watching Janssen, Soldado etc. firing blanks)
Anyway, them out of the ChL is mainly on Pochettino as I see it, could also harm them in the league, to our advantage.
Oh and Lloris is probably the best keeper in the world right now.. the fact Spurs didn't lose with a greater margin last night was only down to him.
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Yeah but that doesn't count does it?
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He's always been a "sweeper-keeper" type; very quick off his line, but he wasn't helped by the absurdly high-line that AVB tried to get them to play when he was there.
I went to that White Hart Lane demolition job - even Flanno scored - and Lloris was totally exposed all game. All Liverpool had to do was gently chip a ball over the advanced defence, allow Suarez or Sterling or whoever to run onto it in about 40 yards of space, and poor old Lloris was stranded.
It was most enjoyable.
Think they're also struggeling a bit this season in terms of goals for just that reason (quality).
They sold Chadli who was their second top scorer without adding any goals. Janssen and Sissoko look like two awful signings at the moment. Janssen is young though so he could obviously come good.
Alli hasnt looked like himself either and doesnt look anything special this season.
Their CL campaign has been very enjoyable.
Dele and Eriksen both well below par and as their most creative outlets this has hurt them. Son has chipped in with goals and assists but is very hit and miss. Lamela, still not sure what to make of him. Is he good? Or just a greedy, nasty player with a few tricks up his sleeve? I am leaning towards the latter.
Only concern from our perspective is if/when they find their feet again, because they are still sitting pretty comfortable in the table despite not having reached anywhere near the level of last season. It seems albeit to a lesser extent than Leicester that they also struggle with some type of the blues because of last season. It certainly has effected them in Europe but not so much in the league. So far.
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Janssen just seems to have really slow feet, like he's wearing boots three sizes too big.
As for Sissoko, he's..."enigmatic" would be the most polite term. Sometimes he can look unstoppable, at others he looks like a Sunday league player.
There's a few players not really performing at a high enough level. And they miss Dembele when he isn't playing.
As for Sissoko, he's..."enigmatic" would be the most polite term. Sometimes he can look unstoppable, at others he looks like a Sunday league player.
There's a few players not really performing at a high enough level. And they miss Dembele when he isn't playing.
I actually think it has hurt them a bit to accommodate Wanyama too. Him and Dembele together are too pedestrian and are also lacking creativity. That Winks fella however looks like he could be another potential great player for them..
Wanyama has looked brilliant in some games, and very poor in others. It's weird.
At some point they'll have to stop winning games without dodgy penalties aswell and get the deserved draws/losses they are due.
Pedestrian isnt a word id use to describe Dembele.
The bloke is a fucking freight train when hes on the ball.
Yeah that is quite an amount of calls that have gone their way already, last nights pen (and the one against West Ham at least) seemed legit though.
The thing is, NOT ONE media outlet calls them out on their repeated diving, general play-acting, ref harassing and dodgy pens. Not one.
So now there's a pro-Spurs media conspiracy?
No, don't be a twat.
They (and Poch) are simply seen a positive light right now as some sort of symbol of progressive tactics - the cynical stuff is somewhat unconsciously filtered out.
It's not a "conspiracy", they're benefiting from a positive projection.
I do think Spurs are a bit of a media darling for some reason.
Pochettino said the Dortmund games last season and the Monaco game are of a higher CL level. Yet for both games he put out a weaker squad.
I have no idea what's the deal. You fight the whole season to get into the CL to play the big games. But when you get there you chickened out of those exact games. Truly small-timed. I'm not sure why he's not given more stick for his retarded tinkerings.
Add to that Alderweired was talking about repeating the A.Madrid success in the CL this season with Spurs just few months ago. Not sure what he must be thinking now.
What Spurs do have going for them is their back 5: Lloris, Alderweireld-Vertonghen-Walker-Rose - it's possibly the best defensive line in the league (Walker is the only slightly weak link, but he does add a lot in attack). This is why there were able to win so many games 1:0. Alderweireld's injury has hurt them badly because Dier is nowhere near as good as a defender.
Indeed. He found his position when they moved him forward into DM, but he falls well short of that level when he returns to the back four.
Overall, good though their defence looks, Lloris has saved them in more than one of the games I've seen and they haven't convinced me with their attacking options in Kane's absence either - Son's form has been variable and I'm not convinced Janssen's good enough for a team that wants to challenge for the title. I'm not writing them off just yet, but for me they're definitely behind us, Citeh and the Chavs at the moment.
And Arsenal.
He's shite Cavani
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