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  1. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    The under age set piece defending must be resolved. Marking zones when the opponent can then overload one of them AND choose where the ball goes is mental. And whatever about desire to head it, Chalobah had a completely free header direct from the in swinging free kick. Nobody near him. It's...
  2. J

    Premier League 2023/2024

    We better not play a bunch of youngsters vs City. We need this shitshow of time wasters for that game at least. Along with zonal marking!
  3. J

    Player Watch Player Watch: James Maddison

    It be a good statement of intent to get Maddison out the door. He's like a lardass wandering around 2 yards off the pace for the last 5 months and still full of himself despite achieving fuck all. He was fucking blind to Leicester's demise during relegation and unable to change the fortunes of...
  4. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Well, we sacked him for starters. We've been listening ever since about how lucky he was. But I wonder if we'll ever see days like it again. But aside from that personality, the Spursy mentality of cocky arseholes who've never won a fucking thing thinking they're the dogs bollix is something...
  5. J

    Match Threads Chelsea vs Spurs

    The age old mentality issue is what blights our club. The lack of fight and lack of basic will to win, will to keep a clean sheet, will to get in dangerous positions is so frustrating and yet so commonplace. They all revert to a fear of losing possession rather than a determination to cut...
  6. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    And what about the context of what Poch achieved at Spurs relative to all other managers over 50 years? It's interesting within the context of a discussion about patience and taking our time, that his exemplary achievement in a Spurs context can be washed away in the 'context' of poor form that...
  7. J

    Match Threads Chelsea vs Spurs

    This is rubbish football again, unfortunately. Our attack has evaporated as the season progressed. A whole half there with just 1 shot in anger, Romero's header. Just awful stuff playing nothing ball for such long periods. Set piece defending gets the attention. But it's the lack of a...
  8. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Are you saying that statement is wrong?
  9. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    "Luck" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here! This type of argument will be retrofitted to justify Ange's removal midway through next season too if we're well off the pacesetters. The start to the season Poch was sacked was poor, but out of sync with the rest of his Spurs career, which included...
  10. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Nah, he was sacked about 12 league games after a CL final, as a victim of his own success. What he achieved within the bounds of Levy/Spurs was a step-change improvement on what has happened in the last half century. We haven't gotten near that since. There's a microcosm of...
  11. J

    Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

    His audition has been long enough and I'm encouraged that Ange sounds like he'll pass on a permanent deal for him. He simply hasn't done enough and a return to his killer form before the Chelsea move simply won't materialise. His decision making is awry and affects his mentality when a chance...
  12. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Even this is too optimistic. Poch transformed this team into title chasers and CL finalists. Within a year the chairman and a strong majority on here were very keen on his removal. Ange has plenty to do to get near those levels and I suspect he won't be given time. Im not sure what you define...
  13. J

    Team for Chelsea

    I'd play them both. Johnson right and kulu as a 10. With richarlison up front and son left, that'd potentially include a bit a grit, pace and guile that the slow mo Maddison is gumming up these days
  14. J

    Mauricio Pochettino

    Poch is doing OK there. No better, no worse. If the owners there view him as a weak link in their set up, that'll be hilarious. It'll be interesting to resume battle with them next season. But first we have an intriguing head to head coming up. We fucked ourselves in the home game against them...
  15. J

    Team for Chelsea

    Nobody wants to see Maddison in there but we'll be disappointed. I think Son on the left and Richarlison up front should be nailed on and is very welcome. This team doesn't take much pride in a clean sheet - we've had only 6 all season, which might be heading to some sort of record for us. But...
  16. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I reckon he's right to hold the line on this and admire him for doing so. Aside from being bug eyed and boring, moaning about refs is a classic overused way of deflecting culpability and rejecting responsibility. And that feeds in to how players behave and use excuses. You can see the point...
  17. J

    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    Jesus, VAR is ruining this game alright, and the post match discussion of it. Ange is right about that much at least. The time and word count dedicated to complaining about the ref on here is ridiculous. Because of VAR, every fucking teams fans are now constantly spouting victim hood and...
  18. J

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    If you take away the 10 game honeymoon, we're bang average this season. Like 10th place according to a points average over a whole season that excluded that fantastic start. And we have been going backwards a fair bit in performance over recent weeks. That's a real worry - no character in the...
  19. J

    Premier League 2023/2024

    Dr Tottenham might help with that. Chelsea were a shitshow when they visited the lane before we imploded and help set them on a marginally better course.
  20. J

    Premier League 2023/2024

    It's nice to see people clinging to hope of 4th. But we won't be closing a 7 point gap. We've all seen this film before. Even a positive result vs Arsenal will be undermined within a couple of games. Next season might be different. But we know what we're dealing with here.
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