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Match Threads Spurs vs Manchester United - Match Thread - Day 30

Match Prediction

  • Spurs to Win

    Votes: 105 42.3%
  • Manu to Win

    Votes: 97 39.1%
  • Score Draw

    Votes: 43 17.3%
  • Goal-less Draw

    Votes: 3 1.2%

  • Total voters
    248
  • Poll closed .

Cornpattbuck

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Jul 23, 2013
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Genuinely stunned that anyone has a solid opinion on Gedson so far. He's barely featured, and when he has it's as part of a dysfunctional team. Ah well, good to be back SC...
 

Mighty Spurs

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Oct 13, 2008
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I thought that we played well in the first half, thereafter, I fell that we seemed to go down a gear in the second half. Manure, eventually had five fresh players on and we only managed to sun two players. This is due to the fact that Manure has a much stronger bench than we have, thanks to Levy not doing any business in the past window transfer, I also thought that their penalty was extremely soft. Moss seems to give us a hard time every time he refs us. All in all a draw was a fair result. Sissoko, Aurier, Dier, Lamela played well. Kane was not close to match fitness. Son was kept quiet. We really need a win against the hammers. COYS!!!!
 

homer hotspur

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Dec 7, 2014
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I thought that we played well in the first half, thereafter, I fell that we seemed to go down a gear in the second half. Manure, eventually had five fresh players on and we only managed to sun two players. This is due to the fact that Manure has a much stronger bench than we have, thanks to Levy not doing any business in the past window transfer, I also thought that their penalty was extremely soft. Moss seems to give us a hard time every time he refs us. All in all a draw was a fair result. Sissoko, Aurier, Dier, Lamela played well. Kane was not close to match fitness. Son was kept quiet. We really need a win against the hammers. COYS!!!!
As usual, I think many had got carried away with the apparent strength of our squad before the match without remembering how totally unbalanced it is. With Kane clearly not very fit and no Moura or Dele available, yet again our lack of forward options were exposed. As Man Utd upped the pace and threw on Greenwood and Igalo, we continued to flog Harry, as per usual. I'm still far frrom convinced that Jose is the right man for us, in fact I suspect he isn't, but I think he has his eye firmly on this problem and will, hopefully, get it sorted somehow in the summer. Kane simply cannot play virtually every minute of every game( inc internationals), even when fit. Ideally, he wouldn't have to start or play 90 mins on Tuesday.
Until this farcical situation is resolved, we cannot hope to challenge the top 4 and will probably be struggling for top 6.
 

Bulletspur

The Reasonable Advocate
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Oct 17, 2006
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As usual, I think many had got carried away with the apparent strength of our squad before the match without remembering how totally unbalanced it is. With Kane clearly not very fit and no Moura or Dele available, yet again our lack of forward options were exposed. As Man Utd upped the pace and threw on Greenwood and Igalo, we continued to flog Harry, as per usual. I'm still far frrom convinced that Jose is the right man for us, in fact I suspect he isn't, but I think he has his eye firmly on this problem and will, hopefully, get it sorted somehow in the summer. Kane simply cannot play virtually every minute of every game( inc internationals), even when fit. Ideally, he wouldn't have to start or play 90 mins on Tuesday.
Until this farcical situation is resolved, we cannot hope to challenge the top 4 and will probably be struggling for top 6.
Good to make excuses I suppose. Even with our "crap" squad (as most of you have implied), Jose could have taken off Kane instead of Lamela, push Lamela up front and either bring on Toby to make it three at the back to protect our lead, or bring on Ndombele to support the Winks and Sissoko, while Lo Celso plays where Lamela was. I am sure that would have made a big difference, instead of Jose insulting the players by saying he had no one to put on, while they were there on the bench beside him. I am really not in Jose camp at the moment, as I can see the ridiculous excuses to come for the remaining matches that we do not win.
 

SPURSLIFE

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Jul 21, 2011
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Kane is finished at the elite level.

Might be controversial but I said it.
Put Kane in a side that plays to his strengths and he will still get 25 to 30 goals a season. He's a striker not a bloody CH which is where he ended up most of the game with us playing so defensively.
 

spursfan77

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Aug 13, 2005
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Put Kane in a side that plays to his strengths and he will still get 25 to 30 goals a season. He's a striker not a bloody CH which is where he ended up most of the game with us playing so defensively.

This is his heat map from Friday night, where is this utter fabrication of true events coming from?

He’s too deep here to score, which isn’t good enough, but he’s not that deep.

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SuperPav10

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Aug 20, 2013
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This is his heat map from Friday night, where is this utter fabrication of true events coming from?

He’s too deep here to score, which isn’t good enough, but he’s not that deep.

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He also won't be fully fit, so looked like he was asked to preserve some energy and drop into a deeper role to try to feed the wingers. It didn't exactly work but if he's starting tomorrow as well, it makes sense why it was asked of him.
 

Serpico

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Dec 30, 2019
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You can say what you want about the pen but dier should never end up isolated from that position .... someone should be covering ! Look at winks right behind him, we’re did he go surely he covers from there awful ! Some fans don’t wanna see it though
Agree Dier shouldn't be caught and once a player is in front, your asking for trouble in the box. I feel the penalty was harsh and shouldn't have been given.
 
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