Match Threads Spurs vs West Ham - Match Thread

[Roberts84]

Dier and Sanchez did really well again tonight. Antonio is the type of striker that Sanchez struggles against so it was odd he kept going on Dier’s side who marshalled him well. Dull first half but played well once we scored.

 

[yojambo]

Buzzing for Kane. Can't wait for him to get back to his best.

West ham are terrible lol

 

[TheRevolution]

I thought the way we handled the last 15 minutes was fantastic. That's why we got Mourinho in! I've seen so many Spurs games, even under Poch, where we would concede at the 84th minute and just about hold on for the win or concede.

 

[Tucker]

Ben Davies has had a good game

Kept Bowen under control for most of the game, who looks like a good talent.

Can’t understand the stick Ben gets on here, he’s a reliable, consistent defender. No he isn’t as good going forward as someone like Rose but he’s still a very good player.

 

[timfrancis]

I'm calling bullshit. Sure I saw him blowing on his fries.

That's cooling down, not warming up

 

[spursfan77]

You have to say that lamela for dele worked really well. Exactly what was needed.

Mourinho rarely gets his subs wrong.

 

[C0YS]

We won against a shite team who tried to park the bus.

We are still far too easy to get at, they had a quite a few situations that on another day will prove costly.

If we played like this against every shit team who tries to park the bus, we'd be laughing. That has been our main problem this season. We are rarely comfortable against anybody, even when 3-0 up.

 

[joelstinton14]

Pretty easy win that. At full flow mid season that would have been a comfortable 4/5 nil. Though West Ham May have given us more of a game.
Look far more solid since the break. Given Jose time to work on the organisation of our defensive shape and of course allowing half our squad to come back from injury.

 

[SE Spurs]

Just happy to see us win again. Great to see Kane back scoring goals, Lo Celso just class, and a fucking CLEAN SHEET! West Ham really are shit

COYS!!!!

 

[SuperPav10]

The times he has played, he has been the best player on the pitch. I think he's shown enough to be considered class. Maybe he has a bad attitude, I don't know. But he's widely considered one of the best prospects in world football. We're in danger of losing him. How is he going to win Jose over if he's not aloud to show it where it matters... on the pitch.

The biggest question seems to be around his workrate, not his talent. He may have that killer pass in him, but will he put in a shift defensively like Gio, Sissoko or Winks would? When we're scrapping for a win, we can't carry any passengers. Put simply, he's still an unknown quantity and Mou trusts others before him. Hopefully it'll be different next season and we get to see him more.

 

[buckley]

They were a beaten side at the end not only the scoreline but in attitude we took all the fight and zest out of them its not that often you can say" quite easy " against the hammers .

 

[dtxspurs]

Me too. I’ll be pissed off if we don’t start the same side, and the same tactics next time.

Why? Subs clearly made the performance better.

 

[rossdapep]

Ndombele

I think Jose is challenging him.

He's shown improvement, give him praise. Keep him waiting to see if he keeps working hard or throws a strop.

Plenty of players show brief improvement, get praise and then revert back to slouching.

He'll be a better player for it if he gets the message.

 

[Sarsipius]

He never falls below mediocre. He is so underrated.

Damned by faint praise indeed.

 

[karennina]

If ndombele doesn’t get on tonight, then I can’t see him having any future at spurs

I don't agree but it is remarkable that everyone he might be competing with apart from Skipp has played ahead of him.

 

[ilikeost]

I thought Dier was a colossus at the back today, won absolutely everything in the air and all of his battles with Antonio.

He did great, as did Sanchez. Antonio (who usually wrecks our defenders) had nothing all game.

 

[buckley]

Also I would never select Moura over Bergwijn or Lamela .

 

[chrissivad]

Two disagrees take it you boys didn’t watch the match tonight then lol

There have been plenty of games his crossing has been awful, but he put in a few good crosses tonight.

 

[SpursD22]

‪Dier & Sanchez should be our main CB partnership for the rest of the season. Impressive game from the duo once again ‬

 

[felmani26]

Much better showing second half and as has already been mentioned, the substitution of Alli for Lamela was pivotal and created a lot more space for others to operate in as opposed to Alli loitering like a statue and not offering any runs.

Bergwijn for Lucas was also welcomed and then we really could have truly buried West Ham who were pretty woeful.

Not pretty for a good spell but the positives at the end outweigh that. Still very much a work in progress but some building blocks for the future out there - no more so than Lo Celso who is pivotal to our success going forward.