Match Thread Spurs V Liverpool

[Nineteenx]

I am hoping that we begin to "click" around mid-February to early March. Obviously us clicking before then would be more than ideal, but the most important time to do so is while we juggle the League and the effort at the Champion's League knockout stages - if we get there.

Until such times, I expect bumps in the road and results are what matter.

Frustrating as it was to see us unable to see it out at 2-0, or kill it off by making it 3-1 after we conceded, we still won.

Another game without defeat, level with Chelsea, a win against decent opposition - I'll take it.

More concerned about potential injuries than performances. You'll get 2 or 3 wins a season where you play awfully, but get it done. I'm happy enough to chalk it up to that and keep going.

It's the last Saturday before Christmas. Everyone should have a glass of something nice, some snacks and to stick a game or movie on and be glad of the 3 points. Life's too short.

I think you’re missing the cycle that’s repeating

Lose several in a row
Revert to 433 have two great wins and a loss marred by Var

Slot uses this as an excuse to revert to the 4231 that will never be successful as even Guardiola can’t have his team play that way since 6 seasons ago

We drop loads of points and get embarrassed again a few times

Slot reverts to 4312 the 3 in midfielder being key gets 3 or 4 unbeaten, with 2 good wins

AGAIN uses this as a cue to revert to the hopeless 4232 AGAIN and we were shit AGAIN it was only through playing more directly second half we scored 2

This repeating cycle doesn’t get us anywhere or win anything it failed in 2019-2020 and hasn’t.been played again since and that was with a better squad, more directness and a far better balance of players picking up and those being in space Slot’s had a pipe dream to play an obsolete system and spent 430 million on it

Basics required and exhibited by all teams including the best are fundamentally missing if he doesn’t give it up after today he needs to go, if he’d have gone 8 weeks ago we’d be in the title race

[JockStrap]

Basics required and exhibited by all teams including the best are fundamentally missing if he doesn’t give it up after today he needs to go, if he’d have gone 8 weeks ago we’d be in the title race

We're not winning the title this season. That ship has sailed.

It's ok. We don't have to win it every year. Still plenty to play for.

[JockStrap]

Huge credit to Isak by the way. He has been sat on the bench recently. Got his chance. Lovely run, great finish. More of that lad.

[Nineteenx]

It came from us doing what we gave up doing in that awful 4231 playing with intensity being direct when it’s there to be, moving the ball quickly in as few passes as possible to create the chance and when it was on

If Wirtz plays the ball as soon as it’s in, rather than wait a second or two we still
Score but Isak doesn’t get injured

[Kev0909]

Foundations are there for next season, just need a few players and we'll be laughing well hopefully.

Shame isak scored a classic isak goal...... and then got injured again.

[Nineteenx]

Kerkez was shite today

[Kev0909]

Doesn't sound too promising on isak bit of a joke is he ever going to be fit? at least frimpong is back and didn't get injrued again.. yet

[Nineteenx]

Wirtz has this weird thing where he takes a second or two to deliver the ball after it was first on, he did that with that pass and it got Isak injured

It was a classic Isak goal as I’ve been describing from having watched him lots at Newcastle, we had 3 up, win it, move it as quickly and directly as possible he made the run from a little deeper than the CBs

That’s how he scores and why playing 4231 with Isak is a shit idea he scored a lot for Newcastle as thry played 433 and how always set a great press with the midfield 3 and 2 wide forwards they’d win it, release either wide forward who’d play the ball in behind the defence or cut it back for Isak to arrive onto

[JockStrap]

Wirtz has this weird thing where he takes a second or two to deliver the ball after it was first on, he did that with that pass and it got Isak injured

This must be his new thing. Complete rubbish but I suppose we're going to hear a lot more of it.

I haven't watched that goal back but my instinct is that if Wirtz gives the ball any earlier then the defender gets there first. But arguing facts is pointless. Let him ramble.

[Nineteenx]

Newcastle last season were mostly

Pope

Livremento CRTF Schar Burn

Gumaraes Tonali Linton

Murphy Isak Gordon/Barnes

In terms of link play Isak usually stayed just a little deeper than the CBs sometimes venturing right, just laid it back or to Murphy and it went to Murphy, Gordon or Barnes released in behind the defence so Isak had the run on them