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The Footie Thread

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Orikoru said:
Conceding late from a corner is very annoying. Thought we played well second half and were worth a point. Had two very good chances to go 2-1 up, shame Bergwijn can't finish, and I don't know what happened with Kane's header, obviously saw it at the last second. Oh well. Might as well give Liverpool the title now, nobody has been anywhere near consistent enough to chase them.
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I wouldn’t say Liverpool are a shoe in just yet they weren’t that impressive against Fulham, game panned out as expected and we had the best chances second half, if I was a neutral watching I would want Liverpool to win they play the way the game should be played.

Although we conceded so much possession and that in turn gives Liverpool the freedom to play and pass it around the game was very close, just goes to show how irrelevant stats can be.

We nearly done a job on Liverpool and we played very well given the way Mourino wants us to play.

It’s a strange one as I don’t particularly like the way we play now but we are competing and can hopefully win something this season.
 
hairball_89 said:
Bold bit... please feel free!

Given Mourinho's bus parking and the way we played at the weekend I was worried today was gonna be a god awful game of football, the likes of which hasn't been seen since premier league football was being played in Stoke...

Thank God I was wrong! Great game. If both teams were clinical we'd have been 3+ up at HT and Spurs would have had 2/3 second half. Absolutely chuffed with the result, obviously. But the performance was exceptional.
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Yeah, that's fair. We rode the storm first half then conceded a lucky goal, but popped an equaliser in out of nowhere. Then we definitely should have gone 2-1 up. Huge result for you, the difference between being 2nd on GD, and 3 points clear of everyone.
 
ColchesterFC said:
I assume Liverpool fans that said it was a foul on Salah for a push in the back will agree that Kane should have had a penalty for the challenge by Mane when he missed the header from the corner? Both hands in his back and pushed him.
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I had you down as better colch....

Obviously not because Kane had a free header and directed the poor shot to the floor, Kane wasn’t impeded.
 
Rlburnside said:
I wouldn’t say Liverpool are a shoe in just yet they weren’t that impressive against Fulham, game panned out as expected and we had the best chances second half, if I was a neutral watching I would want Liverpool to win they play the way the game should be played.

Although we conceded so much possession and that in turn gives Liverpool the freedom to play and pass it around the game was very close, just goes to show how irrelevant stats can be.

We nearly done a job on Liverpool and we played very well given the way Mourino wants us to play.

It’s a strange one as I don’t particularly like the way we play now but we are competing and can hopefully win something this season.
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Personally I don't agree with the phrase in bold, but you've probably already worked that out from my earlier posts. I think football beauty is in the eye of the beholder - for example when everyone said that tiki taka Barca team from ten or twelve years ago was playing beautiful football, I found it dull as ditchwater with endless 5 yard passes. Most of my favourite teams have been direct counter-attacking teams, I find that more exciting. Admittedly you need more than one way of playing, as we came unstuck against Palace - I think we couldn't get out of the mentality that we had for the bigger games surrounding it. But the way we played today against Liverpool to my mind is the only way you can play at Anfield and hope to get a result. In fact we managed to create more good chances than I expected to.
 
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Very good performance from the champions, dominated the game in all the right areas. Tough enough to break down an average 10 men behind the ball, it was always gonna be tough trying to beak down a very good side in Spurs.

I admire how Spurs are now mastering the dark arts of the game, it was like watching a mixture of Mourinho’s Chelsea, Inter and Yernited teams. Even funnier when he comes out with his delusional comments at the end.

I wonder if the press will call him out......
 
Stuart_C said:
Very good performance from the champions, dominated the game in all the right areas. Tough enough to break down an average 10 men behind the ball, it was always gonna be tough trying to beak down a very good side in Spurs.

I admire how Spurs are now mastering the dark arts of the game, it was like watching a mixture of Mourinho’s Chelsea, Inter and Yernited teams. Even funnier when he comes out with his delusional comments at the end.

I wonder if the press will call him out......
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Yes you played well but when a team concedes so much possession you will always look better as you have so much time on the ball and so many more passes.

Your two full backs didn’t dominant as well as they normally do and it’s not clear to me where you dominated anywhere on the pitch.

Both teams played well but in very different ways and we could have won with the better chances in the second half, so I would say the team that played the best football won.
 
Rlburnside said:
Yes you played well but when a team concedes so much possession you will always look better as you have so much time on the ball and so many more passes.

Your two full backs didn’t dominant as well as they normally do and it’s not clear to me where you dominated anywhere on the pitch.

Both teams played well but in very different ways and we could have won with the better chances in the second half, so I would say the team that played the best football won.
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No they never, Curtis Jones did, but they still played an integral role into getting the result.

The ball in possesion
Turnover in play
Created most chances

Its all well in good dominating the ball but if you do sod all with iI, it’s pointless. See Arsenal last week against your lot.

I agree both teams played well though it was a game of Defence V Attack.
 
Stuart_C said:
No they never, Curtis Jones did, but they still played an integral role into getting the result.

The ball in possesion
Turnover in play
Created most chances

Its all well in good dominating the ball but if you do sod all with iI, it’s pointless. See Arsenal last week against your lot.

I agree both teams played well though it was a game of Defence V Attack.
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Well you dominated the ball all game and done sod all exept for a lucky deflection and a last minute goal ;)
 
Rlburnside said:
Yes you played well but when a team concedes so much possession you will always look better as you have so much time on the ball and so many more passes.

Your two full backs didn’t dominant as well as they normally do and it’s not clear to me where you dominated anywhere on the pitch.

Both teams played well but in very different ways and we could have won with the better chances in the second half, so I would say the team that played the best football won.
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In fairness on the full backs comment, it seems that we changed our usual shape to more of a 4-4-2 - I can only imagine that was so we could use Bergwijn and Sissoko out wide specifically to track and mark their full backs and stop them having any impact (while leaving Son and Kane up for the counter). So I guess that part of our gameplan had the desired effect.
 
Orikoru said:
In fairness on the full backs comment, it seems that we changed our usual shape to more of a 4-4-2 I can only imagine that was so we could use Bergwijn and Sissoko out wide specifically to track and mark their full backs and stop them having any impact (while leaving Son and Kane up for the counter). So I guess that part of our gameplan had the desired effect.
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442?? More like 6-4-0 ?

I like counter attack football but you've got to be clinical for it to work effectively. No doubt JM will get spurs more clinical over the next few months.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It looked a penalty to me to be fair. Gormless by Gomes, he shouldn't have put a foot there. I'd have been miffed had it happened to us.

Any reason why Perez isn't starting? He improved Leicester no end when he came on.
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Yesterday was the best I’ve seen Perez play, he is usually lightweight and gives the ball away too easily.
 
Swingalot said:
I watch decisions like this and I honestly question the integrity of the Premier league sometimes. Absolutely crazy and where the hell is VAR when refs are making clear and obvious errors?

Anyway, happy for a point against a decent West Ham team imo.
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I had a horrible feeling that we'd get beat by 3 and 1st half it looked like we might. Palace are a decent outfit and can cause anyone a problem when their front 3 fires. Happy to take the point and move on -
 
Stuart_C said:
442?? More like 6-4-0 ?

I like counter attack football but you've got to be clinical for it to work effectively. No doubt JM will get spurs more clinical over the next few months.
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To be fair we have been clinical in the run up to the games against you, I can only remember one time we were caught out of position in second half and for all the possession Liverpool had we looked comfortable at the back and didn’t look like conceding.

I think JM will be bitterly disappointed as the team played exactly as he wanted and but for the Bergwijn miss and the Kane header he will feel we should have won the match.

But it’s done now and you got 3 points and top of the league ?
 
Great result against a tough spurs side last night.... Very easily could have been a different result.

What gives me some heart is that if the ridiculous var decisions against Everton and Brighton hadn't been invented by the officials we'd currently be 7 points clear..... And all this without really playing particularly well.

I think spurs will be there or there abouts come the end of the season along with Chelsea (my pick before season started) and man city.

Shaping to be an entertaining campaign.
 
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