We barely got beaten by the best team in the world missing son, bis and sarr. Madders just getting back and it took a corner taken by KDB with them interfering with vicario to get the goal. No shame or need to be down about that result! Future is bright!!! Angeball is the way!

The reason we didn't play Ange ball is because we played against a proper team who knew how we'd play and completely shut us down. Pep is an elite manager and deployed the perfect strategy.

@grahammerry7031

4 ай бұрын

Its probably why Celtic were poor in Europe. Didn't change to suit opposition.

@M0dTaP

4 ай бұрын

ye he's a plan A only manager, zero adaptability. He'll never be an elite manager because he's too predictable and stubborn.@@grahammerry7031

Congratulations to Oliver Skipp for making his 100th appearance for us. Even if he never plays another game for us (which I'm sure won't be the case), he will still be able to say "I played in 100 games for Tottenham Hotspur" which is a lot more than many other players have managed (including a certain Jurgen Klinsmann). I've mentioned before that Skipp is from my hometown so I particularly want him to get every opportunity to make it with us. It's already testament to his ability and work ethic that he is still in contention for a first team place when we have so much competition for midfield places. I will be very sad if and when the time comes for Skipp to leave for first team football. He has one advantage over Bissouma in that we can rely on him to play half a dozen matches without getting sent off.

@jacklegros6614

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, skipp is not the future of Tottenham

@lizziebkennedy7505

4 ай бұрын

I think he’s been awesome. But some of our fans never give credit, just criticism

@lizziebkennedy7505

4 ай бұрын

@@jacklegros6614it’s a team sport, you droon.

I couldn't understand why no Spurs player got between Vicario and the City player. City were doing that on every corner. Tottenham should never have allowed that to happen.

@downandoutwithapencil8566

4 ай бұрын

Yes exactly, this really wound me up throughout the game.

I've said this before, We missed Sarr most. He glues everything together.

We're used to Ange ball but what we got was 1 shot on goal which is Nuno ball but Nuno side beat City. After this game I re-watched our 1-0 win from last year under Stellini where Harry scored his 267th there was some great counter attacking football, remember when Peresic, Kane, Son and Romero ran the length of the pitch like sprinters but the final ball just beat Kane to the far post by inches leaving him sitting astride it. The difference between those 2 victories and this defeat was a few thousand miles and one world class player Sonny wasn't there. We've got some good players and some promising players and a couple of bang average one's but only one world class one and he lifts our team levels. I was hoping they would disallow the goal but only because it meant City wouldn't have scored in this stadium and I wouldn't have cared if they won the replay 6-0 it would have been deserved based on how badly we were outplayed although I think Werner and Richarlison have had more unjust criticism since the game than they had service during the game. I do have one slight disagreement with you namely Pedro Porro, overall I think he is Spurs most improved player this season but if you go back to the 3rd round virtually every set piece he took was a wasted effort, yes he scored the winning goal but that was it. Looking forward to the return of Sarr and Son, Bissouma since Luton has been iffy, maybe with them back we can challenge for top 4. Have a great day, take care of yourself and enjoy.

Small disservice to say we played with fear. There was the bones of the brave Ange-ball, but structure felt broke - both Hojbjerg and Bentancur were bad at connecting the pitch. Kulu felt out of ideas as 10 and we were neither building nor breaking. We go again!!

Jhonson is starting to frustrate me, for a player we bought for his pace, he never use it, he is so passive, And when the fullbacks try to play to his feet, hi is so slow to react that the other teams fullback always gets infront of him and takes the ball.

Watching the game on the tele, it was a clear plan to put Dias on vicario and I dk how our staff didn’t see that and adjust. They were jostling alone every corner. Surprised KDB didn’t put it on vicario more.

This was by far the least annoyed I have been at a defeat this season. Chelsea, Wolves, Villa, West Ham and Brighton where matches we lost because we shot ourselves in the foot. This felt a match where we played a much better team who finally turned up against us at home.

Feel like Sonny's leadership and energy was really missed yesterday. The team looked a bit lethargic and just weren't clicking.

Mickey van de ven timed his tackles especialy his slidding tackles were old skool and uuter class

Thanks Ali! VDV was not only our best player, he was the player on the whole pitch in my opinion. Great defender.

I agree Skip is under rated, not so long ago he was one of our best players and will shortly rediscover his form in my opinion.

@jamescoffey5282

4 ай бұрын

He needs a loan spell at an EPL club to properly access him.

City deserved the win , We really need to be patient the team is just coming back together .

That’s one thing that really upset me! Werner was making some great runs but nobody picked him out.

It was always going to be struggle lets be honest. Ange has always emphasised the process rather than expecting a miraculous turn around this year. What I saw, was our team go toe to toe with the best in the world. It was the first time ive watched spurs since Kanes departure and thought he was missed. Richi ran his socks off but the ball doesnt stick to him like it did Kane.. Alas, the pace and quality of football played by both spurs and city was incredible.. the goal was shoddy imo.. blocking the keeper making no attempt to play the ball is obstruction all day long, but cant be changed now. City were absolutely on top of their game. Son may have made a difference, hojbjerg played out of his skin until the 79th minute - i guess fatigue got the better of him. I didn't think the spurs performance was bad, it was a good game of high quality that didnt go our way. Thanks for the continued and persistent updates Ali, its rare i disagree with you, but I was proud of the effort and im still holding on for the prem title this year #coys #todareistodidgeridoo

Lot of talk about how they shouldn’t have had a few days off. Ange and coaches wouldn’t have given them time off if they weren’t knackered, without it they could have been even worse.

@user-dh6yl7lo2s

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. No one was criticising the decision to give the team time off before the game. Second-guessing decisions when subsequent results go astray is just pointless.

I do agree that Sonny was missed, but I also believe that Pape would have given us more control in midfield, so we might have seen some better transitions. Madders is the man you expect that from but I'm sure we might have seen it more if Pape had been there.

Werner did so many runs but noone trailed him😮 no teamwork for some reason 😢

@mikey16560

4 ай бұрын

yeah i saw him make runs but nobody see or played thru balls to him !!

Sorry Alasdair but the foul on Vic was premeditated and cynical. It's the lead up to the infringement where you see the player's intent, it's blatantly obvious what he's doing and what his intention is... Having said that Man City were the better team and deserved to win.

@rhysjaggar4677

4 ай бұрын

City should have had a multitude of bookings for completely cynical fouling in the middle of the park, deliberately stopping many promising situations. The referee basically gave them a free pass all match to cheat. One of the big reasons Spurs made no chances in the game - strangling promising situations at source.

@SB-hg5sq

4 ай бұрын

Way back when I played football you'd say "put a man on the keeper" at a corner, happens every game. Fine line between a foul or not and City got away with that. I think Vic was a bit off balance and was just muscled out.

Odd game for me, we played well and badly at the same time. We deserved a draw and to lose at the same time and I was quite proud and disappointed at the same time. Its all put into perspective when you remember they are the best team in the world and the other team was Man City. ;)

Much too negative for me. Firstly the goal was very dubious. Vicario was being manhandling before the corner was taken and was continued to be during the whole phase until the goal was scored. That's said we played poorly in midfield and that led to zero attacking threat. The defence was pretty good and a scrappy dubious goal proves the point. The midfield with Hojbjerg just doesn't workHe slows the play down and for all his qualities he defensive minded. I would prefer Skip in there as he prpved in the Man Utd game he can be attack minded whereas with Hojbjerg defensive play is ingrained in him. He also tends to make at least two stupid goal making mistakes each game. He need to go. Then again we were without 3 players who could do the most damage to City in Sarr (everytime he doesn't play should be a sign.of how good amd vital he is to Ange Ball) Maddison (cleary not up to speed yet even with the limited te he had on the pitch) and our captain and talisman Son. Not excuses just things to consider when you are playing the best team in the world who are just getting onto gear. I also think the break didn't help they never seem to do...but all in all the future looks good and this trophy thing is overplayed. We've been there or thereabouts for most of the last 10 years and apart from Nuno Mouriniho and Conte the football has been exciting and good to watch and led to Champions Leage games that will live long in the memory. The final was Poch's worst decision making in his entire time at Tottenham. Keep the faith and we will win with Ange on the next 2 years.

No shame in losing to Man City, best team on the planet. Ange summed it up perfectly, we fought hard to stay in the game but that's all. But we are very early into a journey.

A disappointment, but not because City were dominating and Spurs were not in control as they usual were lately. Such things happen and the dominating team could lose. However, what was disappointing was that I saw this coming THREE CORNERS before the silly goal happened. The tactic of harrasing and obstructing Vicario was being repeated without any of the coaching staff, including Postecoglou, all the Spurs players, and even Vicario himself taking notice and action to prevent it. It was done subtly in such a way that everyone did not think anything of it. I noticed it being practiced by other teams too. Hopefully this will be a lesson, an expensive one though.

Spurs didn't set out to defend for 90 minutes. They found themselves on the defense. Man City are one of the best teams to ever play the game.

I didn’t come away from the game hating the performance. We played some nice football at times. What we missed was utilising Werner, 3/4 times all that was needed was a ball (sometimes ugly ball) in behind. Was a tough one to swallow but I feel we didn’t look miles away from their level. COYS

RE Johnson the last 5 or so games he’s been completely different to how he was in his first 7-8 games. Even though he’s hardly scored he was getting in good positions to score and contributing assists with some nice crossing. The last 5-6 games it’s like playing with 10 men when he plays now. His crossing has become absolutely shocking and he is not getting in any good positions now. I personally think it’s the lack of goals that’s playing on his mind. He knows he needs to score, Ange come out and said it publically that our wingers need to score more and he’s looking at like 10 straight games without a goal and I just think it’s playing on his mind as he knows he hasn’t taken his chance and now Madders is back Kulu will go straight out wide.

I did not understand why someone did not pay attention and push Dias away from his constant interference with Vicario just before MC took corners. Why did nobody addtess this and bully Dias away from Vicario. If the referee was ignoring what Dias was doing , we should not have. Yesterday we were outplayed and outfought by the better side. Terrible feeling about the performance especially being at home .

I'm now convinced that hyerbole is the ordinary and usual language of the EPL - and thanks to you, Alasdair, for providing the exception with your reasoned and calm analysis. No disgrace in losing to City by one goal, but in terms of 'performance', this was one of Spurs' worst this season - it was lacking in energy, courage and adventure. Ange usually is quite scathing of such performances but seemed intent on going a bit easy on the team. I'm putting it down to a blip - the players just weren't mentally up for it, for whatever reason. I know Brennan is the one copping a lot of flak from so-called 'supporters', but it seems that Kulu is the one in need of a break - which is understandable, given the games he's played and how hard he works.

I agree totally about the confidence thing prior to the game. The atmosphere in the stadium was awesome, but the team looked like they didn’t have the confidence. VDV was awesome, Holberg made a couple of mistakes but thought he played well. Can’t understand why no one passed to Werner, he had 4 chances if they had passed to him. Come back Sonny soon please. 🙏

Everyone’s overlooking the fact that city were so up for it and played really well. They struggled to break us down and we defended well. We didn’t have a great game, but our defence was very very good considering we’re supposed to be an all out attacking team. There are question marks over some players performances and there were some individual errors on the pitch. Brennan Johnson is soooo infuriating… and Werner should have been played in more often… some glaringly obvious balls that should have been played to him to set up an attack. This is our first season under postacoglou and weve set our expectations too high based on what we’ve seen this season. If the spurs coaching staff watch that game back, they will be able identify a lot of flaws and things that need to be worked on as a team and certain individuals. Richi was the man last night… really tried hard and battled his heart out… wore the badge on his sleeve but got zero service from anyone. Loads to take away from that game which will serve us well moving forward. We play for champs league from now and you’d have taken that in a heart beat 5 months ago. The chart looks like crypto… but we’re in the ascendency. COYS!

Icl I’m not phased by these cup exits we just don’t seem to turn up anymore, praying we don’t flop top4🤒…

Poch, Jose, Nuno, Conte and Stellini all put out winning teams against Manchester City with Son in the line up shows just how important he is.

There has been a definite disconnect between our front 3 and the rest of the side. It seems like frequently we can play out the back with relative ease in defense, progress the ball to the middle of the pitch, but just can't do anything with the ball. Against City, it makes sense, but hopefully with Maddison in tow we can see more affective attacking in the future. Our front 3 seems like its made up mainly of weapons (richy, johnson, etc) more so than creators. I think seeing Werner, Son and Maddison in the side together will see us create a lot. I thought Werner and Richarlison played very well despite the result. Bentancur, Kulusevski and Maddison just didn't really do much for us creatively in this match.

Donley was sat in 103 at the City game. Saw him in the bar at HT! Did wonder why he was up late.

We just failed to cope with City pressing desperately. As a result we looked disconnected and couldn't get forward. The analysis generally from fans that our forward line is poor is misguided. We missed Son but the issue was that City strangled our midfield and we couldn't get forward as a unit. We also didn't set up to defend intentionally as in prior years. We'll learn and get stronger. It's certainly not anything to get depressed about.

The worst part of the game wasn't that City won it, it's that we were waiting to lose it from the very start. There was no belief that we could win it. Werner was making runs the whole time and he needn't have bothered considering nobody noticed him! I don't think we miss Kane when Sonny is on it, but when he's not there either we go into a shell.

100 appearances not to be sniffed at. Chuffed for Skippy. Thanks for the video Ali, glad you’re helping one of our own get the recognition he deserves. That said, I’m not sure Skippy is a better 6 than Biss… though I’d love to see him develop into that. In some ways he’s showing himself to be a cracking competitor to the relentless presser Sarr is. I wonder if Skipp suggests Gallagher isn’t the necessity £45m suggests he might be?

Disappointing result feels like someone’s scanning all our players before kick off just like “Men in Black” wiped everything they learned previously 😩 real shame, still better than last two seasons.

Everyone talks about how amazing city is in attack, but really their defense impressed me the most that game, we had a least 5 dangerous moments that didn’t even amount to a shot on goal. They weren’t having it that game. Also I feel bad for Pierre. People were so mean online and I felt like he was the only bright spot in the first half along with Udogie. But people online being needlessly harsh is as reliable as the sun rising.

Alasdair I am one of your number 1 fans but I didn't feel the need to be quite so glum at the start of the video. I was most p***d off when we got City in the cup especially in Jan when a number of key players are injured, AFCON, Asian Cup etc. We weren't at our best but Man City had most of their top players available and after the offside goal struggled to look dangerous for most of the 90. They are European and multiple Premier League champions. We are so early into our new project and already starting to compete with the big guys this season. Two cup exits is not great but this is part of a process. The team and style of play is sooooooooooo different to Jan 2023. I never dreamt we'd be this good so soon after Conte and Harry leaving. The buzz round all Tottenham sides from U16, U18, U21 and women's team is so good. Just need some patience. If after 3 seasons it's still like this then we have reasons to complain. Every other top side now has Postecoglou on their new manager short list and shows just how highly thought of he is. I hope we extend Ange's contract and pay him a proper salary. We are doing this without oil money or some dodgy takeover. Bring on Brentford on Wednesday when we go again. #COYS don't get sucked in to the negatives. #RantOver

There's no need to sigh, Ali. It was a bad game, but we are still miles ahead of where we had expected to be when this season started. I hate that, 'we will keep a clean sheet because they never score at our stadium' attitude. But we move on. We just need to play at our best for the rest of the season and get the players in what we want. Then next season, we can complain if things aren't as we hoped. There was no snap in midfield, and that's what was wrong. They could have got a handful of chances with quicker transitions, and that was what was annoying to me. I also think there was quite a lot of professional fouling going on when we were looking to break, and I don't think that foul on Vic should have been allowed, but I don't really care. It means that they still have only scored by cheating in my book. I don't think City were that good, to be honest, and had we set Timo off running on the occasions we could have, it would have been different. I watched Fulham lose to Newcastle today, and they will feel aggrieved, too. At least we have the rest of the season to look forward to and following seasons from then on. COYS

Another bad day at the office. Ange can now concentrate on getting Tottenham into the top four.

I noticed on Sportsbet they had Posticoglou at 14/1 to be the next Manager at Liverpool. I would add an extra 0. 140/1. There is no chance Ange would jump ship without finishing what he has started. He has only been in the job for 7 months and there is a long road to go to get Spurs to where he wants it to be.

@carlosfandango6255

4 ай бұрын

Money talks.

@RodneyMcMinge

4 ай бұрын

@@carlosfandango6255 So do principles

I wish in hindsight that the disallowed early goal for Man City had been allowed. It might have given us the kick needed.

I think the defence of Vicario from some fans is embarrassing. Vic for me has been a star and an amazing GK, for me best player of the season, but he needs to be stronger. He let Man City bully him today. Wasn’t just the first goal. He’s got fists and elbows, command your box, put the fear of god in them when they’re within proximity.

@pauljohnware

4 ай бұрын

Big Vic needs to be big and not just tall. Man needs to pump some iron.

Poch cost us the CL by playing Kane straight back from injury, and also points in the PL.

was good to watch (albeit in two parts) after the defeat to City, it was reassuring for me . Thank you

Nice one again Ali. Have been away for a bit adopting 2 Street dogs, but good to be back and listen to you.

No surprise that Skipp is improving every game now he’s playing more regular. So happy he’s starting to show his real self . Love skippy he’s such a good lad ! I’m also a member of skippy fan club . See you at yearly Skippy appreciation party 🎉

Despite us winning the vast majority of our matches this season, when PEH has started we have won 1 out of 7 matches!!!

@T_J_

4 ай бұрын

But, but he's a Viking 🤔

@handtattoos6901

4 ай бұрын

I have nothing personal against PEH, or think he's not a good player. But he is such an embodiment of "rest on your laurels" sort of player. He only ever really starts playing seriously when Tottenham are either down a goal or he's coming off the bench to try and change the match. Maybe if he wasn't so bent out of shape for not starting every game like he was used to and losing his role in the leadership group, he'd realize that he can be a Postecoglou player. Just seems to me though that he's already decided he's not long for Tottenham anymore and just doesn't care to do more.

@bohdan2084

4 ай бұрын

Maybe because he started to start only when we lost half of the 1st team players? If you didn't notice this game he was our best midfielder on the pitch, at least tried to make something happen, made lovely through balls, made more passes than anyone. Deki and Bentancur were not existent.

Hi Ali, I watched the game with a mate, who is a Man City fan, he felt like it was a chess match. Which, in turn, put in the mind of Man city's games with Liverpool in recent times. I hope it is seen as a statement of our improvement that we are given the "win at all costs" treatment.

Great stuff Ally, I was at the game Friday and it was such a shame the players were so tentative in their approach. The atmosphere in the build up to the game was incredible, there was real belief we could do something special. Then the performance was such a let down. Lets hope we win the league :P

The conspiracy theory part of me says that if the goal situation was reversed,it would have been chopped off for a foul on the keeper. Certain teams seem to be very unlucky.

Thing is goalkeepers are protected by different rules to outfield players. You can’t just back into a keeper

Thanks for the video Ali. I have missed the sigh.

Hi Alasdair, thanks for the update. Stay safe and well. COYS.

Fresh cut Ali! Looking good

Was listening to this as I pottered about at home & thought you said Skippy had said he would reflect on his 100th appearance in a few days with a mince pie & not the "immense pride" that you actually said... 😂 Made more sense... Thought he was very positive & agree it wasn't enough for a foul to be disallowed.

@bmmtxb

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Thanks Alasdair,, we were brilliant in defence But crap going forward. Yes we had the odd break away but Werner made sooo many runs BUT was ignored.

Thanks for another great video, Alasdair, sigh included. I’m confident the squad will step up for the rest of the season. Agree with you about DeBruyne!

Once again another fantastic and informative video Alasdair

It's one thing impeding a player in the box during a corner, but impeding the keeper from jumping for the corner cross is never normally excepted. He jumped diagonally backwards at the keeper....not up towards where the ball is going to be. His objective was obviously to impede the keeper before he can clear the ball with a fist, his objective was not to win the header....which is clearly a foul. We've all seen it given a million times. This result stings like a beach.

The weirdest thing about the whole match for us was the players forgot how to supply the wingers. Plus Maddison should have played more minutes when it was evident we weren't even getting shots in.

@armoris66

4 ай бұрын

Ladders had 20 whole mins and I hardly noticed he was on the pitch.....and you think he should have had more! He needs to get back up to speed first.

@skunkworksinc.

4 ай бұрын

A blessing Maddison hardly got minutes, he is not ready for that type high quality game, spot on from Ange... he was a 3 out of 10, looked lost... simply not match ready

Ali it was laclustre performance and players just didn't turn up for the FA CUP. The most disappointing we had 1 shot on target that is very disappointing .. The worrying thing the midfield didn't Creat anything for the front 3 . I would love another quality striker in. Jan GOLD GOLD GOLD.

Thanks Al, good company as ever on nights. COYS

I think we all need to get used to the idea that other teams are good. Some of them are really good. Citeh suffocated our midfield. I'm not overly annoyed about losing to City. We didn't play as well as we could have but it wasn't like we had a complete sh!tshow. Better than getting knocked out of the cup by a Champs team. Also, we need a left-footed winger... playing on the left wing... can only dream

Ange aint after any trophies this season, coz hes knows its gonna be hard to continue winning trophies this early, he wants to make winning trophies a consistent thing not just a one off...... in Ange i trust....... C.O.Y.S

@LeighRichards27

4 ай бұрын

Agreed but weve bombed out of both cup competitions early this season and thats very disappointing

Great report again Ali...totally agree, Vic has to be stronger in those situations...💪 COYS 💙

Another great video Ali

We will return stronger than ever once our captain trio of son / madders / cuti reunite

Even though we’ve done well against City at home yesterday was the first time we’ve not been hanging on against them and relied on counter attacking. We held our own in possession and we needed some quality up front to make the difference in getting a goal. We didn’t even play well and just lost at the end. We miss a goal scorer like Sonny is and even though Maddison came on he’s been out all season. Yes I’m disappointed we lost and also didn’t play well but happy that despite that we didn’t look out of their class either! They’re one of the best teams in Europe and to beat them we need a bit of quality up front. Look on the bright side we can concentrate on the top four in the league! COYS

@jacklegros6614

4 ай бұрын

Top 4 is not a trophy just a revenue stream!!

@fwof3347

4 ай бұрын

Really don’t know what gamer you was watching, we didn’t were pathetic

City are the masters of the tactical foul in early opposition build up play. It’s rarely punished, other than a free kick, allowing them to reset. It’s a Pep (the genius) tactic throughout his coaching career.

@grahammerry7031

4 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that coaches don't come out in press conferences and highlight this. Ange should be a bit more vocal about refs decisions. Being an easy touch doesn't do us any favours

Thanks so much, Ali. I too was perturbed by the over-confidence displayed before the City FA Cup tie by what seems to be an overwhelming section of Tottenham supportings. As always, pride is guarenteed to come before a fall for us. I agree that Oliver did very well when he came on. He played the Pape roll very well and displayed the most attacking intent. I am not an Oliver-hater but I do think that Pape is a better player and I think we missed him vs City. Cheers.

Come on Ali we played the best team in the world - give them some slack

It happens. They were very flat in the 1st half. For me Kulusevski is not a 10 but what were the options. Another 10 and striker needed in the game day squad. Ange will build a bigger squad for sure.

Cities press was on another level compared to ours. Every time they pressed we had no one to pass to, where as when we pressed..yeah, they had just as many passes available

Micky was our best player by a mile ! What a player ! Only problem is that’s he Dutch and not Belgian 😭

Always quality insight Alasdair. Re: too many options on the left wing - I have a theory that Ange still sees Sonny as a key option down the middle, to give options and challenge to Richy. Sonny is quality so Ange would like to tap that down the middle with quality crosses and Madders unlocking him through the middle.

I loved every second of this Ali X136

A much needed therapy session with Mr AG

Agree Ali, wasn't a foul. I've got angry in years gone by where England have been knocked out of tournaments where we've had similar goals ruled out, as their keepers fumbled a cross (Portugal 2004 and Argentina in 1998) as much as I've loved Vicario this season, he should of done better in that instance. Was a tepid performance. But we move on.

watching the game it looked like Spurs were rusty. Also Perrie again shows why he is not right for Ange system. The middle lacked energy the driving runs. The quick passing. Son being gone of course is effecting the front 3 and will be interesting to see what happens to it now Madders is back. Kulu had an off game. City won by scoring a scrapy goal that many felt it was a foul. Now All Spurs have is to league. Try and get top four witch they are capable of doing

Would've been great if Kulusevski and a few others could've passed to Werner after he got in plenty of acres of attacking space

Thanks Alasdair. I think it was a combo of things. We had a big break since the Man utd game. Also we had little control in midfield as Bentancur was the only presence there. Son, Bissouma and Sarr would have been huge and given Ange more bench options. We only had Maddison on the bench,,, We must not over react to one bad day,

@bmoski217

4 ай бұрын

As much as Hojbjerg had errors, he also dished out those counter-attacking passes which where wasted away by Johnson and Richarlison.

I found myself nodding when you remarked on Skipp's cameo and the most compatible midfield combo. However - and I'm an outlier on this - but rather than agree we were meh and had forgotten how to play Ange-ball I would say the emphasis should be on how good City were at stopping us play that game. In fact some City fans have claimed Spurs 'had the balls to take them on' and were better opposition than most. My biggest disappointment was over communications between midfield and the awareness of the forwards. Yes the central defenders especially VDV were superb. We are in good hands there, and Vic will probably learn from his one weakness in this game. I'm still confident we are on the up.

@JC-tu8fw

4 ай бұрын

Let me expand. The fact you are dissappionted ,merely underlines how far spurs have advanced under Pog. I will apologise, this video showed you are a true fan. Unfortunately, with all the bias of emotion of a losing fan.

When City scored that first disallowed goal from the KYLE WALKER cross in the 5th minute… we had hardly touched the ball … I think our FANS (and the players) felt the same thing : this is gonna be a long day, and we better defend our asses off. Maddison should have stayed on the bench … Against United at Old Trafford in the last match, Ange subbed in DRAGUSIN in the 83rd minute for Skippy to ensure we don’t lose the match. But he didn’t take out Hojbjerg following his 2 almost-costly mistakes … that was another example of Ange getting outcoached. The other was the lack of adjustments on corners with Diaz standing in front of Vicario. They did it in the first half too.

@T_J_

4 ай бұрын

I must say, I'm not overly impressed with Ange's in-game management so far. I'm impressed overall but that's a weak spot.

Yes, Vic needed to be a bit stronger for their goal, however, pfft. I feel that Spurs were a bit nervous or lacked composure in position and we got rid of the ball in a little bit of a panic. We may need a fair player like Antonio Nusa to make room for other players. To that end, we missed Sonny last night.

Just takes a loss and missing out on a player for the doom and gloom merchants to feel energised. This is and always has been a transitional season, we will be firing when we have a full Ange squad.

We were out classed and did well to hold on for so long, but to be honest Vicario didn't have a hard save to make.

I really appreciate your take and insights. I’d love for updates on the women’s team every now and then also. COYS

Look...just settle petal. Wait until the full team is back and match fit. I'm sure smiles will return to the faces of all of us. For me personally, Sonny has to remain in the middle for the time being at least. We definitely need to buy another quality striker / poacher , or two. The Skipp bagging just shows me how many people don't know the game. A world beater , probably not but he's consistent and fearless. He did more in 5 minutes than Johnson did all match. He's solid .

Thank you for the video Alasdair. Now, knowing that Antonio Nusa isn't joining, I am interested to see if any opportunities appear in the last days of the window. I am intrigued by Iling-Junior, as I think that his physicality is something that we are lacking in our wingers (apart from Kulusevski). Also, not optimistic about Gallagher joining, because of the supposed price tag. Hopefully, we get one more signing through the door, but Gil/Højbjerg may need to leave first for that to happen.

Thanks for another intelligent analysis. Though sometimes we can over think things. Both teams came with a gameplan but their mid/attack turned up. Ours didnt. Our defending kept us in the game and maybe another time we will have the luck to nick the 3 pts. On this occasion we just have to congrat MC on their win. Onto the next match and hopefully a CL place at the end of the season. Still got ways to go. Either the players have to raise their quality or they will be moved on if we can find better fits for the Ange ball dynamic. Cheers.

Really liked the fact Ange came out and said it how it was after the game. I actually thought Hojbjerg was one of the better players in that game … right up until his two calamitous mistakes. If you watch again I think he actually made 3 of the best incisive passes but in saying that probably shows how poor we were going forward. I don’t like him and Skipp in the same team and I agree Skipp is an upgrade but some sections of our (and probably all sides) love a scapegoat and will always have it in for Skipp , just a reminder though years ago the biggest scapegoat was Kyle Walker. If Walker made a mistake it was jumped on whereas Vertoghen could make a mistake leading to a goal and not get the same grief.

Hi. I agree with you, no foul on Vicario. Skip did do well and lets hope he starts against Brentford. I feel that Maddison would have seen the runs that Werner was making in the first half and Deki just doesn't have the vision. Have seen it reported that Spurs will offer £80 mill., for Gallagher, seems a bit far fetched.

Was anyone really expecting Spurs to win trophies this year though, when Postecoglou has only been here half a season? It takes time and the squad needs to strengthen still.

@jacklegros6614

4 ай бұрын

The point is fans are fed up with only one league Cup in over 20 years !! Another year not competing is painful irrespective of manager especially watching Chelsea getting to the caribou Cup final with their squad a trophy we had a good chance of winning if we had gone stronger against Fulham!!

@mikeed26

4 ай бұрын

@@jacklegros6614would we of beat Liverpool in the semi finals though??. I think fans are expecting too much this season, Ange has only been here a few months. Next season I fully expect Spurs to challenge on all fronts 😊

@lizziebkennedy7505

4 ай бұрын

These people’s expectations have little to do with logic or reality.

@fwof3347

4 ай бұрын

@@mikeed26 behave, he’s a manager he choose the team against Fulham.. we were awful to watch against city Kulu needs to step up he’s to predictable and poor

@lizziebkennedy7505

4 ай бұрын

@@jacklegros6614then they can suck it and see. What causes many of us pain is the disloyalty and ignorance of fans who care only for points, scorelines and silverware, and not the strategic building, genius football and principled engagement for which Ange is famous outside the insularity of England. Ange has far more trophies than Tottenham, and only since the 1980s.

I was surprised we weren't better but City seemed much more hungry for victory than we did. Part of me wants to console myself by saying City's squad is much more experienced and full of world class players when compared to Spurs. I continue to believe that whereas it's hard to see CIty getting better, there is plenty of scope for Spurs to improve. We will close the gap with City next year.

Great video Alistair. Diaz was doing that all night blocking Vic. And many fouls did Man Shitty do before the ref decided to put his finger in is sky rocket

@stevecohen8206

4 ай бұрын

I spotted it as a tactic now other teams employ. I hate it. It’s deliberate fouls to me.