January 10, 20214 yr I’m still visiting my parents in Schertz. Weather to shitty to be out driving after a few pints.
January 13, 20214 yr On 1/11/2021 at 2:30 PM, midtown said: Man, that would be fun to go see. I've been to High Wycombe twice and the place is pretty chill. They will be stoked about this.
January 13, 20214 yr I think there is something wrong with my hearing because when announcer referred to Dier as Tottenham's central defender I heard it as "Tottenham's sexual offender."
January 13, 20214 yr He's one of our own. Dammit. A client called like 5 mins before that goal. Missed it.
January 13, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, midtown said: He's one of our own. Dammit. A client called like 5 mins before that goal. Missed it. I wonder what the Fulham defense's excuse is?
January 13, 20214 yr If I could pass the ball like Reguillon I wonder if I could get a girlfriend like his?
January 13, 20214 yr Author 28 minutes ago, midtown said: If I could pass the ball like Reguillon I wonder if I could get a girlfriend like his? The pic of his girlfriend didn't some through on your post.
January 13, 20214 yr Figured everyone knew what she looked likehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CC9ID8qgGFA/?igshid=16w205v94cf2z
January 13, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, midtown said: Figured everyone knew what she looked likehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CC9ID8qgGFA/?igshid=16w205v94cf2z https://www.wtfoot.com/top-lists/most-stunning-tottenham-hotspur-player-wags-pics-stories/
January 13, 20214 yr Just now, midtown said: How can we not finish these freaking games. Esp vs lower table clubs because we play to not lose.
January 13, 20214 yr 35 minutes ago, midtown said: How can we not finish these freaking games. Esp vs lower table clubs Too defensive of a lineup (Sissoko at RW, really?). Sat back the whole second half on a one goal lead. Its the same dumbass story against bad teams. Also, Sissoko is Jose's Cade Brewer.
January 14, 20214 yr 19 hours ago, mr. littlejeans said: because we play to not lose. It's not that. See what Schulz said. We are basically playing the Tom Herman strategy, take the lead and try to hold a 1 goal lead. That is extremely hard in the EPL and continues to blow up in our faces.
January 14, 20214 yr 48 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: It's not that. See what Schulz said. We are basically playing the Tom Herman strategy, take the lead and try to hold a 1 goal lead. That is extremely hard in the EPL and continues to blow up in our faces. that was sort of my point. playing a defensive/counter strategy in today's premier league is playing to not lose.
January 14, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, Captain Ron said: It's not that. See what Schulz said. We are basically playing the Tom Herman strategy, take the lead and try to hold a 1 goal lead. That is extremely hard in the EPL and continues to blow up in our faces. 47 minutes ago, mr. littlejeans said: that was sort of my point. playing a defensive/counter strategy in today's premier league is playing to not lose. Additionally, the margin for error in those matches where a team employs that strategy, is incredibly fine. It's tough to switch on and off the attacking style, and when something goes wrong late in the match (e.g. Fulham/West Ham/Crystal Palace/Wolves), you might not have a lot of time to adjust back to an all out attack to win the match. Take into consideration rule changes, most notably VAR, and shit can go wrong quickly and further reduce the margin of error. All it takes is one reviewed call for handball (Dier) to really ruin your day.
January 14, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, DeepEastTexas said: Additionally, the margin for error in those matches where a team employs that strategy, is incredibly fine. It's tough to switch on and off the attacking style, and when something goes wrong late in the match (e.g. Fulham/West Ham/Crystal Palace/Wolves), you might not have a lot of time to adjust back to an all out attack to win the match. Take into consideration rule changes, most notably VAR, and shit can go wrong quickly and further reduce the margin of error. All it takes is one reviewed call for handball (Dier) to really ruin your day. it would be one thing if we began with an attacking style and switched it off, but we don't. we always set up in a defensive formation (even when we have attacking players throughout the team sheet), are content to sit back and concede possession and hit teams on the counter. when this is successful it compounds the problem because instead of pushing for another goal we sit deeper and more compact while other teams commit more players to the attack. this puts more pressure on mediocre defenders who make more mistakes and are even less able to play the ball through accurately to our attacking players waiting to counter. i lost count of the number of times yesterday that dier, sanchez, reguilon or aurier dealt with the initial threat but gave possession right back in dangerous areas because there was no outlet between the back line and the forwards. this is mou being mou. it was the concern when he was announced as manager and will continue to be as long as he is manager because he has never shown a willingness to adapt to the modern game. if/when he starts to ratchet up his public criticisms of the players not executing his system vs. changing tactics you'll have a full bingo card and it'll be time for us to start waiting around for levy to make a change...which will also take too long. there is too much quality in this squad overall now to blame the player quality for the lack of results. Edited January 14, 20214 yr by mr. littlejeans grammar is hard.
January 14, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said: Too defensive of a lineup (Sissoko at RW, really?). Sat back the whole second half on a one goal lead. Its the same dumbass story against bad teams. Also, Sissoko is Jose's Cade Brewer. i'd argue that dier is jose's cade brewer.
January 14, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, mr. littlejeans said: i lost count of the number of times yesterday that dier, sanchez, reguilon or aurier dealt with the initial threat but gave possession right back in dangerous areas because there was no outlet between the back line and the forwards. this is mou being mou. it was the concern when he was announced as manager and will continue to be as long as he is manager because he has never shown a willingness to adapt to the modern game. if/when he starts to ratchet up his public criticisms of the players not executing his system vs. changing tactics you'll have a full bingo card and it'll be time for us to start waiting around for levy to make a change...which will also take too long. there is too much quality in this squad overall now to blame the player quality for the lack of results. Agree. Yesterday's equalizer fits with the bolded portion of your post. Also, I'd argue that we're almost there with respect to your last paragraph. JM told the players before the Marine match that if they lost, it was their fault and not his. He came out after the Fulham match and pretty much laid the blame at the players' feet. He has 18 months left on his contract, if I understand correctly, which will put him squarely in the Jose year 3 disaster phase of his managing life cycle.
January 14, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, mr. littlejeans said: i'd argue that dier is jose's cade brewer. All Sissoko brings is his athleticism and work rate to help stifle counters. He's a shitty passer and is completely worthless progressing the ball. I get that Jose is playing him at RW to cover defensively for Aurier, but playing him along with Winks adds an awful lot of worthlessness against a bad Fulham team.
January 17, 20214 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: So we’re getting 85’ of bunkering in now? I wouldn’t be shocked since our only two midfield players are PEH and Tanguay.
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