The back four playing precisely 0 games together in pre-season That's the reason why we're always so slow off the mark in August: the first three or four games are our pre-season games
Giving away loads of fouls, as we try to coast to half-time and give up playing football, for some reason.
Dier wasn't expecting Aurier to a) lose the initial challenge and b) then not actually fight for it rather than stop dead. Fair to say that Eric wasn't over-hyped with his Ivorian colleague.
Our weak links are definitely Sissoko and Aurier. Even big Dave looks iffy. Poch needs to sort out our defending at halftime
Naturally, over on r/coys, people are now expecting KWP to understudy both full backs at the same time...
Don't wanna hear anything about signings, pre-season, WC or anything. Aurier and Sissoko are sh*te, and NOTHING above excuses them for that first half.
We got away with it a bit there, we need Alderweireld to sort out the defense. If we had been playing Citeh or even the mousers, god help us.
2-1 HT. A very mixed half, despite our lead and having run most of the game. Defence needs to tighten up, our final ball needs to improve and we need to cut out the sloppy ****. Pochettino needs to be proactive with the subs and not wait too long.
What an earth is Aurier doing in training for Poch to think “yeah, he should start over KWP”? Absolute ****ing liability. Good cross for the goal but you can’t help but feel he’ll cost us one or get sent off, he’s already gotten one of his own teammates booked. Moura very quiet, disappointing as I expected much better. Alli’s off the ball movement is just ridiculous. He just always knows where to be. Big 45 coming up.
I’d like to see Toby alongside Jan and perhaps Dave replacing Sissoko in centre midfield. Anything has to be better than that **** show.
He’s gone now! I’m actually in Kyoto at the moment. Missus asked me to do holiday research, so I looked for bars that’d be showing the game. 1 in the whole of the city. I’m in it. COYS.
The good news is that, based on their results against us, Los Ladrones and Swansea last season, teams in white shirts are their kryptonite. Failing that, don't suppose we have anyone in the youth setup named Ramos? If so, start him and we'll be awarded a 3-0 walkover by half time...
