Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

Michael Owen calling Lloris "Courtois" at half time

I do like the personal touch football pundits bring to half time discussions...

 

Remember when Newcastle got given a silly penalty against Spurs when the ball hit Dier’s hand and it cost Spurs two points.

Karma

 

I think he has been the best of our front three though. Son has been pretty anonymous and Kane isn’t his usual clinical safe (bar the penalty)

 

Stellini and Bardsley having heated words in the tunnel, lol.

I love how Antonio and his staff are proper ****ing Italians

 

Lucas has been decent today tbh. And with the way Burnley have set up its his ability to turn defenders and make space where there is none could be vital.
Sessions, even though playing better, lacks so much confidence. He needs to take on Roberts to get him carded again.

 

I remember being told it was a perfectly legit penalty and we should all stop crying

...yes, it was Diego who said that, how did you guess?

 

And Sess is similarly stupid in refusing to fast
take on a Burnley defender on a yellow card.

As I repeatedly say, certain games speaks volumes
about the mentality of players and not their technical ability.

 

He’s working hard, as he always does but just offers very little. He doesn’t have the same “out of nowhere” ability Son and Kane have either.

Sess is just so timid. Frustrates the life out of me, has the ability to do so much more.

 

Pope on a yellow will put his time wasting down the pan

 

Looks like we're sitting deeper now to play on the counter. Not sure how sensible that is. We should look to keep dominating possession and pushing our defence to the halfway line.

 

How was that a yellow??

 

1. Spurs are not playing the Toon.
2. Those lost pts would not have improved Spurs fortunes in the PL or UEFA land.

 

Frustrating me even more with the start he’s made to his half.

Given away a foul, thrown the ball to Burnley, passed the ball to them twice too.

 

1. Correct but it shows sometimes the silly rules favour you and other times they hinder you

2. Of course it would have. Would have been 2 extra points which would put daylight between Spurs and Arsenal

 

Really poor start.

We are sitting far too deep and inviting pressure.

 

Sitting too deep and misplacing passes to opposition players is so 2020-21...

 

Much better from Sess. Shows what you can do with a bit of bravery.

 

So still would have finished PL 7th, but 3 pts ahead of them lot rather than 1.

< chapeau >

 

****. That was close.

 

Massive let off. Conte’s gotta change it up.