Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

Richarlison + leg + brace ??

 

There’s not many positive words I’d put together with him to be honest, lol.

 

Sarr has made a huge difference. Having that mobility and engine in midfield makes us look so much more threatening going forwards

 

Udogie is the first Italian to score for us since Nicola Berti.

Strange but true.

 

I suspect that his presence has been making
Bissouma look better this season than the
general performances suggest.

 

Decent enough half, although lucky not to concede ourselves and should have had at least another.
Sarr is such an improvement on Hojbjerg

 

yeah agree. With Richarlison playing well and Kulusevski playing the Maddison role, the team isn’t severely weakened and we look much more like the team from the start of the season. We still look dodgy at the back but overall a huge improvement on the West Ham game.

 

I'm sure there was a rumour about Conte and some old bird who worked at the Enfield Holiday inn

 

This is where perhaps Ange doesn't get credit as a tactician, which is perhaps true of all managers who have very clearly defined styles of play - they are never going to make sweeping changes, so it is difficult to spot the little tweaks here and there.

Pushing Richarlison up top freed up Son to take on Trippier - a player he knows extremely well and who has been struggling recently. Sometimes moving your top goalscorer to a position where he is less likely to score goals, actually increases your overall chances of scoring goals.

It's these little touches that he isn't getting credit for imo.

 

Another half like that please

 

Need the next goal now, still think if they score next Wilson will come off the bench to score 2

 

I felt like i was back in the 70s

 

If,and it’s a big if, we can see this out then hopefully even the naysayers on here will get back on board with what Ange is trying to do. The reality is the players who have come in aren’t good enough to play Ange type of football. But I really don’t agree that we should rip that up and play a different way just because those players aren’t good enough. I would much rather continue with what he is trying to instill into the team and continue the process. Going back to the boring defensive football hoping to nick a win is not the long term way forward IMO

 

Plus we now have four years of evidence proving that it doesn't work, even when you have one of the best strikers in the world playing for you.

 

100% mate

 

Against Wolves, the team reverted to Portu-ball when there was no need to..
Against Villa, bad finishing by a rare starting XI cost the game.

These results will be painful to watch, but the
"natural selection" on the squad that arises will
IMHO be worth it.

 

Stating the blindingly obvious but we need that third goal or this will be a really nervy half

 

Gordon is rapid

 

Not sure there are any 'naysayers' on this board as far as the bigger picture is concerned. Sure we have a few gripes over the recent self-inflicted wounds, but pretty sure everyone is 100% behind Ange