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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur Pre-season Thread

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  1. BinghamSpur

    BinghamSpur Well-Known Member

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    Looking at that I think you're being generous! And as I type it goes from bad to worse...<laugh>
     
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  3. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Welcome to Tottenham, Thomas.
     
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  4. KingHotspur

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    That’s probably the realistic aim isn’t it?

    Levy talking about winning the title etc just makes the club look ridiculous
     
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  5. The Changing Man

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    They have scored cracking goals
     
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    That sums it up...good run and shot by Odobert....and it hits Davies on the back. WTF he was there remains a mystery....<laugh>
     
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  7. BinghamSpur

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    That Tottenham team will get seriously thumped next week I suspect...
     
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    Odobert has been bright and Bissouma and Gray have done ok as well. Kudus the only stand out and he could probably do a job as an AM, but it would waste his wide skills.
     
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  9. KingHotspur

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    On the plus side, that might finally make the club spring into action with transfers.
     
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  10. humanbeingincroydon

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    So one offside goal and the softest penalty this side of Anfield

    Yup, I think that taught Frank the real key to managing Spurs: don't expect refs to know what their jobs entail when we're on the pitch
     
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    Oh well.... 4-0 final score. Now just PSG to look forward to! <yikes>
     
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  12. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Looking forward to what Levy said about challenging for multiple competitions.
     
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    So, just a 2-0 drubbing then? Not sure there's anything to be gained by focusing on a couple of soft decisions.
     
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  14. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    With Sonny gone and Maddison injured for 6-7 months, that’s 46 goal contributions (23 each) we’ve lost for the start of the season from what we had last year.
     
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    not to mention the contribution from Kulu to add to that total. <yikes>
     
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  16. SpursDisciple

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    Hopefully PSG are now lured into a false sense of security. #ropeadope
     
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  17. humanbeingincroydon

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    Going 1-0 down tends to affect how a match unfolds

    And that's before the Clattenbergesque approach to challenges where we got penalised for several fair challenges yet they seldom got penalised for challenges that would usually draw a booking - which is presumably why Cuti was giving the officials both barrels at half time
     
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  18. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Hopefully they try some of the Lasagne we had back in 2006.
     
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    .two hopes, Bob Hope and No hope
     
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    I didn't watch the game and haven't watched any of the pre-season matches.
    This comment is going to sound reactionary but I meant to write it yesterday and forgot.

    I think that our squad is rather broken and unbalanced and we're in trouble.
    We might do a little better in the league, but that's probably about it.
    We've got too many crocked individuals and poor team balance.

    The failure to address our club-trained numbers is appalling.
    Our apparent long-term injuries are ridiculous, as are our crocked players.
    Our failure to integrate youth options into weak areas is ludicrous.

    I'm expecting a mediocre season at best, to be honest.
    Frank's probably going to get a load of **** for it, too.
    Some late window movement may help a bit, but not much.
     
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