Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham

So let's take him off the pitch!! Mind boggling...

 

He's shown a real heart and quality. Top player with a great attitude

 

Jimenez gets booked for handball. Should have been booked for the foul on Udogie earlier

 

Stupid foul by Bentancur...

 

4 minutes is a joke....loads of subs and time wasting ....

 

The ref's been taking the piss for at least an hour at this point

 

Really not sure where we go from here. Embarrassment against Arsenal, a battling if ultimately losing trip to Paris, then this....

 

This is Levy's legacy.

Big congratulations to him.

 

Lost that game in the first half.

Easy to play when you’re 2-0 down. Very disappointing result

 

I think we got noticeably worse with each sub.

Not the first time this season I've thought this.

 

Fulham and the referee.

 

He did look knackered to be fair.

 

Truly shocking stuff. You can’t play for 15 minutes a game and expect a result. There’s simply too many mental passengers in this team. VdV, Bergvall, Kudus, RKM, those are the players who actually give what you need. But it has to happen over 90 mins. You can’t sit there for an hour 2-0 down at home and play like that. If Frank can’t instill that mentality then he shouldn’t be managing anything.

 

I’ve got no defence, nothing to support any of them. I’ve spent nearly £200 that I can barely afford on tickets seeing us lose in the league. I don’t know what to do, this is all bulldhit.

 

and we are away to Newcastle on Tuesday!

 

Anyone see Porro arguing with our fans?

 

Spurs were very poor in the first half. They are a young side and they panicked. Better in the second but still up against refereeing that has decided to let aggressive heavy tackles go. I don't think it's a coincidence that teams like Liverpool and Spurs have struggled this season. We need to reinforce this team with some midfield muscle and experience.

 

There’s more to football than ‘wanting it’ but sometimes it’s as simple as that. I don’t think Frank has the ability as a manager of a group to embed the mentality of needing to win every duel, every moment on the pitch, every game. His tactics aren’t working and he can’t motivate the group. I just don’t think his position is tenable. I want it to work for him but just don’t think it will.

 

I know

 

The problem is that our players don't want it, and "it" in this context is the ball

So many examples of having to take extra touches or take far too long on throw-ins because nobody was showing up for the ball

Hardly new, either, this was an issue four years ago with an entirely different set of players