to be fair Stevenage have started fast (as expected) this by no means an easy game, its the F.A Cup away to an inform lower league club and rivaly with Spurs Reserves used to play here...... COYS...
Looks like Harry is just as fuming with his choice as I am, he wants passing...shouldn't have left Modric at home.
This is one of the most pathetic performances I have seen from a side that has a reputation for playing attractive and free-flowing football. There are always reasons to be disappointed by the side one follows and today I can think of 3 - the performance, the woeful set pieces and - see below.
What can I say? I missed the Modric illness. In his absence why on earth isn't Niko on the pitch, there's no creative variety, its Bale or nothing, easy to defend, yes. Rotation on this scale based on that 45 mins....
Someone needs to tell Harry that now isn't the time to be demonstrating his tactical versatility to the FA. Abandon this ridiculous experiment, get Lennon on and in the words of the great Mike Bassett 4-4-f***ing-2.
Well that was ****, wasn't it? I don't know why Redknapp's complaining about the lack of passing either, as he set the side up in a way that doesn't encourage it. Who's our playmaker? Where's the balance? If Dos Santos isn't even going to make the bench in these kind of games, behind the likes of Dawkins who's going out on loan to the MLS, then why's he still here? Swap him with Townsend. At least he'd get some games at Leeds and we'd have a player that we can use.
This has got nothing to do with rotation and rest, Notso. The side's utterly unbalanced and totally lacking creativity. You could have picked a weaker team with greater balance and we'd have put in a far better performance. Who's supposed to be making things happen in the middle? Where's Bale supposed to be playing? What's the point in picking both Parker and Livermore against a side that simply don't play through the middle?
We could well be - pathetic and embarrassing performances and moderates that ban supporters of their own club.
Kranjcar's nothing like Modric. That said I'd put him on at halftime. Saha and Defoe are on to audition for a starting place on Sunday but despite not doing a whole lot wrong, there's no point having two players on to chase lost causes in the second half.
