Well the interwebs don't seem to share my fake memory of a penalty shoot-out win a few years ago. So hang on - England have won a penalty shoot-out more recently than Spurs before tonight?!
http://talksport.com/magazine/featu...rible-penalty-shoot-outs-18-years-without-win We play in white, can't pass the ball, our manager is dull and have a crap penalty record. Next you will be saying instead of a cockerel we have 3 lions on our shirt.
I did say a week or two ago that Harry Kane might be available for loan So happy for Kane though. I've always thought he's got the potential to at least make our squad and tonight's cameo was superb in my opinion. He was arguably our best player when he came on, had a goal disallowed, fizzled the crossbar and then eventually got our equaliser. His penalty was a bit decent as well. I reckon AVB still won't use much in the league yet so there could be a good chance of him being available for loan in Jan. Seriously do reckon he could do well for you guys, especially seeing as Graham hasn't hit a league goal in 2013, bringing in Kane could be ideal. Best of luck to you guys too, quite a few of your lads have been on our board this season and we've had some good chat/ banter. Look forward to playing you at the Lane again next season
I missed the game completely last night due to other commitments. Has anyone got decent highlights footage of the game + the penalty shoot out? (Inda? ) WE WON ON PENALTIES. First time ever in my years supporting spurs. I hear sig scored an absolute blinder and lamela missed a penalty . that's all I really know. Anything else I should be filled in on? Regardless our recent "style of play" thoughts, this is a massive win which breaks a curse lasting nearly 20 years. - credit to AVB and the team. We have a certain resilience about us now, which is amazing to see. Coys!!
Well last night AVB got what he wanted, the atmosphere at the Lane was really good. Nowhere near it's best but definitely good enough and a vast improvement. Performance wise... We played "better" than on Sunday yet still created very, very little. I don't think Jakupovic had to make a save despite the fact we had loads of possession. There was a great work rate from players it has to be said, Vertonghen, Walker, Dembele, Paulinho all ran their hearts out but at times it felt as though it was in vein as when we were getting into the final third, we were doing nothing with the ball. Was great seeing Kaboul back, baring in mind he's still returning from injury and not fully fit, to get 120 mins and a penalty under his belt was great. Also made two improtant last ditch tackles. Felt so sorry for Lamela, that miss has probably smashed his confidence even further, as if he wasn't already finding it tough. So glad we won the shootout though as had we lost, I genuinely think the lad would've cried. Was probably his best performance for us last night, still didn't actually do much but he got a bit more involved and started to take players on as the game grew. For me Kane was MOTM, he came on and looked really lively. Had a disallowed goal, smashed the crossbar with a rocket and then got his deserved goal and our equaliser. Took a great penalty too. Well done to the lad, I've always felt he could make it here and I'd love for AVB to give him more chances in the League. Especially as Defoe isn't getting any younger and Ade continues to pick up £100k for training.
I feel asleep on 105 mins and only woke up at 7-7! http://www.reddit.com/r/footballdow...spur_v_hull_city_capital_one/?sort=confidence forget the hotfile links, you'll be there all day. try the extended highlights. maybe others on that thread will more links throughout the day I will find the whole game tonight
Typical Spurs isn't it? Spend £100mill and then find Kane and Townsend are better anyway Really pleased for Kane and I'd like to see him given a chance in the Europa League after last night, he finally looked comfortable playing at a competitive level. Anyway without doubt the most disappointing thing about yesterday is that we didn't outplay them in the second half as they'd become more open and attacking. I didn't think it was boring but we still lacked ideas in the final third which is worrying as there was more space and time. It's pretty embarrassing watching the defending for the goals again too, for the first one they had about 5 players running in the box but only our centre backs seemed to have noticed this and the rest stood around on the edge of the area.
Yeah, I was very surprised when I saw people tipping you guys to go down(often as favourites), I guess they hadn't watched much of you guys in the Championship. I can understand people got carried away with Cardiff as they'd spent so much but I always maintained that I think you'll finish the highest of the newly promoted sides so lets hope I'm right and you don't all finish in the bottom 3 Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season and all that
Haha yeah, sods law. But fair to play to them too for not letting their heads get down at the influx of talent being brought in and therefore fighting for their places instead of just wanting out. I've always thought Kane had that spark and hopefully if he gets more chances he'll show what he's all about. Their equaliser was in my end and it just looked like a number of errors, first failing to clear lines properly and then when the ball came back from Elmohamady the defence didn't react quick enough and Brad was left embarrassed, though he more than made up for it in the shootout. I could only really see the ball hit the net when McShane got their second so couldn't see who was marking him/ who to blame. Yeah I agree wasn't boring but as you say, we lacked ideas - not for the first time either. Everton is going to be a massive test. Not just in terms of strength of playing squad but the fact that Vertonghen, Walker, Paulinho, Dembele, Gylfi all got 120 mins and are likely to feature Sunday. I'd love to see Kaboul play but I think it's too much to ask from him at the moment.
Yeah you're right about the first, it looked like we were trying to play there players offside(and they all were but no one really picked up the short pass to Elmohamady and from there it was a mess, Dembele chose not to try and get back and dawdled on the area(I think another did too) and Naughton was too slow trying to chase up Davies and the rest. Really poor. Not sure who was supposed to pick up McShane but he won the header in the 6 yard box, for me that's Friedel's area, and it simply wasn't good enough. Perhaps if we scored from corners(Tiraspol aside) then I might be more forgiving but it really was ****.
Kanes' composure regarding blasting on sight put Defoe to shame. A couple more performances like that in the remaining Europa games and perhaps the Spanners game might be enough to tempt a PL club or a promotion chaser in the league below to loan.
Just read on BBC that "McShane put his side ahead for the first time after outjumping Vlad Chiriches to meet George Boyd's corner" but I agree Friedel should've had that, Hugo would've superman punched it out.
thanks inda. This has now appeared on the BBC site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03gl5rm/The_League_Cup_Show_2013_2014_30_10_2013/ What a goal from Sigurdsson! Absolute class.
Nice assist from the much maligned Naughton too, had Eriksen made the pass it may have got mentioned!
LOL, yeah it was decent, but the work was done by Sig, in fairness. I've always been harsh on Siggy, but credit where it's due, that was bloody special. If it was a premier league goal, you'd see that one up there as a contender for goal of the season.
Siggy's an awesome goal scorer, one of the best finishers in the side alongside Soldado and Defoe. Problem with Gylfi is that he doesn't do much else in games, so if he's not on the score sheet you end up wondering how he made it onto the pitch. Yet when he's scored it's like "Yay for Gylfi, wooohoooo!".
Whilst I wouldn't go as far as saying he's goals-and-nothing-more like Dempsey was, he doesn't really have a niche in midfield. We can say that Sandro and Capoue are there to break up play, we can say that Eriksen and Holtby are there to create chances, and we can say that Paulinho and Dembele are there to dictate play, but Siggy doesn't have a defined role, hence he gets played as an attacking midfielder, deep playmaker, or a winger.
Sigurdsson would benefit from having Lennon on the right wing and Rose or even Fryers playing at left-back. He's not involved enough in games at the moment, though. Scored some good goals, but he needs to be a little more aware of what his role is.
I wonder if there would be any benefit gained from playing Sigurdsson in the lone strikers role that AVB is so keen on . After all he can't be any worse then Soldado at the moment, especially now we know the Sigurdsson can also take a penalty.
