FFS retreat 15-20 yards and let them have the ball in front of us instead of behind. If we finish the game with a defender not being sent off it will be a miracle. A makeshift back four trying to keep a high line against this lot is suicide.
Might be an idea to change the whole left hand side at half-time. Naughton's getting slaughtered and Townsend's pace and directness might trouble them. Really hard to get anything out of this now, though. Shocking first half.
I would go out and buy some straws for AVB to clutch onto but he's so stubborn I don't think he'd try to use them.
Credit to Liverpool for organising their defence FAST. They are not counting on Spurs attacks to be slow.
**** me, that Sky studio is a joke. A little bit of bias there, I think. Gerrard,Souness and Carragher all look very happy indeed.
Because AVB has his favourites and BAE wasn't one of them (for his attitude problems). We all moaned when Harry had his favourites in people like Crouch - AVB has exactly the same with people like Naughton - players who won't ever be good enough.
AVB must still be on the payroll of the chavs , he gives us crap football and pick teams that have no chance. Maybe Levy is on the chav secret payroll as well.
Where is PowerSpurs with his book of stats, maybe we should tell Avb the name of this book and see if it can help him get us back in the game.
So ... 2-0 down. 3 of the back four on a yellow. LB being floor-wiped. No DM. 5-2 to Spurs by FT then ??
Am I correct in saying that rumours were rife that AVB had until the Liverpool game to sort us out? If so, is this an improved Spurs over recent home defeats? Not for me!
Well that was utter crap. But one of the problems's is that we're not playing the AVB way. Lennon and Chadli are wide so we can't press the ball and we've given up the controlled short passing in favour of Hollywood stuff. That means we are creating possession and space for them in midfield. I hope he brings Townsend on for Lennon and Eriksen for Naughton and goes to three at the back. Capoue and Dawson don't have the mobility to look after Suarez, but I'm not sure who else can play there.
"Anything less than 3 points for us now would be a travesty." Not really. If Spurs go and score N good goals to win, then you deserve it for not converting the good chances you have had to date.
Well that was crap wasn't it. Crap football, crap defending and crap refereeing. Coverage is crap too. Liverpool have been good but the commentators didn't need spend the whole half ****ing over them and no one even mentioned when Lennon went down appealing for a penalty and there were no replays. They showed a half-hearted Liverpool handball shout about 3 times. Don't get me started on the bias in the studio Hopefully we sort this **** out in the second half but I can see them scoring more because our defence is so patched up and it's showing.
Whose fault is that then? Surely must be the manager for not teaching the players his way properly? Or is it the players who are not following his orders either due to lack of skill or poor attitude? As for 3 at the back - we'll concede 10 if we do that. Suarez will probably go and shake AVB's hand for giving him all that extra space.
