Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham

Keep hearing about plenty of good players but this isn’t backed up by performances. Who are these good players that multiple managers seem to be misusing?

This squad man for man is bang average. 8th-12th would be the right finish imo.

 

Something I can’t stand about Vicario

when he ****s up he starts to shout at the players around him instead of owning that ****

Someone get him a red nose and some clown shoes

****in clown

 

i made it out. Still lost as to what to do. Could have left after 10 minutes tonight, is the Vicario shocker down to Frank, probably not but we’ll likely lose to Newcastle and then can we beat Brentford?

What are we? If we’re going back to the 90s finishing between 7th and 15th then let us know and we can decide that 80/90 for a cat A isn’t worth it (that’s cat a tickets by the way, cat a in the eyes of the law is more than worth it.

 

Agreed.

I've got no idea what some fans are seeing when they look at our squad.

We took the group that finished 17th last season, made it weaker over the summer and somehow people are expecting a top 6 finish?

Pull the other one.

 

This is a pretty good summary of last night. I don't agree with it all and particularly think it's still too early to write off Frank, but the bold bits I totally concur with.


"John Ellis match report

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Fulham

The pre-match vibe was basically…

Today was surely to be the day Spurs finally recorded a Premier League home win ...

Within six minutes of kick off Spurs were 2-0 down and had a mountain to climb which ultimately proved insurmountable.

Every Fulham attack threatened a goal.

Silva had done his homework and attacked down Spurs right where Porro was again found wanting.

Only the woodwork and an incredible last ditch tackle from Van de Ven had kept Spurs in the game.

By half time, Spurs were fortunate not to be 4-0 down. At the other end Spurs had created zilch, zip, zero, nada, absolutely nothing again.

Two lame efforts from outside the box which went well wide of the target were all Spurs had mustered.

This was against a team which had lost five of their last away six games and scraped a draw with a 96th minute penalty.

The only plan they seem to have is to pass the ball around at the back and unless they concede possession, get the ball forward down the wings to cross and hopefully get a set piece opportunity from a corner or throw in.

The performances are simply unacceptable

Spurs have now gone six homes at home without a win and have recorded just three home wins this calendar year.

Tonight Vicario cost his team yet again with his poor footwork in giving away a comical second goal. He makes some wonderful shot stopping saves but his overall game just isn’t good enough for a team wanting to compete at the top end of the table.

Tonight there was a crescendo of boos aimed at Vicario which can’t have helped him or the team.

The home fans frustration is understandable. They pay top prices to be continually served up with second rate performances.

They have to endure the chants and banter of opposition fans including of late Arsenal and Chelsea when the players didn’t turn up in either game.

It has gone on for too long. They have had enough.

The number of empty seats is growing by the game with the unsociable kick off time also being a contributory factor tonight.

Spurs were brighter in the second half. Muani headed wide and also back heeled just wide of the post.

During Spurs best spell of the match Kudus halved the deficit and a comeback seemed a possibility.

Frank had three players on the touchline waiting to come on as substitutes.

Instead of keeping the momentum, he made three substitutions. Surely it would have been worthwhile holding off from making wholesale changes for a little while.

It seems Frank can’t help but tinker.
He certainly doesn’t have any clue as to what his best line up is.

One win, one draw and five defeats in the last seven games is a poor return.

20 competitive games into Frank’s reign and the honeymoon period is well and truly over.

Let’s hope Spurs can turnaround their form at Newcastle on Tuesday.

#Coys"

 

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