Europa League Match Thread - Tottenham V Lyon

Holtby the only one in credit at the moment.

 

We don't pose enough of a threat centrally as it is, let alone when a team is defending in numbers like this. There is no space, it's too compact and adebayor is not capable of coming up with any answers.

It's going to take a moment of magic again.

 

Dempsey for Dembele methinks

 

wtf is Brad playing, we have a world class 26year old keeper with European exp as well as exp in this stadium with this team.
So we play Brad the average gk who isnt very good as a sweeper keeper in the only comp we have a chance of winning.

This is exactly the kind of game we could have used Rafa in, i've seen nothing to suggest Dempsey was a better option. Comes in, gets the ball, passes back to the same guy, runs away. great

 

Yeah, get Dempsey on and win us a free kick near the box. It's the only way.

 

Sliding in with studs up on Bale, how about some consistancy ref?

 

First bale and then Ade gets fouled right in front of the Lino and nothing given!!

 

I really hope we get champs league next year so AVB can flesh out this mediocre squad.

Bale & Lennon desperatly need a sub look at utd, they have 4 wingers.
Defoe and Ade have always been patchy so need another top striker
Dembele can't be our only creative deep midfielder
Walker plays every single game and has been off the pace
Brad is not up to it anymore

 

We got a new coach?

 

wtf just happen?? trying to park the bus lol

 

Dempsey is not a solution, especially for dembele. Any creativity we have, will be gone. - apart from relying on bale again. I'd rather we have an average dembele tonight than Dempsey in that position. We need dembeles pace and engine, if nothing else.

Talking of parked buses, there's an actual bus on screen!

 

It was Lyon bringing a bigger bus on.



And now the audio sync has gone too

 

When does away goals come into it? After 90 minutes or AET?

 

Dembele hasn't displayed either pace or engine and certainly not skill. He is roaming and not influencing - except to give the ball away. Frustrating for such a decent player

 

The few times we've got the ball forward the ref or lino has screwed us over. We've been poor though and need to show a lot more urgency and quality going forward.

 

Anyone think a French side is not going to go through with Platini in the crowd?

Just saying - to say that the ref has been biased is an understatement.

 

Like i said,Brad should not have been in goal tonight,and we should have signed a striker in the jan window,it's coming to haunt us now

 

Oh Bollox - now we have to that Mouser twat Fowler talking biased ****e for z10 minutes!!

 

Perhaps not, but Dempsey will be even worse. It's not his preferred position and he's been mediocre at best in his better positions.

 

Another poor first half and another dubious performance from a ref when Platini's in attendance.
The disparity between what was given as a foul between the two teams was pretty clear.

Both of our central midfield pairing have given the ball away a lot and we've not threatened their goal anywhere like enough.
They're sitting on their lead and making it hard for us and we've struggled badly against that so often in recent years.

The decision to leave out Dawson and Lloris is looking like a very questionable one right now.