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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund

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  1. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

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    "Ok but can you tell me what his outstanding quality is that made us buy him? I'm yet to figure it out"

    See under Khumalo and Yedlin ??
     
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    for 22mill, I thought he'd be able to stay on two feet and not run into trouble every time he gets the ball!
     
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    Cynical one by Castro. In the book.
    Dortmund angered by being tackled and not getting a dodgy free-kick out of it.
     
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    He did, at first. His confidence looks shot.
     
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    Dortmund making some very poor challenges, at the moment.
    They look upset about something and they're getting niggly, especially with Lamela.
     
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    Even when we're playing well and putting together some decent moves, we still don't look like scoring.
    Nowhere near enough goal threat without Kane.
     
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    Carroll replaces Alli. That's probably not going to help, is it? <laugh>
     
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    2-0. Absolutely overrun, caught napping up the park.
    Lloris got a hand to it. Probably should've done better, actually.
     
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    Personally, when our front 6 of
    Dembele, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Lamela and Kane sees 1 or more of those players missing for whatever reason, we are significantly weaker, IMO.
    Mason, chadli, son and Carroll to choose 4 examples, are way behind the quality IMO.
     
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    2-1. Son. Meh.
     
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    ive always said how good son is.
     
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    I'm not sure that it's about quality, so much as a lack of direct replacements for a number of them.
    We don't have another holding midfielder or striker and we tend to use players out of position.
    Our shape suffers and we lack any goal threat, while being exposed at the back.
    The squad needs rebalancing.
     
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    "2-1. Son. Meh."

    Meh !!?? Draw (at least) !!!
     
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    1-2 Son

     
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    Yeah a bit of that too, which doesn't help. But 1 or 2 aren't great in their preferred position either!
     
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    Charming bunch...
     
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    I gave up watching on the BT Sport site and have watched it on a French channel to avoid listening to the absolutely awful commentary of Savage. Can we have a petition to have him deported
     
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    <laugh>.
     
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    I've got BT Sport, but I found another English language channel, instead.
     
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    1-2 FT. Poor and a little pointless.
    Both legs had mixed sides, far from full strength, but with enough first team players to tire out some important legs.
    Really can't understand the selections.

    Shows up the gaps in our squad, I guess. Need to sort that out in the summer.
    Wonder if Pochettino will have any money?
     
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