Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion Match Thread

Really sloppy play at the back to concede a corner from that situation.
Fairly positive other than that, though.

 

Have we got a defensive coach?,if we do he's rubbish.if we haven't we need one

 

Surprising Townsend tries one from long range...

Decent so far, but we look too narrow. Again, surprising.

 

Another team create a chance against us by hitting an easy diagonal ball over the top.
No pressure on the man in midfield and the defence failing to read the striker's run. Poor.

 

Brighton has started to press in their own half and it's effective. We're struggling to get the ball into the box, and when we do the attack has slowed down to a snail's crawl.

Lennon taking corners? I would have said he's nearly the worst player on the team to take them, and his deliveries have done nothing to make me change my mind.

 

Endlessly passing it wide and then bringing it back inside again, because of the inverted wingers.
This is silly.

 

Bright first fifteen, dull and aimless second fifteen.

 

At the start of the match the TV showed the line up with Lennon on the right. Is Poch the only one who can't see it!

 

Fazio in the book. Seems excessive.
Playing crap at the moment, though. Giving them confidence.

 

I have yet to see us look good against a side that sits back.

Good work from Soldado there, and a good shot. Terrible volley by Lennon.

Good tackle by Vertonghen, but you can see how much less it takes to create a good chance against a team playing the offsides trap.

Good cross by Naughton, but no one on the end of it. Once again we create good chances much more often when we get the ball wide, even though we do it so rarely.

Lennon looking much better on the right.

Might as well take short corners, since no one can get the ball into the box.

Good thought from Soldado, but at just the wrong height for Kane.

 

Spurs fans being comprehensively out sung again. Now would be a good time for a round of "Aaron Lennon, he plays on the right."

 

That's a shocking attempt at a shot by Lennon. Awful.

 

I'm actually getting pissed off watching this. It's so predictable.

 

We're even playing our corners short so that we can tap it around outside their box now.
Can we have some width, please?

 

0-0, HT. Rubbish.

 

Plan B anyone?

 

Too often I've looked and seen nothing but grass near the touch lines.

 

This is why the 'pitch isn't wide enough' debate is so facepalmingly funny.

I remember a time when we played good football and scored goals.

Right now, we do neither.

 

hope we come out alert at the start of the 2nd half,we don't need another" Newcastle"

 

I have only been watching in periods, but no-one has looked awful, it has just been a bit insipid. I liked the little set up for Kane from Soldado a minute ago though. Yep, lots of short corners, maybe as no space for a run up on our pitch.