http://i.imgur.com/9uPXzHm.jpg
lol
― tone pulising (nakhchivan), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
sheeeeit i dunno he looks pretty comfortable on the ball to me, it doesnt feel like hes working from a playbook of crouch/quinninho-esque flukey once-off skills
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link
caulker hatched as a fully-formed middling-to-dece 26 yo and will remain that way until football has forgotten him
he may or may not be installed at other clubs in this time but this occurence will not come as a result of any improvement, deterioration or variation in his play
― r|t|c, Friday, 2 January 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
some shit talked itt today lads
― champagne supernovella (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 October 2013 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
it could've stood some more tbh
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 October 2013 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was busy and im busy yet and i'll be busy prob until well after this fraud portuguese leaves to whatever moneypit his snakeoil earns him next
― champagne supernovella (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 October 2013 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― local eire man (darraghmac), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
michael, Kane's feet are ok but not consistently good but he used his strength and arm/shoulder span much better than most rangy english strikers of that age imo, lending him time that he uses well.
― local eire man (darraghmac), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:11 (3 minutes ago)
this is more about cleverness and proprioception than skill, he seems to have a good sense of what is around him and can confuse defenders with his runs, that can take him a long way but berbatov is something else altogether
the test of this is what his technique looks like when this initial confidence burst subsides and he goes six games without a goal
― tone pulising (nakhchivan), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
suspect the emergence of craftier runs is pochettino's influence
― ogmor, Friday, 2 January 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
eriksen doesnt half help tbf
― local eire man (darraghmac), Friday, 2 January 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
ภาษา ฟุตบอลโลก18 hours ago Amazing young boy for the game last night with #Chelsea on 1/1/2015. This game made him rise up against forwarders in #EPL ( #premierleague ) Love to see him getting better and better with #spurs
― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
#kissmehardy
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 January 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link
townsend is so so awful
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
like the chances of him performing an adequate action competently are significantly worse than random
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
adebayor trying to get subtly sent off is entertaining i guess
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
booed off for soldado, attitude counts eh
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
Never a dull moment being a Spurs fan
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
Premiership hegemony finally wins out over plucky League One rape apologists.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
tackle on vorm absolutely disgusting
― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
best performance ive seen this season so far, tho obv we hadn't kicked into gear against Chelsea at this stage yet
paulinho has stepped over the ball twice to avoid possession but otherwise looks ok
eriksen actually woeful so far!
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
soldado goal worth catching btw neat controlled volley from corner
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
You had to open yr mouth didn't ya
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
look it doesnt matter what I say or who we play or who plays for us or who manages us does it
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
does it
textbook jol stuff so an improvement if sorts on the slow decline under avb so I'm not gonna poch out this half but
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
bentaleb paulinho centre just not a good option. former has his place as a conservative runner/screener but together its a rank combo
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/fantendo/images/2/25/Mario_Artwork_-_Super_Mario_3D_World.png/revision/latest?cb=20131025223058
― tayto fan (Michael B), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
oops wrong thread lol
― tayto fan (Michael B), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
http://gameboyclub.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gameboyp_fiorentina1_lfdl.jpg
sure?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 19 February 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
our youth team right back is called kyle walker-peters kill me now
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 March 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Named himself after his idol. Been modelling his game after him too.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 March 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
anton walkes on the other side too :)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 March 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
i see alexander mcqueen is now playing with an armani daly in the u21s
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
maghoma looks good, and I forget the centre halves name but he was great under crosses/high ball all night Mauro Mauro sign him up
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Friday, 6 March 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_FxMdeWkAA4IYu.jpg
think i see who u mean
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
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― nakhchivan, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:09 (nine years ago) link
MIME type: artist
― r|t|c, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Darragh complains so much about the Spurs defense that I must just have started tuning it out somehow, how else to explain that I was genuinely surprised to see that only 5 teams in the league have conceded more goals than Tottenham this season!(The bottom 4 teams + Newcastle) Conceded exactly twice as many as Southampton. Considering some of the hammerings they took last season I can't believe they've let it more this season. Just incompetent personnel, more expansive game under Poch or what?
― pandemic, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
Also Utd haven't conceded more than one goal to any of the 'top' teams this season which can't be entirely down to de gea surely, well it could be I guess small sample size etc
― pandemic, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
apologies for utd talk on spurs thread
― pandemic, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
well its more expansive than avb but certainly less so than Sherwood. its a high line a lot of the time, but really it is down to the fullbacks actually honest to god just not defending any of the time.
allied to really weak centre half play in the air and tackle (see Rooney goal) and sprinkle appalling positional sense across the back four and thats a serious formula for problems.
bear in mind lloris is brilliant.
bentaleb is ok but not consistent. mason closes down high up the pitch but is very poor tracking back. no winger does nothing.
defence is not, let's say, a priority.
its why I think fazio in the centre is a huge improvement on dier. a firefighter is much to be preferred in the circumstances, given that systemic problems make breaches absolutely inevitable.
vertonghen is a gifted wanker. he'd be a standout player in a disciplined back four. he's only good as a left back for us, imo, given his lack of interest and the fact that Danny rose is the incumbent.
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
Serious question, how do you think that transplanting, say, the entire Stoke back four wholesale would affect us? What would we gain and lose from doing this?
With the exception of Chelsea, most high-level teams (and aspirational high-level teams) play a high pressing game nowadays, it's either tactical fashion or just a lack of classic commanding centre backs pretty much everywhere. Teams that don't tend to be bottom-half sides playing several men behind the ball at all times and no one really wants us to play like Hull.
Think it's still a problem with individuals rather than the system, some of these errors should really have been trained out of them by now and I suspect Dier will get there, but Rose and to an extent Walker lack the basic footballing intelligence required. Vertonghen is great but needs a different kind of CB alongside him, it did seem to be working but Fazio is prone to terrible fuckups and is slow as hell.
Can people who watch a lot of Bundesliga shed any light on Kevin Wimmer? Seems to all but lined up according to reports.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
ha I thought a view on systemic issues would garner me less approbrium than an outright "they're all shit and should be moved on asap" post
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
continental europeans called kevin are always amusing
― pom /via/ chi (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
http://www.express.de/image/view/2014/7/4/28033426,28417872,highRes,maxh,480,maxw,480,01K+15_71-72352656_ori.jpg
Bei Kevin Wimmer gibt’s jeden Morgen einen warmen Kakao und ein Nutella-Brot.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/54AtJoc.jpg
― pom /via/ chi (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:41 (nine years ago) link
doubling up on the chocolate there, nutritionist will be asking for a raise already
― cgi bubka (NickB), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
Been waiting years for a new Tom Huddlestone.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 09:33 (nine years ago) link
kyle walker in the england squad.
― pandemic, Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
that's yr problem
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Tottenham wanted to get rid of England new boy Harry Kane in January 2014, only for Tim Sherwood to step in and keep him at White Hart Lane - reckons the ex-Spurs boss.
surely they just wanted to loan him out, not sell him?
― pandemic, Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
we got rid of Lee Barnard, Thomas Pekhart.
everyone is expendable.
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link