Wait, what?
There is a change this season - with games not being played at 19:45 BST anymore.Most games will kick off at 20:00 BST, but two group matches every day will start at 17:55 BST - so get ready to leave work quickly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
yeah thats late for leaving work
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
Dyche out.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 August 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
... wrong thread.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 31 August 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/aaron-lennons-greatest-superfan-meet-20-year-old-turk-who-cant-get-enough-burnleys-no25
something to warm your cold, cold hearts
― ogmor, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
As someone who got into football (and Tottenham) right around the time of Jol/Lennon/Robinson, I guess 2006-2007ish?, this hit me right in the heart, thank u for this. also gave me an idea for a new dn
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
This is probably the best best place to talk about Sissoko. Is it really just a matter of switching him into central midfield? Perhaps he should have been there all along, Lord knows he's barely competent on the right but that's where he seems to have played on every occasion prior to this season.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 November 2018 09:21 (five years ago) link
well...his form was awful in an individual control/pass/position way regardless until even three or four games ago
but a run of games and maybe knowing he had a run coming due to fixtures and injuries definitely seems to have solidified that aspect
tactically then, playing with aurier on his right and behind him definitely suits, theyre both better for the way they naturally move and cover each other.
but the move to central formally (hes always been a central midfielder, this craic of callin him a rw because he gets up a bit of speed never looked right) and carving out a destroyer/carrier role in a tweaked tactic has definitely given him the platform for the last two performances. worth remembering that he destroyed us in that role on more than one occasion as a newcastle player, so im not sure im ready to call it a flash of genius to find that in him all of a sudden
i think not being the last line of defence in front of the centre halves nor being tasked with quickly recycling the ball with a bit of craft four times a minute definitely avoids two of his big weaknesses
hey presto we now have a way of taking the ball seventy yards and pulling an entrenched opponent asunder without dembele
got to credit his mentality too, even if im slightly dubious about his technical limitations not putting a ceiling on his reliability
― old yeller-at-clouds (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 November 2018 09:58 (five years ago) link
aurier and sissoko's synergy was woven in toulouse ofc
― ogmor, Thursday, 29 November 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah he may have always been a central midfielder but he never seemed to start there, he usually would start in one of the wide positions. These tend to be fluid revolving attacking positions when Eriksen/Dele/Lamela* start there but Sissoko had neither the tactical quick thinking or the passing ability, he'd tend to run at the fullback and then not be able to cross particularly well at the end of it. It wasn't just that he was being played too wide, he was also too far up the pitch.
Whereas he's fantastic pressing and harrying players and rampaging through the middle. The Dembele role is absolutely the best one for him in our team (and it's an essential one for us I think).
*I'm excluding Son and Lucas from this as their roles tend to be more direct.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 November 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
Admittedly two of his recent notable contributions have come from a decisive pass from an advanced position on the right, but he's clearly bringing more than that to the team now.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 November 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
He was France’s best player by a mile in the Euro 2016 final at CM, more or less, and talked up by the Telegraph at the time as ‘a successor to Yaya Toure as the Premier League’s most complete central midfielder’ but I guess Dembele and Wanyama’s excellent season after he joined meant he was shunted out right.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 29 November 2018 11:08 (five years ago) link
He's always been able to summon the occasional monster performance. First couple of months at Newcastle people were talking about him as the signing of the season. I'm sceptical that he's going to start delivering it on a consistent basis at this point in his career though
― Number None, Thursday, 29 November 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
they should have two off already obv
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
alli letting us down badly until that amazing pass
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Lucas uh got the uh ball there first ref
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
LOL the Arsenal, doubly hilarious given how desperate the media is for their revival.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
That was fun. Dele the best kind of cunt tonight.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
yesssss
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
https://statsbomb.com/2019/01/tottenhams-january-shopping-list/
This is excellent.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 January 2019 08:11 (five years ago) link
ooo lovely
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 09:01 (five years ago) link
love to read some new names. skipp has looked decent so far in a CM/DM sort of role and seems a likely option.
― ogmor, Friday, 11 January 2019 09:46 (five years ago) link
Probably the best argument for signing a proper defensive midfielder as soon as possible is that we're significantly constraining Winks' development as a playmaker. I thin whoever plays on Sunday is likely to have a very difficult game against a resurgent Pogba though - although I've never seen him have a good game against us.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 January 2019 09:48 (five years ago) link
just change your name to harry jinx ffs
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 10:27 (five years ago) link
skipp seems like a not-quite-as-good winks but appreciate both are as matt says probably developing without the platform of a support player beside them
obv skipp some years younger than winks when he debuted too
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 10:28 (five years ago) link
so much goes play has been going through pogba lately. the united midfield is still yet to be fully realised so mb it cld all be snuffed out quick but there are a lot of threats there and chief among them poggers the hard-to-mark long-legged marauding menace
― ogmor, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:36 (five years ago) link
little piece from michael cox on dembele: http://www.espn.co.uk/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3751901/premier-league-will-lose-its-most-unique-player-when-mousa-dembele-leaves-tottenham
― ogmor, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 09:17 (five years ago) link
Tottenham have planned a "top-level meeting" to discuss how to deal with Kane's absence over the next couple of months. Loan signings are being considered, as well as the potential promotion of 16-year-old academy striker Troy Parrott.
No pressure Troy
― groovypanda, Thursday, 17 January 2019 09:51 (five years ago) link
Troy Parrott, Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp. I have to commend the Tottenham policy of only developing young players with entertaining names.
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 January 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
my client skipp can kick a ball very far away
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Thursday, 17 January 2019 10:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah, yeah, whatever, does he prefer Oliver and Olly? Either way, we've very excited about his name.
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 January 2019 10:16 (five years ago) link
anyway
i am calm. the flower opens in its own time.
troy parrott may not be an adequate replacement this week for harry kane, but a fortnight of poch magic and it'll be lol arry oo
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Thursday, 17 January 2019 10:17 (five years ago) link
llorente will score a goal a game in february
vinny janssen GOAT for ten games
whatever. energia universale finds its way.
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Thursday, 17 January 2019 10:18 (five years ago) link
Fucksake
🇰🇷 South Korea 2-1 Bahrain 🇧🇭Sonny progresses to the quarter-finals 👏#AsianCup2019 pic.twitter.com/uTVKllsLf4— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 22, 2019
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
rushed home in time to see dier do that
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Thursday, 24 January 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
Korea trailing Qatar 1-0 with nine minutes to go. Fingers crossed.
― ShariVari, Friday, 25 January 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
We are all Qataris now.
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 January 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
He's coming home
― groovypanda, Friday, 25 January 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
The prodigal Son returns!
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 January 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
yesss
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 25 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
are Qatar good now? Assume they've gotten a few ringers in
― Number None, Friday, 25 January 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
Their top player and leading goalscorer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Soria
He has been playing for them since 2007 tbf.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 25 January 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
They have less ringers than many European national squads tbh.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 25 January 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
True. Let he who is without sin...
― Number None, Friday, 25 January 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
was gonna say!
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 25 January 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
fuck these personality vacuum idiots
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Sunday, 27 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
Two FBs, three and a half CBs and defending like this.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 27 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
every one of these men is a professional footballer what a pack of bad old days cunts
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Sunday, 27 January 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
Hahahaha
― ShariVari, Sunday, 27 January 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link