Goran Bunjevcevic fuck. I was only thinking about him while watching Serbia yesterday.
It's extremely fucked up that two members of our early 00s squad are dead already.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
what
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
He had a stroke a few days ago apparently.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
lamela signing a long term deal is it a good thing i feel we can discuss here
also lack of transfers either in or out is it enough to keep what we have and trust that the mgmt team improves them incrementally, that injuries dont hurt us as much this season, that the rest of the top teams have enough underperformances in them, etc
or would sixth, out of cl in groups and a uefa run be a result
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 23 July 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
liverpool are looking stronger, city & united similar, arsenal and chelsea are unknowns. fourth would be lovely.
― ogmor, Monday, 23 July 2018 09:28 (five years ago) link
utd due jose collapse
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 23 July 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
Or the opposite.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Monday, 23 July 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
But, yes, can't see them carrying on like last season.
Seem to be conflicting reports on Grealish since Villa's new investment.
Some saying deal is done barring medical this week and others that he wants to stay and Villa no longer need to sell him.
― groovypanda, Monday, 23 July 2018 11:16 (five years ago) link
Pretty confident we'll make at least a couple of signings before the start of the season, even if the stadium is clearly looming over everything.
It would be enough just not to sell players TBH, but a dynamic central midfielder and another CF have to be the priorities.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 July 2018 11:40 (five years ago) link
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6838337/harry-kane-booed-scottish-fan-the-open-tottenham/
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Monday, 23 July 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
seven up for sale
janssen llorente alderweireld rose nkoudou dembele edwards
three if fit and contracted walk into first team, two didnt solve a problem we still have, two never solved a problem that im not sure we still have
highly doubtful that more than say four of the above leave, and three of em in that scenario would be janssen, nkoudou, edwards.
injuries being kinder this year that leaves the squad no worse off tbh
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Monday, 23 July 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
quite enjoying how pochesque this team of subs and youngsters are looking tbh
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
oooh woof nkoudou
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
Currently top of the ICC league for what it's worth
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
Spurs - Barca in the CL!
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 30 August 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
PSV and Inter too. Should be fun.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
That's a pretty tough fourth seed team looking at the other groups
― groovypanda, Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
Lmao we are SO fucked
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
So great that for the first time we take on youse Spurs. #ilxmassive
Barcelona was always my dream fixture, maximally psyched
― ogmor, Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
woof
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
are there dates for these matches yet
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
not yet but might you be around these parts, ohhh psv-spurs would be a hoot to go to, will keep an eye out
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
thats the thought alright
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
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