So mad I'm missing this!
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
Spurs more lively now, finally.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
Ajax neutralised in the second half now. Shame Spurs don't have any firepower. Not even a tiny bit.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
Trippier = wasteman
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Amazing how much better this is than the first half. Make Sissoko the club's highest paid player immediately.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Sissoko's appearance changed the whole match, it's amazing really.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
I mean on retrospect it was a very bad idea to be a man short in midfield when they have one of the most talented young playmakers in world football running the show.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Aye, Poch out obv.
Spurs prob need to score at least two in 20 mins to feel like they can get a result next week tho.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
The amount of space that Danny Rose is getting on the left is ridiculous.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
Inspirational double fullback substitution there. Foyth should not be on the pitch in a CL semi final.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
About 15 of the 22 players here should not be on the pitch in a CL semi final tbh.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
every time Eriksen is called upon to either thread a pass or find someone at a setpiece Ajax can rest easy
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
Disappointing from both sides, this.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
Fairly relieved tbh.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
ajax were great when spurs gave them all that space but otherwise that was p shit
― ogmor, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
Yeah I can see that. Still a mountain to climb for youse imo xp
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
fairly sure that's the end of the line but yeah not overly vexed all told
Kane would've taken a couple of those chances mind
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link
1-0 at home isn't that bad a result. Spurs can score twice in Amsterdam with Son back.
― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
Not sure if Kane would've made much of a difference, Spurs didn't have a lot of good chances to finish. Son is another matter.
“We made them look a lot better. They are a good side, but we helped them along the way. It was our fault. We were better in the second half."
Eriksen otm. Spurs made Ajax look better than they are.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:44 (five years ago) link
vertonghen getting jacked in the head was the most interesting part of the match
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
y'all feel free to roast me but am i wrong that it makes more sense to play conservatively at home so as to not concede away goals? like if you had to choose. i feel like the combo of son suspension + spurs home game meant that we were destined to get a 1-0 result, tho i guess it was really very close to 2-0
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
You're not wrong. Today esp with Kane and Son out it was key for Spurs to not concede. Though I can see why some see losing 0-1 as not the end of the run here (and it was closer to 0-2 than 1-1, true). Worthy to note here that Ajax offed both Madrid and Juve because of great away wins/goals. Spurs could theoretically do the same.
I think Poch made a huge tactical mistake playing w/ 5 defenders instead of 4 midfielders. Sackable mistake really if you know with Ajax everything flows through midfield. He more or less admitted this post match.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:56 (five years ago) link
xps thinking specifically of Alli's header and a couple of decent crosses that Llorente was either too slow to attack or couldn't be arsed
not much point pondering it I grant you
― Terry Major-Ball Will Tell You (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:57 (five years ago) link
I've always thought what Jordan said. Away goals is a dumb rule imo. I'd always want to be at home first and 0-0 is a good result. I was perfectly happy with Liverpool drawing at Anfield against Bayern.
Also just playing away second, as long as you're not completely out of the tie, always seems better to me, away goals are this panicky threat then, in the most crucial phase of the tie and only one team can score them at that stage.
― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 21:11 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this
ajax very poor apart from two or three moves but we made even that look better than it was
trippier is horrible but a pochettino that sends him out there without vertonghen or alderweireld under orders to physically assault him if at any stage he approaches the offside line is a pochettino with only himself to blame
easy with hindsight to say we should have started another midfielder- sissoko was a risk to have even on the bench and although he was a monster i still didnt breathe until the final whistle without him feeling a twinge
sanchez still the defender most likely to be on the hook for everyone else ballwatching. he played well again
foyth a far better option than trippier. gazzaniga a far better option than trippier.
eriksen and alli either shook or disinterested and offers for the latter at this stage should be considered imo, its not just performance the guy hasnt lifted a leg all season and is pathetically immature.
trippier is bad at his main job and has gotten bad at the secondary bit that used to make him being bad at his man job acceptable i hope he dies
ref was good
crossing was awful, attempts to get on the end of crosses were horribly uncommitted and heading was terrible on the few attempts that we did get.
sissoko is my favourite spurs player ever
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:45 (five years ago) link
sending vertonghen out again was shit and poch should apologise publicly, totally unacceptable.
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
otm on all acounts, good to have you back. i was surprised about how dull eriksen was: he used to have a sparkle, no? seems gone as of late.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
i can allow for exhaustion and how much we owe him historically, hes also obviously still trying
if he was a golfer id say he had the jitters.
but he and kane carry a lot of opposition weight of focus and god bless sonny i love him but he doesnt work the other team in the same way
when you take kane away for any length of time its eriksen alone and alli goes from being an affordable luxury to an indisciplined passenger
moura impressed me tonight, despite little to no end product (that relies on anyone else around him trying to even get on the end of any such product for a start)
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
really not sure about this lfc line up. worried that klopp has done a pep and out thought himself in an away first leg. rather have seen the usual 433 with studge in for bobby and gigi/fab/hendo midfield 3. gladly take a result that leaves lfc needing to win by one at home.
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
Not sure it's so bad, I'm reading all this panicked talk that he's parked the bus but Firmino is injured so I guess Keita can push up. Gomez for Trent is mildly cautious but doesn't seem a gigantic decision.
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
Looks like it might be a fairly open game so far.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
Fairly happy with this start
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Ffs that's naby out for the season
― or something, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
ref has alllowed two rotten tackles from barca
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
Robertson unfazed by any challenge
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
Mane looks on it
― or something, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
Sake
― or something, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Nice of Suarez not to celebrate against his old club
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
ref is criminal
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
Salah has the beating of that flank
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
Heap of cynical fouls from Barcelona
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
and should have four yellows for dirty slides
tell ye what cold sweats at the thought of facing either team tbh, rest sissoko at ajax imo
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
That Busquets one getting let go was ridiculous. Ref was really starting to lose control of it by the end of the half there.
Precarious enough, Liverpool prob need an away goal, whatever happens.
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
master of the dark arts is busi
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
only cos refs let him
― imago, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
ah remember when he was *our* cunt, now he's back to just a cunt
― or something, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
Haha I was gonna say I forgot how much I love/hate him
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
The state of Vidal
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
Kind of feel Liverpool may have squandered enough chances to regret.
― FernandoHierro, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
unfortunate when milner gets the two best scoring chances...
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link