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God bless Glenn Hoddle btw, I am so glad he is looking well and still with us on European nights. He is always so supportive of all the English teams and is still very insightful.

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Hey Nine, re the zonal marking. I think you can make an argument to switch to man to man easily based on the sheer number of set piece goals we are conceding. I mean what is the risk switching for a game or two?

Man to man may be just as problematic for us though. Beyond the centre backs and Alonso we are not the biggest of teams. For me its just as much about the players taking responsibility and learning from these mistakes. Zouma and Tomori who in general were excellent today need to be relied on to own the box at set pieces, Joe Cole was just talking about VVD in this way when discussing Chelsea’s zonal marking.

Maybe Lamps should give JT a call and ask him for advice on defensive set pieces 🙂 Like I said though I do think its decision making of the players on the field more than the set up either way imo

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Nine, I would have preferred if Barca v Inter was yesterday so I could have watched it. Was really hoping Conte could get a result and when I saw it was 1-0 I really fancied Inter to get a point at least. Havent seen the game but no doubt Inter would have made things extremely difficult for Barca and it is a very good turn around for them.

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Oh Tammy, Tammy… Tammy Tammy Tammy Tammy Abraham!!!!!

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Ed, that’s fair enough, but every team he has been at post Porto has had the capacity to win the league, Inter were no exceptions, they were champions when he took over and he didn’t need investment to maintain the standards of Mancini or even better it. The great achievement for him there of course was the CL victory, as there were better and richer squads throughout Europe that year than Jose’s Inter.

Maybe you are right and the squad at spurs is already capable of challenging with a coach like Jose, I just don’t see it myself.

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Ed, jose would only go to spurs if guaranteed massive backing in the market imo as he will want to compete for the title and without massive backing, whether Jose, Poch or even Pep is in charge the team will not be able to challenge, especially after the exits of so many of their experienced players, many by the looks of it on a free.

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Sean, I do think because of the history of black stereotyping in culture and its use in marketing like the conguitos mascot, that we should refrain from using images like Silva did. I believe there was no malice or racism intended from Silva, but totally understand how many people are offended by it.

For me where society, and organisations like Kick it out fail here, is in our reaction. We are too quick to label people as racist and attaching intentions to things people say on a whim or in jest without really thinking. All Silva needs is a little historical information about that image and an explanation as to why it is offensive, he doesnt deserve to be demonised as a racist or banned from playing any games, neither does Pep deserve any reprimand for standing up for the character of a player and a human being he knows very well.

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So who did Trippier sleep with then? Still dont get why he was sold. Spurs have been benefitting from many good decisions and long term planning over last few years. Seems there have been a number of bad decisions too that have gone under mainstream radar but all seem to be rising to the surface at the same time. Convenient for Poch to have distanced himself from these decisions, even more convenient for him is that he is credited for the good and Levy is responsible for the bad.

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sorry banjo mate. spurs fans were great and fully behind the team even at 2-4 and 80 mins, they didnt deserve to get embarrassed in last 10 mins like that. Bayern werent even really pushing, the goals were supremely well taken but spurs downed tools.

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Anyone watching the Real game? 2-0 down at home to Brugge! I’ve only just put it on now.

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More symptomatic of the underlying problem than a cause though surely.

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hey blaze nice to see you on here mate

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wow, was it eriksen himself that caught them at it?

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Sean, I agree re Jorginho mate, I was very critical of him at times last year and would not have protested in the slightest had we sold him in the summer as I thought he was handicapping us having to play a system to accommodate him, I am delighted he has proven me to be completely wrong.

I even went back to look at his performances last year in terms of statistics and to be fair he was much better than I gave him credit for and I think its only because he is the last line of defence and was so often left alone in key moments that I thought he wasn’t up to the job. Easier to criticise Jorginho in those situations than the players ahead of him who allowed the opposition to cut through them so easily and get to the back line I suppose.

Lots of headaches for Lamps to come in terms of selections and systems though mate, the competition in the squad is heating up every week as players come back to fitness.

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Yeah I was pleased with clean sheet too 442 and I agree with the importance the front press defensively.

I think Mount presses like there is no tomorrow and having him in the centre for a change with Willian and Pedro wide (who lets be honest both work extremely hard off the ball) and Tammy pressing from the front, we were extremely tough to play through. Props to Jorginho too who imo was man of the match.

Delighted with Christensens performance in a back 4, but Tomori is something else, when Rudiger is fit he and Tomori look a fantastic pairing I would expect our defence to improve a lot once we get the fortune of being able to select the same centre back pairing for a good run of games. Its a bit too chop and change due to the circumstances for any real consistency in defence to be developed so far.

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lovely to see you 67

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Bravo Conte, 6 out of 6.

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You wont believe Lloris’s error banjo, really poor mate.

Great show of character for your boys to get the 3 points with 10 men for best part of an hour.

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I dont think gambling should be advertised…. then I share a gambling advert…nice one Lucky 🙂

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