comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 32 seconds ago
I have been saying all along I fancy Spurs for 4th but changed my mind yesterday. Villa really Impressive with that big win. Very well coached team too.

Spurs look like a team that almost needs the summer break which is ridiculous really given you've had no European football and got knocked out of both cups early.
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Spursy

Spurs did remarkably well at the start of the season but a team will always face adversity at one point or another and how they respond to it comes down to several factors. A key one is the mentality of the group and i feel ours has been pretty strong this season.

The other is having the experience of dealing with struggles. This for me is a learning process and teams, even like Villa, who have had that continuity and time together (18 months for villa), can draw on that and the complete understanding of the strategy and how it should be applied in certain circumstances.

Spurs are still quite new to the current strategy and when we start to run out of ideas or go through a rough patch when it suddenly isn't clicking, we look like we don't know what to do, individuals make mistakes or these mistakes just get magnified. Suddenly the whole strategy gets questioned.

While we are totally right to question whether this strategy is sustainable we have to remember that we are still very much in a learning stage and things are not yet 'muscle memory' and we have to learn different skills, such as grinding out a result when the form isn't quite there, or managing in game moments better.

We are short of a few players and some quality in the squad and this needs addressing. While we have not had a massive burden of games it has been pretty stop start for the last 2 or 3 months and this also doesnt help.

Overall we are pretty well placed considering the stage of our development, it's certainly big progress in many areas. Whether we are able to make the next step will be down to how we reinforce and whether the strategy proves effective after we have developed the squad and broadened our experience.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 4 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 32 seconds ago
I have been saying all along I fancy Spurs for 4th but changed my mind yesterday. Villa really Impressive with that big win. Very well coached team too.

Spurs look like a team that almost needs the summer break which is ridiculous really given you've had no European football and got knocked out of both cups early.
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Spursy
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It must drive you bonkers never being able to shift that tag. The longer it goes the worse it seems to get too.

I have always had a soft spot for Spurs and I can't really figure out why that is.

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 4 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 32 seconds ago
I have been saying all along I fancy Spurs for 4th but changed my mind yesterday. Villa really Impressive with that big win. Very well coached team too.

Spurs look like a team that almost needs the summer break which is ridiculous really given you've had no European football and got knocked out of both cups early.
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Spursy
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It must drive you bonkers never being able to shift that tag. The longer it goes the worse it seems to get too.

I have always had a soft spot for Spurs and I can't really figure out why that is.
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Gazza, Venables, Hoddle, Iconic shirt, we had a good record against them.

Morning all.

I’m pretty sure we will finish as low, as we possibly can…

Our players just aren’t good enough to play Ang tactics…

Our forwards aren’t good enough,, don’t create or finish enough chances…

Our midfield are seriously off form

Defenders & goalkeeper can’t defend crosses or corners…

It’s an absolute joke… once again, I’m seriously disappointed with another horrific end to the season.

I expect maybe a win against Burnley… I can see us losing to Sheff Utd also.

Can’t wait for the season to end!

I won`t be surprised to see Ange leave, his system requires certain type of players and our squad needs major surgery. Some of our players are good players but unsuitable for what Ange needs.

Levy will break out in a cold sweat at the thought of a major overhaul and at the same time we struggle to shift unwanted players.

It all points to yet more frustration and rather than major squad changes Levy may well look at it and think a different coach could get more out of the current mob.

Levy out.

Burnley and Sheffield are (dare I say it) must wins!

Ange will go to Bayern Munich

We're fortunate Sheff United and Burnley are so bad and we get to play them in our last 3 fixtures. That should be 6 points to secure 5th. Ange would have to lose the dressing room for us to have a chance of dropping points to Burnley IMO and I don't believe we're at that stage yet. Wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea were to win all their remaining games so if we drop points in one of those games, we could finish 6th.

Thankfully Man Utd are even worse than us!

Still got Newcastle and Chelsea snapping at our heels for 5th tho!

comment by ●Billy The Spur● LEVY OUT- ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 2 days, 19 hours ago
I won`t be surprised to see Ange leave, his system requires certain type of players and our squad needs major surgery. Some of our players are good players but unsuitable for what Ange needs.

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If the squad wasn't suitable for his football, why did he come?

comment by BillNick (U23088)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by ●Billy The Spur● LEVY OUT- ENIC OUT! (U3924)
posted 2 days, 19 hours ago
I won`t be surprised to see Ange leave, his system requires certain type of players and our squad needs major surgery. Some of our players are good players but unsuitable for what Ange needs.

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If the squad wasn't suitable for his football, why did he come?
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And why not try and work with what you have, adapt and compromise a bit until you have more of the players you want/need.

Big weekend coming up!

Another 3 points, but job still not done.

All eyes on Chelsea now.