defeat. It was just three points lost at the end of the day, although from the sound of some of our supporters, it was Armegeddon. Big week coming up, CL, followed up by a match I shall be at, WBA at Wembley next Saturday, chance to get back on track.
The Dortmund match is probably the last match Poch should be rotating, this side of the New Year. Already qualified, this match is a bit of a freebie, Dortmund are in poor form, so only points to a Dortmund win if the truth be told. Once this match is out of the way, the run of difficult fixtures will come to an end for the foreseeable future, City aside. Last month or so Spurs will have played Real Madrid twice, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United, Borussia Dortmund, West Ham twice (always their cup final, so never easy), not an easy run of fixtures. Lots of very winnable matches coming up now until the New Year, so Spurs should be trousering plenty of points.
Poch though needs to nail down a settled XI after the Dortmund match, a team (injuries aside), that can more or less play unchanged through to the end of the year, just to get a bit of continuity back.
Winks needs to come back in, just play Sanchez and Verts as central defenders, accompanied by Aurier and Davies as full backs, move Dier back into midfield, alongside Winks, Eriksen, Ali and Kane up front of course. Also I think Sissoko is looking better, and deserves to start. Dembele is looking past it now, Son is a bit lightweight, but OK off the bench. If Lamela comes back he will be another good option. Wanyama I am not thinking will be playing again this season (I may be wrong, but I always look on the pessimistic side regarding injuries at Spurs), same goes for Toby, probably see him back aroundabout Easter.
Anyway not all gloom, still top four, difficult period over for a bit, top of the CL group, so all to look forward to in the New Year, with the FA Cup starting as well. I am sure most of you would have taken that at the start of the season.
Ok, already moved on from yesterday`s
posted on 19/11/17
Dont use excuses for players. They had enough time to prepare for that game. The players who played were fit to play but we had them under control.
posted on 19/11/17
comment by ツ VertongHєиgу• (U9129)
posted 5 minutes ago
Think we need to take CL football into the new stadium Tbh so I would prioritise that which isn’t something I’d normally say.
The vultures are circling around our players too so we need to have the carrot of CL football
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Vultures will be circling even with CL football, and players, as we've seen with Kyle Walker, won't always see it as enough to want to stay.
I think for the fans' sake, it's better to win something going into the new stadium. That would be more a statement of progression than another top 4 place without winning something. But again, ideally, top 4 and winning something would be a great scenario.
posted on 19/11/17
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by ツ VertongHєиgу• (U9129)
posted 5 minutes ago
Think we need to take CL football into the new stadium Tbh so I would prioritise that which isn’t something I’d normally say.
The vultures are circling around our players too so we need to have the carrot of CL football
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Vultures will be circling even with CL football, and players, as we've seen with Kyle Walker, won't always see it as enough to want to stay.
I think for the fans' sake, it's better to win something going into the new stadium. That would be more a statement of progression than another top 4 place without winning something. But again, ideally, top 4 and winning something would be a great scenario.
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Like I say I’m normally all for going for a cup and obviously I’m not advocating completely giving up on them but for me it’s imperative with have CL next season.
Yep vultures will still come in but if we can only offer Europa then some of these players will be off like a shot ( Toby I’d put in this category )
posted on 19/11/17
comment by ツ VertongHєиgу• (U9129)
posted 22 minutes ago
Think we need to take CL football into the new stadium Tbh so I would prioritise that which isn’t something I’d normally say.
The vultures are circling around our players too so we need to have the carrot of CL football
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Going into the new stadium without CL football would be at best a short term disaster imo. The pressures and negative outcomes would set us back years in our ambitions to be a consistent challenger at the top.
Knowing us tho we will probably get to the final and lose while finishing fifth.
posted on 19/11/17
comment by ツ VertongHєиgу• (U9129)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by ツ VertongHєиgу• (U9129)
posted 5 minutes ago
Think we need to take CL football into the new stadium Tbh so I would prioritise that which isn’t something I’d normally say.
The vultures are circling around our players too so we need to have the carrot of CL football
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Vultures will be circling even with CL football, and players, as we've seen with Kyle Walker, won't always see it as enough to want to stay.
I think for the fans' sake, it's better to win something going into the new stadium. That would be more a statement of progression than another top 4 place without winning something. But again, ideally, top 4 and winning something would be a great scenario.
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Like I say I’m normally all for going for a cup and obviously I’m not advocating completely giving up on them but for me it’s imperative with have CL next season.
Yep vultures will still come in but if we can only offer Europa then some of these players will be off like a shot ( Toby I’d put in this category )
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If that happens then so be it, it can't be helped. Need to keep Poch and Kane here more importantly and I think we will regardless of what we do. Other players I'm not so sure about no matter whether we go trophyless or top 4less.
At least we won't have the League Cup to add to the priorities.
posted on 19/11/17
I am with Hengy on this one, normally I would priortise a trophy over top four, but it is essential be in the new Stadium, with CL on offer. I think Spurs will get CL with a bit to spare, sure they will lose the odd match, but I expect very few home losses now, and Spurs are well capable of getting at least a dozen away wins. So should be fine.
Bottom line is Spurs these days very, very rarely get beaten by any team other than those from around the top four.
posted on 19/11/17
CL for next season is essential going into the new stadium and for retaining and attracting important players. Of course a trophy would be lovely but whilst we are in and around the top four places the PL should still be our priority for a CL place.
Even if we prioritize the Cups, the chances are we won`t win one of them, it is just not what Spurs do these days, we don`t win trophies, it`s not in the clubs DNA anymore is seems, sadly.
CL is essential for us to keep improving imo, also it has a negative effect on one of our rivals.
posted on 19/11/17
comment by GeniusGreaves Optimist Supreme (U1302)
posted 4 hours, 36 minutes ago
Dele has 7 goals in all competitions so far this season
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18 PL goals from 37 last season
3 PL goals from 11 so far this season
posted on 19/11/17
18 PL goals from 37 last season
3 PL goals from 11 so far this season
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Still plenty of games left for him to get another dozen or so!
posted on 19/11/17
comment by GeniusGreaves Optimist Supreme (U1302)
posted 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
18 PL goals from 37 last season
3 PL goals from 11 so far this season
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Still plenty of games left for him to get another dozen or so!
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I refer you to my original post on this thread