Fitness and determination. Fair play to them.

Fitness and belief.

We were pony today but a point is better than feck all

Pochettino has made a difference with their fitness and never-say-die attitude which previous Spurs teams always lacked. Fair play.

I don't know about today but Big Sam wasn't happy

fitness, belief? calm down you only got a point by cheating. Blatant dive.

Fitness plus their quality players delivering when it matters. All the best players do it time and time again

Their fitness level have improved incredibly..A club who would challenge the crook trophy with Arsenal have almost no players injure...they must be doing something right?..When will Wenger look into this matter?

There is luck in there as well. The rebound off Adrian from the pen could have gone anywhere today, and wasn't there an element of luck in the Rose shot?

comment by ice2011 (U8296)
posted 9 minutes ago
fitness, belief? calm down you only got a point by cheating. Blatant dive.
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So the reason why we KEEP on doing it is because you feel we cheated today? How does that explain the other occasions then, as implied by the word 'keep'....

Engage brain before typing in future.

It's because they keep shooting at every opportunity and most of their long range shots are on target. where as we would be tippy tapping it around the box and wont shoot unless there's a clear opportunity. How often do you see Gibbs passing the ball when he's in a position where he could smash it hard and low from the edge of the box?

I notice even when there's not a clear gap spurs still smash it in which is how you get lucky deflections and handballs in the box. Them dropping 2 points is still a great result for us

Today was more about luck, the pen being awarded and the rebound. But other occasions it's just because they keep trying and don't give up.

Dont think West Ham helped themselves today though, they went to defensive I thought. Too many players in the box. You see it happen a lot. Causes confusion, people not sure what their job is and who to pick up. Sometimes it's best leaving it pretty much how it was.

Mental strength

They play a very direct efficient style of football that lacks technical quality but is very effective in situations where they are chasing a game and quality goes out of the window for both sides

comment by ice2011 (U8296)
posted 43 minutes ago
fitness, belief? calm down you only got a point by cheating. Blatant dive.
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total embarrassment of a comment

well done

comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 45 seconds ago
They play a very direct efficient style of football that lacks technical quality but is very effective in situations where they are chasing a game and quality goes out of the window for both sides
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Are you implying we do that all the time or only in situations when we are chasing a game near the death?

If its the former, its a stupid comment as against Arsenal and Chelsea at home we totally dominated when chasing the game, our style was not direct, we passed the ball around and deservedly won

Spurs cheated and they still won't get top 4.
Between us and United for 3rd/4th

AL

To me its all 80% luck 20% skill. Quite a few of these wins have come when they have gotten a opposition player sent off while loosing and then coming bk to win 2-1. Villa and Hull games spring to mind. I'm sure these os one more too

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Happened too often to be lucky. Good manager, who is not scared to play the likes of Mason, who came through the ranks.

Fair play gunnerblood.

Happening way too often to be luck.....and I can remember quite a few occasions on arsenals almost inevitable. Late charges to T4 them getting plenty of late winners....both thru luck and players seeing red for the oppo.

It's pretty much all luck. Red cards for Hull and Villa, completely outplayed by Swansea and West Ham and the ref should have blown for full time after Kane missed his pen

It's all due to their hoofing football in the last 15 mins. Obviously, defenders lapse in concentration in the final 15 mins.

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