The underinvestment in the squad over the last 2 years is a disgrace. You've only achieved what you have because you're lucky enough to have one of the best strikers in the world and a truly excellent manager. However, you'd really have to begin to question Kane and Pochettino's ambition and believe in themselves if they hang around at Spurs much longer.
All of this.
Can't really disagree.
I don't think so.
Looks like you was spot on earlier in the season mate, I was giving your squad far too much credit, I was dead wrong.
That bold part is Interesting since you apply that to spurs players but forget about chelsea players. Luiz/Cahill/Pedro/Willian/Higuain/Giroud/Alonso are prime examples of players who are good on paper but on the pitch don't offer much. Kapa is in his first season at chelsea, Hudson-Odoi is a young player who plays fewer games than Giroud (Yes... the great world cup winner scoring a grand total of 0 goals and his last decent season was in 2016-17 where he scored 16 goals in 40 games, in 2016-17 Alli scored 22 in 50 games as SS or some like to call him a Midfielder for some reason).
) are not better than both spurs CB's, Alonso is a shit defender but he does well in attack so people forget how shit he's at defending, pedro has been bang average for years, willian hasn't been good for awhile (I'll never understand why he gets so much praise for someone who doesn't produce often ), Higuain is on loan and looks slow (food and age), Azpilliceuta is good as are Hazard and Kante.......so these are their most important players and now we shall move onto the top class bench that chelsea have.....Barkely/ RLC/ Kovacic (pointless player IMO)....yes, truly enriching talent there. You base Chelsea team being better due to them winning trophies in the past but they are just in the group of being better players on paper than they often are in reality.TBH even I never imagined Lloris and Trippier being so poor this season, a couple have beaten my expectations (sissoko mostly) but overall basically as expected.
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Spot on. They were mostly excellent yesterday and gave Liverpool much more of a game than Bayern. Deserved a result there.
Still easily his worst season since joining. Hasn't been at the races at all and is likely off.
But didn't get the result that's the whole point. They continually put themselves in positions to achieve something yet fluff it as soon as the going gets tough. Yesterday they should have won but it typical Tottenham fashion they literally gave the other team a goal. At some point it's mentality not quality.
I think we are close to doing that - he has looked good in most games I have seen him play and it's getting to the stage that I'd probably feel happier with him in nets at the moment as Lloris has been so error prone this year.
Yeah we have essentially no midfield at all.
Aargh, that sucks. So no Winks or Wanyama? Makes the decision to get rid of Dembele, without getting in cover a bit odd. Though maybe Dembele forced the move? I'm not too clued up.
Dembele as great as he was couldn't physically play 2 games in a row anymore. Wanyama has been injured for over a year and is basically finished as a top level footballer. Winks is pretty good but had ongoing injury problems - plus as promising as he is no other top 4 team would have him starting. Dier has been injured virtually all season. So that has left us with Sissoko (who to be fair has been good if limited) + one other who generally has been a mixture of Eriksen or Alli - neither of whom are central midfielders. It's a fecking scandal that we find ourselves in this position.
Yeah, that's a bit shit. I suppose if there's one thing United fans have become accustomed to - it's been our annual injury CB crisis over the years.
This is the reality. So hard for some to understand.
Yet you find yourselves third in the table despite your injury problems and lack of squad investment.
I think we are doing about as well as could be expected to be honest although the recent dip in form has been depressing and all too predictable. We do need fairly significant investment in the summer though to refresh the squad.Yet you find yourselves third in the table despite your injury problems and lack of squad investment.
The situation is not nearly as desperate as you think it is
Perhaps, but we're teetering on a very dangerous precipice right now. Arsenal beat Newcastle (which they probably will) and we're fourth, level on points with Manchester United. We've thrown a massive lead out the window and are currently in relegation form.Yet you find yourselves third in the table despite your injury problems and lack of squad investment.
The situation is not nearly as desperate as you think it is
Hard to feel sorry for them when they didn't buy a single player, thought they'd cope after an excellent start but just ran their players into the ground come New Year.
That's on the board really, players and management can only do so much.
Wanyama is crocked, havnt seen him in a year or two except for a sporadic game here and there when I have seen Spurs playing. Like Lamela seems to come in for a game or two then you dont see him again for months, and Winks. Winks is like Wilshere v2.0 however Winks has time on his side, unlike the others. Then you have Sissoko and Dier, both have their uses but should not be first choice for a club looking for top four. Dier is a good player to have in the trenches with you when you are under siege or to hold onto a lead, but offers nothing going forward. Sissoko is an amazing athlete with a great engine, too bad he is an average footballer.
