Sorry but this for me is just not on and it's an absolute disgrace that we have had to endure this all season week in week out. I honestly think this must be some sort of record because I don't recall a top half team ever having such a pathetic defence. Its seriously such an abysmal record and 53 goals conceded so far is almost alien for a top 7 team and Is truely astonishing.
It has got progressively worse as the season has gone by and pochettino has to be blamed for this no doubt about it because he has done nothing to rectify this issue we have. But he has also can't do nothing when you have a chairman that dosen't back him in the market which has become all to apparant every summer. Pochettino wanted certain players but pochettino didn't get them and this boils down to 1 single bald b. Astard.
I invest plenty of money into this football club including the cup final this year but I am truely fed up with tottenham Hotspur. I will not be investing anymore money into it until Daniel Levy actually backs the manager properly instead of buying absolute putrid alternative s hit like Stambouli, Fazio and Davies all players we know for a fact pochettino did not have down as 1st choice but got given and it's no wonder why we struggle?
Like I said pochettino dosen't get a complete pass as he is most definetly to blame for what I think is the worse defence in my Spurs supporting lifetime and yes it's worse than anything in the 90s/ early 00s. Those days we had a rubbish side which meant we would be under constant pressure due to the team being so poor. This team is different because as proved by our goal scoring Stats we have no problem in that department but our defence are letting us down time and time again. Here's to the worse defence in the premier league. Truely and utterly pathetic!!!!
4th worse defence in the prem
posted on 10/5/15
Don
We all know on paper Spurs have the 4th worse defence, but in reality me and you know Spurs have the fecking worse defence in the prem. At least four new defenders are needed for next season, before any other part of the team is even thought about.
posted on 10/5/15
sandy brown surely not as bad as QPR
posted on 10/5/15
A lot worse than QPR, they just have a Shiite team, so they have a bit of an excuse.
posted on 10/5/15
Exactly sandy. Qpr are under constant pressure due to being so s hite so have every excuse for having a p Iss poor defence. Spurs on the other hand have spent millions on c rap but millions regardless on players and have the 5th best attack in the peen stat wise. There is no excuse for our defence to be conceding the pathetic amount of goals they have. They are not under constant pressure like the really poor teams. Oh and I agree I would happily sell every single one of them mate and stsrt all over in defence
posted on 11/5/15
Yes there's a defence problem but BLAME the TACTICS and TEAM SELECTION.
Many here believed Bentaleb and Mason was good enough CM partnership...Im not sure why.
Neither of our CMs are bright enough to tactically adjust their positioning when our so-called 'pressing' game is off the pace.
POCH has to take the blame.
posted on 11/5/15
Don,
You cant keep blaming Levy. Poch must have known when he became Spurs manager that we was not going to sign John Terry, Pique, Jordi Alba and Zabaleta.
I dont agree with everything Levy does - far from it - otherwise we would have Sherwood over Poch for starters - but he genuinely has the progress of Spurs at heart when he does transfer business.
He beat Liverpool to the signing of Dempsey and Siggy, he got Lamela who you (Don) was creaming your pants over at the time, he splashed out for Soladdo (a supposed goal machine) and many others. Davies was actually rated as one of the best upcoming LBs when we signed him too.
Everyone takes their part in the blame of course, but it does annoy me when Levy gets the blame when things go sour.
posted on 11/5/15
don was having wet dreams when we signed lamela (and vertonghen)
both rubbish
posted on 11/5/15
Poch never seems to adjust tactically to deal with certain teams strengths and weaknesses, he always plays the same formation with the same personnel (barring injuries).
Mourinho for eg, brought Zouma into the cup final team as a tactical change, and Fergie would regularly select the likes of Darren Fletcher and change formation in the biggest games.
We see none of that with Poch, he sends out just about the same XI every game with the same game plan.
posted on 11/5/15
his persistence with mason and bentaleb (which clearly isn't working) is a concern
posted on 12/5/15
Chronic
don was having wet dreams when we signed lamela (and vertonghen)
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The problem is, Don forms an opinion on a reputation he has heard about - or read about - he doesn't seem to judge by what he actually sees for himself.
This is why he calls so many things wrong - and why he questions why I was against AVB (for example) - not realising we all had the opportunity to witness his management style first hand - and not from what we read on Wiki.
This is why I would always insist on judging first hand and not by transfer value or hearsay.