Spurs, 3-1 defeat flattered Chelsea big time. Could not fault a single player, although Davies still needs replacing. Aurier was immense, as was Sissoko, Toby, Foyth, Dele, Harry, etc. As soon as I saw Trippier was not going to be anywhere near the defence, I immediately changed my prediction to a Spurs win, the defence looked absolute rock solid today, and Aurier was so powerful in everything he did.
With players now coming back from injury, the squad is plenty strong enough, and I will absolutely not be changing my mind, that Spurs will be challenging for the title come the end of the season. As I said a week or two back, come the New Year, I expect it to be a straight bun fight for the title between City and Spurs. Nothing I have seen today makes me want to change my mind.
Right that`s one down, two to go this week. Great start, let`s continue it Wednesday.
COYS
Great performance today from
posted on 25/11/18
I have never been Trippier's biggest fan.
posted on 25/11/18
comment by sandy YNWA (U20567)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
I have never been Trippier's biggest fan.
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Niether am I. But the conundrum is why he played so well for England at the WC?
Southgate moved Walker to CB so he could play Trippier at RB.
Go figure, Sandy ole' boy!
posted on 25/11/18
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by sandy YNWA (U20567)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
I have never been Trippier's biggest fan.
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Niether am I. But the conundrum is why he played so well for England at the WC?
Southgate moved Walker to CB so he could play Trippier at RB.
Go figure, Sandy ole' boy!
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He didn’t play that well, his performances were just overblown because he created chances from corners and free kicks. For example, stats might show he created 12 chances throughout the tournament which might have ranked pretty high among everyone there, but most of them were from set pieces so for me I don’t put much weight on that.
posted on 25/11/18
Trippier is limited but his attacking contribution is way more than just set pieces.
posted on 25/11/18
Really? I must have missed that over the last couple of years then.
posted on 25/11/18
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 4 hours, 1 minute ago
Trippier is limited but his attacking contribution is way more than just set pieces.
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What attacking contribution, as soon as he receives the ball in the opposition half, he always turns back, and passes backwards.
posted on 25/11/18
comment by sandy YNWA (U20567)
posted 8 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 4 hours, 1 minute ago
Trippier is limited but his attacking contribution is way more than just set pieces.
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What attacking contribution, as soon as he receives the ball in the opposition half, he always turns back, and passes backwards.
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Not always, Sandy.
I quote from a report from the field at the WC ......
" Trippier capped off an excellent tournament with a first international goal, memorably opening the scoring against Croatia in the semi-final from a free-kick."
Yes, he scored! Against Croatia, the tournament's number 2 team.
Nevertheless, I am not a fan of Trippier, I think he just to demned slow.
posted on 25/11/18
There’s a lot to pick holes in Trippiers play but you can’t deny his attacking contributions.
Only dele & Eriksen contributes more in terms of setting up goals
posted on 25/11/18
Neither Davies nor Trippier have had particularly good seasons so far but it does seem like Trippier gets more of the stick, when his contribution in attack is probably better and he did score us an important winner.
It's a bit like with Lloris when people remember the bad more than the good.
posted on 25/11/18
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