Same defeats as Burnley. 4 defeats in 5.

3 in midfield

comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 8 minutes ago
through poor recruitment and no recruitment 3 summers ago, set ourselves so far back spurs are in need of a CB, CM, wing backs and another forward.

its basically every position at this point.

of the starting XI, out of the top 3, United and maybe Arsenal now, i dont see any other side in the league having more players in a 'combined XI' with spurs.

the squad players and mentality have been an issue for my whole lifetime it seems.

theres basis there with the goalkeeper still one of the best (quite a few would disagree), Romero is one of the best young CBs in the world, Son and Kane are two of the best attackers in the league.

It's just gone very stale.

if we can get 3 or 4 signings right in the summer at wing back, CB, CM and up front, full pre season of Conte and things you'd think improve.

its the biggest IF on the planet though with spurs. Conte is so bipolar hes broken after every defeat, and as spurs boss you are going to lose games like this.
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summer needs to be something like 8 out 8 in, of which 4 are directly into first team, 2 more are pushing first team, and 2 more are promising youngsters
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It’s just never gonna happen under levy

We will be scrambling around on august 31st as per usual

Does it matter what the tactics are??
We have had 2 winning managers now and it’s the same old shiiit.
Spurs will always be spurs. Just accept it

I don't think the system was the issue yesterday. It has been for other games but against a rigid Burnley team who are well drilled, it's about having the quality to be able to penetrate their defence. Otherwise you're relying on luck to get a result.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 9 minutes ago
I don't think the system was the issue yesterday. It has been for other games but against a rigid Burnley team who are well drilled, it's about having the quality to be able to penetrate their defence. Otherwise you're relying on luck to get a result.
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the system doesnt allow us to control games. even though have better ball manipulators than burnley, they were on top for large parts of the game. if we had a very good 4 across the middle then we could. but when its sess winks peh and royal than that is screaming mid table at me. gosh that is a facking shiiiit unit

Anyone know when Skipp is back?

We need him alongside Holjberg ASAP...

With Bentacur picking up an injury... we do NOT need Winks playing!!!

comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 9 minutes ago
I don't think the system was the issue yesterday. It has been for other games but against a rigid Burnley team who are well drilled, it's about having the quality to be able to penetrate their defence. Otherwise you're relying on luck to get a result.
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the system doesnt allow us to control games. even though have better ball manipulators than burnley, they were on top for large parts of the game. if we had a very good 4 across the middle then we could. but when its sess winks peh and royal than that is screaming mid table at me. gosh that is a facking shiiiit unit
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I'd rather us go with a 3-5-2 formation that served us well against Leicester, but I don't think it would have mattered last night. What Conte put out as his starting 11 I thought was fine. The reality is in many of these games we don't have enough quality currently (as in mentally and technically).

Kane is great at what he does but I'm left cringing when I see his dropping deep so often leaves chances up top falling to players who just aren't going to score. Son can be great too but as we know has too many off nights. There isn't a team there to get any good winning runs going, when you break it down.

Shows how pathetic we are to have the likes of Winks, Moura, and Doherty as backups.

Really this isn't a very good option to have for changing a game.

We needed Moura to attack their fullbacks after they had an hour of trying to fnd us off, but what did Moura do? Gave you the ball in our defense and never even looked like attacking!
Then look at Winks. We mount an attack, he gets the ball and we think here we go we are going forward, but no. Winks then plays a sideways ball. Though he immediately position himself to make himself avalaible! Just a show!

Irritating at best! No wonder Conte looks aged!

Good Lord, those missed transfers are coming back to haunt us!

This side will need years to get anywhere near the top 2.

Winks for De Bruyne

Spurs beat Man. City, arguably one of the best teams in the world and then lose to Burnley, arguably one of the worst teams in the PL. Go figure!

Is it a player problem or a manager problem?