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Who's the backup keeper for Wet Spam? I think Adrian is suspended for this game.
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Jaskelainen I thinkWho's the backup keeper for Wet Spam? I think Adrian is suspended for this game.
Tired as well. 9am tee off on the golf course is going to be roughNervous!!..... and incredibly tired.
When It really counts, they don't seem to get across the line. Diminishes the effort spent in getting there.I am resigned to the fact that I will never see Spurs win anything ever again. Given that I've probably got 20-25 years left to live, this is a massive possibility
Massive couple of weeks though with Fiorentina at home, West Ham at home, Fiorentina away then Chelsea in a cup final all in the space of about 10 days. A win against Spam, progress in the Europa league and a Cup will be a difficult set of results to achieve but not completely out of the question.
And instead we end up with our season effectively over with nothing to show for it
Completely agree with all of this. IMO this season has been a resounding success. We made a cup final and we're in with a chance of a champions league spot, all with the youngest squad in the premier league. The new manager has slowly implemented his style and the core group of players have bought in heavily. He's bought through a number of young players and we've seen significant improvement from the likes of Chadli, Kane, Eriksen and Lamela. If we can just get ris of the guys who haven't bought in the managers approach (namely Kaboul, Ade and Capoue) and make a couple of smart buys whilst continuing to bring through the likes of Onomah, Winks and Pritchard then we'll be right in the mix next season.What were you expecting at the start of the season?
Seriously, what were any of us expecting at the start of the season? Top 4? Who expected us to be in that race with United spending 150 million? With Arsenal getting Sanchez. Liverpool were never expected to fall into the hole they did - and have now pulled themselves out of it.
We just made a Cup Final. Wasn't that about the best we could hope for - as well as improvement against the top 4 clubs in the league?
We did this with the youngest team in the league - and with binning off our most prolific striker in Adebayor and captain in Kaboul. We went with youth and a hard line on team rules and it's paying dividends.
And we're still only a handful of points off top 4. I don't think we'll make it but I sure as hell hope the players think they can.
A season with "nothing to show for it" was 09-10 - when we lost the FA Cup with probably our best squad in the PL era.
What were you expecting at the start of the season?
Seriously, what were any of us expecting at the start of the season? Top 4? Who expected us to be in that race with United spending 150 million? With Arsenal getting Sanchez. Liverpool were never expected to fall into the hole they did - and have now pulled themselves out of it.
We just made a Cup Final. Wasn't that about the best we could hope for - as well as improvement against the top 4 clubs in the league?
We did this with the youngest team in the league - and with binning off our most prolific striker in Adebayor and captain in Kaboul. We went with youth and a hard line on team rules and it's paying dividends.
And we're still only a handful of points off top 4. I don't think we'll make it but I sure as hell hope the players think they can.
A season with "nothing to show for it" was 09-10 - when we lost the FA Cup with probably our best squad in the PL era.
On paper yes. But if you look at the results post Arsenal as they were couldn't really have expected much more tbh.Just saying it's been a disappointing ten days or so. False dawns are our specialty after all.
What chance does Lloris have when not 1 but both goals were deflected from within 5-6 yards. Pretty hard to react to that.On paper yes. But if you look at the results post Arsenal as they were couldn't really have expected much more tbh.
Liverpool (A): 3 days after the derby we named the same XI and they overran Bentaleb and Mason. No real depth in central midfield so they had to play.
Fiorentina (H): we started with Paulinho & Soldado enough said really.
West Ham (H): admittedly our 1 real poor showing IMO. Probably could have been ahead before gifting them the poor 1st goal and then were outplayed considerably but pulled it back.
Fiorentina (A): 3 days before the cup final we fielded a fairly weak side. Only Lloris, Walker, JV & Eriksen would go on to start the final.
Cup final: lost to the best side in the country in a poor match to 2 deflected goals.
Completely agree with all of this, including those that must be kept from the current squad and what we need for next season. If I had it my way this is how I'd go:The biggest test of the summer will be keeping this squad together. Lloris, Vertonghen & Eriksen must be held on to. If 1 was to go it could see a ripple effect and we cant lose all 3! If I was to lose 1 it would have to be JV. Enough quality CBs out there and there are definite question marks on his mental strength.
Our current squad that can play the Poch-way
GK: Lloris, Vorm
RB: Walker
LB: Rose, Davies
CB: Vertonghen, Dier, Fazio
CM: Mason, Bentaleb, Stambouli
AM/W: Eriksen, Lamela, Chadli, Townsend, Dembele
ST: Kane
That is well light of a 23 man squad we'd need to compete for top 4 and that's without losing those 3. If they were to stay we'd need 1 RB, 1 CB, 1 CM, 2 ST (1 that can also play in the 3 behind the striker).
RB can hopefully be sorted with either the young American Yedlin or Ryan Fredricks who has been very good at Boro who are close to top in the Championhip.
CB could be Winston Reid who we are linked with on a free.
CM we've got that young Dele Alli coming in but I'd still want an experienced guy to come in and help the kids here. Someone like "boring" James Milner would be perfect
ST that's the £30,000,000 question we've been asking for years. We've got Kane as a starter and shouldn't be looking for anything to oust him but someone who is still young enough to develop and also someone who can play out wide as well so that we can naturally play both. Ings & Jay-Rod would be ideal, but I'm sure there is better value options throughout Europe!
What were you expecting at the start of the season?
Seriously, what were any of us expecting at the start of the season? Top 4? Who expected us to be in that race with United spending 150 million? With Arsenal getting Sanchez. Liverpool were never expected to fall into the hole they did - and have now pulled themselves out of it.
We just made a Cup Final. Wasn't that about the best we could hope for - as well as improvement against the top 4 clubs in the league?
We did this with the youngest team in the league - and with binning off our most prolific striker in Adebayor and captain in Kaboul. We went with youth and a hard line on team rules and it's paying dividends.
And we're still only a handful of points off top 4. I don't think we'll make it but I sure as hell hope the players think they can.
A season with "nothing to show for it" was 09-10 - when we lost the FA Cup with probably our best squad in the PL era.