A draw the best Spurs can hope for
A few websites seem to be clutching at straws by suggesting Tottenham have a hope of beating Chelsea. The realists among us assess the game and see a draw as the best result we are likely to achieve.
History tells us we struggle at the Bridge and struggle against Chelsea since a Russian billionaire pumped millions into his new toy. Chelsea are strolling along with performances that suggest they will be crowned, as many of us suspected at the start of the season, champions while Tottenham have put in one half decent performance.
Our form is a million miles away from Chelsea's but then it was also a million miles away from Arsenal's and but for a Lamela mistake we would have pulled off a defensive game plan. Presumably we will be going to Chelsea with the same sort of defensive game plan and a hit them on the break approach. It's the only sort of approach one can envisage working, surely if we go to attack and play football they'll pass round us.
The Pochettino style is high pressing and that woks against teams who like to play football, however you could argue that despite being at Tottenham for 5 months it is only in the last game that the side have started to play the way he desires. Spurs are not the finished article in that respect so you could see us getting punished with their passing ability.
Many will suggest we are on a three game winning streak yet two of those wins have only been achieved after the opposition went down to ten men while leading. Our away record is 4-2-2 but could easily have been 2-2-4, then you would suggest we should be long double figure odds for a win. Against Chelsea we last won in 1990 and have never won at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
Liverpool hammered us, Manchester City, despite what many think, could easily have scored eight against us, it's only the Arsenal game that gives any hope against UEFA Champions League sides. But then Diego Costa is suspended, quite frankly he should have been sent off for his retaliatory lick at the weekend but escaped without even a booking, surprise, surprise.
My fingers will be crossed for a 0-0 draw, the hope will of course be for more, yes even I can dream.
History tells us we struggle at the Bridge and struggle against Chelsea since a Russian billionaire pumped millions into his new toy. Chelsea are strolling along with performances that suggest they will be crowned, as many of us suspected at the start of the season, champions while Tottenham have put in one half decent performance.
Our form is a million miles away from Chelsea's but then it was also a million miles away from Arsenal's and but for a Lamela mistake we would have pulled off a defensive game plan. Presumably we will be going to Chelsea with the same sort of defensive game plan and a hit them on the break approach. It's the only sort of approach one can envisage working, surely if we go to attack and play football they'll pass round us.
The Pochettino style is high pressing and that woks against teams who like to play football, however you could argue that despite being at Tottenham for 5 months it is only in the last game that the side have started to play the way he desires. Spurs are not the finished article in that respect so you could see us getting punished with their passing ability.
Many will suggest we are on a three game winning streak yet two of those wins have only been achieved after the opposition went down to ten men while leading. Our away record is 4-2-2 but could easily have been 2-2-4, then you would suggest we should be long double figure odds for a win. Against Chelsea we last won in 1990 and have never won at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
Liverpool hammered us, Manchester City, despite what many think, could easily have scored eight against us, it's only the Arsenal game that gives any hope against UEFA Champions League sides. But then Diego Costa is suspended, quite frankly he should have been sent off for his retaliatory lick at the weekend but escaped without even a booking, surprise, surprise.
My fingers will be crossed for a 0-0 draw, the hope will of course be for more, yes even I can dream.
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