Tortoise Tottenham Toppled
Tottenham yet again played the game at a snails pace with players walking around and strolling passes to each other than barely make it to the intended recipient.
That sums up how Tottenham play games as if they either think they are superior and can win a game whenever they feel like it or they couldn't care less. Certainly when Besiktas scored there was not reaction from the defenders to signify that it mattered or that they cared, simply a shrug and oh well. Younes Kaboul is the captain, watch his reaction to the goal, do you see him driving the team on at all after that? No. Is that the attitude of a winner? No.
After that we continued to stroll. There was an incident where the ball rebounded out of defence to the half-way line by the left touchline. A Spurs player collected it and walked with it sideways turning forward and back, before gently rolling the ball sideways, again at a snails pace. There was no opposition player anywhere near, no within 15 to 20 yards.
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If you watched the game closely you would then see when a Tottenham player has the ball, nobody is making runs. Everyone is just walking round in their zone, all marked. There are no holes being created by off the ball runners and no players running into the box from midfield.
They are all outside the box trying to be available for a sideways pass with the only option a shot from outside the box. It was the same as watching an Andre Villas-Boas side. We rely on converting one of a couple of chances we create and if we don't then are vulnerable to losing 1-0, which is of course exactly what happened.
There goalkeeper didn't have to make a save, apart from trickles along the floor and as the game wore on it was a question of wait for the mistake and sure enough we started making them when we became lazy and sloppy at the back.
That sums up how Tottenham play games as if they either think they are superior and can win a game whenever they feel like it or they couldn't care less. Certainly when Besiktas scored there was not reaction from the defenders to signify that it mattered or that they cared, simply a shrug and oh well. Younes Kaboul is the captain, watch his reaction to the goal, do you see him driving the team on at all after that? No. Is that the attitude of a winner? No.
After that we continued to stroll. There was an incident where the ball rebounded out of defence to the half-way line by the left touchline. A Spurs player collected it and walked with it sideways turning forward and back, before gently rolling the ball sideways, again at a snails pace. There was no opposition player anywhere near, no within 15 to 20 yards.
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If you watched the game closely you would then see when a Tottenham player has the ball, nobody is making runs. Everyone is just walking round in their zone, all marked. There are no holes being created by off the ball runners and no players running into the box from midfield.
They are all outside the box trying to be available for a sideways pass with the only option a shot from outside the box. It was the same as watching an Andre Villas-Boas side. We rely on converting one of a couple of chances we create and if we don't then are vulnerable to losing 1-0, which is of course exactly what happened.
There goalkeeper didn't have to make a save, apart from trickles along the floor and as the game wore on it was a question of wait for the mistake and sure enough we started making them when we became lazy and sloppy at the back.
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