Tottenham 0 - 1 Newcastle United - 10/11/13 - Post-match reaction from page 43

[Gallowgate Toon]

The team spirit on show was great. It's really important to have that. Great performance, sometimes we're just going to have to do a defensive job.

[Guest neesy111]

Already won more away games than the whole of last season. 

[BlueStar]

Spurs fan mate didn't watch it because he needed to paint his stairs

[Willow]

Great away win, watching that last 20 mins was torture! Krul deserves to be the player of the month just for this game, he was incredible

[Tooj]

A performance very reminiscent of the year we finished 5th.

[Disco]

Krul 10

 

Debuchy 8.5

Williamson 9

MYM 8.5

Santon 6.5

 

Sissoko 7.5

Tiote 8.5

Cabaye 8

Gouffran 9

 

Remy 8

Ameobi 7

[RodneyCisse]

Krul 1

 

Debuchy 26

Williamson 6

MYM 13

Santon 3

 

Sissoko 7

Tiote 24

Cabaye 4

Gouffran 11

 

Remy 14

Ameobi 23

[David28]

Krul 1

 

Debuchy 26

Williamson 6

MYM 13

Santon 3

 

Sissoko 7

Tiote 24

Cabaye 4

Gouffran 11

 

Remy 14

Ameobi 23

 

Thought Williamson was better than a 6...

[Deuce]

Krul 1

 

Debuchy 26

Williamson 6

MYM 13

Santon 3

 

Sissoko 7

Tiote 24

Cabaye 4

Gouffran 11

 

Remy 14

Ameobi 23

 

Thought Williamson was better than a 6...

 

[The Prophet]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

[Yorkie]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

 

Glass half empty.

[Guest firetotheworks]

‘Townsend not all that’....then people will say Soldado is poor then Eriksen is overrated then suddenly Spurs aren't very good and Newcastle were poor second half, slowly but surely the win is tainted.

 

[midds]

Watched that on a 96" HD projector round a mate's house.

 

Football porn. http://i.imgur.com/IdmjNVI.gif

 

Jll pls. Cue Dave's female fap emote.

 

 

When Mrs Bimpy does this it looks like a whale being hit by a torpedo.

 

[Skirge]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

Paper over the cracks ? I think a performance and win like that pours cement into the cracks and makes us a more solid confident side.

[Deuce]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

 

We won. On the road. Kept a clean sheet. Against Spurs.

[TheGuv]

I'm happy we won but i just don't feel as ecstatic as i used to over a win.

 

I need help!

[The Prophet]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

Paper over the cracks ? I think a performance and win like that pours cement into the cracks and makes us a more solid confident side.

 

 

You mean like the Villa/Liverpool performances?

[Yorkie]

That is fairly cynical, imo. I'm well aware that we're still miles away from the finished product, and it could completely combust at home to Norwich (the two week break doesn't help), but good teams have these sorts of games every year. Grind out a tremendous result, with the help of a bit of luck and a couple of outstanding performances. I'm not sure what cracks it's papering over because, aside from the Mackem game where they simply wanted it more, we've looked a decent side for a few weeks now.

[Skirge]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

Paper over the cracks ? I think a performance and win like that pours cement into the cracks and makes us a more solid confident side.

 

 

You mean like the Villa/Liverpool performances?

Liverpool game we were great until MYM went off and even then we battled hard, its a huge turn around from the side that fell apart way to often last season.

[Pata]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

 

Glass half empty.

 

Second half was poor but you should still be able to take some positive things from an away win against Spurs after winning Chelsea 2-0. Clean sheets on both of those games is amazing and Pardew should get some praise instead of this 'papering over the cracks' s***.

[The Prophet]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

Paper over the cracks ? I think a performance and win like that pours cement into the cracks and makes us a more solid confident side.

 

 

You mean like the Villa/Liverpool performances?

Liverpool game we were great until MYM went off and even then we battled hard, its a huge turn around from the side that fell apart way to often last season.

 

Spectacularly missing the point there.

[BlueStar]

Away table

 

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYt3mY4IAAEzXGm.jpg

[BlueStar]

Hull's one win

[The Prophet]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

 

Glass half empty.

 

Second half was poor but you should still be able to take some positive things from an away win against Spurs after winning Chelsea 2-0. Clean sheets on both of those games is amazing and Pardew should get some praise instead of this 'papering over the cracks' s***.

 

Well executed game plan against Chelsea, credit where credit is due. We've seen today's performance before, positive first half, lackluster second. Krul kept us in it.

[Beren]

I'm obviously delighted but that's a 'papering over the cracks' result if I've ever seen it. We were excellent first half and while it was inevitable Spurs would improve in the second we did ourselves no favours with our second half tactics. We sat too deep, kicked it long and became sloppy in possession, Krul kept us in the game. Great result but nothing has changed.

 

Agree with the sentiment insofar as I don't think we'll get to where we want to be under the current leadership long-term, but I do think these past games since the derby defeat represent a marked improvement in appetite and commitment from the players.

 

The quality has always been there as far as I'm concerned, and maybe the level of effort we've seen should come as standard, but I'm still happy to see us not collapsing like a pack of cards against better sides in the league, let alone having the fortitude to grind out clean sheets (with a degree of fortune/goalkeeping excellence, admittedly) and produce some problems going the other way.

 

Don't think we can push on much further than type of performance against a 'better' side though, and today isn't the realisation of my wildest footballing dreams (not even close if I'm honest) but it does represent the absolutely apex for Ashley/Pardew.