leffe186 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hello everyone. Was looking at your team and subs and it must be one of the strongest squads you've had at Spurs for ages. That's without Alderweireld and llorente involved today too It really is. Players not involved today who have played this year - Foyth (excellent young CB), KWP (excellent young FB - either side), Winks, Aldeweireld/Llorente. Gazzaniga as our #3 keeper too. Add to that the fact that the only players over 30 are Vorm (34), Lloris (31) and Llorente (33) and our average squad age is the same as yours, with only Liverpool's being younger. Of today's starting line-up, only Lloris, Vertonghen, Dembele and Eriksen are over 25. That's amazing. Just the usual problem that we can't afford the sort of wages paid by five other clubs in our division, which means that it's very difficult to do what they do and simply spend a fortune on proven quantities. This season alone we've seen Arsenal (Lacazette 53M, PEA 56M, Mkhitaryan) Liverpool (Van Dijk 75M, Keita 48M, Salah 39M, Ox 35M), Chelsea (Morata 71M, Bakayoko 40M, Rudiger 31M, Drinkwater 30M, Zappacosta 25M), Man City (Laporte 57M, Walker 54M, Mendy 52M, Bernardo Silva 43M, Ederson 35M, Danilo 27M) and Man U (Lukaku 75M, Matic 40M, Lindelof 31M, Alexis Sanchez) spunk an absolute fortune on proven players playing regularly, whereas our big signings were a kid and a couple of players who were out of favour (Sanchez 42M, Moura 25M, Aurier 23M). I'd actually forgotten half of the other teams' transfers, there were so many. The ideal is to get to the point when we can pick up one or two of those players to enhance the squad. It's still nice to know that we can field two entire teams who are both very good. This is surely the best squad we have ever had, which is particularly encouraging since our strength is in being more than the sum of our parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 West Ham have got some "winnable" games but they also have a pretty tough April (Chelsea, Arsenal, City). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Think Lemina's a bit overrated. Slows the game up by constantly trying to dribble rather than passing the ball in poor positions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 See ya Pardew hahaha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbemba Youre A Womble Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Southampton looking bit better now. Stoke really haven't much on the break with Crouch up front! Really do hope that West Ham go down. WBA look dead, so that'll be good for the Pardew factor. But West Ham back in Championship will be hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Think Lemina's a bit overrated. Slows the game up by constantly trying to dribble rather than passing the ball in poor positions I haven't seen much of him, but we would've overran Southampton in the middle of the park when we played them in St. Mary's if it wasn't for him. Looked like he was decent at breaking up play and driving forward with the ball then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Nice finish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 West Ham are shit but their next few games are really kind. Burnley Man Utd (Postp) Southampton Chelsea Stoke Arsenal Man City Leicester Everton are they? Lost to Burnley and they suddenly have to beat Southampton. Draw (or lose) there and they have max 31 points with every team left to play apart from Stoke in the top 10 Be class if West Ham went down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 There goes the slim chance of seeing Pardew crying at SJP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Think Lemina's a bit overrated. Slows the game up by constantly trying to dribble rather than passing the ball in poor positions I haven't seen much of him, but we would've overran Southampton in the middle of the park when we played them in St. Mary's if it wasn't for him. Looked like he was decent at breaking up play and driving forward with the ball then. Has a lot of quality no doubt, just think he tries to do too much by himself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 West Ham are in big big trouble. With 33 year old Zabaleta and soon to be 37 Patrice Evra as full backs, there was always gonna be trouble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Southampton miss a sitter. They should win this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Excellent from Boufal, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 West Ham are s*** but their next few games are really kind. Burnley Man Utd (Postp) Southampton Chelsea Stoke Arsenal Man City Leicester Everton are they? Lost to Burnley and they suddenly have to beat Southampton. Draw (or lose) there and they have max 31 points with every team left to play apart from Stoke in the top 10 Be class if West Ham went down Yeah, I was gonna post that. Their main hope is that they have two games at the end against teams who will have nothing to play for. If they fail to beat Burnley they are in all kinds of trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbemba Youre A Womble Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Missed the chance earlier - but can we all have a collective laugh at how shit Ashley Williams has got! Sent off for a shit elbow, and gifted Wood a goal by not bothering mark him despite being stood next to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 You guys want Stoke-Soton to be a draw I presume? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Excellent from Boufal, that. Heading wide from about 6 yards on his own? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Think Lemina's a bit overrated. Slows the game up by constantly trying to dribble rather than passing the ball in poor positions I haven't seen much of him, but we would've overran Southampton in the middle of the park when we played them in St. Mary's if it wasn't for him. Looked like he was decent at breaking up play and driving forward with the ball then. Has a lot of quality no doubt, just think he tries to do too much by himself I'd love to see him here like, vast improvement on Hayden. Probably end up at Liverpool though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Missed the chance earlier - but can we all have a collective laugh at how s*** Ashley Williams has got! Sent off for a s*** elbow, and gifted Wood a goal by not bothering mark him despite being stood next to him. The Grand Old Team match thread is absolutely brutal about both Williams and Keane: https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/burnley-v-everton-saturday-3rd-march-2018.102555/page-70 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Excellent from Boufal, that. Heading wide from about 6 yards on his own? That was Redmond. Boufal provided the cross. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 that bobby reid is a sensational little player. Moved up top this year and just got goal after goal after being an okay midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Excellent from Boufal, that. Heading wide from about 6 yards on his own? That was Redmond. Boufal provided the cross. Other way around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hope Shane Long snaps his neck in the last 10 mins. Can't be dealing with his seasonal goal against us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Feels weird watching a match in Southampton-Stoke and wanting the ball to stay in the centre circle for as long as possible and neither team to attack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hope Shane Long snaps his neck in the last 10 mins. Can't be dealing with his seasonal goal against us. Aye, hate him like. Annoying little cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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