STM Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Playing against the so-called bigger clubs will suit us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 16:57, STM said: Playing against the so-called bigger clubs will suit us. Yep, we can't break teams down at all. Playing on the counter is how we will get points, people better get used this because we will get points against so called better sides and struggle in the games we should win all season. It's just how this team is built until we get some better quality in forward areas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 16:57, STM said: Playing against the so-called bigger clubs will suit us. Relying on our defence individually to be bang on their game for that though. Can be as compact as we want but someone like Coutinho or Firmino will take the mick next week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:02, Optimistic Nut said: Quote Playing against the so-called bigger clubs will suit us. Relying on our defence individually to be bang on their game for that though. Can be as compact as we want but someone like Coutinho or Firmino will take the mick next week. Did you think the same of Dele Alli or Eriksen in the first game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Yep and Alli strolled in to score due to our full-back playing him on iirc. Was hoping Lascelles for instance had turned a corner the last 2-3 games but that was reckless going for that ball like he did today for instance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:14, Optimistic Nut said: Yep and Alli strolled in to score due to our full-back playing him on iirc. Was hoping Lascelles for instance had turned a corner the last 2-3 games but that was reckless going for that ball like he did today for instance. When we had 11 men Elliot didn't have to do anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:14, Optimistic Nut said: Yep and Alli strolled in to score due to our full-back playing him on iirc. Was hoping Lascelles for instance had turned a corner the last 2-3 games but that was reckless going for that ball like he did today for instance. We were never going to hold out spurs with 10 men. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 11 v 11 we completely nullified Spurs like. They were obviously going to find more space when one of our players left the field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:15, Figures 1-0 Football said: 11 v 11 we completely nullified Spurs like. They were obviously going to find more space when one of our players left the field. Absolutely zero reason why we can't do the same to Liverpool, only we'll probably get more joy on the break, Liverpool's defence is nothing compared to Spurs'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:24, Mole_Toonfan said: Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. That's a ludicrous statement imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:26, HaydnNUFC said: Quote Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. That's a ludicrous statement imo. Considering that they got in behind West Ham on multiple occasions and failed to score it's not really, that's the problem with Spurs as good as they are they lack speed to kill teams compared to the other top teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:28, Mole_Toonfan said: Quote Quote Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. That's a ludicrous statement imo. Considering that they got in behind West Ham on multiple occasions and failed to score it's not really, that's the problem with Spurs as good as they are they lack speed to kill teams compared to the other top teams. When we played Spurs with 11 men they didn't get behind us. They looked utterly toothless. Liverpool won't be allowed to either. Rafa'll sort that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Easier to stop slower players doing that than players who just need a yard though, i'm not as confident as you seem to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:28, Mole_Toonfan said: Quote Quote Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. That's a ludicrous statement imo. Considering that they got in behind West Ham on multiple occasions and failed to score it's not really, that's the problem with Spurs as good as they are they lack speed to kill teams compared to the other top teams. Didn't both of Kane's goals yesterday happen when Alli got behind the West Ham defence? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mole_Toonfan Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:31, joeyt said: Quote Quote Quote Liverpool have more pace than Spurs so i don't see how the two are comparable, if Spurs get in behind us the likelihood is they won't score. If Firmino or Salah gets in behind us it's a goal. That's a ludicrous statement imo. Considering that they got in behind West Ham on multiple occasions and failed to score it's not really, that's the problem with Spurs as good as they are they lack speed to kill teams compared to the other top teams. Didn't both of Kane's goals yesterday happen when Alli got behind the West Ham defence? Yes, i didn't say they were snails or anything But they would have scored 7 or 8 if they had someone like Salah. They get in behind all the time but don't really enough pace to exploit it consistently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The last team to score 7 in an away Premier League game were Spurs mind. Which they did 3 days after scoring 6 away to Leicester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Not massively worried yet but don't like the thought of having to look over our shoulders so soon in the season. We need every point on the board asap and today was a chance to nick one and we missed out. We're going to lose games, take the odd hiding every now and again but we need to grind points out of games like that today. I'm probably on a 2 at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Going out on a limb here I know, love Rafa, but I think his foundation of caution and defence-first may have possibly cost us today. Just a little more adventurous from the off may have seen us home. The team certainly looked better with Shelvey and Gayle, but why leave it so late to go looking. In terms of relegation, we're not going back down as it is. 0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hate to agree with Fat Sam, but he said a while back if you stay ahead of games played with your points total you stay up, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 17:40, Mr Logic said: Going out on a limb here I know, love Rafa, but I think his foundation of caution and defence-first may have possibly cost us today. Just a little more adventurous from the off may have seen us home. The team certainly looked better with Shelvey and Gayle, but why leave it so late to go looking. We could have easily been ahead in the 1st half, like. Think we'll be fine but the players we have aren't particularly good enough to break teams down consistently. We saw it when losing to utter s**** like Blackburn, Wolves and Ipswich last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 On 24/09/2017 at 16:42, xLiaaamx said: We'll still be 6th after 6th games. No panic. You never win "every" game you expect to. Losing an away game isn't catastrophic. Today is no catastrophy clearly. It's a shame it wasn't us that won it as I think it'd be quite close to one for Brighton tbqh. As it is, I'm very disappointed to miss out on a point against a really poor team. My next game is Southampton away and I said to my sons today as we left the Amex that I think that game might suit us a bit more as Saint's will be expecting to win and will therefore come at us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I honestly can't see us going down this season, assuming Rafa's still here. Even with our faults, we're miles ahead of a lot of clubs right now. That could change if we lose a lot of players throughout the season and Mike refuses to spend money in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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