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The only bit of this post I agree with is the the first 4 words.
Lemina had a good game until he was shot towards the end. Stephens had an ok game though I have reservations about him in a back 4. Boufal was ok without being direct enough.
Spurs were not shit. They are a quality side with an extremely good midfield and dangerous forward players. Donât talk fucking bollocks you melt.
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Why arenât we bringing kids through from the academy? Les Reedâs a cunt and the Chinese are shysters.
Obafemi looks like heâs talking to The Sleeve.
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Nah, heâs looking up.
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Strange putting the lad in whilst the transfer window is on? Distractions, gambles and on the cheap, busy day in the window I see?
Iâll be surprised if we buy anyone in this window bazza. Suck it up snowflake. Or join us in the trenches.
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Yeah, Barry, suck it up you fucking snowflake melt.
You puddle.
You drip.
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Draw with spuds is good. Forget the nippers miss.
We did well.
If your opinion varies please explain why you are not a precious cunt?
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On the cheap.
#wemarchon
If youâre not with us Bazza, then youâre part of the problem.
#wemarchonwithoutbarry
Itâll be tough without you, Bazza, but weâll keep the red flag flying here.
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Head down Obi.
The force will be strong in this one.
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Good game of football that. Spurs are a very good side and caused us a lot of problems; but we caused just as many for them and had the better chances to win the game. I liked the trio of Romeu, Lemina and Hojbjerg in midfield and Iâd like to see us continue with that - a by-product was having Tadic very much on the left side, which definitely suits him better. He had an excellent game today, as did many of our players - the whole team looked really on it, well set up and well disciplined.
Right from the off we were pressing them high up the pitch, and we kept that up for the entire game. That really was so good to see. We need to keep playing that way, as it will pay dividends against other teams, who wonât have Spursâ capacity to do us damage. Gabbiadini looks short on confidence; a run in the team is probably what he needs to start getting that back. Unlike some others, I thought Stephens had a good game - he made any number of excellent interceptions and tackles, won the ball a fair few times in the air (his weakest point without a doubt), and used the ball really well when in possession. Heâs better already than plenty of central defenders playing week in, week out in the Premier League. Iâd agree with Goatboy that Stephens would be best suited to playing in a back three, probably taking the role of free man between two more orthodox centre-halves.
I even liked Pellegrinoâs substitutions today.
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Agreed with all of this except the Stephens bit 
Harry Kane is a great player but he isnât an absolute towering bruiser so failing to nullify him from a set piece is criminal. He is often caught ball watching out of position and relied on Hoedt to bail him out a few too many times.
Putting Boufal on for Hog Pog was pleasing to see because he could have gone safe and brought Davis on earlier. But being positive gave us more impetus and meant we didnât retreat (as much) as we have been of late and could have done against a good side.
He could also have brought Redmond on instead of the young lad, which again Iâm glad he didnât.
We need to take that intensity in to the next few games and get back to winning ways.
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I listened to the game on The Radio like a Pensioner, cos I was drive back from Airport*. I was so pumped when we scored! And then I became physically ill when they immediately equalised and I couldnât listen any more. I turned it back on much later and was v.surprised to learn that it was still 1:1. Well done Pellegrino! I was in time to hear Obi Wan make his debut. The commentator immeditately said he âreminds me physically of Rod Wallaceâ, which casual racism or not, drew a picture.
I was listening v.carefully, and heard no signs at all of the mass Guan 2.0 manager out protest, so well done Saints fans for Support tks.
* Iâve been Barcelona. It was quite good. I like to drink Whisky + Coke cos I am allergic to Beer, but in spain they have no conception of the single/double system, they bring the bottle to your table and keep pouring like theyâre waiting for you to say âwhenâ. I tried saying when, but it didnât help, so I basically end up drinking 12 shots an hour and I was v.fucked every night which was good.
Also, bird book this trip, and I swear she purposely chose a weekend when Barcelona was play away, so I didnât even get to have a Nou Camp matchday experience. Canât imagine itâs all that much different to SMS tho.
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A very interesting set up from MoPe yesterday.
Never in a million years would I have imagined any tactical shape or reason to play 4-4-2 with Hojberg being the second âstrikerâ
It had obvious flaws - his lack of pace and âstriker movementâ (and finishing ability), but it did change our dynamic, allowing us to defend much better from the front - almost out-press a Pochettino team.
Whilst he didnât really help our attacking / goal scoring problems he did help us stay more on the front foot until he picked up a knock from the multiple Dembele fouls/ran out of steam.
Gabbi did show why he has not been getting game time. I do wonder about his health/fitness, those black rings around his sunken eyes are worse than mine before my diet changes and on a par with the late BBC Newsreader Peter Woods!
I would be intrigued to see how much better that Hojberg option works with Long instead of Gabbi.
The flat midfield worked well, Hojberg droping back (as did Gabbi) when Spurs pressed us. It seemed to give Romeu more scope to mop up.
Defensively we were sound. Stephens can be accused of gross naivety for losing Kane for their goal - he was on the wrong side of him before the corner came in - for me that IS a problem - inexperience - but it is something that will improve as he matures. Tactically however it is the second game in a row where Hoedt (the senior partner) has left Stephens to pick up the oppositionsâ âmost effectiveâ striker - the same happened with Deeney.
Now at Sunday League level, your best CB picks up their biggest threat full time - so for the second week in a row, the opposition targetted Stephens - that could be a MoPe error - allowing that to happen by having them fixed in âzonesâ OR it is inexperience. We DO need to look at that.
Stephens IS a good footballer and his block at the end showed he is better at ground threats than Hoedt (at the moment).
Tadic had a much better game, Lemina did what was needed until his ankle took a hit, JWP is starting to look like the all conquering U-21 Captain again and no doubt some will be suggesting another England call up in the pursuit of Nippers for the future. 
With Long fit we would have won that. With work on getting the CBâs picking up the right players, the continuing âbetter than Forsterâ form of McArthy, the HOPED for two players coming in, MoPe has earned another 10 days of salary from us.
Watford is a âwant to winâ and âplay the strongest team we canâ BUT we need players fully recovered and PUMPED UP for the Brighton game.
I STILL believe a lot of our troubles stem from confidence of the players, yesterdaysâ result will help that. We HAVE to play football on the front foot, we are a very good side with quality players WHEN we do that.
But if Brighton (Houghton) has any brains he will NOT plan to sit back against us all game but will come at us all guns blazing (as Watford did 2nd half and Spurs at the end of the game yesterday).
Hitting the bottom 3 last week MAY have finally woken our players up.
Letâs hope so.
p.s. it was BLOODY cold last night even over here
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As an annoying aside.
The âdeconstructed impression of the new home shirtâ that I bought for 2 quid from the Gap Outlet in Bangkok is now on a 3 match unbeaten run. Yes it has been washed each week, but the same combo of shirt, same pair of jeans, same coloured undies and socks and the same trainers are on a run.
Itâs annoying because I only bought it as a joke on one of our krew who paid a fortune for a similar design and has worn it every game. Hate wearing Pyjamas to the Pub. Mrs D_P is running out of abusive comments about being ready for bed and the Jaegermeister Promo girls
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