Quote from: Mortimer's Bear on April 11, 2015, 08:26:14 PMSay what you will about Doug but fair play to the old boy he ever misses a game home or away.Aye but it's a lot easier to do as a multimillionaire who has nothing else to do.
Say what you will about Doug but fair play to the old boy he ever misses a game home or away.
David Nugent · Top commenterDan: I feel your frustration - I have it too, especially against the self-aggrandizing, "special one #2" Tim Sherwood - but I think you're over-reacting and your assessment is a bit skewed as a result.Spurs were the better team in this match. They dominated in every category. And AV only (almost) closed the "shots taken" & "on target" gap at the end when Spurs had to push forward and commit players to try and score. If one of a couple early Spurs attempts had gone in, the game would have been played out differently. Benteke's header glanced off the post & barely went in … such is football.Fazio: Pochettino played Fazio because he's missing Vertonghen, w/ no other reliable CB's on the squad. Poch has not been playing Fazio otherwise, in preference to Dier. So I don't see the criticism there. And Fazio's defense of Benteke was good - even on Benteke's goal, Fazio had his body on him and pushed him off the attempt, trying to disrupt his header - and it almost worked. Credit to Benteke.Soldado & Lamela came on as subs, again, as Spurs have no better to turn to on this squad (and, again, like Fazio, have not been playing otherwise) … and Soldado put in some of the best crosses of the match. So, again, I don't see the criticism there. Poch plays what he's got to play with. No fault of Pochettino's.Chadli and Ericksen interchanged positions constantly - that's the system. Chadli more often attacked on the left, regardless of where it appeared they lined up, so I think that actually is good football."Could have had Benteke":That is based on conjecture and media rumors (and at the time Spurs were linked to at least 16 strikers, almost all falsely), but at the time those rumors were going around, Benteke's fee was well above his market value and it was unclear if he was actually available. In contrast, when Spurs went in for Soldado, the move was universally hailed as a great buy. Who would have predicted his loss of ability to score in the BPL? … You? - do you have that insight? … Me? It's easy to "after the fact" deride the purchase. But at the time - everyone thought it a great buy. So I hesitate to rail against the club for a poor purchase that probably you and certainly I and every football pundit who breathes into a mic hailed at the time as a great buy. Coys!
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on April 11, 2015, 08:27:19 PMQuote from: Mortimer's Bear on April 11, 2015, 08:26:14 PMSay what you will about Doug but fair play to the old boy he ever misses a game home or away.Aye but it's a lot easier to do as a multimillionaire who has nothing else to do. Of course, I still find it admirable though.
Quote from: Mortimer's Bear on April 11, 2015, 08:30:13 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on April 11, 2015, 08:27:19 PMQuote from: Mortimer's Bear on April 11, 2015, 08:26:14 PMSay what you will about Doug but fair play to the old boy he ever misses a game home or away.Aye but it's a lot easier to do as a multimillionaire who has nothing else to do. Of course, I still find it admirable though.I have said many critical things about Doug, but no one can say that he does not now have great feelings for the club and I hope he is there at Wembley to see Fabian lift up the FA Cup
For some reason, I hate Spurs more than any other club, I think it's all down to coming from the South and meeting a few Spurs over the years. In every decade of my life they have had some good teams, and some shockingly bad sides, but the sense of entitlement of Spurs fans always remains the same.....delusional.
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