Tottenham's Week Goes from Bad to Worse
It has been a terrible week for the club. I think the only other club that has had a worse week is West Ham with Kurt Zouma and the absolute PR mess they made of it. The start of it came against Southampton at home on Wednesday night. I was looking forward to this one but Southampton started really well.
Played and pressed really aggressively and they were disciplined in their defence. However we weathered the storm well and went one nil up. The saints equalised minutes later and we were lucky to get to half time at 1 all. In the second half we were in control and went 2 -1 up but then within a matter of minutes we conceded two goals which were the same type of goal. Our two central midfielders had a nightmare but so did Emerson Royal. He is just not good enough and we are going to be in big trouble in this position until the summer.
Anyway we licked our wounds and had Wolves at home today. Dier was still injured so Conte decided to throw Sessegnon and Doherty into the mix and switch Royal to centre half. Holjberg was dropped for the first time since he signed for Spurs and Bentancur got the nod ahead of him. But again disaster struck and we went 2 nil down after 20 minutes. Wolves like Southampton are a disciplined outfit and a number of their players played out of their skin. Conte dragged Sessegnon off after 28 minutes. Some Spurs fans reckon it will be the last game he has played for Spurs. He is still only a kid and the best clubs in Europe were after this guy. We got him and he cost alot of money. He did OK on loan to Hoffenheim. But only OK. Injuries have plagued his progress.
Wolves held out but it was too little too late for Spurs. Conte was not a happy camper urging the Spurs fans for patience. The summer transfer window will be make or break for Spurs but I am worried Conte may have the likes of Man United or P.S.G after him in the summer. It would be hard to stay around. I am slightly worried about this but hopefully he will stay for a full preseason to see who we get in for him.
Meanwhile Ndombele and Los Celso bossed their respective games this week which caused many Spurs fans to lose their shit. However I am delighted they played well as there is an option to buy the players at the end of the season. One that hopefully the clubs will be forced to trigger if the fans love them. Gil is also playing well for Valencia so at least this is a good point. Bentancur also looks like a player although he was quiet in the Wolves game. The sooner we get Eric Dier back the better and he is badly missed.
Now we have lost 3 games in a row in the league. And guess who we have next? Man City bloody away from home. Now the only thing is that we beat Man City already this year and we are in fact Man City's bogey team. We always play well against them. Mainly because half our team want to sign for them so it will be interesting to see how Harry plays at the weekend. Contrary to popular belief, Spurs were only offered £75 million plus La Porte for the number 9. Hardly a vote of confidence in Harry. They even went off and purchased renegade Jack Grealish for 110 million. I think if Pepe had a chance he would get a refund. Jack the lad was out again last weekend drunk. Pepe would not be happy about this as he was fined and dropped already this year for this kind of stuff.
So it's City next Saturday night at 5.30pm. I'm off now to listen to the various Spurs podcasts where there will be panic panic panic until we get the win which will be hopefully next Saturday. I cannot seeing us beating City twice however. City are a class act. This has been Conte's worst losing streak in 12 years. Let's hope that we start picking up now and aiming for 4th place
Mourinho was sacked from Tottenham because of the poor quality of defenders... and from his first day as Spurs coach, he demanded new deals in these positions and the first names required at the time, Robin Diaz, before being kidnapped by City
Conte suffers a third loss in a row... and this has not happened to him in 13 years... The problem is that Conte focused his winter deals on the midfield, ignoring the defense...
In the end, if the matter is not remedied in the summer ... his fate is either the usual resignation of the Italian or the dismissal
All the contenders for the UCL spot delayed their deals to the summer. Whether it's Mourinho, Conte or anyone, history shows that you shouldn't just give the manager you bring all the deals he wants. If Spurs and Conte are looking for a whole project, which is something Arsenal, and even clubs like Aston Villa, West Ham, and Wolves seem to be steady steps ahead, they need to go through the season and determine everything they need.
true but I would prefer Conte at the helm than Arteta or Ragnarek or whatever his name is.
I actually wouldn't prefer Conte at Arsenal as well. I prefer the current slow process with Arteta, even though we REALLY lucked out with the youth system and some of those 50/50 random deals working out.
Ragnarek or not, Man U have a weird-ass team. Like, it wouldn't work on no matter how you line it up without benching 3 of their stars at least. They eat each other's space.
The squad will be turned over by the summer. Paradici is in action already
Oh, no!
😂😂
Bloody Spurs giving Man Utd fans hope. Begging you guys to start winning soon and put Utd firmly underneath you.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂 I know you don't like us but haven't we suffered enough? 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 Should we get used to this sports trends of seeing big teams turn into an average team? 😂😂🤣😂😂😂🤣 I'm just kidding anyway... But please, let us dream again sir 🤣🤣😂🤣😂
You have to be realistic as United are a mid table team at best. If you think thy can win the league or trophies then you are in for a bad few years. Unless the squad is changed they are never going anywhere and that is not selling one or two but the majority. People spoke about rebuilding the squad 5 years ago and all they have done is covered the cracks spending huge amounts of money and have nothing to show for it. They are no better off than they were 10 years ago.
I totally understand. I was just kidding. I've always been critical of United because they are average. I told someone we are average team and he was arguing with me. I just let him be 🤣🤣😂 because it's the truth. We have been patching the squad up over the years. The mentality is wrong... The approach is terrible, the quality is misplaced... So many things are wrong at the same time. I know the only thing they can push for this season is that top 4. I don't even want to think about the UCL 😂🤣😂🤣
We earned that comeback against Southampton and then turned off and conceded 2 soft goals.
Jesus Emerson Royal is bad. I don’t think I’ve seen a worse defender since we signed Gilberto!
he is terrible.
He went from getting signed by his dream club to getting sold right away. Different culture and playing strategy to what he is used to. Too many things happening with the dude, I feel for him.
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It's going to be another tough evening for Tottenham Hotspur, if you ask me. Man City will certainly put more energy in the game as they want to maintain the gap between Liverpool.
However, I would want Hotspurs to win in order to reduce Man City's current advantage and give Liverpool the opportunity to close in.
Are you a Liverpool fan Tom? It would be good for the league without a doubt.
Maybe he just hates big gaps. I do hope Spurs make a comeback. But, you know... Much later after our UCL spot is guaranteed. I wish you guys get back to winning, but starting in mid March or something.
Arsenal have lots of tough games in hand. It will mean Spurs, Chelsea and I think city as their last games in May. That shall be fun to watch
Also Liverpool. And, I know, it is why Spurs scare me the most and I want them to drop as many points. Once they pick up a winning form, it is over. Was kinda hoping Conte gets pissed and leaves.
We also seem tense and pass out during minutes in certain games. I just fear we lose the youth foundation at the team if we don't make it.
I hate big gaps when Liverpool is behind..
I like big gaps when Liverpool is on top
Yes..🤩💯
I never walk alone!
The big part inside Tottenham’s core character is the resilience. Maybe, this is a fact of heritage that keeps the team alive, despite coach's imperfections to adjust and manipulate well.
Yet, another thing to look is the competitiveness of the teams played in UCL, any team can flip another in a blink of an eye.
Good review and I acknowledge the write..
@asif7 thanks for the comment. Tonight should be interesting with Madrid and PSG. I tip Real to beat them
will the contest for 4th place be who will manage to fuck up the least? :)
looks like all the clubs are working hard to fuck up
yep just like last year and the year before. Don't worry. Arsenal will still finish 8th !😀
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well if they continue to play with 10 men till the end of the season 😄
with the team that is left Arsenal is one injury from disaster, knowing arsenal injury record, disaster is near. but i can hope, no?
Losing 3 games in a row would surely have a dent on Tottenham against City. They can draw from their past experience with City and it might be hard especially with the form City are in. I look forward to how this plays out.
Nice 5 - nil win for city against lisbon last night. Hopefully their thirst for goals is less on Saturday
😂😂🤣😂😂🤣😂 hopefully...
Keep fighting for the 4th place while we at manchester united fight amongst ourselves
It’s almost as if nobody want top4😂 i believe united might edge it tho
Ita a slow bike race @stef1234
They are not having a good time for sure and it seems like the bad streak will keep like that for a while