don_danbury Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 15 minutes ago, Farrington fox said: Not Premier league, but fair play to Man City, fielding a pretty strong side against Burton tonight. i don't think they have much choice but to field a strong side. no matter who they put out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillippaT Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 15 minutes ago, don_danbury said: i don't think they have much choice but to field a strong side. no matter who they put out. What would they call a weak side? Mahrez in goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 Higuain signs for Chelsea on loan. That's some extra oomph up front. Think of Giroud, just faster and better at shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Md9 Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 23 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: Higuain signs for Chelsea on loan. That's some extra oomph up front. Think of Giroud, just faster and better at shooting. Is he allowed to play against spurs tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 (edited) If you type 'Mahrez' into Twitter search at the moment, the abuse at him is brutal. It's like reading what is said on here about Gray - greedy, frustrating, bad decision making, etc. Thing is with Mahrez we know he's more than capable of pulling off the shots he's trying, but he just seems to have dipped in confidence Although amusingly just got man of the match... thing there's going to be a meltdown on that one! Edited 23 January 2019 by rachhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Md9 Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 This person not a fan of Mahrez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 46 minutes ago, Md9 said: Is he allowed to play against spurs tomorrow? Nope, deal was officially done past the midday deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyfox Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 1 hour ago, MC Prussian said: Higuain signs for Chelsea on loan. That's some extra oomph up front. Think of Giroud, just faster and better at shooting. I think Giroud would be decent alongside Vardy. Clever player with great lay offs but not the best finisher. Not saying we could afford him permanent but a loan till May might benefit both sides as he won't get much time at the bridge now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFox Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 11 minutes ago, Hollyfox said: I think Giroud would be decent alongside Vardy. Clever player with great lay offs but not the best finisher. Not saying we could afford him permanent but a loan till May might benefit both sides as he won't get much time at the bridge now. Agreed. Listening to the On The Continent podcast today and they described Kevin-Prince Boateng as playing like 'a wall' who midfielders can bounce the ball off and make dangerous runs into the box to receive the return pass. I imagine Giroud would be the same for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 25 minutes ago, Hollyfox said: I think Giroud would be decent alongside Vardy. Clever player with great lay offs but not the best finisher. Not saying we could afford him permanent but a loan till May might benefit both sides as he won't get much time at the bridge now. surely he will be getting a similar amount of game time as he assumed he would get, and was presumably happy with, when he moved there to be second choice behind morata? theyre still in 4 competitions with a serious chance of winning 3 of them, i can’t see him going anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyfox Posted 23 January 2019 Share Posted 23 January 2019 You could well be right there. It was just a thought, but I think that type of link player is what we desperately need and haven't had since Leo and the disappointing Slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Has anyone else picked up on this? https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8262727/sarri-blast-hazard-not-leader-chelsea-real-madrid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1548254863 The guys on a complete sabotage mission at Chelsea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 12 minutes ago, rachhere said: Has anyone else picked up on this? https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8262727/sarri-blast-hazard-not-leader-chelsea-real-madrid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1548254863 The guys on a complete sabotage mission at Chelsea... That is quite incredible to be at odds with the players already after just 6 months, especially when he started so well. The turning point was the Everton game where Sigurdsson man-marked Jorginho. Ever since then, everyone has adjusted their tactics (including us), and it's quite easy to deal with Chelsea. They have a lot of possesion but don't do much with the ball, a bit like us but with better players. It will be interesting to see what happens as with Sarri they will have to be patient to adapt to the style of football he wants (sounds familiar...) and that's if it works at all. Though compared to Puel's style at least "Sarri-ball" we know is super exciting to watch in action from last season's Napoli. They have got him Higuain so it seems like they are backing him for now, but if they don't make the Champions League next season I wonder what will happen. If they don't finish top 4 in the league, they could easily win the Europa League so they probably will make it, but he's playing a dangerous game for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 16 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: That is quite incredible to be at odds with the players already after just 6 months, especially when he started so well. The turning point was the Everton game where Sigurdsson man-marked Jorginho. Ever since then, everyone has adjusted their tactics (including us), and it's quite easy to deal with Chelsea. They have a lot of possesion but don't do much with the ball, a bit like us but with better players. It will be interesting to see what happens as with Sarri they will have to be patient to adapt to the style of football he wants (sounds familiar...) and that's if it works at all. Though compared to Puel's style at least "Sarri-ball" we know is super exciting to watch in action from last season's Napoli. They have got him Higuain so it seems like they are backing him for now, but if they don't make the Champions League next season I wonder what will happen. If they don't finish top 4 in the league, they could easily win the Europa League so they probably will make it, but he's playing a dangerous game for sure. Are they even that good without Hazard though... that's the question. Where are the goals going to come from... Will have to be Kante at this rate seeing where he's played him! I guess we wait and see how this new striker works out for them, and in the meantime Chelsea fans have white knuckles seeing if Hazard leaves or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 4 minutes ago, rachhere said: Are they even that good without Hazard though... that's the question. Where are the goals going to come from... Will have to be Kante at this rate seeing where he's played him! I guess we wait and see how this new striker works out for them, and in the meantime Chelsea fans have white knuckles seeing if Hazard leaves or not. Well that's exactly it. Hazard is their only world class attacking player. Willian and Pedro are good but the wrong side of 30. Moratta and Giroud have never hit 20 goals in a Premier League season and I doubt will ever do, hence signing Higuain and Pullisic in the summer. They will need more than that though to truly make it work as Napoli had Mertens, Hamsik, Allan, etc. Kante is the really strange thing, but their system is basically a Pirlo type deep playmaker (a "6") and then two number 8's who are box to box midfielders, and in theory Kante should be able to play that position very well. But they are a team that has historically been solid and hard to beat, and not a front foot / break teams down with attacking quality team. In some ways they are a bit like an expensive version of us, but with a lot more backing to sign world class players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.a.r.r.y Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Spurs are looking spursy, 2-0 Chelsea. no Alli Kane or Son 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.a.r.r.y Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 41 minutes ago, H.a.r.r.y said: Spurs are looking spursy, 2-0 Chelsea. no Alli Kane or Son and it starts with Kanté 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 1 minute ago, H.a.r.r.y said: and it starts with Kanté God I love that little fella!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.a.r.r.y Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Just now, weller54 said: God I love that little fella!!!! triple nutmeg and barely any celebration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldeagle Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Just waiting for the media and pundits to change their tune now . The other month they were saying Tottenham did the right thing buying no players in the sunmer as it’s clear they don’t need any . That will now change to them all saying well it’s their own fault they should have strengthened in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsX Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 "Ngolo Kante must not have heard the whistle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Pass of the season from erikssen ...... shame it went to llorente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Spurs were poor today, Chelsea deserved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mozartfox Posted 24 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 24 January 2019 Spuds should beat Burton in the 3rd place play-off to give dear old Potch some Bronzeware. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 24 January 2019 Share Posted 24 January 2019 Spurs are consistent underachievers. They haven’t matured at all since that draw with Chelsea which won us the league. When the stakes are high... bet against spurs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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