Spurs v Manchester United - 5:30pm 19/08/23 - Official Match Thread

Well that was obviously going to happen wasn’t it

That was coming. Totally fallen off after then two yellows.

Originally Posted by Lok

We should cut our loses on Antony. He's never going to make it

erm no

No ability to control a game, no ability to even slow it down

Mount is a big downgrade on Fred. Antony is far too wasteful and predictable. We're woefully short up front. The squad is poorly balanced.

It's going to be a really tough season

Originally Posted by dunk

Shaw has been horrible defensively throughout

Awful positioning and lack of urgency

Need to stay calm here. This is exactly where we usually lose our cool in big away games and get buried.

Originally Posted by Lok

Mount is a big downgrade on Fred.

agree on this. not only as far as control / keeping possession, but also goals assists (fred 6 goals 6 assists last season which mount won't get close to)

Originally Posted by marlo

https://yourimageshare.com/ib/BvXkDMs1Jn

Anything else

Picture holding today's paper and a gas bill?

We will win this.

Originally Posted by redhegemony

We will win this.

believe

Big ten minutes here. Need to show a bit of character and composure

Originally Posted by redhegemony

Awful positioning and lack of urgency

He’s back to being the useless fat Luke shaw of yore. Awful

We've been unlucky here. Spurs have done £#%&! all to deserve the lead.

That said we deffo need more firepower.

Originally Posted by Chris Quayd

No ability to control a game, no ability to even slow it down

This is what Marlo, Jem and I were saying

We don’t have a zesty destroyer and we don’t have a modric/Carrick figure who can control the game

Our attack looking floppy too

I don’t blame our back 5 for anything here

This is an insanely soft Spurs side.

Originally Posted by Lodestar

We've been unlucky here. Spurs have done £#%&! all to deserve the lead.

That said we deffo need more firepower.

Spurs scored at a similar time last season to make it 2-1. We switch off. It’s a bad feature of this team and simply shouldn’t be happening. There’s no excuse for it in such big games and moments.

Luke Shaw just always needs that kick up the arse doesn’t he? Always going to let you down.

We can have no complaints if we lose this.

We are insanely wasteful up front.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Big ten minutes here. Need to show a bit of character and composure

New to us?

Originally Posted by Lodestar

We've been unlucky here. Spurs have done £#%&! all to deserve the lead.

true, but the problem is we look dangerous with the ball (without finishing) and terrible without it. just on the balance of probabilities, teams will be lucky and score. we need to take our chances.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Luke Shaw just always needs that kick up the arse doesn’t he? Always going to let you down.

he created the best chance of the game.