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

Biggest concern, the weaknesses we had last season we are carrying in. Hope to god hojlund stays fit for the whole season as when you take him out the team we will have no focal CF.

Have Spurs won the cup final, ffs?

Everyone just looks off it down they. I absolutely adore Martinez but he’s been horrendous first two games. The only decent player in the first two games has been Onana ffs

Atrocious 2nd half performance…..once again

First half was fine but how can players of this calibre melt like they did 2nd half

I don’t know where to begin with that but the three biggest issues 2nd half were Bruno, Casemiro and Shaw

Shaw is back to lazy Shaw…..when is Malacia back
Casemiro looks finished as he can’t run and opposition players are running all over the back of him….he’s meant to be protecting the defence
When Bruno loses his head like he did 2nd half he should be taken off….his lack of work rate was a disgrace

ETH needs to sort out this away form at the top 10 in the league because this is embarrassing
What we saw away from home last season won’t be acceptable this season

Originally Posted by Coracao

Probably worst Spurs team I've seen in about 15 years.

They were surely worse in this fixture last season tbf, still pissed off that we let that one slip.

EtH knows nothing. Just buys Dutch or ex-Ajax players. And Mason Mount. I knew it all along, but I trusted in Prada denim in black. How wrong I was.

Should have listened to Marlo from the start. He knows best. Finger on the pulse and all that. Delighted for him.

We started out all right too but lost the head after the penalty shout and a load of stupid avoidable bookings

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

Have Spurs won the cup final, ffs?

Nope, but we lost a game against an average spurs . It’s early doors and there’s big room for improvement. Hopefully ETH gives them a rollocking. We need that CM because there’s no point in having a fluid mount /Bruno if there are big gaps behind them.

If hojlund doesn’t hit the ground running the next few weeks are going to be tough because we just don’t have a fit cf right now .

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

Have Spurs won the cup final, ffs?

Didn't you hear? They're building something special. First taking a point from the Gtech Community Stadium and then this. There's no stopping them.

Originally Posted by Dasilvatwins

I’d give them that against wolves, but we weren’t out run today. Can’t make excuses . We were Shit. Manager got it wrong , players didn’t perform.

This is a shit spurs. It’s embarrassing because we lost in the same manor and with weaknesses from the first game.lack of midfield and the front 4 (5 if you want to count mount )doing £#%&! all.

It’s early days, and things can change and hopefully they will. But without a CM they won’t. Too easily over run.

Now the whole world will know we are desperate for a CM.

First half was decent, they actually improved on wolves , second half was pathetic .

Clearly out ran and out worked us from the start of the second half. Watching Garnacho drag his arse towards Kuzulevski while Shaw just avoided running towards him exemplified it. Not fit or sharp enough anywhere on the pitch.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Everyone is so busy blaming the players who don’t play any more, the ones who continually fold away from home are getting away with it.

Truth bomb right there.

Keeping Sabitzer was a better (and cheaper) option than mount. It's a bizarre signing without another proper midfielder

Originally Posted by andyroo

We started out all right too but lost the head after the penalty shout and a load of stupid avoidable bookings

First half thought we played well. If we take our chances like we should, the game changes on its head and spurs are chasing.

Maybe once hojlund comes in we start taking those chances. We need to sign a CM. It’s too lightweight . Casemiro himself has lost a yard and he needs a partner

Originally Posted by dunk

Clearly out ran and out worked us from the start of the second half. Watching Garnacho drag his arse towards Kuzulevski while Shaw just avoided running towards him exemplified it. Not fit or sharp enough anywhere on the pitch.

£#%&! off.

That was just pure laziness and being tactically unaware.

You don't half set a narrative and stick to it.

Originally Posted by The taste of...

We’d get muscled off the ball by the Lionesses

and outplayed

Originally Posted by Vedder

Everyone just looks off it down they. I absolutely adore Martinez but he’s been horrendous first two games. The only decent player in the first two games has been Onana ffs

Onana, Varane and I’d stretch to Sancho and Awb. Even Pellistri looks better than Antony right now.

The senior players need to step up.

Rashford
Bruno
Casemiro
Shaw

Have all been shit and have absolutely no excuse for it.

It’s never nice to lose, but the worrying part is seeing the same problems. With no immediate solution as to how we’ll improve.

Sharpness is one thing, but we’ve always seen these abject, limp performances as the apparent peak of our powers.

Maybe play mount on the RW , drop Antony for a few games , give him some proper competition.

We’re so desperate for a centre forward - a target to aim for. Rashers stinks the place out when he’s on his period. Can’t believe we’ve still got martial. It’s insane. A decade plus of mid management still hampering us.

The Mount signing looks daft when we’ve got such glaring holes upfront and at dm. We need to get others in during this window or this season will be grim. If we can get others in then I won’t have such a problem with Mount.

Originally Posted by Coracao

£#%&! off.

That was just pure laziness and being tactically unaware.

You don't half set a narrative and stick to it.

You £#%&! off. They were slow to get out to players, avoiding making runs all over the show.

Onana was good. Everyone else was £#%&!ing atrocious. Casemiro can't cope on his own. Until we get a number 6 in who will do the donkey work, we're £#%&!ed.

Luke Shaw gave them the first goal and Garnacho assisted him. No rush to close their man down. Antony £#%&!, Casemiro £#%&! - all of them £#%&!ing garbage.

There's a huge hole in the midfield and our manager isn't allowed 30m to fill it. It's an absolute shit show.