Football 2024/25

[charlierc]

Defeat means Man City are now on a run of 9 defeats in 12. 

 

If they lose at home to Everton on Boxing Day, that feels like going into an even deeper crisis.

[charlierc]

On 12/21/2024 at 9:39 AM, charlierc said:

I get it more with Wolves - their owners have a strong relationship with Jorge Mendes, so they just asked him to find them someone and he did.

Well I guess winning at Wolves 3-0 on his debut is a way to shut me up.

 

Bournemouth tonking Man U 3-0 at Old Trafford is also decent going tbf.

 

Plus I know this is yesterday but Isak is good at football. Who knew. Pretty happy that Murphy has had a good week. Almost like he knows we want another right wing option so decided to up his play. Though the test ramps up again - scoring 8 against Leicester and Ipswich is one thing but a run of Villa, Man Utd (depending on which one turns up), Spurs and the cup semi against Arsenal is a real escalation in difficulty level.

[Neil]

Proper spursy today

[Skip997]

Going well, but conceding far too many goals. Need Konate back ASAP

[gazzared]

[gazzared]

At start of  play I would've taken a draw but f me spurs are terrible in defence 

[Skip997]

5 minutes ago, gazzared said:

At start of  play I would've taken a draw but f me spurs are terrible in defence 

We’re not much better ourselves, fortunately we have a superb attack 

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, gazzared said:

At start of  play I would've taken a draw but f me spurs are terrible in defence 

They are a thoroughly strange football club. Top scorers in the Premier League, one of the few clubs with a goal difference over +10, decent enough home record, beat Man City 4-0 when we thought Man City were just in a blip then a full on meltdown, and yet here we are with them in the bottom half at Christmas. 

[balti-pie]

18 hours ago, gazzared said:

At start of  play I would've taken a draw but f me spurs are terrible in defence 

Spurs are missing four of their starting back five through injury, and just havnt been able to rest anyone at any point, playing twice a week every week. If they get a nice midweek rest (next spare midweek is between the 29th and the 4th of jan) then they might be able to improve a bit, and perhaps even get a couple of players back. The squad is too thin obviously, but nobody could absorb that many injuries.

Lots of pundits think spurs should just defend deep and cut their cloth accordingly, but they'd lose anyways - its the going for it that's led to positive results, so why not continue to go for it? is 6-3 tons worse than 3-0? i dont think so, and its their first defeat by more than one goal this season. 

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, balti-pie said:

Spurs are missing four of their starting back five through injury, and just havnt been able to rest anyone at any point, playing twice a week every week. If they get a nice midweek rest (next spare midweek is between the 29th and the 4th of jan) then they might be able to improve a bit, and perhaps even get a couple of players back. The squad is too thin obviously, but nobody could absorb that many injuries.

Lots of pundits think spurs should just defend deep and cut their cloth accordingly, but they'd lose anyways - its the going for it that's led to positive results, so why not continue to go for it? is 6-3 tons worse than 3-0? i dont think so, and its their first defeat by more than one goal this season. 

Feels like a January must is at least a centre-back to make up for no Romero and van der Ven. Plus I can guess Forster being more limited with a ball at his feet than Vicario really hasn't helped, even if he is still an alright shot-stopper.

 

Any expectation of when these defenders will be back? After Newcastle come to the Spurs Stadium on January 4th, perhaps?