Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Everton - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[Zezti]

I hope they are all minuses.

Gordon -7???

 

[DanEFC92]

Pickford - 5/10
Coleman - 3
Sidibe - 2
Keane - 4
Holgate - 4
Mina - 5
Digne - 3
Iwobi - 1
Sigurdsson - 1
Gomes - 1
Davies - 1
Bernard - 2
Gordon - 7 motm
Richy - 6
DCL - 4
Kean - 5

Why does Mina get higher than other cbs? Made a few poor errors.

 

[Somerset Blue]

Poor performance and a real wake up call! No tempo, no fight & no creativity. Get this [Poor language removed] storm of a season over with.

 

[TheBigIguana]

A Sin Bin will change nothing, they will just find new ways to manipulate it to their advantage.

Spurs were deffo targeting Richarlison tonight in a pack mentality for want of a better term. "Your turn to kick him now" etc. It's hard though because you don't want to be booking someone for their first foul either. It's the whole give an inch take a mile thing.

How does losing a player for ten minutes or however long work to your advantage? I wouldn't have it for every bookable offense, but when Davies gets skinned in midfield and just rugby tackles Richarlison to stop a break that one should have the guy going off.

The worst offenders by far are City. Pep's whole pressing system is built around there being next to no punishment for blatant professional fouls.

 

[Papa Shango]

Pickford - 5/10
Coleman - 3
Sidibe - 2
Keane - 4
Holgate - 4
Mina - 5
Digne - 3
Iwobi - 1
Sigurdsson - 1
Gomes - 1
Davies - 1
Bernard - 2
Gordon - 7 motm
Richy - 6
DCL - 4
Kean - 5

I thought he back 4 were fine. Other than a freak goal going in they kept Spurs opportunities to a minimum.

 

[mrb85]

The second half they played with a bit of urgency, I do think they put the effort in and kept going til the end whereas previous years we would have went down 2 or 3. That's my positive spin, in terms of quality, no, but we knew that anyway

You are kidding - Spurs were a disgrace as well.

 

[blulouie]

Gordon -7???

Obvs should be a plus.

 

[catcherintherye]

If I'm Baningime or Adineran I'm going banging on the door of Ancelotti tomorrow morning and saying "any chance"?

The midfield 4 of Iwobi, Sigurdsson, Bernard and Gomes had a total of 2 tackles, intercepts, clearances and blocks all game. Davies (who I thought was only ok) managed 3 on his own. You're surely saying I can add some bite to this midfield, you've seen Gordon slotting into midfield and looking a cut above, give me a chance.

The midfield is hideous at times. Yes Richarlinson, Calvert Lewin and Kean are a bit raw, yes Keane and MIna can be a bit clumsy but they were all ok today. What goes between them though is woeful. It's not just Sigurdsson either. Bernard and Iwobi today, swan around like we are 4-0 up.

 

[Oh how the maggots taste]

The hardest part to take is Spurs looked terrible and we never laid a glove on them.
Very hard to take.

This. No shame in getting beat by a "Top 6" team away from home with a goal like that, but Spurs are terrible and not far away from implosion. Perfect opportunity to make a statement totally missed.

 

[Papa Shango]

How does losing a player for ten minutes or however long work to your advantage? I wouldn't have it for every bookable offense, but when Davies gets skinned in midfield and just rugby tackles Richarlison to stop a break that one should have the guy going off.

The worst offenders by far are City. Pep's whole pressing system is built around there being next to no punishment for blatant professional fouls.

Oh they will find a way, they always will.

It will never happen anyway.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Loads of cry babies in here tonight. We lost away from home to a freak own goal to a team determined to kick Richie off the park as long as they could get away with it. I admit that we aren't a top of the league side yet, but there's no need for the wholesale character assassination a lot of you think is the order of the day.

Lucas Digne was my MoM while none of our other players played badly in my opinion. I thought Seamus was excellent first half, and Richie played his usual strong game despite being chopped down with depressing regularity. I was happy to see Andre get a yellow for chopping Lamela down to size, if ever a player needs chopping down it's him lol. And I thought Anthony Gordon was great again. Kean showed that he has potential in the cameo he had. You can't win them all and a 1-0 defeat against Spurs at their place, to a freak own goal, isn't the end of the world so please stop acting like Klopps.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Pickford - 5/10
Coleman - 3
Sidibe - 2
Keane - 4
Holgate - 4
Mina - 5
Digne - 3
Iwobi - 1
Sigurdsson - 1
Gomes - 1
Davies - 1
Bernard - 2
Gordon - 7 motm
Richy - 6
DCL - 4
Kean - 5

Gomes and Sig a big fat zero.

 

[Zezti]

Why does Mina get higher than other cbs? Made a few poor errors.

We didn't concede with him on the pitch
not the most scientific method I know but w/e

 

[catcherintherye]

You are kidding - Spurs were a disgrace as well.

Spurs were. To give them the benefit of the doubt though, they were leading and did all they needed to to win. We can't have that excuse.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Loads of cry babies in here tonight. We lost away from home to a freak own goal to a team determined to kick Richie off the park as long as they could get away with it. I admit that we aren't a top of the league side yet, but there's no need for the wholesale character assassination a lot of you think is the order of the day.

Lucas Digne was my MoM while none of our other players played badly in my opinion. I thought Seamus was excellent first half, and Richie played his usual strong game despite being chopped down with depressing regularity. I was happy to see Andre get a yellow for chopping Lamela down to size, if ever a player needs chopping down it's him lol. And I thought Anthony Gordon was great again. Kean showed that he has potential in the cameo he had. You can't win them all and a 1-0 defeat against Spurs at their place, to a freak own goal, isn't the end of the world so please stop acting like Klopps.

We were very bad though and if we are being devastatingly honest we haven't played well with the ball in any of the games since the restart. The midfield and creative play has been terrible in every single one.