Match Reaction vs Spurs

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Originally Posted by Letters

What time did the NLD finish today?
Five past Friedel


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Friedel actually had a good game and was probably the Spud's best player. :lol:

Still a while until MOTD2. I'm going read glory-glory to pass the time tbf.

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Originally Posted by Syn

Theo can finish - there's no doubt about it. He has always been able to finish. Neither of his goals were particularly easy. They were solid striker's finishes. And it's not just the law of averages with Theo. When he decides to hit them across goal like that, he is very clinical. But the frustrating thing is how often he chooses to pass up those opportunities. From the high of his first goal, he didn't second guess himself when the opportunity for his second presented itself. It was almost identical to the case when he scored the 3rd against Chelsea last season. In the first half, he had an opportunity to have a clear run at goal and he decided to pass and leave Van Persie 3 defenders to take on.

I've always said that he has two things: he can finish and he has pace. But he has a third thing that he hasn't been able to overcome: a complete lack of balls. Those first two things should be enough to become a threatening attacker. The lack of the latter two things will ensure that - while we keep players like him - we won't be able to move to the next level. I have had enough of Theo, and I don't believe he should be starting games for us, but he showed great character to turn his performance around like he did - something I didn't think he had in him. Maybe there is some hope for him after all.

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The crowd were on his back today, according to Wenger and Wright. That's gotta knock your confidence a bit. But he shouldn't be playing on the wing. Both goals were well taken and didn't involve him having to beat his man making a run coming from the touchline. As Neville said, he's best when playing just inbetween the centreback and fullback. He was having no joy down the flanks and it's time Wenger changed that. It was frustrating watching him today. He's not a creator. He depends on service and should getting on the end of moves.

so that arshavin bloke. we really missed him today

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Originally Posted by GB.

Friedel actually had a good game and was probably the Spud's best player. :lol:

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Made an incredible save from Rosicky's header in the first half.

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Originally Posted by Syn

Made an incredible save from Rosicky's header in the first half.

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and from a yossi shot in the second half.

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Originally Posted by Letters

What time did the NLD finish today?
Five past Friedel


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:haha:

robert pires ‏ @piresrobert7
There is only one team in london

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Originally Posted by GB.

Friedel actually had a good game and was probably the Spud's best player. :lol:

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I like Friedel - seems a decent bloke. Shame we never bought him as our No1 after Jens while we waited for Szczesny to be ready for us. Would have helped us get a lot more points over the last few years.

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Originally Posted by Syn

robert pires ‏ @piresrobert7
There is only one team in london

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Bobby Pires. :bow:

Wow we we sucked, flat, lethargic, unimaginative and tense....then 2 nil down they looked like they just said Fuckit let's go for it....and go for it they did Spurs :pal:

It was also nice to be able to celebrate a wondergoal going in for us.

Rather than the despair for when we concede them.

Just seen the goals on MOTD

Theo :bow:

Brilliant game from him again by the looks of it.

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Originally Posted by Ach

Just seen the goals on MOTD

Theo :bow:

Brilliant game from him again by the looks of it.

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2nd half yes.

At HT he was nearly killed by everyone for being shit.

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Originally Posted by Ach

Just seen the goals on MOTD

Theo :bow:

Brilliant game from him again by the looks of it.

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No, he was as bad as it's possible to be. Then he just suddenly popped up with two great goals. The most infuriating player in the league. When he got subbed he went back to the bench with a huge smile on his face and he looked relaxed and happy with his lot. Could it make a difference or will he be back to his old self next week? No way of knowing.

Initially I thought Gibbs might have caught Bale for the penalty, but there was pretty much no contact at all from Gibbs or Chesney having seen it again.

A world class dive.

baltent dive, was a joke of a penalty. but shocking no mention of it on MOTD or sky. remember eduardo?

Ade with an assist and a goal :bow:

How he is missed

Bale with a world class dive.

As for our goals, they were brilliant. Sagna with a quality header across goal, RVP being RVP, Rosicky finishing a move that bore no trait of Wengeritis and then the main event, THEO THEO THEO, 2 brilliant finishes.

What a difference it makes when you keep pace on when leading instead of taking him off and inviting pressure as we did v Fulham

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Initially I thought Gibbs might have caught Bale for the penalty, but there was pretty much no contact at all from Gibbs or Chesney having seen it again.

A world class dive.

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It was pure cheating from Bale. He had a chance to step up today and prove he's the player so many claim he is. Instead he dived in the box and then went missing from the game. Not sure what all the fuss is about this guy. £50mill? Wouldn't swap Ox for him.

The pundits are shit scared to call it a dive. 'I don't think that's a penalty', 'can't see much contact'. Call a spade a spade eh?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

It was pure cheating from Bale. He had a chance to step up today and prove he's the player so many claim he is. Instead he dived in the box and then went missing from the game. Not sure what all the fuss is about this guy. £50mill? Wouldn't swap Ox for him.

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He's a good player, a very good player infact, but incredibly overrated much like Spurs themselves. They get good press because they're seen as underdogs, haven't spent huge amounts, play decent football and of course have everyones favourite wideboy as manager. To the neutral, what's not to like?

Hopefully the media keep up the England speculation and it starts to derail them. I'd love it if they bombed now and we finished above them, but we've still got a lot of work to do ourselves. Here's hoping for a strong finish to slightly polish this turd of a season. :scarf:

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

It was pure cheating from Bale. He had a chance to step up today and prove he's the player so many claim he is. Instead he dived in the box and then went missing from the game. Not sure what all the fuss is about this guy. £50mill? Wouldn't swap Ox for him.

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He's a top player. A cheat, sure. But he is a top player. Part of his problem now is that he seems less of a team player. Whenever I've watched him recently, he tries to be the hero far too often (even more often than he used to be). It does pay off. But to go to the next level, the spuds have a problem if they plan on accommodating this version of Bale because he's no Ronaldo. Letting Ronaldo hog everything works because he can carry a team. Bale, not so sure yet. Has potential but needs to sort his attitude out. He's 22 years old and would fetch a silly amount of money. I don't watch pub league but is this Hazard guy any better than Bale?

And to think, everyone was shitting themselves that SPURS were going to thrash us.

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Originally Posted by Dog Toffee

And to think, everyone was shitting themselves that SPURS were going to thrash us.

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I certainly didn't think they'd thrash us but if you look at our recent form and the way Spurs have played this season there was reasonable cause for concern.

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Originally Posted by Syn

He's a top player. A cheat, sure. But he is a top player. Part of his problem now is that he seems less of a team player. Whenever I've watched him recently, he tries to be the hero far too often (even more often than he used to be). It does pay off. But to go to the next level, the spuds have a problem if they plan on accommodating this version of Bale because he's no Ronaldo. Letting Ronaldo hog everything works because he can carry a team. Bale, not so sure yet. Has potential but needs to sort his attitude out. He's 22 years old and would fetch a silly amount of money. I don't watch pub league but is this Hazard guy any better than Bale?

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Hazard is more of a footballer. In fact, aside from his whipped crosses, Bale is very much kick and rush but he is very, very good at it. It's a shame Theo isn't more like him really.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Hazard is more of a footballer. In fact, aside from his whipped crosses, Bale is very much kick and rush but he is very, very good at it. It's a shame Theo isn't more like him really.

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I see. :good:

Yeah I agree with that, Bale and Theo are very similar in style, they just have varying degrees of how effective they can be.

Theo scores more and assists more.

Well he did last season

off to bed a very happy and proud gooner.



2-0 AND THEY FUCKED IT UP. what a feeling

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Originally Posted by Ach

Theo scores more and assists more.

Well he did last season

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Perhaps but if he ran like a runaway train a la Bale in to space more often, he'd probably contribute a lot more. And last season they still had Crouch up front. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Syn

He's a top player. A cheat, sure. But he is a top player. Part of his problem now is that he seems less of a team player. Whenever I've watched him recently, he tries to be the hero far too often (even more often than he used to be). It does pay off. But to go to the next level, the spuds have a problem if they plan on accommodating this version of Bale because he's no Ronaldo. Letting Ronaldo hog everything works because he can carry a team. Bale, not so sure yet. Has potential but needs to sort his attitude out. He's 22 years old and would fetch a silly amount of money. I don't watch pub league but is this Hazard guy any better than Bale?

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Some Spud opinions I have seen say this too. Redknapp himself said he lets Bale and Van der Vaart do whatever they want. It probably hinders their team. Bale's strengths are dribbling speed and a very good left foot. Giving 100% freedom to someone reliant on those facets doesn't tend to work. Plus obviously it opens them up defensively. Can't expect hero blocks from the WWII spitfire pilot every time. Definitely a very good player is Bale. Within his limitations.

dont get how crap we were in the opening 30 mins then suddenly changed. passes werent finding the feet, ball was bouncing off our players, no structure.

no team talk. no shouting. nothing.

but it just changed.

if only we fucking invest in this team there is so much potential.

hopefully the board do SOMETHING instead of sitting on their arses, sign up RVP and buy some quality players ffs.

christ its hard being a gooner.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

what a feeling

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bein's believin'

Might go on glory glory at 1:55 tbh

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner

Can't expect hero blocks from the WWII spitfire pilot every time.

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'Human bowling bowl', 'WWII spitfire pilot'...he's so ridiculous it lends itself to some great descriptions.

AMAZING!!

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I could barely watch the first 20mins. Spurs were counter attacking the fuck out of us. Bet then the rest is history....

Well done Wenger and the team.

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a bit fishy? jumping up and down hoping for it to go in?

hate that ****.

bent as a corkscrew.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2745347...n/photostream/

Celebrating GHELs. :bow:

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2745347...n/photostream/

Celebrating GHELs. :bow:

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Look at Frimpong

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Well i have to say i am a little disappointed by us to be honest, we didn't work hard and didn't press the ball after the first 20 minutes or so, the 2 central defenders were far to close together when we started and then far too far apart the rest of the game. Sagna offered us nothing at all from right back and Theo Walcott seemed to stop playing at half time. Gibbs had a very good game however and I don't remember seeing him dominate the left side like that for a couple of years.

Rosicky and Benayoun are useless and put no work in and aren't adaptable, why they start instead of Rosicky and Le Coq i have no idea. RvP cant hold the ball up so why we continue to play it into him like that i have no idea. Tactically we were poor and showed no change from when we played well but were unlucky in Milan and we really do play better when teams just sit back and defend against us.

Spurs played well I thought, that Gareth Bale really is something special and I like how he isn't one dimensional at all and is an honest, good looking lad as well. Scott Parker and Sandro showed why they are so highly rated in the media with hard working yet fair games and Adebayor and Saha were a constant presence on the ball. Also credit to Harry Redknapp for not reacting to being goaded by those nasty Arsenal fans. Also i do agree with most Spurs fans that Ledley King is better than Sol Campbell.

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