Match Day Thread Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

Leicester are defending very well.

 

I don’t think they’ll let us play ourselves for points mate

 

One point from a possible 9 for the best team. If Utd win later, from 1st to 5th in a week.

Jose will be furious; I expect eye gouging soon

 

North London power have really shifted.

 

So, José hits a sticky patch. Does he:
A. Take responsibility, look at where he's going wrong, modify his tactics and rally his players to bounce back?
Or,
B. Throw a kiddy tantrum, blame everyone else and go and sulk.
Answers on a postcard.

 

Did we burst the Spurs bubble?

Quite amusing that Man Utd are potentially the biggest challenges atm

 

B but with the added bonus of throwing players under the bus


PS... couldn't find a postcard

 

Nice word, Dribs.

 

Terrible start for Leeds 2-0 down in 3 minutes

 

Manchester United 2: 0 Leeds United

 

How crap were Spurs. Barely got into Leicesters area.
Also Kane got fed up with the tactics in the 2nd half. Wasn't getting the ball so decided to take free kicks and throw-ins, and got further and further back just so he could touch the ball. And in turn meant he wasn't in the box when Spurs needed him to be.
Compare that to Vardy, who knew he wasn't going to get many touches but stayed high and was where Leicester needed him to be and created problems.

Also Sheff U might have got a win today if they had been able to bring on an extra couple of defenders to close up the last 10mins, if only clubs were allowed 5 subs instead of 3.

 

Utd are turning another corner I see.

 

Are we sure the Leeds players aren't Japanese pilots from the 1940s

 

to be fair to them, the only difference has been the quality of finishing.

 

Yeah, those Kamikaze pilots really knew how to hit the target.

 

Tottenham 0-2 Leicester - Jose Mourinho - Post-Match Press Conference

 

mourinho has ruined kane.

he had a nice little run in the easy games at the start and when Southampton did a Leeds

but the further up the table they've got the more turgid mourinho has become and he's turned kane into a target man and just there to.close down otherwise.

kane has slowed down imo due to multiple ankle injuries but mourinho will finish him.

 

ph and 4 points clear with a vastly superior gd with a few decent games to come. Southampton being destroyed by the timing of games as well.

I want 100% record to the fa cup game from here.

meanwhile spurs are after going from 1st to out of cl spots in a week. so spursy.

 

Said it after the Spurs game. Kane seem to get fed up with Maureens tactics in the 2nd half and vacated the Target man spot, he was wandering all over the place just to get involved (Kane is the type that needs to be involved all the time) taking throw-ins at one point.
This does two things imo, 1) shows that Kane thought Jose's tactics weren't going to win them the game so was trying to go all Roy of the Rovers. And 2) meant that because Kane gave up on what they'd planned, he wasn't where the tactics demanded he should be (again meaning the overall game plan couldn't work).

This is why Jose keeps getting sacked (along with his massive ego), Footballers want to enjoy the game, want to enjoy playing and turgid, stiffling football doesn't do that. Ok his teams may win a trophy or two in that time, but eventually its not enough to keep your players interested, which is when they start to either ignore the game plans or underperform.
At which point he critises the players and throwing them under the bus, forever losing the dressing room.