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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

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  1. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    If you look at Hojbjerg as a Sissoko replacement he makes a lot more sense

    He's not supposed to be a DM, but he's been made an ersatz DM in much the same way Winks has been, when both of them simply wouldn't play the way they do alongside a Wanyama or Sandro
     
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  2. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

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    That's better.
     
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  3. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
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    You think that City lose the ball 100 times a game? Seems rather unlikely.
    You're also equating fouls made with fouls given.
     
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  4. PowerSpurs

    PowerSpurs Well-Known Member

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    City do lose the ball a bit less and the hundred is a rough average. But I doubt they keep the ball more than a minute on average and their opponents probably only manage 15 seconds. So it will still be 60 or 70 turnovers. Tackles are one of the least common ways of turning possession.
     
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  5. PleaseNotPoll

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    Also scored a perfect hat-trick for the Scouse against Arsenal:

    I don't think that anyone still playing is anywhere near catching him, either. Giroud is closest, but he's about 20 behind! <laugh>
     
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  6. The RDBD

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    His ball-playing ability is/was quite underrated.
     
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  7. PleaseNotPoll

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    You may wish to avoid watching this if your name is Matty Cash.
     
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  8. The RDBD

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    Citeh are also criminally UNDER-PENALISED by refs for the
    nature/number of fouls they commit.

    If any PL ref went off-script early in their games, Citeh would be
    clocking up the fouls to ensure some of their games would be
    finishing with less than 11 men on the pitch.
     
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    Including that goal against City for Stoke, but not that goal against City for us.
     
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  10. The RDBD

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    No matter how many times I have seen that goal
    (live and after) , I swear he has scuffed it wide. :)
     
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  11. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Yeah he definitely scuffed it <laugh>. But we don't need to mention that any more!
     
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  12. PleaseNotPoll

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    Gol di Tottenham, Gol di Tottenham, Gol di Tottenham, Gol di Tottenham... <wah>
     
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    No, no, no - Fraudiola claims that refs haven't given them a single thing during his entire tenure
     
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  14. The RDBD

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    Which just go to show, sometimes the true worth of a player
    is also measured in intangible off-pitch beneficial by-products.
     
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    In our case just wait for the misplaced pass- we give the ball away with frightening regularity when the pass appears an easy one
     
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    Quote of the Day!!
     
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  17. remembercolinlee

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    Seriously disagree with this.
    The **** standard of refereeing means many of their fouls are not given.

    And I say this after watching them against a lot of teams not just spurs.
     
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  18. PleaseNotPoll

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    Poor bastards. Pep's right. Oil money can't buy you love. Or something.
     
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    Bollocks to my fat fingers, autocorrect and you being a sharp eyed smart arse <grr>
     
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  20. PowerSpurs

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    That might be true but it doesn't alter the fact that tackling is not the main source of gaining possession. It's forcing long passes by pressing. Tackles are obe of the things that are over rated by fans. I'd go quite close to saying that most of them are forced upon you by a positional mistake.
     
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