Gejon 2 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Will AVB be given the time he needs or will doubts creep in if the results don't come? Will Rodgers perform the same magic with Liverpool and convert mediocre championship players into a fluent, high quality passing side? Will Wenger yet again confound expectations and deliver another CL qualification? Will Pardew start on a 4th official for getting time added on incorrect? Early days as you say Dave. Started getting visions of Batfink for a second there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexkeble 0 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Spurs' new tiki-taka philosophy had a stunted start because of our dominant midfield, in my opinion. Our passing was so confident that, with the heat, tired Spurs quickly and made their hard pressing game impossible to sustain. As they began to sit-off, Ba struck. Great stuff, and Spurs need to work out how and when they need to press. You can read a full tactical analysis of the game if you like, here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Our midfield were dominant? Didn't feel like that. Certainly not at half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 And Tiote's passing may have been confident but it was still abysmal. I think I'll give your tactical analysis a miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 On FourFourTwos opta iPhone app it has like player influence, with everyone's name on a pitch and the bigger the name the more influential he was. Anyway Tiote is the largest name on it, how do they decide that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I like how it was so hot in London it meant the Spurs players were drained in Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Tiote's passing wasn't abysmal though. He tried a couple of more adventurous balls and they didn't come off, but in his core role - sat in front of the back four - he was always there. Perch's 100% pass completion ratio is in no small part down to the availability of a pass to Tiote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Tiote's passing often looks off in home games when the pressure is on us, the reason I think for that is when we aren't winning he's not playing his natural game but due to the character he is he's trying to take responsibility and make things happen when others around him aren't. Fuck all wrong with that iyam. Although I wish he wouldn't shoot all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's down to clueless dickheads shouting shoot all the time. Like me once or twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 To be fair, we got a couple of corners out of the long range shooting (one from Tiote and one from Jonas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) What a great picture this is. Secret service on stand by just in case Pardew shoves anyone else Edited August 23, 2012 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 BTW are these two Ashley and Derek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Tiote's passing wasn't abysmal though. He tried a couple of more adventurous balls and they didn't come off, but in his core role - sat in front of the back four - he was always there. Perch's 100% pass completion ratio is in no small part down to the availability of a pass to Tiote. Literally every pass he tried longer than 5 yards went to the opposition. And there were a lot of them! It was a relief seeing Anita come on and hold onto the ball for a bit. Half decent teams in Europe will punish us for stray balls in our own half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Literally every pass he tried longer than 5 yards went to the opposition. Sorry, like, but that's just not true. We played keep ball in our own half for long spells and Tiote was central to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 We must have been at different games then cos the one I was at he was met with 50'000 groans every time he tried another cross field pass that failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4156 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I think that was the case for the first hour or so but he started getting his act together in the latter part of the game. No doubt he was way way off his best though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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