Spu*s dropped two points here, with one man advantage and half an hour to play, a 2-2 is a rather poor result.
Thats actually been quite a snoozefest until probably the last few which involved thrashingsBarcelona Madrid?
Meh! As long as they score, I guess we shouldn't care if they scuffed it or it goes in off the corner flag, right?As @celestis said he is a top keeper. It should have been a comfortable save but a tricky one none the less.
My general point is it's good to see us hitting shots like that. Our shots to frequently are the striking equivalent of "the keeper done that for the cameras".looks nice on TV but but probably not the most effective way of dealing with it.
They're very good aren't they...
Here's an excellent article - Le Grove's post match report.
Positive vacuum masks the bigger picture
http://le-grove.co.uk/2016/03/06/positive-vacuum-masks-the-bigger-picture/
When our players were crowding the ref to tell him that Dier should be sent off, Mertesacker actually came over and told our players to stop crowding him.
Unbelievable, we're too nice.
Well I guess City should consider their season a success now that they've won their Carling. It's silverware, after all.
FA Cups are cherries, not the cake. THE LEAGUE! That's the goal and the aim. It's only when you've no chance of winning it that you console yourself with an FA.
Would any of us care if we never won an FA cup again if we were guaranteed a league cup every 3 years? Or a champions league in the next 5 years? I doubt it.
I think if there is one conclusion to draw from this game, it is that both teams are still short of what is required to win the PL. If you swapped the numerical advantage around, the result would probably remain the same.Spu*s dropped two points here, with one man advantage and half an hour to play, a 2-2 is a rather poor result.
I think the problem was more to do with the playing approach they adopted after the sending off. It was the usual Tottenham inferiority complex. Glen Hoddle made the point that when you're playing against ten men, you leave 2 on 1 and stretch the play. This means wide men stay wide and keep the width. It's something we did poorly against Leicester and I've only seen Mourinho's Chelsea execute this to devastating effect. I seem to recall them overpowering us with ten men a few years ago.Their subs were cowardly, if you're suppose to be a top team and a goal up against a 10 man Arsenal team your first two subs should not be a DM and a LB.
I think the problem was more to do with the playing approach they adopted after the sending off. It was the usual Tottenham inferiority complex. Glen Hoddle made the point that when you're playing against ten men, you leave 2 on 1 and stretch the play. This means wide men stay wide and keep the width. It's something we did poorly against Leicester and I've only seen Mourinho's Chelsea execute this to devastating effect. I seem to recall them overpowering us with ten men a few years ago.
Mertesacker deserves a slap for that.
Look at our recent captains - Mertesacker and Arteta - the nice guys.