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dos santos needs to be given as free a rein as lennon in taking on players and letting his attacking instincts lead him, an example was when he was through on goal in the first ten minutes or so and passed tamely into the keepers midriff, rather than squaring for pav or modric.
Also right now we're too reliant on bale to make things happen for us, as we used to be on lennon. Everything goes down the left hand side and our midfielders need to be able to shift the play from one side to the other.
Palacios wasn't at top speed, and he shouldn't have started, too many misplaced passes, not enough urgency, maybe a bit of a world cup hangover. 'Arry also was slightly complacent in not playing the starters from the city match, this is the qualifiers for the champions league for fuckssake, we need to be in this, otherwise he'll just piss away the europa league and hope for another fourth place finish, to qualify for next years lottery..
Definitely another world class centre half and striker required. Dawson was slow on the turn for their second, bassong was steadier, and redeemed himself with the first goal. I've always said dawson is better when he plays with ledley or woodgate as he doesn't have the full weight of the responsibility on his shoulders, showed tonight that the captains armband doesn't belong on his arm. Wonder how he'll bounce back from this...+1 generally.
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Agree with what you said Corny, Ohhhh Tommy, Tommy changed the game for us. Gio seems like he's trying to get into the team by obeying orders and not taking players on. He needs to be given a role in the hole. 442 is maybe not going to cut it in the CL. First 30 mins was like watching England v Germany.
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I think it's fair to say that Dawson and Bassong are not a Champion's league pairing. Daws made a similar mistake to that which he made against Hungary, and that cost us a goal. Bassong made up for it with his goal. I think Ledley will be used sparingly at Stoke so he is fit for next week. Where's Woodgate when you need him? Palacios (sgt Wilson) is becoming a bit of a liability with his stray passes, but Superpav again showed why he should get more gametime. I would have started with Keane and Pav. Still, I think we may have done enough to get through, Young Boys couldn't keep up their intensity for the whole game. Was Modric injured?
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Tottehnham fans are being very quiet about The Young Boys game.
You often find that with Spurs fans, especially in the pubs near me, until they score that is, then they all come out the woodworkWhereas, if Liverpool were in the CL tonight, the streets would be ringing with the dulcet tones of 'you'll never walk alone' by now.
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Are Cardiff actually going to bankrupt themselves in grabbing bellamy or are city going to pay most of his wages while he's there, and what happens if cardiff don't go up this season, do they hand him back... As I'm pretty sure City wouldn't want him back..
Cardiff are only contributing between 4 and 6k a week. City are paying the rest, presumably to stop him going to a 'rival' club. It's all getting a bit silly. City have started stockpiling players.
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@ fourteen, you dug yourself a bit of a hole there. Spurs fans can hardly start mocking other teams' trophy cabinets, particularly those of Liverpool and Arsenal fans.
@ andy p, although 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in the prem is not a trophy, most fans would rather achieve this than win the FA, League or Europa cup (as long as you get into the group stage of the champions league that is). I dislike that this is the way it is, but it is. Champion's league should be a knockout competition for league winners only. Europa for the cup winners.
@ Corny, enjoy seeing Spurs run out to the CL music, I will, everything crossed it won't just be for two games.
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Thought I'd post this before Pisti does. Mikael Arteta;
‘I could have gone somewhere with Champions League football, or a club with a lot of good players, It’s a very special club.'
I have to admit there was some editing there, but to be fair, Arteta is one of the best players in the prem, I wish he was at my cockney melt club ;-)
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Why the snobbery? All good band Ts were fakes anyway, there's no way those tat shops down carnaby street were paying the bands who's 'original' T you bought back in '85.
Except Neds Atomic Dustbin and Cud, I heard those guys are all living in the Bahamas in castles on the back of those t shirts, it's all about intellectual property rights innit.
It's all about those 'worn in' The Fall tees nowadays.
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Is this happening on both sides? You've checked you're using the correct pedals for each side, I'm assuming?