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It's all fun, Arsenal just don't have a proper top class forward, and they do seem a bit shot shy as well from the others in the team. Add that to the problem they have at left back, where they're either trying to get a player who isn't that defensive minded (Zinchenko) or a right back with no real left foot (Tomiyasu), they'll get hunted down that side by the big teams.
The leagues there for a few teams, Man City are prone to lapses as well, they just have such a formidable set up, that three or four centre backs in defence is starting to look pretty good these days, but then again those centre backs are good with the ball, so can cover defensive midfield as well.
Probably gonna be the kiss of death, but if you’re not watching Spurs v Chelsea then you’re missing a cracker.
RM.
Could do without Gary Neville, someone take away his soapbox and try and get him to just commentate on the game.
Johndoh will be repulsed by this!
Thats both Spurs centre half’s out for a few weeks…..
Missed the first half, so I hope the second is equally as bonkers!
As a Chelsea supporter. What are Spurs doing playing such a high line- on the halfway line when they only have 10 men? Bonkers
I don’t mind - aggression being punished with a sending off. Seems fair to me, that’s how it works (or at least should work).
What was I saying about aggression and passion and the battle of stamford bridge? Why do spurs get so dragged in!? Oh dear, this is bad.... much worse than just 3 points. Vdv out hamstring, madders or ankle, cuti .... being cuti ie stupid and now suspended....I reckon others won't make the end yet.
Fair enough johndoh. Although Udogie should have gone too.
Err..cough.
Imagine the score if Chelsea had anyone up front who could actually hit a barn door with a shovel
The dog got to 4 yellow and just waiting for 1 more for a suspension then gets a suspension for 2 yellow=red which doesn't reset the 4 yellow.... neck m back 2 games and repeat..... great talent.... like cuti, but 'kin hell, you need to be on the pitch more.
No thanks binners.
Sorry Neil. Wonder if even Jackson will score?! Spurs made heavy weather against Liverpool with 9 men, but they’ve even longer to survive here. Vicario is great eh?
C***t! It's this really the best game to continue bentancur 's return following acl reconstruction?
Skippy I just....I am lost for words..... like we are lost for players.
Chelsea are bottling it
How can you spend a billion quid and not have anyone who can finish?
I also can’t understand why Chelsea keep running offside. Surely they could just stand in their own half with Spurs playing so high.
I think postecoglou needs to learn high lines have a time and a place.
5 Offside goals, 2 sendings off, a few long term injuries - this is the maddest game I've seen for years.
Battle of Stamford Bridge took place on 25 September 1066.
It has sweet FA to do with 22 over-paid prima donnas kicking an inflated pigs bladder around on a piece of manicured grass in London.
I hate Spurs obvs. But you have to hand it to them. A really aggressive, confident performance. I don’t think this game is doing anything for Chelsea’s self belief whatsoever.
Entertainment no doubt. Although tnt injuries and suspensions have brought the fairytale 'we can dream' ride to an end now. Still....2 more transfer windows before next season and we can look to improve
Battle of Stamford Bridge took place on 25 September 1066.
It has sweet FA to do with 22 over-paid prima donnas kicking an inflated pigs bladder around on a piece of manicured grass in London.
Well that's literally your opinion.
I know Frank, but a game of football that sealed Leicester winning the prem got the nickname.
What I meant was: Nicholas Jackson. What a goal scoring machine 😕
Well that was amusing 😳
Battle of Stamford Bridge took place on 25 September 1066.
It has sweet FA to do with 22 over-paid prima donnas kicking an inflated pigs bladder around on a piece of manicured grass in London.
Was it on Sky Sports?
No, BBC 2.
Not an opinion; it is, literally, a fact.
Not an opinion; it is, literally, a fact.
Woosh.
Woosh.
A failed attempt at 'humour'.
Oh, your spelling is piss poor - whoosh.
If you have anything meaningful to say, don't hesitate to post - I really can't wait; yawn.
A failed attempt at ‘humour’.
Oh, your spelling is piss poor – whoosh.
If you have anything meaningful to say, don’t hesitate to post – I really can’t wait; yawn.
There's really no need to be so unpleasant. For the record, Chelsea's ground name being the same as the place in Yorkshire is purely coincidental, and figuratively, a tough game between rivals is often described as a battle. So your comment about "sweet FA" was incorrect, unless you're dull enough to insist that language must be purely literal.
Anyway, back to the football. Commentary suggested that Spurs took plenty from it despite the defeat, but I disagree. They lost four key players to injury or suspension, and I don't think their squad is deep enough to cope. Time will tell.
That high line was suicidal. A squad with some in form strikers would have run rampant through that and maybe got into double figures
Before Christmas a number of teams seem to be in with a chance, after Chrimbo Man City win it.
I went tonight (not a Spurs fan but never liked Chelsea). It was a nutty and very enjoyable night and Spurs did themselves proud. That stadium is something else…
Spurs did themselves proud
🤣
Really? Here’s another one 😂
Missed a lot of this but one thing that needs correction. Eddie Howe has not made Newcastle into a tough, niggly, just about the right side of the line side, where every man has his mate's back like you need to have to be competitive, and to say he has is very unfair.
Jason Tindall deserves the credit for that.
I admire Spurs for continuing to make the second half a great watch. I certainly didn't expect to it be especially after the second red. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I'm not sure I understand the praise being heaped on them. To continue to defend as they did when they were down to 9 men and at that moment they were still at 1-1 so not like they needed to chase the game. Getting a point out of that would have been a moral victory, getting beat 4-1 is definitely not.
but I’m not sure I understand the praise being heaped on them
If any other side had played that ridiculous high line with 9 or 10 men then we'd be reading about schoolboy naivety, but because of the hype around Postecoglou instead it's brave and gritty. The stupid thing is that Chelsea's front line were so profligate that had they simply parked the bus around the penalty area Chelsea wouldn't have won.
^That!
Jason Tindall deserves the credit for that.
Lol'd.
Maybe it's Howe who is the one responsible for the 2nd best GD in the Prem then? I find all that talk about grit a bit patronising. We've play some of the best football I've seen at the Toon - including when I had a season ticket in the Keegan years.
I see Arteta is still rattling on about the injustice of it all like some toddler who's had his sweets taken off him. He's not doing himself or Arsenal any favours with his incessant whining. Can't see many 50/50 on-field calls going their way any time soon.
That high line was suicidal. A squad with some in form strikers would have run rampant through that and maybe got into double figures
Thankfully Postecoglou was well aware of Chelsea's capabilities. I detest Chelsea and aren't a massive fan of Spurs but thought Spurs were superb/Chelsea laughably poor. If only Dier had stayed a foot onside for that "goal" at the end. The 2 late Jackson goals (jeez, how bad is he?) made the scoreline a total non-reflection on the actual game.
Romero is an absolute loose cannon isn't he? Whenever I watch Spurs he does something mental...
Arteta just needs to stop with the complaining, he's making no favours for himself, that goal was allowed simply because VAR couldn't provide conclusive proof otherwise, that's not robbery, it's just the lack of camera coverage.
Think Arteta needs to work out why he's messing about with his team so much that they barely had a shot at goal at the weekend, and how they can win against the big 4 or 5 clubs, all good and well rolling over the smaller teams, but Arteta doesn't seem to do that well against the big boys.