Just now, timetowaste said:

Ecstatic with the result, I thought after the first 10/15 mins or so we came right back into the game so it would have been interesting to see how it would have panned out but that's Spurs' fault.

I understand some people are gonna be frustrated despite the win but we stuck at it and ended up beating a team the media were w**king themselves into an oblivion over. 3 point lane is back.

Even before our equalizer I thought we were starting to cause Spurs a lot of problems, after looking a mess the first 15 mins. Red cards don't always make things easier for the team with the extra player, and we certainly weren't comfortable for a lot of the second half.

Ultimately though it could have been 2-2 or 7/8-1 bizarrely. Vicario made some great saves.

2 minutes ago, Snedger said:

...

But, has a striker ever before scored a hat-trick whilst also managing to look like one of the worst players on the pitch?

Yeah... maybe he needs confidence but his play today was awful... the misses... the positions he takes up and the positions he fails to take up... the way he hangs around in an offside position... but really in the end it's just his inability to read the game...

Having said all that he did score 3 today so well done Jackson 😁

Maybe this will kick start his season.

 

1 minute ago, Bebe1980 said:

Yeah... maybe he needs confidence but his play today was awful... the misses... the positions he takes up and the positions he fails to take up... the way he hangs around in an offside position... but really in the end it's just his inability to read the game...

Having said all that he did score 3 today so well done Jackson 😁

Maybe this will kick start his season.

 

He also had the ball in the net twice more when he wasn't the one offside and his early chance was well saved and was a good effort. Plus he kept his head up, kept going etc. He has had some average games but no way was this one of them.

12 minutes ago, True Blue23 said:

Didn't catch much of the first half but why did Enzo go off? Against that high line his long balls are a lethal weapon. And in the 10 minutes I watched of the first half he played two good passes.

Also what about Colwill? Injured or beacause of the yellow card?

To be fair, I think Poch made the right changes everywhere except maybe the Ugochukwu one.

Apart from Colvill failing to check his emotions ( we really needed that numerical advantage to be preserved), he was a bit suspect with his positioning and decision making when we were defending. He did play some lovely balls through though.

Enzo and James were unusually lethargic in my opinion. For someone that's been out for so long and captain of the side I didn't think James was agressive or purposeful enough.

8 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

we were a bit lucky with the Dier offside goal - had that stood we could easily have gone on to lose that game 

Was as much of an offside as every one of the three we had chalked off 🙂

8 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Relieved is what I am going with. It's Tottenham though, and we don't win much these days, so I am going to ride this high until the game against City.

I use this phrase relative these days but I feel reasonably confident we could do something against City given the space they leave on the counter.

Newcastle away on the other hand.....

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by Argo

Bizarre game but a win's a win. Bring on City 

Huge win and 3 points in a crazy game, Spurs got everything they deserved for being thuggish. I found it quite disturbing some commentator said the referee could have let the game go a bit after Romero's challenge. They thought the got away with it with Caicedo's goal, which was exactly the same goal they scored against us last season at the Bridge, serve them right VAR detected the kick and the penalty. I don't think we managed the goal well at all after 2:1, Son could have finished the chance and we'd have a 2:2 feeling like a lose. I have never seen 11 players so timid against 9 in EPL game. Fortunately, that Son miss took it out of them and we scored 2 tap ins. Good for Jackosn, but could have been so different if Son scored, I don't see us cracking them in the last 7 minutes if they just defend.

8 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Even before our equalizer I thought we were starting to cause Spurs a lot of problems, after looking a mess the first 15 mins. Red cards don't always make things easier for the team with the extra player, and we certainly weren't comfortable for a lot of the second half.

Ultimately though it could have been 2-2 or 7/8-1 bizarrely. Vicario made some great saves.

Agreed. Most frustrating part. Apart from our appalling start we were by far the better team until they imploded and somehow became the brave heroes.

This VAR bollox is the death of the game I grew up watching as well. All of those decisions were borderline. The game I grew up watched probably ends up 7-4 to us and we'd be talking about the football for years not the sendings off and bloody 22 minutes of overtime waiting on VAR

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by WhiteWall

1 minute ago, Argo said:

I use this phrase relative these days but I feel reasonably confident we could do something against City given the space they leave on the counter.

Newcastle away on the other hand.....

Agreed. I’d rather bet on getting anything away at City than at St. James. Hate us playing there.

Everybody is calling Tottenham brave, that wasn't brave, it was madness. Do that against Liverpool, City, Newcastle or most teams in the league and they concede 9. 

If they had done a bit of research on us, they would have known how sh*t we are against teams that defend. They could have sat off us and used Son on the counter and done us. Oh well, that's Tottenham for you.

1 minute ago, abister1 said:

Enzo and James were unusually lethargic in my opinion. For someone that's been out for so long and captain of the side I didn't think James was agressive or purposeful enough.

I can live with that if it means we keep James on the pitch for the remainder of the season...

Enzo... someone else said it - maybe he's our new Jorginho or maybe he's wants to be playing Champions League Football.

3 minutes ago, BewareoftheDrog said:

Bizarre game but a win's a win. Bring on City 

Yeah... if we can get them down to 5 we'll be in with a chance.

5 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Everybody is calling Tottenham brave, that wasn't brave, it was madness. Do that against Liverpool, City, Newcastle or most teams in the league and they concede 9. 

If they had done a bit of research on us, they would have known how sh*t we are against teams that defend. They could have sat off us and used Son on the counter and done us. Oh well, that's Tottenham for you.

Yup. That's what I thought they'd do... thanks Ange

Just reading his post match comments sounds like he was very proud...  "The boys gave everything..." hahahaha

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by Bebe1980

Mental game, thought we were pretty rubbish given the circumstances but a wins a win, 3 point lane normal service resumed.

Not often going to concede this to a spud but fair play to Postecoglu.  Poisonous fking sky reporters baiting him as much as possible and he was bang on. 

I liked this guy anyway but kudos to the guy in that interview. 

Naive tactics in the second half but a rare honest guy.

2 minutes ago, Bebe1980 said:

Yeah... if we can get them down to 5 we'll be in with a chance.

Tactics. Score one goal then get Haaland Foden Silva Alverez Walker Stones and Ederson sent off. Match abandoned.

They were infuriating for much of the night, but these young players finally got that big win, even if it was against 9 men. They have played better against the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal and not got the win, they have to use this to boost themselves. They can't keep looking like frightened kids out there. 

5 minutes ago, BewareoftheDrog said:

Tactics. Score one goal then get Haaland Foden Silva Alverez Walker Stones and Ederson sent off. Match abandoned.

Unfortunately I can't see Pep telling the remaining players to all stand on the halfway line with clear open space behind them and try make everything a foot race with balls over the top. That's not a viable tactic, it's just nuts.

And Postecoglu can say whatever he wants in his post-match interview. It was still nuts.

 

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by just

My head's just about stopped buzzing now so til Sunday KTBFFH

Another game, another Chelsea striker with a hat trick against the Spuds.

Perfect match for Enzo with Spurs crazy high line  but he blew. it He has looked nothing like a top player and if we had any depth in the squad he would be on the bench, very worrying considering we broke records to get this guy he looks so average

2 minutes ago, Munkunku said:

Another game, another Chelsea striker with a hat trick against the Spuds.

Who was the last one?

 

9 minutes ago, BewareoftheDrog said:

Who was the last one?

I can only think back to Jimmy. Didier or Diego get one?