Can we stop putting lipstick on a pig please? Dempsey doesn't look good at all... As usual. He looks plain old bad.
Oddly enough, however, he seems to look good enough in the eyes of the guy currently coaching a top ten, with some small chance of going top 3, EPL team. How long it lasts, no one can know, but as long as AVB thinks an oinking Dempsey looks good wearing Striker Scarlett, what the heck.
I saw the same thing. Dempsey had an ok first half, even if he really wasn't able to get into the game much. Bale, on the other hand, has lost the ball all over the place. But you would never know it judging from the Defoe fanboy lunkheads over at the official Tottenham FC forums: http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/mat...-manchester-city-november-11th-2012-a-14.html
Dempsey's teammates don't pass to him when he's in scoring position. A spurs player had a great run with the ball to the left of the goal, and Dempsey ran up the middle and beat his man, but instead of passing to him, his teammate shot what amounted to nothing more than an o.k. chance. It's been like that since the beginning of the season and things have deteriorated since. It's a decent game, and I always want Citeh to lose, so I'm not that upset that I woke up at 5:30am to watch this, but give our boy a chance.
Spurs should seriously consider relocating permenantly to Manchester - they seem to play pretty well when they go there...
It's not lipstick. I'm afraid if they guy isn't dribbling all over the place, taking shots, and scoring goals some of you see it as useless. Thats fine, thats your opinion. It's not right, but you're entitled to have and keep it. By those same standards, Bale has had a bad half, yet his wide contributions and good defense get him a passing grade in my book.
Clint seems to be responsible for marking Toure right now. Doubt Defoe would be able to do that. I think we might all have to adjust our offensive expectations of him. AVB seems to be using him a bit more nuanced than we're used to at Fulham.
I'd never go to a mainstream site expecting to get knowledgeable fans. I used to be a huge American football fan. It always amazed me how little game knowledge most "huge" fans had.
You're 100% right. Defoe is being saved to come in against tired legs. He'd never be able to compete physically for 75 or 90 against a team as big and physical as City. However, his speed in place of Dempsey or Ade is going to be the best use of him.
Calling Dempsey poor I think is a little unfair. He's just kind of there. Nothing either positive or negative from my view. Spurs do have to figure out a thing or 2 with the backline.
Clint fits in perfectly at Tottenham... in that it is full of selfish players like him. Ridiculous decision to shoot from Bale with two players in the box there. Sick of him, Defoe and Dempsey making poor decisions time in time out.
That was a horrible shot and decision from Bale. He's got to do better there. Really it's the first selfish decision I've seen today. Neither he nor Lennon are getting much service into the middle where they have two proven targets. Spurs are not an easy team to watch. They look a lot like Chelsea of last year if you remember how they'd take the air out of it, or try to anyway.
Seriously. It was inch perfect off not one, but two touches not really under pressure. He and Gallas are going to cost these guys a lot of points this year.