Tottenham Hotspur @ Chelsea FC, 8 Mar 2014, Barclays Premier League [R]

Calling it soft suggests there was contact that warranted any kind of judgement. It wasn't even that.

 

Wow Tim's post match interview was very telling. I guess it's time to go out and get winners into this club rather then just trying to make a profit. We are more of a business then a football club it is seeming. I would love to know which players could care less.

We played great in the first half and I blame the players for letting the supporters down with this loss. They gave up and personally I'm finding it really frustrating how these players are acting at the moment. Disgusting. We made Chelski look pedestrian in the first and I really thought we had a chance, but once I saw the huge mess up by a man who might very well be off by his own admission I just fast forwarded the game and started to see that score rise. Top 4 isn't happening this year and maybe not for a while if things internally at the club aren't sorted. There is absolutely no stability and no guideline for success here and the little we had under Redknapp was short lived.

 

1:20 "theres a few I can count on, and a few I wouldn't"

 

I cant think of any manager who went to the media to attack players (and not take any of the blame himself) who didnt lose the dressing room.

 

sorry guys not trying to start anything or troll, but Tim has now got more defeats with less games played than AVB

 

that young shit of a referee helped it along.

 

Can't be too hard on Tim for his post-match comments. He knows he's a dead coach walking and I believe he told it like he sees it. Is he a good PL manager? No, but I think he might have a good handle on some of the personalities on the team, and he just let it fly. What's he got to lose?

Michael Oliver, your age showed...just in case you're reading the board.

 

Doubt Sherwood was talking about Ade given he brought him back from the youth team and Ade responded brilliantly. Ade just seems like a good guy who gets along with everyone.

 

after Liverpool, Man City, and then this one, I think Sherwood may have a point about the character of the squad

 

Bottom line things are confusing internally. What coach would come here with this kind of situation. AVB wanted certain players and never got them and instead got good players, but not the players he wanted to use in his system. I'm not defending him I'm just stating that the coach carousal at the club is preventing managers who are coming in from really doing anything worthwhile if they aren't given time. If you look at Harry's CL team we had at least 4 world class players. That helps in getting to Top 4. Yes, we can blame Tim and say he is inexperienced, but bottom line is the team that is currently put together is poorly put together by a director of football that was obviously not on the same page as AVB.

Forget about prestige in the next manager we get I want there to be a solid understanding between DOF and Manager to get players in the club and have the appropriate backroom staff to take us forward. Once that happens we will start to see benefits. When Harry was able to go out and get players in of his own accord look what happened. We became really good. Now not so much.

I'm a firm believer in having a good infrastructure that allows for a professional team to go forward. Look at my beloved Knicks. Shit hierarchy=no success on the court. I can't even remember the last time we won a title and it has been at least two decades since we have been in a finals. Get the behind the scenes sorted and the on field success will come.

Bringing in Van Gaal sounds good in theory, but I'm sure he will clash with Levy and co and if that happens will there be problems in building his kind of team? Will we be able to finance another restructure of the squad for a highly touted manager who will want to put his stamp on things from day one. Guaranteed, if Tim is saying there are some weak characters in the dressing room Van Gaal will want to put an end to that asap as he is a perfectionist and obviously doesn't deal with BS.

I believe Colm!

 

Meh... Still got Europa League to be positive about (for now). Expectations for this season are depressingly low that way even a 5th or 6th finish will not seem so bad. Don't worry I'm sure Levy is working very hard on his abacus this very moment to remedy the situation.

 

This is what worries me the most.

 

i agree he had a bad game, but we probably could have been down to 10 men within one minute, so that kind of evened out.

The reality is their back 4 made 0 mistakes - our defense made 6 and we got burned on 4.

 

losing both CBs in the same match will seriously hurt any team, let alone that one of them is thru a red card.

but its still inexcusable how many 4+ goal losses Spurs have had this season.

 

Even if that happens is the policy within the club to get players that have resellability rather then getting players in regardless of age in the club to win trophy's and be a constant in the top 4. At the moment it seems we are strictly of the business mindset.

 

not necessarily - soldado doesn't fit in that mold

 

hey guys,

I'm a spurs fan from the US and I'm planning on coming to London for the game vs Arsenal (it's during my spring break). I went on Stubhub to buy tickets and it said I need to be a One Hotspur member to collect the tickets?

"You can buy tickets to this match only if you're a One Hotspur member, who was a full member by 20 January 2014. The One Hotspur Member, with a valid membership card will be the only person authorised to collect your order. You must be a Tottenham Hotspur supporter to use these tickets.
Tottenham Hotspur reserves the right to deny access to anyone suspected of being a supporter of the opposition"

How would you suggest I obtain tickets?

Thanks guys!