The time is nigh

Gentlemen

BMJ has taken us a long way, but it really seems that the board were one step ahead of the fans. We have only beaten Derby. Derby. FFS. After 6 games.

BMJ had this to say (on the BBC after the game)

Tottenham manager Martin Jol:
"We should have killed them off but we didn't take our chances.

"We should have scored to go 2-0 up and then conceded from a set-piece but at 1-1 we had a good opportunity and then at 2-1 down we had two good chances.

"We took the game to them and created chances. But they were clinical and that was the difference."

Frankly, this isn't good enough. It was clear going into half-time that we would lose if we carried on in the same vein. How can we be 1-0 up at home and look at risk? 'Should have' is an excuse, a mid-table team's comment, a placebo from a team who'll settle for second best. Lennon wasn't fit, but there were no guts to play Taraabt. Bent was so obviously needed to give us pace and an outlet, but we waited til going behind to throw him on and try and salvage something. Top managers anticipate, pre-empt, analyse and act. They don't attempt to put out fires. They see the cigarette curling in the litter and do something about it.

Please forgive the poetry, but I am so dissappointed in the predictable nature of this loss. Not the score, but the way in which we lacked the conviction, tactics, attacking instinct, ruthlessness, bottle and guile to hold onto a lead.

100% agree. I was shocked at Jol post match comments. Please shut the door on your way out.

I'm still puzzled how you got back before us James !

Maybe his wife wrote it? I agree with some of that, but you can't legislate for your top three strikers ALL missing gilt-edged opportunities.

I accept the point about the strikers.

However it was an unconvincing performance. How on earth did we go in at half time with a 1-0 lead ?

Plays Lennon on the left again. Perhaps it was too late anyway and Lennon's first game back to make much of a difference - but it shows he still hasn't learnt from his mistakes. Lennon is in effective on the left.

And is it me or do we always sit back and let teams have loads of space? If you let someone as good as Fabregas a couple of seconds on the ball he will cause damage. I don't think we can afford to have two 'ball players' like Hudd and JJ in the midfield. We need someone to mix it up and the whole team to FRICKKIN WAKE UP!!!!!!

We said at the start of the season its a huge risk relying on JJ, Hudd and Zokora.

Oh dear....

GDG - fair enough about the strikers. And what about the Berba chance where instead of sliding it home into an open net, he took on the last man (as we re-enacted in the pub!)

Benny - completely agree that Fabregas had far too much space and the need for a Davids (Tainio?) to stop him playing.

Number 10 wrote:

GDG - fair enough about the strikers. And what about the Berba chance where instead of sliding it home into an open net, he took on the last man (as we re-enacted in the pub!)

Benny - completely agree that Fabregas had far too much space and the need for a Davids (Tainio?) to stop him playing.

... I'd play The Prince + 1 in CM against the Cypriots on Thurs and see...