Spuds v Everton

Blue gazza wrote:i'm here guys, 6-4 everton, a very nervy late flurry from us,

The speed of Spurs attack vs Everton's defence is like watching Usain Bolt run at Danny DeVito.

Andrew

hairy cataract wrote:On form, and with the fixtures to come, we're as good as down.  I can't fucking believe this.

I have to be honest, I'm not sure I can drag myself up to Goodison again at the weekend, especially as the trains are fucked next Sunday so it will be a three and a half hour journey back to Euston. And the Thursday fixture against the Barcodes doesn't appeal either - they're going to thrash us.  Finally, do I renew my season ticket for next season?  I do love my trips up to Liverpool, but to see us trying to kick our way out of the Championship, with no dosh to spend because all our sponsors have walked..... I dunno.

Admittedly, I'm still getting over the covids tonight, but I am very very very miserable.  

Any chance of a group hug?

hairy cataract wrote:On form, and with the fixtures to come, we're as good as down.  I can't fucking believe this.

I have to be honest, I'm not sure I can drag myself up to Goodison again at the weekend, especially as the trains are fucked next Sunday so it will be a three and a half hour journey back to Euston. And the Thursday fixture against the Barcodes doesn't appeal either - they're going to thrash us.  Finally, do I renew my season ticket for next season?  I do love my trips up to Liverpool, but to see us trying to kick our way out of the Championship, with no dosh to spend because all our sponsors have walked..... I dunno.

Admittedly, I'm still getting over the covids tonight, but I am very very very miserable.  

Any chance of a group hug?

Da Judge wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:On form, and with the fixtures to come, we're as good as down.  I can't fucking believe this.

I have to be honest, I'm not sure I can drag myself up to Goodison again at the weekend, especially as the trains are fucked next Sunday so it will be a three and a half hour journey back to Euston. And the Thursday fixture against the Barcodes doesn't appeal either - they're going to thrash us.  Finally, do I renew my season ticket for next season?  I do love my trips up to Liverpool, but to see us trying to kick our way out of the Championship, with no dosh to spend because all our sponsors have walked..... I dunno.

Admittedly, I'm still getting over the covids tonight, but I am very very very miserable.  

Any chance of a group hug?

I can see why you have the sensation, but I look at the Leeds/Burnley/Brentford and Watford/Norwich matches and still think we can be OK

Armchair wrote:I'm clinging on to the hope that Lamps has improved things a little since he got here. We've had some bad performances, but also some decent ones too - Brentford, Leeds, City (albeit we lost). We are inconsistent, but at least that is better than under Rafa, when we were bad every game.

hairy cataract wrote:

Armchair wrote:I'm clinging on to the hope that Lamps has improved things a little since he got here. We've had some bad performances, but also some decent ones too - Brentford, Leeds, City (albeit we lost). We are inconsistent, but at least that is better than under Rafa, when we were bad every game.

True, but Lampard has shown himself to be tactically incompetent, playing the way we did last night.  He must have been the only man in the stadium - from either side - who thought playing a high line against this Spurs side, with our defenders, was a good idea.  Does he not watch any football?  Not even MOTD occasionally?  My Spurs mate was almost embarrassed by the way the game went - he was so shocked at how Lampard had us set up.  

I love Frank, but two things concern me. Firstly, its taken him half a dozen matches to work out what anyone of us could have told him about our squad on Day One (and what Big Dunc should have told him on Minute One), and secondly that he hasn't got the experience to set up a team based on their strengths and the attributes of the opposition, rather than how he wants a Frank Lampard team to look.

Having said that, I can't blame Lampard for the squad he's inherited.  Who the fuck was in charge of our transfer business when we sold Digne and bought two useless full backs?

Goodison_Gringo wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:

Armchair wrote:I'm clinging on to the hope that Lamps has improved things a little since he got here. We've had some bad performances, but also some decent ones too - Brentford, Leeds, City (albeit we lost). We are inconsistent, but at least that is better than under Rafa, when we were bad every game.

True, but Lampard has shown himself to be tactically incompetent, playing the way we did last night.  He must have been the only man in the stadium - from either side - who thought playing a high line against this Spurs side, with our defenders, was a good idea.  Does he not watch any football?  Not even MOTD occasionally?  My Spurs mate was almost embarrassed by the way the game went - he was so shocked at how Lampard had us set up.  

I love Frank, but two things concern me. Firstly, its taken him half a dozen matches to work out what anyone of us could have told him about our squad on Day One (and what Big Dunc should have told him on Minute One), and secondly that he hasn't got the experience to set up a team based on their strengths and the attributes of the opposition, rather than how he wants a Frank Lampard team to look.

Having said that, I can't blame Lampard for the squad he's inherited.  Who the fuck was in charge of our transfer business when we sold Digne and bought two useless full backs?

On the plus side, you'd hope that last night's performance opened his eyes to the blaringly obvious. If he hasn't learnt anything from it, then we are down.

You'd think that he should be setting up to take a point from all our remaining away games, while continuing to adapt tactics to the opposition for home games, where we have looked a lot better at least.