Re: JOEL IS AN UNCREATIVE HYPOCRITICAL RACIST TYRANT. also fitba and uk babes talk
Norwich 1-1 Swansea
I would be
lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit disappointed with our result today. A draw at home against a Swansea side that were playing their third game in seven days and had been travelling across Europe midweek is a tad underwhelming. Particularly annoyed that we didn’t try to turn the screw in the last hour hour when they were clearly knackered.
Vorm got booked for time wasting around the hour mark, which says it all…
Bassong is so out of form this season that it’s hard to believe that he’s the same player that easily won our POTs last season. Being out muscled and turned by tiny
Nathan Dyer from a long ball should never happen to any centre half.
Ruddy rushed out too quickly for my liking too. We never look like conceding lots of chances against the bottom half sides, but we have a few in the side who are prone to a few monumental fuck ups every season, today was no exception.
We really struggled to get into the game for the first half hour with Swansea dominating possession, as you would expect, but thankfully a lot of their play was in front of our defence and they rarely threatened in behind. It would be fair to say that the momentum shifted when Dyer went off with a rough looking leg injury, without him on the pitch Swansea lost a lot of width and it was far easier for us to condense their play, despite their continued domination of the ball. This lead to
Fer and Howson winning more loose balls in clustered midfield area, meaning that we had the ability to break forward on the counter with more regularity, winning corners and creating chances.
Hooper created a fantastic chance for himself when he rounded
Vorm but failed to hit the target with two Swansea defenders on the line, while
Fer had a header cleared off the line just before
Hooper scored an ABSOLUTE PEARLER from an exquisite
Elmander chest down. A much deserved equaliser after a late second half resurgence.
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Fuckern warz~! :moyes1
In the second half Swansea really started to struggle due to the toils of their European adventures. Despite still controlling the game in terms of possession, their back line and midfield looked incredibly vulnerable when without the ball. We really should have won the game with either
Turner’s free header in the box which hit the bar, or
Hooper’s close range shot that Vorm brilliantly saved low to his left hand side. Meanwhile, Swansea failed to test
Ruddy apart from with crosses which he gladly claimed every time, although their was one comedy moment involving the woeful
Bony and Gollum Shelvey. A perfect example of how possession is meaningless if you lack a quality outlet/movement in behind or someone who can dribble past defenders with ease.
Dyer’s injury certainly changed the game in that sense.
In the circumstances it wasn’t a great result, but as Hughton would say I was happy to settle for a point after last week’s undeserved smash and grab win at the Hawthorns. A point against the Mackems next week (we generally perform poorly on the road, so for us that would be a decent result, especially with Sunderland looking harder to beat under Poyet) should see us entering the new year in a decent position, one that can attract some quality players, which is the most important thing at this stage of the season.
Should AVB be sacked?
I can’t see many reasons why not.
Yes they've lost Bale, but the loss of Bale's isn't the main reason why Spurs are hemorrhaging goals at the moment. Sure he would have made opposition sides more conservative on one flank when he played on the wing, and he would have forced most sides to play two out and out cdm's when he played behind the striker, but conversely he was hardly an incredibly defensive player himself and would often leave Spurs exposed themselves when he played out wide.
Meanwhile, it's fair to say that Spurs have lost their creative spark due to the Welshman's move to Madrid, but AVB has had £100 million to spend on replacements. Lamela and Soldado, who cost over £50 million combined, have both been poor buys due to AVB's tactics and what seems to be a lack of motivation (well AVB is their manager, so that's not a surprise...). Lamela mostly played on the right for Roma, but has featured mostly on the left for Spurs. Meanwhile Soldado (although he has been a bit shit regardless) is playing in a side that doesn't create enough chances from open play, which is not really surprising considering Spurs play with such a lack of width at times. Townsend has played a lot of the games on the right and tends to cut in and shoot, while natural centre half Vertonghen and right back Naughton have played most of the games at left back. Chadli is only just starting to settle into the side and Lennon has been inconsistent since his return to the right hand side. When one of your main consistent outlets out wide is the technically inefficient and brainless Kyle Walker you're going to struggle to create chances, let alone win a race for the top four. He would be better suited to a 4x4 relay race in the Olympics, he could probably provide good width on the outside lane :side:.
Staying on the subject of shite full backs, that has obviously been a problem area for AVB this season, but HE DECIDED to loan out his best left back BAE to QPR without bringing in a suitable replacement, despite having the budget to do so. You can argue about Danny Rose being injured all day long, but he was woefully out of his depth at the start of the season and was far more suited to Sunderland's deep lying tactics under MON than he was to AVB's often insane high line (Dawson and Capoue within it at CB today, LOLOLOLOLOLOL!). As already stated, Naughton and Vertonghen aren't suitable replacements either, while on the right flank Kyle Walker is very ordinary at best outside of being a pace merchant, and is offered very little competition by Naughton who is barely premier league quality when in his correct position. All of that is AVB's doing, he had the money and options to fix the issue but hasn't.
Finally at the back you have to look at Hugo Lloris' recent form, which has dipped lower than Mozza's ma's labia. He was in excellent form before his grotesque collision with Lukaku, but AVB has managed that whole affair with far less dignity than Imogen Thomas when she was shagging Ryan Giggs. He wanted the keeper to stay on against Everton when he was clearly more fucked than a minor in Wagg's santa's grotto, and it looks like he has rushed him back too soon based on recent form, seeing as the stopper has made at least one huge clanger in every game since his return. Is Brad Friedel really viewed with that much disdain down at White Hart Lane?
The only excuse you can make for AVB is that his team needs time to gel, but in that case why buy so many players who lacked prem experience all at once? You're just making a rod for your own back by doing that. It's also fair to say that despite all of this Spurs are still in contention for a top four finish, but with increased competition this year (especially Liverpool and Everton :brodgers :martinez) they need to be closer to the top dogs.
Tl;DR: AVB is a fuckern jewk bor!
PS: I'd love to say that I copied and pasted this from Mumorn's account on glory glory, but I didn't. Much like Spur's back line, I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles :avb