Premier League 25/26

MrOneLung said:

my 12 year old is a Hammers fan as per his mum's side of of the family

taking him West Ham v Burnley on Saturday, felt a little bit sick buying the tickets

MarcusH26 said:

Probably doesn't belong in here but there's no Champions League thread I can find.

Micky Van De Ven with one of the most outrageous goals I think I've ever seen for Spurs tonight. He's run what 80 yards and finished it like a prime striker.  

https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1985820787228430770

JohnBoyUK said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

JohnBoyUK said:

lordromford said:

Jesus. Spurs are really bad.

cant actually remember a worse performance from a Spurs side than that under any manager.

Admittedly i didn't see it but it surely wasn't as bad as that Newcastle defeat when you were 5-0 down after about 20 minutes?

That cup game at Tamworth when you needed extra time to score against them was pretty dire too.

For clarification, At home I'm talking about (but fair point, them two performances were well up there!)

I've tried to write something here about 3-4 times and deleted it because it turns in a complete rant, I dont even know where to start.

Plus points: Kudus, Sarr, Vicario, Set Pieces

Negative points:  Lack of attacking moments, no patterns of play, no balance in midfield (Sarr & Bergvall give us something different yet get sacrificed for two 6s at home), no natural width on the left with Udogie out of the side or no decent PL standard left wing option (say Hi Odobert and Tel), no creativity (no Maddison/Kulusevski and Xavi Simmons looks like a poor mans Steven Bergwyn and way out of his depth!), no fit and decent centre forward (Solanke injured, Richarlison reverting to Prime Richarlison, Kolo Muani looks shocked to be at Spurs)...

I've not got an issue with how he sets us up going away, it works and it has been working reasonably well but we need to see a massive improvement at home.

stoneroses19 said:

JohnBoyUK said:

JohnBoyUK said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

JohnBoyUK said:

lordromford said:

Jesus. Spurs are really bad.

cant actually remember a worse performance from a Spurs side than that under any manager.

Admittedly i didn't see it but it surely wasn't as bad as that Newcastle defeat when you were 5-0 down after about 20 minutes?

That cup game at Tamworth when you needed extra time to score against them was pretty dire too.

For clarification, At home I'm talking about (but fair point, them two performances were well up there!)

I've tried to write something here about 3-4 times and deleted it because it turns in a complete rant, I dont even know where to start.

Plus points: Kudus, Sarr, Vicario, Set Pieces

Negative points:  Lack of attacking moments, no patterns of play, no balance in midfield (Sarr & Bergvall give us something different yet get sacrificed for two 6s at home), no natural width on the left with Udogie out of the side or no decent PL standard left wing option (say Hi Odobert and Tel), no creativity (no Maddison/Kulusevski and Xavi Simmons looks like a poor mans Steven Bergwyn and way out of his depth!), no fit and decent centre forward (Solanke injured, Richarlison reverting to Prime Richarlison, Kolo Muani looks shocked to be at Spurs)...

I've not got an issue with how he sets us up going away, it works and it has been working reasonably well but we need to see a massive improvement at home.

Granted the opposition were poor in my opinion but we're a totally different side when Udogie gives us width on the left and there's some legs in midfield with Sarr.

Best we've played all season by a country mile last night, Frank must have given them a rocket up their behinds after Saturday.

As for vdV, bloody ridiculous.  Even more ridiculous was the sending off of Johnson. The game is gone if that is a red.

From the extended highlights, Kolo Muani had enough good chances for a hattrick. Doesn't look anywhere near Premier League / Champions League quality.