But Martinelli and Madueke make the bench. Not a surprise as they trained once before Sunderland.
Hopefully this is the start of some better luck.....
Michael Oliver, do your worst :-(
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But Martinelli and Madueke make the bench. Not a surprise as they trained once before Sunderland.
Hopefully this is the start of some better luck.....
Michael Oliver, do your worst :-(
He ref?s 4 games of ours last season, 2 wins and 2 draws, and given that they are likely to have been strong opponents that sounds reasonable, PeterQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
And 2 red cards. So we have a 50% chance of a sending off and 50% chance of drawing.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Based on your very small sample size :-)
More importantly, Spurs look much more committed and better organised than I have seen them for some time :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
More defensive but I'm not sure it is really working. We are playing well and they are surrendering so much ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Ooh, we've scored:-)
And again :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Who was it questioning Eze? :hehe:
Ooh, we've scored again :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Spurs will switch to back four second half. This game will get tougher.
Very good first half.
I'm so glad we don't switch to back five for games. I think it is really difficult to switch between the two. This has been a disaster for spurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Excellent. I like the fact that VAR seemed to go for an early half-time pint there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Not that much harder :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Early doors, Wes. Long way to go here....Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Does Timber ever lose a 1v1?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Quite the half from him
That aged well, thankfully.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Pains me to say it but thought the officials all had a good game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
MO held back on the cards, for both sides. Kept it flowing most of the time. He had a public 'quiet word' with Spurs captain in the first half about the obvious delaying tactics. And when he found himself in Leo's way at one point he went to him after and had a quick almost handshake. I was fully expecting a red card ahead of Chelsea. A lesser ref could easily have given one to Declan.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Very surprised second goal wasn't VAR checked, we had three players in an offside position all near the 'keeper.
None in line of sight though. Even Vicario didn't moan about it after the match.....they have bigger problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjlincs
As soon as we scored they completely fell apart, defensively.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Shame :-)
Peter's paranoia aside, he's one of the better ones around, even if we did get a couple of dodgy decisions from him last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
He really, really isnt, and it isnt just last season. The guy is a grade A ****. That ridiculous game against City a few years back where he let Rodri kick everything that moved and then sent off Gabriel for a swear word and a minor foul.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
The double yellow card for Martinelli......
He's got more form than Norman Stanley Fletcher....
I tend to agree with you but he's no Anthony Taylor. Most overrated ref of all timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The best way to judge a referee is to watch him in a game you don't give a toss about. And when I watch Oliver in those games he seems to be one of the better refs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The Martinelli sending off was madness but even the good ones make the odd mistake.
And as PRSB says, he was good yesterday, I barely noticed the officials.