15 Dec 2013 20:18:57
Enough now, we could tolerate boring football whilst we blended together but now we are in serious danger of finishing seventh or worse, no pressing play anywhere within the team, no penetration, no silky midfielder, slow to pass and now defending like a relegation team.AVB just has no system, no plan b and players who can influence a game.
pauliniho is suppressing us as an attacking force, I would put Ericksen in at 10 and stick with him for now and see if he can get the speed of the premiership after. A few games in a row
Injuries did not help but what was worse was we where poor going forward.
I could live with a defeat if we had at least gone down fighting
temp manager until the end of the season
Chadli, paulinio, capoue on the bench until they find form! Defoe not good enough to hold down a place so ship him on with a thanks for all you have done, Dawson time to go or play in Europe and cups, Lamela keep trying he must come good soon
Left back in January along with a sticker who is more than 5ft and who can hold the ball up and bring others into the game
4 4 2 at home.
Simply not good enough and time for a change.
Gutted

1.) 15 Dec 2013
Agree with most of your post, except for Capoue who IMO has been good when played in his natural midfield role and Chadli when he is fully fit will prove a good player and provide balance and competition on the left side.

A LB is a must in January.

As for AVB this needs to stand for Au revoir Villas Boas. Not sure who in but to be honest I don't think anyone could do any worse.

2.) 15 Dec 2013
We had one Benni but our manager thought we didn't need him and let him go out on loan

{Ed008's Note - Have you seen Assou-Ekotto's twitter post about the game? He shouldn't wear the Spurs shirt again if you've seen it

3.) 15 Dec 2013
I've seen the tweet. Completely disgrateful! I still belive AVB can turn this around. We have bought a lot of players and they are still settling in. Losing Bale was a big blow and we are still recovering. Once we get going and play the Spurs way we will be unstoppable. Trust me, we are going through a lot of pain and the moment but the glory will come. Just give him time. Fryers was a lot better than Naughton and expect to see him start more. Just one plus today!

{Ed008's Note - Agree Fryers was a huge improvement, Naughton should have been taken off before h/t he's just a shocking player atm probably due to confidence..

4.) 16 Dec 2013
Avb is clueless. Why not play high tempo attacking football now?!

I thought when you play with a high line such as Avb does that when you lose possesion the players are supposed to close down quickly and gain posession back. It seems that Avb doesn't know how to play the tactics he is known for!

5.) 16 Dec 2013
Mr G, Benny was a completely bloody liability who couldn't defend to save his life! We should have brought a new LB straight away!

6.) 16 Dec 2013
Problem is Rabbit, AVB doesn't play the Spurs way! Watching them play is like watching kids kick it around in the park!