Ponky

I feel the ref is only showing the cards for recklessly sliding in. I'm okay with that.

Still we can't afford to go to 10 here.

Tielemans for Rogers fair call.

Time until Duran's first yellow? Taking bets

2 hours ago, Pinebro said:

Thought the tactics was spot on first half. Spurs didn't create anything, problem was our players not being decisive with the opportunities we got.

I'm inclined to agree with this. We had several clear opportunities to score and both Bailey and Watkins seemed uncharacteristically indecisive and lacking in confidence and nothing really clicked for us.

Compare us intercepting one of their defensive passes and it fizzled out to nothing. They intercepted one of ours and it was a goal.

11 hours ago, OutByEaster? said:

Brennan Johnson is a dick

He and Maddison are a tad unlikeable 

People are being a bit harsh on Tim and Rogers I think. Yeah they struggled a bit in the first half but so did nearly every other player.

I think this sort of performance is partly on the players but it's too much of a pattern now to not be heavily influenced by what Emery wants from them. I suspect it might just not be quite translating into the quality of the output.

They never really looked like bothering us with Marlon Harewood 2.0 up front. It wasn't until Akpom came on that I thought we looked vulnerable.

Gave Martinez motm. Can't have been easy dealing with a crowd keen to remind him they haven't forgotten about the world cup

Absolute lottery with this ref

Why no yellow for Gobbey grabbing the ball?

That should be his second. Suck shit.

Disgusting bit of cheating there

That's miles worse than Zaniolo 

It's like we're waiting to see which team is going to shit the bed first playing it out from the back

Looking much more balanced this half

Just now, WooJung said:

Tim feels a bit absent

He's not really making space to receive the ball

Konsa was really pushing his luck grabbing the ball again there

Fabulous stuff again from Phil, but please can we lose the wanky celebration?

That was a pathetic flop from Rashford

One of the more concerning things for me was a few minutes after the Morris goal we almost conceded again from an almost identical set piece 

McGinn channeling his inner Bailey there

And that's why you have Bailey on corners, not McGinn

Has been very solid for us but I'd still have Mings in the team any day of the week, and that's effectively who he's filling in for here. 

In his favour is he is very good on the ball and decent in the air - probably better in the air than both Torres and Lenglet.

His main problem is he's just a bit on the slow side.

He did a pretty good job overall. 

My favourite bits are where he's so tricky he even wrong foots himself and slips, but then recovers his footing and does something ridiculous and you're left wondering whether the slipping was actually an intentional part of the manoeuvre.

3 hours ago, HKP90 said:

He's been excellent for me after a tricky start. I think Unai knows just how to play to his strengths now. He can be the creative key to unlock stubborn defences. He's quality.

He's still having the odd off game but for me I think I agree he's starting to understand what Emery wants from him and the importance of his versatility.

Even when he's having a quiet game he's still capable of producing a moment of skill that unlocks something for us.