posted Dec 18, 2006

Huddleson continues to impress.

He is the playmaker we were looking for. He has been getting the goals and the asists, and many of the smart passes that set up the assists.

Plus his shooting is fearsome!

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posted Dec 18, 2006

Personally, I don't think Spurs were anything special in the first half. I think City were just unbelievably poor.
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'Poor' ... that's what was said about D. Bucaresti when we beat them 3 - 1 last Thursday, and Charlton when we beat them 5 - 1 a fews days before that.

Ever considered that Spurs, when on song, have the capacity to make almost any team look poor?

In all competions Spurs have now won 14 of our last 19 games (drawn 3 and lost just 2). Would it hurt to give us a little credit?

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posted Dec 18, 2006

It was a blessing that Zokora and Jenas were injured. Huddlestone wouldn't have played if they had been fit.

I think we look a better side when Jenas doesn't play.

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posted Dec 18, 2006

Very true. It's the culture for managers to say we were poor instead of praising the oppostion and now it's become the default saying!

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posted Dec 18, 2006

Ever considered that Spurs, when on song, have the capacity to make almost any team look poor?

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I was at the game and I saw that Spurs didn't put City under much pressure in the first half. City put themselves under pressure with bad passes - Barton continually passed it out of play, needless freekicks, long ball tactics and haphazard defending.

If City had been played as well as they were at Old Trafford, Spurs wouldn't have looked impressive.

I can't comment on your other games - Charlton, Bucarest - because I haven't seen them. I can't imagine Charlton offered much resistance, but it is highly plausible that you played well.

IN THIS CASE, however, I don't think Spurs were any better than any other team City have beaten this season, I think they caused their own problems with a dire performance.

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posted Dec 19, 2006

I was at the game and I saw that Spurs didn't put City under much pressure in the first half. City put themselves under pressure with bad passes - Barton continually passed it out of play, needless freekicks, long ball tactics and haphazard defending.

If City had been played as well as they were at Old Trafford, Spurs wouldn't have looked impressive.

I can't comment on your other games - Charlton, Bucarest - because I haven't seen them. I can't imagine Charlton offered much resistance, but it is highly plausible that you played well.

IN THIS CASE, however, I don't think Spurs were any better than any other team City have beaten this season, I think they caused their own problems with a dire performance.


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You can only beat what is put in front of you. Man City were poor, maybe, but Spurs played well enough to beat them. If Man City had played well, whose to say Spurs would not have played even better? The same goes for Boro and Charlton, poor quality be despatched very well by Spurs.

AND ANOTHER THING, Spurs' 2 gaols came from a set piece, the delivery of which was perfect (if it was Lampard swinging it in the commentators would be kissing his backside) and a goal on the counter attack which was a unstoppable 25 yard shot. You could maybe argue that Huds wasn't tracked but these gaols (and hence your defeat) was not solely down to poor lay by City.

You should also consider Spurs were missing suspended Dawson & Zakora, and injured Keane, Jenas and Lennon all of whom would either be in the team or on the bench that day.

Thanks anyway for the early Xmas present of 3 points!

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posted Dec 19, 2006

Spurs played very well on Sunday and have done in the past few months but we do keep conceeding the odd goal and we need to get a few clean shets on our belt other than that not bad at all.

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posted Dec 20, 2006

City fan here, although our performance at home against spurs was poor for the second year running, you have been best footballing side at coms this season and were last season. Spurs policy of buying promising english players at reasonable prices (Lennon, Robinson et al) finally bearing fruit wished we had done similar when we had cash in the same period instead of buying "big name" older players Reyna, Sinclair etc

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posted Dec 20, 2006

Ever considered that Spurs, when on song, have the capacity to make almost any team look poor?

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that is too funny.

the 3 teams are hardly world class teams are they? Citeh is the best of that lot.

I think your UEFA cup "run" against a series of Championship quality sides is going to your head a bit?

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