closed Chelsea 2-1 Spurs

[Fulham Broadway 16,966]

Play with a back 3 with wing backs.

Bring Zouma and tomori back in.

Kepa back in goal.

Reece james and Alonso whipping balls in for Giroud.

With kante out, back to the jorginho / kovacic partnership in midfield, which worked well when we went on that winning run earlier in the season - likewise for Zouma and tomori.

[Davekelly35 18]

All I want to see from this team is some pride that’s all just play like they give a F. I mean they are playing at home. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

Saw someone post this lineup and I agree 100%. 

Kepa

Rudiger---Zouma---Tomori

James-----------------------------Alonso

Jorginho-----Kovacic

Mount----------------------Willian

Giroud 

[LAM09 6,825]

All I want to see from this team is some pride that’s all just play like they give a F. I mean they are playing at home. 

And it's a London Derby

[ZAPHOD2319 4,538]

Tottenham looked clueless against Leipzig.

[DDA 9,702]

2 hours ago, Mana said:

Who cares. Leipzig are in better form than us.

In which way? They are in better form than us but they in no way have a better squad. If we played Lepzig in the manner of which we were playing at the start of the season with a full fit squad, we would beat them comfortably. 

I guess that is irrelevant as they arent the circumstances now. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Mana said:

Who cares. Leipzig are in better form than us.

So, Leipzig are not a pub team to you, aye? 

[NikkiCFC 8,067]

' Don't tell me that Lamela and Ndombele should start the game because they could not start the game. So these guys... fantastic. I cannot be happier to have guys like them with the limitations we have, but here we go and Chelsea drinking sparkling water with lemon watching the game on TV and Saturday morning, thank you very much for the choice Saturday morning we are there again.'

-Jose Mourinho 

tbh it is huge advantage for us. 3:0 please

[Jase 43,479]

34 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

' Don't tell me that Lamela and Ndombele should start the game because they could not start the game. So these guys... fantastic. I cannot be happier to have guys like them with the limitations we have, but here we go and Chelsea drinking sparkling water with lemon watching the game on TV and Saturday morning, thank you very much for the choice Saturday morning we are there again.'

-Jose Mourinho 

tbh it is huge advantage for us. 3:0 please

Yup, Mourinho was already throwing up all the excuses he could yesterday. Not that Spurs getting less rest than us will matter anyway...

[Jase 43,479]

5 hours ago, Mana said:

Who cares. Leipzig are in better form than us.

Actually, it depends. If you look from the November period till now, then no doubt Leipzig are in better form. But if you look at Leipzig's form since the winter break, they have actually won only 2 of their 6 games before last night (D2 L2). The record is exactly the same as our last 6 games, although I supposed they have arguably played better than us despite the dodgy results. 

[Tomo 21,733]

If we win on Saturday Mason Mount will have beaten Mourinho more times than Arsenal have.

[Special Juan 27,508]

Dele fuming, slamming stuff down and Jose comes out with "He's annoyed with his performance, and we played better after he came off"

[killer1257 3,282]

Dele fuming, slamming stuff down and Jose comes out with "He's annoyed with his performance, and we played better after he came off"
[emoji38][emoji38]

Alli thinks he is Messi or Ronaldo level. He will never reach even a level close to that

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[ZAPHOD2319 4,538]

8 hours ago, Mana said:

Who cares. Leipzig are in better form than us.

One way to look at it is that Leipzig play in a league where goals are scored rather frequently and the Spurs could not get their offense to challenge at all.

[DDA 9,702]

5 hours ago, Mana said:

Did I say they have a better squad though?

That's not the point I was making though was it! If you read it properly, I posted about the fact we have a better squad to reinforce the point of us being a better team than them when on form. You made a sweeping statement that Lepzig are better than us, to which I was highlighting as an inaccuracy. 

Why does it feel we have been here before 😂

[Nicco 927]

Leipzig are way better than us, not because they have a better team but because they actually have a coach, teaching them how to play.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,538]

lol, the Lampard hate amazes me. We are still ahead of what anyone predicted going into preseason.

[Jase 43,479]

36 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

lol, the Lampard hate amazes me. We are still ahead of what anyone predicted going into preseason.

Ahead of what exactly now? If results go against us this weekend, we will drop to 7th. Then what? We saw good things earlier this season but ever since the November international break, our results and performances have become worse and there doesn't seem to be any improvement or indication that we will turn things around. We get one good result and it's followed by two bad ones. The negatives are far outweighing the positives. The defensive problems from earlier this season are still there, we look no more organized than we were before. Injuries to important players are piling up and it's the same kind of injury. Lampard continuously makes questionable decisions - notably his team selection - in every game. Our attacking play of late at times has amounted to nothing more than giving the ball to James to cross into the box and hope someone converts it. It's like being taken back to 2013-2015 and seeing Ivanovic putting endless crosses in. If we are beating the smaller teams but losing to the bigger teams, then we might well still be fine for the season. But we aren't and we are losing to all sorts of teams now, rather easily too! If our form continues to spiral out of control, we may find ourselves behind even the likes of Everton, Burnley, Southampton, Arsenal before we know it and 3 of them were near the relegation zone not too long ago! Furthermore, if our form continues to go south and we finish say 7th or 8th (after being so far ahead of the chasing pack in 4th last November!), how then are we going to sign quality players and convince them that we are moving in the right direction? And if we don't qualify for the Champions League next season, we're gonna suffer a huge financial loss and that means, less transfer budget to sign quality players!