Match Report: Arsenic 2 Spurs 1 (a poor game) & the Preview of our game against Everton (A)

 

Match Report: Arsenic 2 Spurs 1 (a poor game) & the Preview of our game against Everton (A)

What can I say? Not only was the Tottenham support restive by our performance at the time, but even Ange said it was below standards. The first half was appalling, with a bit of a pick-up in the second half.

We scored first, a Son goal. We scored second, but in our own net, and then they finished it off to make it 2-1. It turned out to be a miserable night.

We are now 13^th in the League, eight points above the relegation zone. I can’t see us getting into that relegation zone, as there are many worse clubs than us. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t drop further. Hopefully, we can start pushing ourselves up the league once we get our injured players back. I can’t also see Ange being threatened with the sack – at the moment – as we are still in three competitions.

The last time we won in the league was on 15 December, when we beat Southampton away (by five goals). Before that, we beat City away 4-0. The last home league game we won was against Villa when we put four past them to their one. Yes, it's not looking good in the League.

This Sunday, we’ve got Everton away, and before anybody says, “Easy-peasy, Lemon squeezy”, they are under new management and will be up for it.

Even though Kinsky let in two goals, this defeat was not down to him. We simply were not offering enough in attack apart from a brief first-half spell before Son's goal.

We certainly looked to have a clear grievance with the corner that led to that crucial equaliser when the ball came last off Trossard, but the decision went Arsenic and Old Lace’s way.

The songs about Levy reverberated around the stadium by the Tottenham faithful.

Ange Postecoglou tried to motivate the team by introducing James Maddison and Brennan Johnson for Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr at halftime, but it was all to no avail. We left the ground dejected.

We witnessed one incident when a Gooner jumped from the above tier onto the away section. However, the stewards quickly grabbed him and escorted him to the police (it took four Stewards to hold him).

On the way back to our cars, we were caught amongst the Gooners screaming, “What do you think of Tottenham… shit… what do you think of shit… Tottenham.”

Mel and I popped into a newsagent to get a drink when ahead of us, another Gooner was singing the little ditty about Spurs and shit. He then turned to us… we had po-faces… where Mel said, we are “Spurs,” to which I nodded. Fair play to him. He responded well, made a few nice choice words and left. All to the amusement of the shopkeeper. That was the most exciting bit of the night.

As I said earlier, I think Ange’s job is safe for now, but if fans were questioning anybody, it was Daniel Levy and the board for not backing his man with a much more robust squad in the summer. The main team he has got is good… that is, until you have injuries… then we are in the shit and reliant on the youngsters.

As we got into our car and drove home, we were blanketed by a very thick fog… very scary… it was lucky we weren’t involved in an accident… but we live to fight another day, as does Ange and the team…

Match Preview: Everton v Spurs

Team news

Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Richarlison all can return for this match, while Mikey Moore and Fraser Forster should both return from illness well in advance. However, Destiny Udogie and Wilson Odobert are out until February, while Guglielmo Vicario won’t return until March at the earliest.

We have encountered stubborn resistance at Goodison Park in recent years. However, Everton has not beaten us in our last nine normal-time meetings.

I predict we will win 2-4.

My possible starting lineup:

Kinsky; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Spence; Bergvall, Sarr, Maddison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son

I don’t know what else I can say.

At this moment in writing, nobody is on the horizon that we might buy in this January transfer window… Nevertheless, I am hearing from inside the club that Levy and Co. have certain players lined up to be purchased before the window closes (which is typical of how Levy works; they are always looking for a bargain, and that is why he leaves it so late; by then the best has been taken by more serious challengers for trophies than us).

Up the Spurs!!!!

Glenn