Bayer Levkn away (CL) 19:45 Tue 18 oct 2016

[skiathospurs]

Oh FFS.

sorry i`m feeling frivolous

 

[boo]

 

[skiathospurs]

Subs: Vorm, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Dembele, Onomah, Sissoko, Winks.

 

[Liam]

Subs: Vorm, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Dembele, Onomah, Sissoko, Winks.

Really like how attacking this team is. Really has set to go for it tonight. with Jansens hold play and the four that are effectively playing behind him I can see us having a lot of chances but we might be a bit mroe open too. I think Ali and Eriksen will dominate possession for us though!

Not long now!!

COYS!!!

 

[skiathospurs]

 

[Liam]

anyone got a decent stream for this yet?

 

[skiathospurs]

anyone got a decent stream for this yet?

http://www.feed4u.me/watch/1736074/6/Bayer-04-Leverkusen-vs-Tottenham-Hotspur.html
30 odd links on this mate

 

[Don Diaz]

What the fuck is happening? I'm working, are we playing well?

 

[skiathospurs]

What the fuck is happening? I'm working, are we playing well?

we are playing great,should be one or two up,alli missed an excellent chance and janssen hit the bar lamela forced an excellent save from the rebound.Trippier and wanyama been excellent as have the amazing away support.Lamela on a yellow tho !!

 

[Basskadet]

we are playing great,should be one or two up,alli missed an excellent chance and janssen hit the bar lamela forced an excellent save from the rebound.Trippier and wanyama been excellent as have the amazing away support.Lamela on a yellow tho !!

Plus we had what looked to me a perfectly good goal from Janssen ruled out for offside - you cannot be offside if you are behind the ball

This ref is a dick

 

[skiathospurs]

holy mother Hugo is a god

 

[Havocc]

Still yet to be convinced by Sissoko, not sure if the heavy price tag does him any favours.

Wanyama is a beast though...and defensively we are excellent

 

[boo]

Agree mate. He looks to me to be one of those frustrating players. Still, a point away from home isnt too shabby after some good work in the first half.

Down to the south coast next...

 

[Basskadet]

Good away point in the end. Monaco getting a late equaliser (again) actually probably helps more than if they had lost as it keeps CSKA on just 2 points.

Shame we couldn't nick a win, but the result was definitely fair in the end and going to Germany, and Bayer, is not an easy trip despite what some would have us believe.

I still think we were robbed a perfectly good goal however, and had that been allowed to stand then the game could easily have been very different. If, as we are led to believe, the linesman gave offside because of Janssen then he was behind the ball. I wonder if it was more because he was offside when Lamela played thru Sonny, but then you get into phases of play and I thought theft had dealt with that to effectively say it is the pass which you receive which determines offside. It's a double shame as it would've given Janssen a BIG goal, but I can't really bemoan the final result

 

[Dorset]

We were shite.... whoops sorry, wrong forum. Would have been nice to get all 3 points but 1 will do. With Kyle, Toby and Harry back in the later games we will mullah them.

 

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[Basskadet]

Also, not sure why anyone is picking out Sissoko today, he only played like 20min at the end by which point Bayer were already in the ascendency. He still got involved and was hardly a liability.

And people REALLY need to stop with his price tag. He has cost us £6m so far, not £30m. Even Newcastle admit that and, if he doesn't end up living up to much, that's all we could end up paying. People don't understand that deal as why would Newcastle take that, but even at £6m they made a tidy profit.

 

[Don Diaz]

Couple of things....a point away at Leverkusen is very good indeed. Sissoko has been with us for about 7 weeks.....relatively speaking he is doing great.

Life is good at Spurs, so many positives right now everything considered.

 

[Basskadet]

Weird how our 'offside' goal has been completely ignored by our media. I don't get it, they just seem to have accepted it was off without even discussing it or showing a graphic to prove it. Even with clear offsides you usually see a graphic, but they just seem to have wiped that goal from memory!

Having watched it again, despite what the pundits said, I think the linesman gave Sonny offside, not Janssen. Janssen was definitely onside in my opinion as he was blatantly behind play when the ball was passed. Sonny, however, was level or, perhaps, fractionally off when Lamela released him. It DEFINITELY wasn't so clear cut that it doesn't need addressing in post-match analysis.

In reflection, I think Sonny's forehead was offside, lol.

 

[J.spurs]

Tale of two halves, I thought we were excellent, as in some of our best form of the season, in the first, but they obviously bossed the second as you'd expect at their park. Poch's sub of Dembele for Janssen was timely--Wanyama was overrun in midfield in the second half--though I would've brought Lamela off. Road point in Europe is seldom bad, this time was no exception. Both teams looked exhausted by the end, it's hard to play at the pace both like to play on the weekend and mid-week. Good game, onwards and upwards.

 

[Don Diaz]

Tale of two halves, I thought we were excellent, as in some of our best form of the season, in the first, but they obviously bossed the second as you'd expect at their park. Poch's sub of Dembele for Janssen was timely--Wanyama was overrun in midfield in the second half--though I would've brought Lamela off. Road point in Europe is seldom bad, this time was no exception. Both teams looked exhausted by the end, it's hard to play at the pace both like to play on the weekend and mid-week. Good game, onwards and upwards.

Yes good to play close to home on a Tuesday this round.

 

[LakewoodSpur]

Lloris' save against Chicharito is definitely the "save of the year." His nimbleness in keeping the ball on the line, contorting his body around the ball to keep it from crossing the line was nothing short of brilliant.
I am really enjoying the play of Janssen. His movement is superb, his pressuring is ferocious, his ability to bring others into the attack is solid, and his back-to-goal work is top class. I think once he starts scoring the flood gates will open. (To hurry that process along, I suggest he change numbers -- if he absolutely wants #9 then maybe he could be persuaded into the Zamorano approach: 1+8. [kidding])
Danny Rose also impressed me today...his off-the-ball work and his quick reaction to recover when forward at the time of possession loss was outstanding. Ben's going to have a hard time dislodging DR from that spot.
Agree with everyone that an away point (clean sheet to boot) at Leverkusen is a good one. I fully expect to defeat them at Wembley in Nov.

 

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[Dorset]

Also, not sure why anyone is picking out Sissoko today, he only played like 20min at the end by which point Bayer were already in the ascendency. He still got involved and was hardly a liability.

And people REALLY need to stop with his price tag. He has cost us £6m so far, not £30m. Even Newcastle admit that and, if he doesn't end up living up to much, that's all we could end up paying. People don't understand that deal as why would Newcastle take that, but even at £6m they made a tidy profit.

I think we have only seen glimpses of what Sissoko can offer, I think he could turn out to be the best signing of the summer. When he is good, he is very, very good, a game changer. Of course it will take time to settle in to a new team under a new manager, and there is always the possibility that we will never see the Sissoko we saw in the Euros. Fark my old boots he he was good! We can wait, the numpties can't. This hyper-previousness of dismissing players like Jannsen and Sissoko is not what we do in this brave new world so that's nice.

 

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[Dorset]

That Chicahrito was a right little bitch, fall over, whinge, fall over .... and repeat. The tantrum he had when Hugo saved that certain goal was a gem, an 8 year old could not have done that better. Orange Juice was a bit of a scoundrel as well, too much falling over for my liking and pretending to be injured. I am sure we can duff them over big time at our home CL place now the boys will be used to the big stage of Wembley and we will have a fully fit squad again. They can fall over as much as they like but we will smashing 3 or 4 past them, then they will cry like little girls.

 

[boo]

Also, not sure why anyone is picking out Sissoko today, he only played like 20min at the end by which point Bayer were already in the ascendency. He still got involved and was hardly a liability.

I'm not picking out Sissoko today, I'm picking him out on what I have seen of him so far. To me, he looks like a frustrating player. We'll see how he turns out. He, of course, has the potential to be phenomenal as per the cup competition last summer. He has yet to show anything like that thus far only, very poor crossing and running around a bit. Does that mean I'm writing him off? Not really. It looks like a similar situation to Lamela only, Lamela had room to grow into his role, Sissoko will be 28 soon (I think?).

This is more like what I think you are referring to as in 'picking him out'

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/why-moussa-sissoko-paid-play-12035412

And people REALLY need to stop with his price tag. He has cost us £6m so far, not £30m. Even Newcastle admit that and, if he doesn't end up living up to much, that's all we could end up paying. People don't understand that deal as why would Newcastle take that, but even at £6m they made a tidy profit.

OK, so you are going to have to clear this up for me, I'm stupid. From what you are saying in that post;

Newcastle sold him to Tottenham for £30M

Tottenham will pay £6M per year for five years

After one year, if things don't work out he leaves Tottenham

Newcastle then, do not get paid the remaining £24M

Is that what you mean??


or, do you mean;


Newcastle sold him to Tottenham for £30M

Tottenham will pay £6M per year for five years

After one year, if things don't work out and Tottenham sell him for £24M

Newcastle then, do get paid the remaining £24M


I'm confused >.<

 

[J.spurs]

Before he came to Spurs the knock on Sissoko was always that he was better in the high-profile games than against the likes of say West Brom. His best game for us has been IMO Man City, and that was because his pace, power and athleticism were ideal for what we were trying to do on the day. Against teams that sit back in banks of four, he's never going to be as effective, and that's why we have a squad with players that offer something a bit different.

I was skeptical of the deal when it was announced at first but I like him so far.

 

[Don Diaz]

I would imagine it's a staged payment based on appearances etc. Newcastle will get a maximum of £30m over time.....if we sell Sissoko for more than £24m after 1 year or £18m after two years etc. We will keep the additional revenue, over whatever was agreed with the barcodes.....

 

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Danny Rose has left the ground wearing protective boot on his foot and is limping...said he was ok though