07 Mar 2017 10:05:50
I always respect everyone's view on this site however some of the posts are a bit much lately. Everyone giving Barry stick and Ross and most of the team for one performance away to Spurs. How about we just say we got beat by a very strong Spurs side who are having a great season an haven't been beat at home. Maybe Kidman took all that into account to keep it tight for an hour then release mirrallas. It never happened. But was the right thing to do, if we would of played lookman or mirrallas early doors we might not of been in the game at half time. Leave it to Koeman ay lads an let's support whatever decision he makes. Onwards to the next two home games and push for this top 6. COYB.


1.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 10:17:18
Best post I've seen on here recently. Well said jim.


2.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 11:00:55
Good post Anomblue. The positives at the club are definitely prevailing and Koeman is doing a very good job. I posted here defending Robles. People calling for Hart. As I said I'd welcome him with open arms but he has had his fair share of cock ups. Robles hasn't had many at all and imho is not getting enough credit for how he is performing.

I also posted that before the game I thought it was good thinking playing Barry as he would be fresh after not playing for awhile. Turned out wrong. We can all be smart in hindsight. Beat by a better team simple as.

This time next year imho we will be showing the terrific strength Spurs are. Poch has a few seasons with them under his belt. Koeman hasn't even one yet. The changes Koeman made during the game to me shows he can change games. The three sub's introduced made us a lot better and made a different game of it.


3.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 12:09:54
Have to agree with posts above RK played what he thought was the best to start we went 1 goal down but kept it tight till half time. He changed the personnel when we needed to score by putting more attacking players on, which worked as we scored 2. Spuds were better than us on the day we switched off 3 times and where punished.


4.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 12:51:49
I think most people after Barry's last few performances were aware he isn't up to standard anymore. Plus playing him against a team with pace and aggression was the wrong decision. Koeman has also been decisive in making changes in the past but failed to address this early on when he was struggling badly.

As for Robles. You could pick out most of the games he's played in and he's been brilliant. He's still young as a GK and will get better.

Barkley was superb again. The one midfielder that had bags of composure. Anyone questioning his performance weren't paying attention to him.

Anyone can put whatever they want on here but you've got to back up your argument. And if your wrong it's okay. I've thought one thing then someone has pointed out something and I've changed my point of view. Just don't be an idiot and say he's rubbish but don't say Why. Why is he rubbish?


5.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 13:39:40
I thought Ross struggled in the 1st half he did look better when Barry was subbed, I am not sure playing MS and GB is a good idea as they are both too similar for me. I still think RK is trying to find the best personnel for the formations he like to play. Once we get a settled side then we can look at consistency. COYB.


6.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 18:11:13
Fair enough I just think the shape was so clearly wrong after about 15 minutes and did not improve until we added some width. Obviously the theory was to keep it tight that is why he played 5 central midfielders of which 4 of them were holding. It caused more problems than it solved, we had no out ball because 6 of our players were within 20 yards of each other.

My only disappointment is that we went in at 1-0 down when it could have been 4. Why not take that chance to change things and go for it. He's been bold before. Also the fact that we had been unbeaten playing a certain way both home and away but he changed it for Spurs and it just took about 30 minutes longer than it should have to revert to type.

We can't and won't win them all, losing at Spurs is not a problem they are better than us. Koeman is doing great. No issues, not depressed just looked quite obvious to me.

Ross was and is good. Schniederlin had an awful game which can happen and is hard to account for. I've read a lot slating the back 4. I don't think they were at fault, we just kept inviting pressure because we couldn't pass to each other because they were all positioned between our box and the half way line in the central area of the pitch with zero width what so ever.

Keep Lukaku, get Bolasie back, add another quality winger centre back and right back and we are getting there:


7.) 07 Mar 2017
07 Mar 2017 18:26:55
It's not about giving Barry loads for one bad result, it's about his game and how it's been for a while. He has been too slow for a while now, makes us play too deep and very narrow. This is based on seeing him every game he's played not just one. When we sub him we play better, faster and higher up the pitch.

He has served us well, but as i said in post other day, we have younger, faster and more mobile players sitting on the bench that offer more in the game for the style were playing. Not having a go at him just stating the obvious that it's time he stays benched or used sparingly as a sub.

Ross has been coming along well, not every player has a good full 90 all the time.

Robles was bad as much as he was good, RK should tear him a new one and tell him to look and read the game more, never do that again or he will bench him, give the kid a fright haha.

All this try and hold out is rubbish, we are wanting points, nothing to lose all to gain, I would of played McCarty and Miralles from the start and gave them something to worry about, faster to the ball, starting the game as we finished it might have seen us 2 up instead of them. They are a strong side but I didn't see us needing to fear them or play to hold contain them, to keep it close and then try and pinch the result, load of crap!

Like before we have nothing to lose and all to gain, we should be sending out a fighting team every game.

RK will iron out all this over time I'm sure of.