When Hughton says "we" does he mean us or Spurs? 
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[Albion] We had as many good opportunities as Spurs
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Dave the OAP
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I thought aj was bloody excellent when he came on again. Why hughton prefers march over him I have no idea
Well he is manager and I am a old moaning git.
Well he is manager and I am a old moaning git.
Considering just how good Trippier and Moura are I think Solly and Bong both had decent games.
Solly played really well, which was just as well, because Bong was struggling IMO
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Trippier was playing like a footballer living up to his WC hype, given half the chance I'm sure he could have been us on his own.
The fact he wasn't given that half chance is good enough for me. (sadly not those around me, who as predicted slated both Solly and Bong, all first half).
Funny how we see the game, thought Trippier was poor and March (certainly in the second half) owned him.
Surprised he was withdrawn.
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Ah there you go.
It was all happening right in front of us, in the first half.
I could barely see the West Stand for the second.
Ah there you go.
It was all happening right in front of us, in the first half.
I could barely see the West Stand for the second.
That was our side [emoji23][emoji23]
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Justice
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March wasn’t making the runs José does Bong had to keep hold of the ball for to long for much of the game
Not sure I agree. Three times in the second half he chose to keep it, instead of hitting the hole.
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Kalimantan Gull
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The substitution of March a couple of minutes after he had been roasting Trippier, followed by switching Knockaert, completely killed our momentum and it took 15 minutes to get it back. Shame.
Barham's tash
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You mean a little bit like United did? Funny what happens when you get up and at ‘em with the top six.
Not saying it’s going to happen every time but surely at HOME that’s the better tactic to try and deploy than the suck it and see of today.
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Lush
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By not making any new signings pre-season, Spurs looked like a team that has been playing together for months if not years - which they pretty much have. They always seemed to know exactly where their players were going to be and what they were going to do when they got the ball. No-one looked uncomfortable.
Barham's tash
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Hmm I know stats can be misleading but I beg to differ....
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Hmm I know stats can be misleading but I beg to differ....
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Yeah, and? He didn't say we had the same number of shots, he said we had the same number of good opportunities. Those stats include the wasteful shots from distance that didn't trouble anyone, shots that were easily blocked and neither were really a prime shooting opportunities.
SussexSeahawk
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xG had it as 0.8 -1.6 not including the penalty. That seems about right to me: clearly spurs were the better team, but we weren't a million miles away from a result.
xG had it as 0.8 -1.6 not including the penalty. That seems about right to me: clearly spurs were the better team, but we weren't a million miles away from a result.
I thought both were crap.
I was envious of their passing game which we used to have. It is a great defensive tactic when you are on a losing run. Not that good for actually scoring goals, unless they face Man United who chase them around like blue-arsed flies and get burned for their troubles. 0-3.
Better to play like Juventus. We created more big chances than Juventus.
Better to play like Juventus. We created more big chances than Juventus.
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Finch
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Interesting topic and responses so far. Not being from the UK my intention was to watch the full game in the morning when I woke up but Bein didn't have it on catch up yet being the late game and the review show was on live so I couldn't resist watching the highlights. I came away from the highlights thinking we had the better opportunities and particularly Lamela's goal felt against the run of play and just that superior finishing got them over the line so Chris's post match comments were already what I was thinking. Of course seeing the stats in this thread I wasn't aware of the possession domination and it obviously wasn't against the run of play, but from key game moments it felt like we had more. I think Pochettino's expressions at the final whistle sums it up, they could easily have drawn that.
For interest I've gone back and rewatched highlights on demand to see if I was watching with rose tinted glasses.
S) Spurs corner -> Alderweireld saved by Ryan.
S) Tripper free kick into wall -> penalty Murrays arm, Kane scores.
B) Knockaert corner, cleared to March, shot from distance tipped over.
B) Knockaert corner, cleared, back in and Duffy converts, but offside.
B) Knockaert corner, Murray goes down with appeals for penalty. Replays seem to show Dier is grabbing Dunk's shirt and trying to push him backwards, but with Dunk coming forward Dier loses his footing, pulling Dunk down and falls backwards putting his arm across Murray in the process bringing him down. Could have gone either way.
B) Bissouma to Kayal to Knockaert who cuts inside but shoots at keeper. Big chance.
S) Lamela gets ball in dangerous position, Bissouma puts in good shift to get in front of him so Lamela passes wide, but then Bissoma just stops marking him and Lamela runs forward with all the space in the world, receives return pass and finishes.
S) Kane straight through but poor finish.
B) Brighton counter, Knockaert from outwide, cuts in and scores.
B) Good interplay down left and then passed across to Knockaert centre right who has a good opportunity to shoot from the edge of the box but its tame and at keeper.
So from the highlights version of the most significant moments of the game, there are 4 Spurs opportunities and 6 Brighton opportunities.
For interest I've gone back and rewatched highlights on demand to see if I was watching with rose tinted glasses.
S) Spurs corner -> Alderweireld saved by Ryan.
S) Tripper free kick into wall -> penalty Murrays arm, Kane scores.
B) Knockaert corner, cleared to March, shot from distance tipped over.
B) Knockaert corner, cleared, back in and Duffy converts, but offside.
B) Knockaert corner, Murray goes down with appeals for penalty. Replays seem to show Dier is grabbing Dunk's shirt and trying to push him backwards, but with Dunk coming forward Dier loses his footing, pulling Dunk down and falls backwards putting his arm across Murray in the process bringing him down. Could have gone either way.
B) Bissouma to Kayal to Knockaert who cuts inside but shoots at keeper. Big chance.
S) Lamela gets ball in dangerous position, Bissouma puts in good shift to get in front of him so Lamela passes wide, but then Bissoma just stops marking him and Lamela runs forward with all the space in the world, receives return pass and finishes.
S) Kane straight through but poor finish.
B) Brighton counter, Knockaert from outwide, cuts in and scores.
B) Good interplay down left and then passed across to Knockaert centre right who has a good opportunity to shoot from the edge of the box but its tame and at keeper.
So from the highlights version of the most significant moments of the game, there are 4 Spurs opportunities and 6 Brighton opportunities.
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