24 Oct 2026 19:23:17
We are so poor why not play with a striker the first half everyone could see the issue. They were the better side but both sides are very poor if the palmer and rogers where garbage Henderson should be playing cup games caicedo needs help in there still proves the goalkeeper recruitment team are crap quenda was a total let down and doesn't look much of anything estavao should be getting more time colwell and pong at back aren't good enough.
Caicedo is awesome and for me the only one you can hang a world class tag on but requires help the rest will be good some days and poor others average players.
24 Oct 2026 21:42:03
Most of these players are doing just fine, 'pong' included. Though, losing to a terrible spurs at home is not good enough.
24 Oct 2026 23:08:10
Josh has been our best defender by miles so far this season.
25 Oct 2026 07:41:17
It's a shame that we had to put a young zhk in spenders in against Spurs as we all know it's a fierce London Derby and if you make in errorcitsxdoubly highlighted.
What this will do for his confidence, who knows but hopefully he has the mentality to overcome his howler.
Speaking of howlers, why did Alonso not just replace Pedro with Welbeck, moving Rogers completely changed our dynamic. It's also a shame that we have another striker that is always too injured to kick a ball, hopefully that changes soon.
With games against Liverpool and Man United coming up if we lose both, I believe Alinso will be under immense pressure.
25 Oct 2026 08:58:58
I thought Penders generally had a good game. Yes he made a mistake but these things happen.
I definitely see him as a good keeper who hopefully will learn from his mistakes and keep on improving.
25 Oct 2026 09:11:14
Nib, surely you are not calling for Josh "Pong" to be sold?
25 Oct 2026 09:57:50
My point though Tom is that i hopw it does not affect his performances hoing forward, we have Liverpool and Man United to play next and i'm not sure our defence or midfield can protect him.
What the answer is I have no clue, we have tried so many fbings since this ownership gas taken over, maybe like Man U, Spurs, we have become unmanageable.
25 Oct 2026 10:26:21
Bill, while I do like to see a manager/coach think outside the box, the tactic of keeping four players up field for corners in my opinion is a signal to our opponents that the keeper isn't a fan of a crowded penalty area.
I would also say the tactic worked and our defenders plus Pender generally dealt well with corners. The one exception was when he punched the ball into his own net. These things happen.
My bigger concern was how the spuds played little triangles around our midfield and how completely clueless we were when a simple four man press was applied.
I am not a fan of a so called two man pivot and yesterday was a classic example of why.
25 Oct 2026 10:52:05
Tom
The obe time it worked for Spurs led to a goal, that's all it takes for us to go a goal down.
The midfield is Caicedo and a guy in a wheel chair.
Also, why was Quenda thrown in for a fierce zlondon derby when the youngster has not had a kick for us.
Alonso lost it at RM, it now looks like they realised he was out of his depth.
As I have said, i'm not sure there is another coach, manager out there who would do any better with the players at our club.
25 Oct 2026 13:51:25
Bill, I will be critical of the manager when I think he deserves it but I will give him time to build these players into a team.
I think Quenda was ok and Penders made a mistake that cost us a goal but before that he had made a few very good saves.
Palmer was ok but he deserved the second yellow and Roger's for me was our worst performer but he was being asked to play in an unfamiliar position.