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Stats Suggest Spurs Should Have Won

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The influence graphic has rarely told such a flattering tale. 

Gone were was the run into the ground back four and the midfield full of bit part players.

Context. 

What we saw was a an impressive display across the middle of the park that one wouldn’t ordinarily expect when playing Barcelona at the Non Camp. 

Whilst it was ‘only a draw’, I can assure you my joy isn’t fuelled by relief. This was a performance to be wholly proud of on its own merits. 

Winks and Eriksen were outstanding, good god, even Danny Rose finally got his act together. 

If there is a single one of those ‘what did we learn?‘ things to be deciphered from last night, then it is that Tottenham doesn’t need Eric Dier in midfield any more. 

Mousa was essentially gone two seasons ago and there’s a severe question mark over Wanyama’s future.  

Noting will happen in January, and so it is down to whoever is still here in the summer to ship in a tough and intelligent READY TO GO guy to dominate our midfield. 

Spurs xG was 1.84 opposed to Barca’s 1.35 which only serves to underline our credibility. 

Tottenham had sharper shooting boots on. We took 16 shots, with 6 on target. Barcelona made 13 attempts with just 3 on target. 

Just look at this little lot. All the real business was being done by the midfield boys, opposed to the back line playing some interminable game of pass the parcel. 

This was against Barcelona away, (did I mention that?) and something to be hugely proud of. 

Regular readers will be familiar with my contempt for possession statistics, however this graphic tells a very honest story.

In the second half, Barcelona able to get back into it, and were only trading blows from a position of advantage and barely dipped beneath 50% at the worst. 

Again, this wasn’t Stoke, it was one of the world’s finest sides where one MUST use possession effectively and we did just that. Just hanging onto the ball against this lot would achieve nothing. 

We’ll take a look at few individual performances across the remainder of day. 

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Harry Hotspur
Harry Hotspur
4 years ago
Reply to  PhilBealOG

Good thoughts.

Ronan
Ronan
4 years ago
Reply to  Cabspur

Baffling comment from poch.

San Diego Spurs
4 years ago

Fantastic support away. At least 10k in stadium. Just once id like to see us play with the lineup that ended the match-of course playing a back ‘2’ is going to concede chances, but with the possibility of goals from 5 or 6 players its worth it.

The only thing is that when we do play llorente, we never put the ball into the air

Cabspur
Cabspur
4 years ago

Great result last night and not expected , be great to have the ground ready for that home match in Feb the place would be bouncing!
Not sure why Poch is nose browning Levy for all his help though,,argh wages.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham/mauricio-pochettino-congratulates-tottenham-chief-daniel-levy-for-massive-effort-after-champions-a4015031.html

PhilBealOG
PhilBealOG
4 years ago

A few random thoughts:
– Rose back to his marauding best but don’t put him in a cow field with a banjo cos it will make for a long day
– Sissoko mixing heroics with comedy such as falling over with nobody even close to him and letting the ball roll under his foot at the touch line
– Hugo commanding and Toby/Jan immense
– Great pass from Kane to Lucas who then took it well; not sure Lamela or Sonny would have put that away
– Dele continuing to look good in a deeper more central role that stops him from drifting wide left and losing possession
– Poch has not just squeezed blood from a stone, he has also turned it into wine.

San Diego Spurs
5 years ago

Fantastic support away. At least 10k in stadium. Just once id like to see us play with the lineup that ended the match-of course playing a back ‘2’ is going to concede chances, but with the possibility of goals from 5 or 6 players its worth it.

The only thing is that when we do play llorente, we never put the ball into the air

PhilBealOG
PhilBealOG
5 years ago

A few random thoughts:
– Rose back to his marauding best but don’t put him in a cow field with a banjo cos it will make for a long day
– Sissoko mixing heroics with comedy such as falling over with nobody even close to him and letting the ball roll under his foot at the touch line
– Hugo commanding and Toby/Jan immense
– Great pass from Kane to Lucas who then took it well; not sure Lamela or Sonny would have put that away
– Dele continuing to look good in a deeper more central role that stops him from drifting wide left and losing possession
– Poch has not just squeezed blood from a stone, he has also turned it into wine.

Ronan
Ronan
5 years ago
Reply to  Cabspur

Baffling comment from poch.

Cabspur
Cabspur
5 years ago

Great result last night and not expected , be great to have the ground ready for that home match in Feb the place would be bouncing!
Not sure why Poch is nose browning Levy for all his help though,,argh wages.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham/mauricio-pochettino-congratulates-tottenham-chief-daniel-levy-for-massive-effort-after-champions-a4015031.html

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