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A Hitch-hiker’s Guide To Throwing A Lead In The Last 15 Minutes

Premier League points dropped due to late goals – 13. Europa League – 2 Points dropped in Group Stage and knocked out of the competition. FA Cup – Knocked out of the competition.

All in the last 15minutes of a game.

27 September 2020: Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Newcastle United

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Callum Wilson (P) – 90+7′

19 October 2020: Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 3 West Ham United

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Fabián Balbuena – 82′, Davinson Sánchez (OG) – 85′, Manuel Lanzini 90+4′

4 December 2020: LASK 3 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Johannes Eggestein – 84′, Mamoudou Karamoko – 90+3′

14 December 2020: Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Jeffrey Schlupp – 81′

17 December 2020: Liverpool 2 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Roberto Firmino – 90′

28 December 2020: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Romain Saïss – 86′

14 January 2021: Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Fulham FC

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Ivan Cavaleiro – 74′

11 February 2021: Everton 5 – 4 Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup)

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Bernard – 97′ (Scored in extra time)

19 March 2021: Dinamo Zagreb 3 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur (Europa League Round Of 16) (sketchy highlights, sorry)

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Mislav Oršić – 82′ 106′ (Scored in extra time)

4 April 2021: Newcastle United 2 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur

Late Goal(s) Conceded: Joe Willock – 85′

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JimmyGrievance
JimmyGrievance
3 years ago
Reply to  The Boy

Do you think that’s down to the manager ?

JimmyGrievance
JimmyGrievance
3 years ago
Reply to  MitchellThomas

beat me to it

JimmyGrievance
JimmyGrievance
3 years ago
Reply to  Kevin Freund

100% right. The managers an easy scapegoat because he’s not liked. The same fans would have the opposite view had it been he’s magic you know in charge.

JimmyGrievance
JimmyGrievance
3 years ago

This conceding late in games is nothing new. Under he’s magic you know, I lost counts of the times we conceded on the stroke of half time or just after.

The game that sticks in my mind was Leics when we were vying for top spot. We battered them for 87 minutes. They got a free kick which that donkey Robert Huthe converted.

it’s a mentality. We didn’t have it under ‘he’s magic you know’ and we don’t have it with one of the games most successful managers.

Blame can be laid at the managers door all you want. Certain things like concentration lie firmly at the door of the players.

MitchellThomas
MitchellThomas
3 years ago
Reply to  The Boy

You must have the patience of a saint putting up with all these pinheads who think Jose is the problem at our club H…..

Kevin Freund
Kevin Freund
3 years ago

im Not pro Jose . However the defending against Newcastle was school boy stuff for most of the game and the goals conceded were a calamity .

Not sure you can blame him for the inability to perform basic tasks like –

-mark a man
keep your eye on the ball
dont bump into each other
pass to someone on your team 1st time

ledley(club legend) and the players must take responsibility.

jose will be saying to levy( or already is) – this is what I’ve got (once Toby is gone)

no one seems to be able to coach/set up a defensive unit – even against relegation fodder .

Burgin
Burgin
3 years ago
Reply to  justin

Spot on

CowSpurs
CowSpurs
3 years ago

We are stuck between a rock and a hard place with Jose. We keep him and this story does not change. How can anyone make a title winning team signing the likes of Doherty and keeping Aurier? We sack him and we have got rid of one of the most decorated coaches of all time and we feel eternal guilt at what could have been whilst still having to watch Aurier, Dier, Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Winks, Ndom, Moura, Lamela.

Mourinho should have been able to get a tune out of that bunch, only Lamela has shown he has the heart for a fight, but if Dean Smith, Ancellotti and Moyes can get average players doing better, surely Jose should have? I know these players are poor, but look at West Ham’s back 4 and Noble played yesterday!

Kane has apparently exploded under Mourinho, but he wasn’t doing too badly before he arrived. Getting the others to improve was the key to our success. In this Mourinho has failed.

We have bottled every moment to try and get top 4 this season, it couldn’t have been handed to us (or any other team) any easier. Apart from City this EPL is a dire bunch of teams each trying to its upmost to fail. Bit like Poch’s last full season. We were awful but Utd and Arsenal handed us top 4.

Jose has to shoulder some of the blame, but the majority of players we have and the chairman we have really cemented our fate. I thought top 4 was possible (we missed it by 7 points last season), but imagine if we got in. How bad must this so called world’s best league be for us to still be in contention! You can only beat what’s in front of you. Our problem is we can’t!

We were crying out for a CB, 2 FB, a striker and a DM at the end of last season. We got 2/5 (Reggie and PEH), which isn’t good enough, especially as Jan left and so we got 2/6. What this Summer holds for us isn’t worth thinking about. We can’t buy any real quality and risk losing the only quality we have.

justin
justin
3 years ago
Reply to  justin

BTW I check did random quotes from a newspaper when he was sacked, didn’t fully check their accuracy, and the tabloids aren’t that reliable.

justin
justin
3 years ago
Reply to  MitchellThomas

3 Trophies? You are counting the Community Shield? He won the milk cup and the Europa. The Europa gets you into the Champions League so is the only trophy that matters, although even playing Europa makes you a 2nd tier team. But at least he won it under them, maybe if we carry on like this we get another chance to play it in again next season – something for us all to look forward to.

I’m not a Jose hater at all. I think he’s a decent manager, and I did reference them getting to 2nd under him. That didn’t last though:

United’s points tally (26) is their lowest at this stage of a season since 1990/91.” That was the figure when they got rid of Jose.”

“The ‘Chosen One’ was sacked after 10 months in charge at Old Trafford, with United seventh in the Premier League and guaranteed to finish outside the top three for the first time since the competition was rebranded in 1992”

That is what the Jose lovers are ignoring. His ManU stint went into free-fall, he alienated half the players, played boring football and still let in a ton of goals. The defensive approach didn’t work and let in more goals than a balanced approach. His defenders lost confidence completely. But at least at ManU they got a good season out him. We haven’t even got that.

Sean
Sean
3 years ago

Drab game, outcome was inevitably. Season is petering out, zero excitement. Rename Tottenham stadium – purgatory. Subs were laughing and joking amongst themselves, so team spirit is good.

MitchellThomas
MitchellThomas
3 years ago
Reply to  justin

That Man United he won 3 trophies with compared to Ole’s none. How exactly are they doing better now?

Last edited 3 years ago by MitchellThomas
justin
justin
3 years ago
Reply to  MitchellThomas

You can only compare managers records when they are working with a similar level of squad. ManU have a similar level of squad as this Tottenham squad, and right now ManU are doing better than when he was there, although he did guide them to 2nd at one point. West Ham have a much worse squad and right now they are above us.

Our central defense isn’t his fault though. He inherited the problem with our two best CB’s getting old and not being replaced. And arguably our problem with late goals is caused at least in part by this issue.

Dexter
Dexter
3 years ago

Somebody’s got a tactics problem. Over and over and over again.

MitchellThomas
MitchellThomas
3 years ago

“Spurs players getting fed up with Mourinho’s withering comments” is Matt Law’s latest headline in the Torygraph.

Not as tired as we are with the sh*t shower constantly leaking late goals.
When a manager who has won every domestic trophy there is to win tells you “you aren’t playing well enough to get a top 4 place” is your response a) “Well we’re not being coached correctly” or b) “Christ maybe I should listen to this guy, he seems to know a bit about what it takes to win things”

Of course the answer could be c) You’re simply not good enough players

Is Gascoigne gonna have a crack?
Is Gascoigne gonna have a crack?
3 years ago

Somebody’s got a concentration problem…..

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