Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle - Sunday 25th August, 2019

[The Artful Dodger]

Great result for newcastle. Spurs haven't looked convincing at all so far. 

[Cicero]

VAR can’t always prevent shit officials still being shit 

[RandoEFC+]

The problem with the clear and obvious thing is that when it comes to penalties, you could have a very soft penalty given that is upheld because it's in a grey area so the decision stands. Then later in the game you could have a probable penalty not given by the referee, and then have that decision upheld by VAR as it also falls in a grey area so the original decision stands.

Now is an opportunity to try and eliminate some of those grey areas to make for a bit more consistency.

[6666]

21 minutes ago, Rick said:

The VAR ref has looked at that replay and still made the incorrect decision. That is unforgivable.

That's down to the referee, not the new system in place.

As I said, people can still disagree with decisions but for some reason they seem to think it still isn't case of referees making the decisions. 

[Danny]

1 minute ago, 6666 said:

That's down to the referee, not the new system in place.

As I said, people can still disagree with decisions but for some reason they seem to think it still isn't case of referees making the decisions. 

People’s general point of view is that it takes away from the match day experience as moments of euphoria are interrupted by replays

[Rick]

2 minutes ago, 6666 said:

That's down to the referee, not the new system in place.

As I said, people can still disagree with decisions but for some reason they seem to think it still isn't case of referees making the decisions. 

Nobody is blaming VAR for that bad call, its completely down to the chimp they have in that room.

[CaaC (John)+]

Thank fuck for that, with United losing at home to Palace and now Spurs losing at home to Newcastle this has made me relieved a wee bit...it can't just happen to United 

What a bloody crazy weekend of football with some of the results and the way it has started off it looks like the title race is going to be a two-horse race again, City going for 3 titles on the trot or Liverpool winning there first EPL Title to go with winning their European and Super Cup, our son has put £10 on his Liverpool winning the League and a separate bet of winning the double of League Title and retaining the European Cup this season, he used to be a bookies manager at Joe Coral's so I am not going to argue on that one with him.  

[Burning Gold]

I don't think that's a penalty, to be honest. There's contact, but I don't think it's enough to bring Kane down. I wouldn't have given it

I did think VAR would, though

[Fairy In Boots]

Great result for Newcastle, my Brian can’t comprehend how that’s come about tbh

[Dr. Gonzo]

@Grizzly21 can you comprehend this result?

[LFCMike]

39 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

Great result for Newcastle, my Brian can’t comprehend how that’s come about tbh

Is Brian your dog or your fella? 

[Fairy In Boots]

2 hours ago, LFCMike said:

Is Brian your dog or your fella? 

Neither but +1 because funny. 

Brain obviously I was typing while bathing the kids in my defence 

[Lucas]

This Christian Erikson thing is definitely affecting Spurs. 100%.

Let's be honest. Forget Kane a second. Erikson is the key man. He makes them tick. If he plays well, generally so do Spurs.

Until his situation is resolved, the unrest for him, the team and Pochettino remains. 

[Stan]

Some of Newcastle's defending today . Inspired. Their defensive line was organised and resilient but not only that, they got the last ditch tackles in and the blocks in. Dubravka did his bit too. 

Spurs were relentless in attack and wasteful in some parts - Lucas could have had a couple after some clear cut chances. 

The penalty call was ridiculous in the sense that it should have been given from Mike Dean and even if VAR then checked it it should have remained. As it was the officials should be turning that over. Not sure how it wasn't to be honest. 

Great 3 points for Newcastle. Confidence-boosting if nothing else. Perhaps many, including myself, are underestimating them? Maybe if they continue to play to Joelinton's strengths and keep him fit they could finish mid-table and not be in a relegation battle as expected? 

[Dan+]

It's amazing the nonsense they come out with to justify that kind of abysmal decision. Don't be fooled by it. They know full well they've fucked up and they're just trying to confuse everyone to try and justify it.

Absolutely ridiculous. Hayden was unlucky but he slipped over and wiped Kane out. It's a penalty every single day of the week.

[Honey Honey]

As Stan Collymore said Harry Kane has blatantly dived to try and get a penalty there. That anyone who thinks otherwise has been conditioned to think any contact is a penalty and that you have no understanding of how hard it is to actually go down 

 

Dicked by Norwich then win at Spurs 

 

Brilliant reaction from us. This group of players have known in the last couple of years how to dig out big wins when needed and it's good to know it still exists. 

Thought an equaliser was coming in a 10 minute spell but outside of that never in much danger.

There's hope yet as long as we stick to this formation and don't venture off to try and accommodate Shelvey again. That's the lesson from the opening 3 games for us. Same formation as last season needs to be the base to build from.

Why are so many dropping down injured? It feels like the Souness era all over again.

[Rick]

It's not been a terrible start for Newcastle, all things considered. Yes, last week was bloody awful but a loss against Arsenal is expected and a win at spurs was definitely unexpected. 

They have to show this sort of resilience against every side though.

[cb_96]

Have written up about the game yesterday, would be really interested what Newcastle/Spurs think of it so if of interest let me know and I'll send it over!

Ritchie and Dummett were particularly impressive, Lamela on the other hand rather disappointing for me. Spurs attacked far too narrow and lacked impetus on the wings, felt like Son/Moura should've had a go at the Newcastle full backs a bit more (not taking away from how well set up they were mind)

[LFCMadLad]

Is something not right at Spurs? The players dont look arsed and Poch just seems frustrated?

 

[Stan]

53 minutes ago, LFCMadLad said:

Is something not right at Spurs? The players dont look arsed and Poch just seems frustrated?

 

Think he said the other day the squad is unsettled. Perhaps he's not happy that Eriksen may leave and he's the one that makes them tick. 

[LFCMadLad]

21 minutes ago, Stan said:

Think he said the other day the squad is unsettled. Perhaps he's not happy that Eriksen may leave and he's the one that makes them tick. 

Yeah something doesn't seem right. Players hardly broke a sweat. 

[True Blue]

1 hour ago, LFCMadLad said:

Yeah something doesn't seem right. Players hardly broke a sweat. 

Broke my heart to be honest 

[6666]

3 hours ago, LFCMadLad said:

Is something not right at Spurs? The players dont look arsed and Poch just seems frustrated?

Eriksen, Vertonghen and Alderweireld all set to leave on a free at the end of the season if Tottenham don't sell before the season ends or offer them market value wages.

They pay the least out of the top 6 and it makes their yearly earnings look great but the players realising their value was always going to come around. Now we wait and see if Tottenham are willing to actually deal with the money you need to spend to be a big club.