Opinion: Back four – travelling horror show
I have quibbles elsewhere. The first half selection—forced by the three suspensions—didn’t work. I don’t understand why Sessegnon won’t try to round his defender and…
Author: Paul Maslin Archives: 12/2019
Opinion: We took exit ramp off route one
And now we know. It’s not the manager—either of them. It is the players, pure and simple. In the first half they weren’t good enough—in…
Opinion: Flat, frustrating and foolish
The flat part I can’t explain. Somehow Chelsea were ready for this, and we weren’t. Throughout the first half they were quicker and tougher to…
Opinion: A special win
This is how Jose does it. And how, to be fair, our team under Poch did it in the Champions League all last spring. An…
Opinion: A Philippe Coutinho force field
Truth is, there were at least four Bayern players superior to any Spurs started on that field—and that’s not counting one of the greatest goalkeepers…
Opinion: A baby Yoda sort of day
“Mando” our manager didn’t even have to work all that hard or even think about removing his helmet, this one was so cuddly from the…
Opinion: Work to be done
The result was fair. They dominated most of the first half—out everything–ing us—attack, defence, and particularly hustle. We were lucky to be down only 1-0…