Tim Wallwork

Hard agree with all of this.

@Timmah621 Thanks for sharing @Timmah621. So lovely to see your family initiation, and so glad you got a win!

At the airport still buzzing from last night. What a performance from the squad. I got to share it with my family taking the girls to their first game; core memory for sure. They have no clue what champions league knockout or aggregate score means. They saw a win and had a blast.

Sorry, how is that not a foul on Richy in the box? That is nuts. #LIVTOT #COYS

@YidVids It’s right in the middle of the goal FFS

Not one player in this squad is more culpable for where we are in the league than Vicario. He’s fucking woeful.

So the real problem is, as it has been all season, that the team has no idea how to go about scoring goals. #COYS

@vkon1 Energy yes, but sadly not sure we made a chance

Where was all this second half energy for the prior 15 games. (And the first half).

Did Vicario slightly bottle that?

Didn’t look a foul in the stadium. Apoplectic now I’ve seen the VT. Jesus, he’s got his hands up but he’s just protecting his space and Gabriel’s dive is one of those that actually accentuates how much of a nothing burger the ‘push’ is. #robbed #COYS #TOTARS

1. Tel should finish that. 2. Any reason Willock not booked for diving in the box? #COYS

Wrong sub for me. Should have just dropped Palhinha in and gone 4-4-1. That way, we keep Odobert as an outlet to keep the ball up the pitch and we still have Sarr and Gallagher as a central 2. #MUNTOT #COYS

For the second half. Dom, yes, obviously. But also Xavi and Palinha. Props. #COYS

@swspurs Our defensive shape, discipline, energy 😢

This is a really sad watch. Something in the air. Like watching something dying.

Also, Tottenham, if you have a free kick 45 yards from goal, you shouldn’t be knocking it 10 yards backwards to Romero in the CB position…Romero should be at the back stick. How arrogant we are, that we can turn down chances to swing it in….

In their own way, that was rubbish from all of Yves (caught in possession), Radu (no sort of attempted block) and Vicario (still can’t work out how he’s so comprehensively beaten from there, on that angle, off Cherki’s weak foot). Rubbish. We just have to be better. #COYS

@cyberistia Yes, and (like others in the comments) VDV too in a different way. VDV is like a forward who scores 4 worldies a year but misses 20 tap-ins. He makes incredible last ditch tackles enabled by his speed, but can’t defend perfectly normal crosses/passes. So, 2 not great CBs….

Romero is held up by some as our saviour. Even labelled world class. And yes, he has popped up with the odd semi important goal, so credit where it’s due. But defending is his primary job, and that’s where the argument falls apart. If he actually did his defensive duties properly, consistently and intelligently, then maybe we could talk about him being one of the best centre backs in the world. The reality is we all watch him every week. We see the rash decisions, the positional lapses, the unnecessary chaos. Truly world class defenders don’t come with that level of volatility. They bring calm, control and reliability. They make the players around them better. Too often, he does the opposite. Winning a World Cup also does not automatically make you world class. It’s a team achievement, shaped by systems, protection and moments. Plenty of good players have medals. Very few are genuinely elite over week after week of club football. You don’t get that status on reputation or international tournaments alone. And there’s another uncomfortable truth. If Romero genuinely was one of the very best defenders in the world, he wouldn’t still be at Spurs. He would already be leading the back line of a club consistently competing for the biggest honours, not being talked up as a saviour in a team that regularly concedes soft goals. He’s a good player. On his day, even a very good one. But world class defenders are defined by consistency, discipline and control. Until he delivers those traits week in, week out, that label simply doesn’t fit.

@LilywhiteLab Pre-ACL Bentancur was a complete midfielder to build a team around. Sadly no longer. The injury has reduced him. I love Palinha’s aggression, but he’s not a boss long term. Pairing Gallagher with any of Sarr, Bergvall or Gray brings energy & ball carrying through the middle.

This isn’t about Gallagher, as I spoke about in my video earlier I actually think he’s a good player It’s the fact that the club are clogging up the squad with profiles we don’t need And neglecting everything else we do need to improve our team Could Gallagher be slightly better than what we have? Maybe? But what does that mean for the next windows, we’ve just signed Bentancur to a new contract, we have Sarr, Bergvall and Gray, Bissouma still hasn’t been shifted We now need to shift at least 2 maybe 3 of these and that’s before we can even solve the ACTUAL issue with our midfield Signings like these just set us back years and then everyone complains when we can’t shift our dead wood

@charries Hi mate. Enjoy the win. Game of two halves, and we left ourselves too much to do….

@TimPCW Palhinha should have been arrested at full time 🤣

Watkins got away with a proper foul on Palhinha. I’m afraid we need to do as others do and start calling for the fouls a bit more and putting the refs under pressure. I hate it, but if you can’t beat’em…. #TOTAVL

Tempted fate, didn’t I? Ran out of gas and commitment on 60mins. Needed to score 2 when we were up.

Much improved first half. Lost count of the times we have got a successful foot in when pressing, and turned the ball over. Tel, Odobert excellent - France u21 partnership showing through. Huge energy. Now just need more precision on the final ball. #TOTSUN #COYS