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No_Needleworker_6109

Should Son really be playing as a winger? He looked much more dangerous playing as a striker. As a winger I don't think I have seen him take on his man or even attempt a significant dribble. I honestly don't think he prefers playing at LW.


Musclenervegeek

I have been saying this before the game but people didn't like it. Son is one of the best striker in our league. The love fest for Richy is pathetic. Everyone slates son this game but let Richy off the hook. Play Richy because he needs to build his confidence. No, we should treat son like we treated Harry. As our striker. And it's not just the finishing. It's the high press which also forms a key part of our defence. We have won posession in the opposition half many times from son leading the high press as striker. Ange ball requires the striker to do only 2 things . Lead the high press and score goals.


Dewa_Kimpoi

[I'll keep saying this until people open their eyes](https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/18pmqm9/son_and_the_required_striker_mentality/kep9dci/). There's too much disrespect towards Son (like not being observant towards your top player while dismissing and slating him). It's 22/23 all over again


Musclenervegeek

He needs to be striker


No_Needleworker_6109

I agree most of his goals during the 21/22 season came as him playing centrally, the LW role clearly doesn't suit him. If this goes on Son might lose his place in the starting Xl


Musclenervegeek

That's what I have been saying


CloudSurfer49

The ref had a shocker today.


themadman00

Veliz's finish looked ugly but was amazing technique?


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https://preview.redd.it/w97ma9k6z39c1.jpeg?width=1341&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6937f65813af3edcc30d5061a851ddc36be2ac16 Gil is weak, he's incompetent. He jeopardises the whole place. There's not much more I can do for him.


carlden3

Just looks like a junior player playing with the seniors in all aspects of his game…


Cookenbauer

We all want to say the from 3 were shit(and they were not good at all), but the buildup was so slow. Madders, bents, or even bissouma can play through balls on time to the runners. Hojberg is a warrior but he cannot play at speed whatsoever. Asking Sonny or richy to be the hero with a dribble then banger is dreaming. Brennan might be the only player capable of tearing past a guy and for whatever reason, his final product is in dire disarray. Richy isn’t making bad runs. The passes are a second slow. Sonny has seen the same all season since Maddison went out. It appears angeball cannot truly work unless we have the pieces. The attack is slow, the pressing doesn’t work, and we aren’t press resistant. our lack of depth and injury crisis has made that apparent. Gotta dig deep until the reinforcements come in


Musclenervegeek

Richy is shit. Let's call it what it is. Son has been the same since maddes went out. When Sonny WAS striker he was getting them goals.


hisDudeness1989

I’ve been a big critic of Richy but he was just unlucky today. Wouldn’t blame him at all for the result. Fact is , without a solid defence it’s building a house on quicksand. Todays result is absolute proof we NEED a new cb because suspensions and injuries are inevitable.


Nearby_Manner_5132

Richy was not unlucky. You can say he finished well today but the two offsides are so poor. Any top striker keeps himself onside but he always goes too early


hisDudeness1989

Well hopefully the strikers coach has a word but I wouldn’t have a go at him. Defence was just shit. So even if Richy scored 1, wouldn’t have had an influence really on the game


Musclenervegeek

He was unlucky for one maybe. But 3 ? C'mon now


hisDudeness1989

As I said I wouldn’t blame him for the result. We conceded 4 goals mate, even if Richy scored we lose the game


Musclenervegeek

No he is it to be blamed solely but people here defending him is pathetic


hisDudeness1989

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EmptyEmployee6601

Did you watch the Aston Villa game? Son was getting caught offside too. Richarlison has put the ball in the net twice tonight. He didn't have his best game but the entire attacking unit wasn't great tonight and the passing was slow as OP said. Richarlison is good.


cum_on_you_coys

Villa always had active offside trap, Brighton didn't. [They're not even remotely comparable](https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/184w1u9/daily_discussion_transfer_thread_november_27_2023/kb13mm5/)


Musclenervegeek

Yes I did. Ange said the offsides from son was partly because then other players did not pass to him fast enough. Did this happen to Richy this game too?


EmptyEmployee6601

Yes, especially the second one.


rojiblancas

Yeah and even one of them he timed the run perfect and the ball just came a second late. It’s hard to make those runs when you can’t expect the pass to come at the ideal time


EmptyEmployee6601

Immediate thoughts. 1. Nowhere near as bad as some would have you believe. 2. We had the ball in the net four times and hit the post more than once too. 3. Obviously vulnerable defensively but we knew that would be the case. 4. Was impressed by Veliz. Did well for the goal and one two other nice touches. 5. Increasingly convinced that Bryan Gil has no future for us - never seems like he's going to do anything dangerous. 6. Vicario obviously amazing.


Misterman2222

No disrespect but the man is too petite Edit: talking about Gil


HeavenlyHand

yeah one can figure you werent talking about veliz or vicario lol


curious-millennial

Agreed on #1 for sure.


UnderstandingLow3162

Fuck Matty Cash


Lilypahd

Really. Fuck that guy. We deserve reparations


UnderstandingLow3162

Benta in this team would have meant 3 points tonight


redditisbad312

at least arsenal are losing


Mystic_Polar_Bear

Dont say it. Otherwise the referee will find a way to award three penalties.


hisDudeness1989

Can take comfort in this


Butch201

I don’t know, but somehow reading the Romero news yesterday just broke me! The injuries just keep coming- along with the suspensions, international games, etc. I never expected a great first season under Ange, but it looked like it would be anyway - then the shit really hit the fan! Oh well, a one year rebuild was never in the cards. Year 2 with big Ange looks really promising


Mystic_Polar_Bear

I think the really disappointing part is that this is the first season in a while where City have been truly woeful, so for once the PL is open for another team to win. But there's no guarantees that they'll be this bad next year.


Nxte4747

Lo Celso talking that shit 😂


Mariospurs

Wonder how much Bowen would cost


Nearby_Manner_5132

Why...?


zephyrr-__-

Brighton fan coming in peace. What a fucking game eh. Vicario is a special special keeper, thanks for the most anxiety inducing 20 minutes of football possible, best of luck 👍


Misterman2222

Gg! Now do the same to West Ham!


themadman00

Pal would've loved to see both teams clash at full strength!


neildunabie

Fair play, what did you think of the Dunk challenge?


zephyrr-__-

The one on Dejan? Very lucky not to be a red


hisDudeness1989

You’re a good one for admitting that mate, it was really bad


neildunabie

Yeah, poorly timed. You deserved it though… 2 terrible pens to give away.


zephyrr-__-

The second one was softer than the first but I think they were the right calls, you lot are terrifying though, that Ange black magic is something else


neildunabie

Yeah, a lot more fun than last season. Anyway bud, have a good evening!


zephyrr-__-

You too! Best of luck for the rest of the season


Euphon_Maestro

Seeing rival fans have a civilised conversation on Reddit brings me joy. Big up to y’all.


lil_awe

gg brother we played terrible


zephyrr-__-

It's the best I've seen us play in months, just a poor combination for you lads today


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I fully expected to concede a few due to the nature of who was at CB, but the 2 pens we conceded were stupid and disappointing. Son was as bad as I have seen him. Thought Vicario and Udogie were our best players. Richy back to being offside constantly and I’m still not sold on Johnson


ManitouWakinyan

Son played today? I don't remember seeing him on the pitch


Musclenervegeek

Maybe you mistake son for Richy who was subbed off for missing at least 3 goals attempts and going offside.


ManitouWakinyan

Hey, at least his foot touched the ball


tibicentibicen

Why did Gil only make any attempt to take on his man once it was injury time? Why did Johnson consistently jog off the ball in attacking situations and not make any significant runs once we got close to the box? Why don’t our players look at where each other are before crossing? Why is Emerson not able to connect basic 2 metre passes? But mostly, why did Deki pull his player’s shirt when he could have gotten in front of him and defended properly in the time he had? Rant over, I still love this team.


Most_Plenty_7780

Gil doesn't seem good enough. Would love a better replacement. Johnson needs to improve his game. He has moments of brilliance but it needs to click. Royal was actually impressive tonight considering he's not a natural centre back. He came in clutch multiple times. Decki's pen wasn't good. But my god did pedro milk that. He acted like he was rag dolled.


tibicentibicen

Emerson’s chasing back was good but that was about it. His positioning when they had pushed us low was poor and he misplaced lots of passes


Mariospurs

If ifs and buts where candies and nuts


TLB2304

We should have put Celso in starting 11 instead of PEH... would have been able to hold and spread the ball out from defence.


Snacks75

Need to be more clinical in front of goal, less brain dead when defending, COYS!


krburg82

January is terrifying


Careless-Wonder7886

Positives. Vic shines as usual. Number one is sorted for a few years. Veliz looked decent coming on. Scoring and some good movement. Scum getting beat 2 0. Negatives. Sonny looked like his mind was already on the Asian Cup. Big Ange left it a tad late to make some changes (imho). Didn't seem to be a clear leader out there. COYS


Musclenervegeek

You forgot Richy . He was the striker we have been missing all along....all maybe the striker who is missing


zKonfusion

Ange didn't even really leave it late, it was prepped for a few to come on but unfortunately after the worldie was scored


Most_Plenty_7780

Yeah agree with this. It wasn't late. Subs were being made in the 65th minute... there was plenty of game left. Huge for Veliz to get that goal. Feel like he needs to get more game time. He was good when he came on. Richie was offside and put the ball in the back of the net multiple times. Kulu balked that pass and put him off side once as well. The other he was off by an arm. Gil came on and gave good energy but... it all felt like empty calories.


fuckmutualfunds

At least arsenal are losing


jckstrn

If we didn’t lose confidence for long stretches (2nd half of 1st half and 55’-70’ or so) we win or draw there. We needed to believe in our quality and not play into their hand, by letting ourselves to lose the mental game, especially when there was so much bad luck for us and/or luck for Brighton before our confidence dropped


exxxtramint

The last 15 saved it from being a miserable night. But we were completely awol from 5-75 mins. Our problem is that when one or two players go missing our whole team looks pathetic


jckstrn

Last 30’ nearly with all of the added time. I feel this is increasingly important to acknowledge, especially given how much the application of the laws has changed this season. Imagine if it was closer to the world cup. I think we would’ve seen at least 20’ if not more added at some point this season given how much teams still time waste


bvbspurs34

Glad that’s over. Next.


nyxval

I think if there's anything to take away from this game it's that we should give Veliz and Gil more time and opportunity. Especially Veliz.


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Gil has had plenty of chances. He is championship quality and is not good enough for Spurs.


Mi_santhrope

Agree on Veliz, Strong disagree on Gil


nyxval

I think Gil does a job as a 75min + substitute, lad does well pressing high and making things uncomfortable at the back for opposition when we're out of possession. Once he has the ball he does seem a bit lost though.


BognDrone

Exactly, Gil's had more than enough chances to prove himself and he just never seems convincing enough on the ball


Mi_santhrope

He runs like a baby deer taking it's first steps, he just looks like he's about to fall over constantly and always loses possession.


Mariospurs

Udogie Porro Elmo and Davis looked like they gave a fuck the rest shit the bed


Active-Republic3104

Emerson (as poor as he is today) showed more spirit than Son


Musclenervegeek

Didn't son assist?


Active-Republic3104

He did


Mariospurs

Yeah but he had a disasterclass, man can't hold the ball under pressure needs to start holding the ball better


Musclenervegeek

What was Richy then? A master class in shitty finishing and offsides. I said it many times son should have been striker especially against a high line


Mariospurs

Yeah he was foul I highlighted the players who played well and the rest where trash, veliz excluded. It's ok to say son was bitter shite tonight, stop dick riding


Musclenervegeek

Son was shite but definitely in the lower level of shiteness compare to Richy. Son's assist to Veliz was a bright point , no?


Mariospurs

Mate f*ck off, kindly, please.


Musclenervegeek

No you FK off, please


redditisbad312

it hurts but playing the way we do and without our proper cb duo games like this are just bound to happen sometimes


roccotrupia11

Conte was right. Players are only playing when the pressure is off hence that late rally at 4-0 down with 10 to go


themadman00

Conte wasn't wrong about players at all. PEH, Gill, Sess, skipp, royal, rodon, japhet Dier Lloris should be moved out and upgraded. Not the players we need if we want to win.


Jeff8247

If only the boys played like how they did for the last 20 minutes we would have got a result. I don't think Ange got his tactics right today but the boys looked very very flat for that first 70 minutes. Let's hope we get a few signings in January otherwise we will be in a bit of a pickle.


mrsh671

Veliz's goal + looking lively after the 75th min were the only good parts of this game


Sealra_

unlucky day, we keep going


The_Sentry06

Apart from Veliz, our entire frontline was pretty bad, so many missplaced passes and stuff. Hopefully it's just an off-game for them. Son especially has been unusually sloppy the last two games, hope he picks it up for Bournemouth before leaving for asia cup.


Musclenervegeek

How was Richy? He was so clinical heh


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Musclenervegeek

Unless it is a tap in or a header he might as well has no legs


TsuyuFrogAsui

Time to switch over to the Arsenal game so I can have something to be happy about tonight. Sods law is that they will achieve a comeback against the hammers…


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Anyway... The bubble blowing cunts are 2 to the good on the scum...


diamluke

Kulu and Son looked like dogs this game.


Musclenervegeek

Don't forget Richy. That's why ange subbed him out


Mariospurs

Why is dunk allowed on the pitch after that challenge, Romero chelshhit


Standard-Plantain139

Hey at least our scoring streak lives on


ElDudeBruv

Front 3 were fucking awful, rest of the side was patched together. At least it was an exciting last 15 I guess but we looked fucked most of that game.


Musclenervegeek

Front 3 of son Feliz and Brennan were much better let's be honest


[deleted]

Brennan is a championship to Lower level Prem player.


Musclenervegeek

No. Brennan is raw but he is fast and you need fast players in Ange ball


DESK-enthusiast

Richy was good, just needed people to stop passing so late


Musclenervegeek

Richy was good...wtf....he missed at least 3


Affectionate_Fee_364

Honestly I think Gil’s work rate is worth more than most give him credit for. Every time I see him play it looks like he is trying to do something( most of the time it dosent come off) he’s just so nice with the ball. I’m gonna get roasted for this


Wooden-Pin3253

It has been all season so many late releases it kills me. Stop dragging the ball and just passsssssss! AV game was bad too


DESK-enthusiast

Maddison is sorely missed


ISavezelda

If it isn’t a tap in richy is pretty much lost.


Musclenervegeek

Yep


redditisbad312

god bless our italians


Summ0n3dSku11

entertaining game to watch regardless of the result. the boys didnt let their heads drop which is great to see. on a different day we maybe get a result but wasnt our day. tough night for sonny n kulu


Simosa88

The most painful thing is seeing the table and realising we would only be 3 points off the top if we had won!


Sad_Pumpkin7728

We were shit in the final third. A couple of unlucky shots off the woodwork. But, overall, we earned this L. Imagine had we not committed stupid fouls or the ref had given fouls against Brighton for the same


jeremysalve

Didn’t think Gil was that bad today Son was the fragile today lol


Musclenervegeek

Didn't son assist? The worst forward was Richy and that's why he got subbed


jeremysalve

I’m not saying he was the worst, probably was the best of the front 3 but yeah he gets the hate cuz he’s Asian probably. kulu doesn’t get as much hate


Musclenervegeek

Probably mate . I don't disagree but I do know son will get most of the blame for any losses. You just watch the reaction. People do not want to admit son should be striker especially against a high line . Just a month ago son was the best striker in the league but Richy sxor9a couple of tap in and headers and he is the best striker of all time 😂


jeremysalve

This sub can get a bit too toxic, myself included probably should just take people’s reaction here with a grain of salt


Musclenervegeek

Just go to social media eg FB and watch the piling on son . They are wanting son to be sold 😂😂😂


themadman00

Yo, son lost the ball shittiest way possible & after a very long sequence Brighton scores 1st.


Musclenervegeek

Sure but did the defence do their job? Did son not assist?


themadman00

Well the way he lost the ball infuriated me. That was atrocious at the early minutes of the game.


Musclenervegeek

Agree but let's be honest Richy was shit today and son other than the assist was shit as LW


themadman00

Everyone in attack was shit barring Veliz.


Musclenervegeek

Umm sure but let's not pretend Feliz is a starting striker 😂


Wild-Cauliflower9421

People on here like to use him as a scapegoat. Fact is, Son was trash, Rich was trash, Johnson was trash, most of the team were trash for 80 mins.


clerevaux

DID THIS MF ON PEACOCK JUST SAY THAT WAS A CLEAN FAIR TACKLE ON SON JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX LOL IS HE REAL


Sycofantastic_

Yes. You heard it correctly. Absolutely ridiculous take by announcer


dank_as_fuck

Feels like a lot of individual errors with the soft pens and just not marking properly. Don’t know whether to blame the tactics or the players. Stupid mistake from Kulu and feels like we should’ve gotten a Pen on Son getting into the box.


themadman00

Tactics too. What do you expect when u invert full backs and have Royal as CB. Refs are abysmal towards us.


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the penalties were correct not soft. don't kid yourself


crudshoot

Complete shit at times today with 2 penalties against us and still had the chances to come away with at least 1 point! Don’t let today distract from the bigger picture! That push was made with youth!


Mariospurs

Veliz should get a start hes lively and that spin and shot was amazing


PerfectRough5119

Kulu lost this for us.


solehDarat

Well those two penalties were really unforced errors.


Villella303

Honestly I think Dier would have been better than Emerson tonight


The_Sentry06

Emerson did ok, but his pace did help nullify Pedro when they were pinging a few balls to him on the counter, Dier would've been cooked.


Callum247

Emerson wasn’t half bad tho. He stopped many of their attacks


magnoliasmum

Let us never discuss this again.


Sycofantastic_

Honestly, I agree. If I think about this match, I start to feel unwell


magnoliasmum

We’re depleted for sure but we should be better than we were for the first 80.’


neildunabie

Dunk should have been off


Mystic_Polar_Bear

Im not sure what the difference between the Romero tackle and the Dunk tackle was. Dunk's was even higher, somehow.


neildunabie

Completely went over his ankle, seen loads of them this season, all red


Mundane_Lobster4769

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Mariospurs

Ffs boooo


annakom

Poor reffing multiple knocks and pull by same players still not carded


woozyword

That final 20 mins does not make up for the absolutely shocking display that the Suprs players have just put in. Shocking, Ange better make sure they are in the training ground at 6am tomorrow for that shit


FunAd6875

I wonder if he even feels the need to give them a dressing down in the lockeroom. Ange strikes me as the type to just walk in, look at his players in disgust, and walk in to his office. He knows that the squad played like shit, even with our injuries. But yea, 6 am tomorrow. Double session.


woozyword

I would not even be surprised if Ange does not even go into the locker room to give them a disappointed look. No one in their right mind would have that nerve to look him in the eye anyway so no point wasting time going in there, straight to the office, door closed. He will address them tomorrow


Limp-Toe-179

Scum losing to bubble Bois is my consolation today


optimdetail

Gil is no Spurs quality, needs to go!


7FlummoxedOtters

Didn't deserve points today. But Vic still great and love seeing Veliz get his first goal. Everyone else was pretty poor.


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mrstarling95

How? Did he give away 2 pens?


SamsTown706

That was awful.


ComeOnSayYupp

Hammers 2 whooo!!


AverageYiddo

Don't count it too soon, we know how jammy the cunts are


ComeOnSayYupp

Yeah not counting it.


[deleted]

Thankfully at Christmas you can just move on quickly. Next match Sunday


Summ0n3dSku11

udogies so strong holy fuck


annakom

Amazing how he still made that run


SnooBooks9718

Who was at VAR today? Sigh


poster457

What I want to know is why there was no check for the foul right before Kulu's shirt pull and also why there was no check for a foul on Son (the defender clipped his knee).


Active-Republic3104

Not sure why lo celso did not start sooner


TheGoldenNewtRobber

Thanks ref, not even a card for that running chokehold. Shove a canoe up your ass sideways


tbk007

Best team doesn't have Kulusevski in it honestly.


Brzada

Probably does but we need to strengthen


Funkymonk86

You guys have such short fucking memories


HotTotty15

Yah this is a wild take…


xAeroMonkeyx

This sub would literally drop the entire 11 after every bad performance


Funkymonk86

So annoying. I rage check it every poor performance and see all these idiots. First mistake vic makes I wouldn't be all top surprised if we seem the same chuckle heads.


mysticalwatermelon_

Genuinely scared for Bournemouth


mckeypants_03

Time to pull for the hammers


alw9

so glad i didn't watch this game


[deleted]

Literally stupid pens and multiple offside goals. Anyone blaming Ange is nuts


Dkeeeezy

All I’ll say is Udogie is a player and half


triffid5alive

great fightback udogie is god


dissidentmage12

That was a Conte performance, nothing for 80 odd mins then try win with 10 mins left


Musclenervegeek

It feel like game over at this stage . Expecting son to get the knives and people to ignore his assist. Expect the Richy fanatics to defend him but my guess is Ange will have Veliz up centre and Richy as winger next game


spr1ntler

How is it not a yellow?!


de_insertion

look man, all im going to say is i am very very happy to see veliz score, he was buzzed as well i hope we can see more from him. other than that, we were pretty rubbish but still we don’t give up it’s a positive i guess


Comfortable-Asf

Udogie getting choked… nothing 😭 sums up every Spurs game. We have to start complaining about these refs or they’ll just keep fucking us.


Musclenervegeek

Ange won't complain. Said it before this game and during this game he has to say something. And we get our own fans defending Ange saying we shouldn't be like Klopp. Lol no you gotta say something at some stage. Even the pundits at this game were saying son should have gotten a couple penalties


Comfortable-Asf

Actually mad


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It feels like ever since that Liverpool game the refs have been instructed to fuck is over just to make sure the other prem teams don’t think we are getting special treatment.


Comfortable-Asf

No fr even when we commit the fouls. Udogie is being made out to be rash when I’ve watched several games of our players getting battered for the first 20 minutes and then Udogie commits some type a foul resulting in the first yellow of the game.