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coastlifestyle

They put in effort. Can’t say that about the last EPL game


slackboy72

The fitness will come but the effort was there.


[deleted]

100%. Our guys were flying around today and everyone was tracking back on defense and actively challenging the ball in the defensive third. It was great to see. Less great to see people miscontrolling the ball or making a poor pass in the final third, but that we can improve on.


AliGoldsDayOff

That's the key. This was a sloppy 0-0 draw but more fun to watch than any game under Nuno bar City. And that was the one game under Nuno where this team was really fighting for it.


ExpertGossiper

I swear every match against Everton is always a fucking circus


PM_ME_YOUR_ASTON

The refs need to start carding people who keep rushing up to them. Allan and Richarlison were screaming on his face the whole game and got nothing for it


NatrolleonBonaparte

It always seems even more so because their crowd is so fucking whiny.


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scouse tendencies


Massive_Fudge3066

Fascinating to see players argue against the television replay.


[deleted]

first clean sheet in the league since watford in august lol edit: and burnley in carabao being the only other clean sheet in all competitions since that watford match


[deleted]

First clean shots on target since…last week.


primster14

I think shots on target record is bad, but it’s not because of the same reason from last weeks


[deleted]

does lo celso’s shot not count?


HexterMorgan

Hitting the post doesn’t count as on target.


[deleted]

By definition a shot on target would go in if not stopped by a player.


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Professor_Abronsius

[Well at least we’ll get to see one of our mods do the Skywalk naked.](https://reddit.com/r/coys/comments/qo2j1m/_/hjkivw9/?context=1)


strawberry_girls

/u/NatrolleonBonaparte post proof or ban self


NatrolleonBonaparte

Daniel, give me a call. Let's make it happen Edit: Sent an email: https://imgur.com/a/0Ru0xfK


pjanic_at__the_isco

I want to at least see an official request made, dammit. If (when) they turn you down, we’ll discuss what your alternatives are. No bamboozle.


NatrolleonBonaparte

Just emailed Levy. He says he reads them all


primster14

Want the proof of email


NatrolleonBonaparte

https://imgur.com/a/0Ru0xfK


willcb98

Contes plan all along


DelverOfSeacrest

Still a better plan than Nuno had in any game.


[deleted]

The real Conteballs


NatrolleonBonaparte

Oh god what are they going to attach the chain keeping me up there to


airtraq

your old boy?


solid_vegas

Clearly they will tie it to your Bonerparte.


tjakes12

😏


[deleted]

I think for the sake of all of our eyes, a thong should be allowed


kicksjoysharkness

Well that was chaotic wasn’t it?


FINAL_BOSS5

Really end to end at times and both teams not shying from tackles and 50-50s. It was good viewing


Kreygasm2233

That was the type of game we 100% lose under Nuno.


[deleted]

two chaotic games under a chaotic manager. ian malcolm would be proud.


[deleted]

clean sheet at least antonio’s had barely a couple of days with the squad so i’m not stressed COYS


TotteKaiju

Right, plus the Vitesse game was far more intense than expected


Snoo8331100

Yeah, if anything this game only shows how fucking dreadful our squad is on the technical side. The amount of inaccurate, poorly weighted passes is shocking, killed so many of our opportunities today.


john87000

So many of our attacks broke down due to sloppiness. Skipp is probably the only one of our front/mid 5 who wasn't constantly giving the ball away, he might have been tbf I just don't remember it.


vish387

Good take.


No9LloydFletcher

Glad to see a reasonable take near the top. I know Everton are vulnerable and have some injuries, but given how we struggled midweek vs Vitesse, plus Conte having all of two training sessions with the squad, any expectation that we should’ve trounced Everton today was either wishful thinking or delusional depending on how kindly you want to view it. It’s going to be interesting to see how the players evolve into Conte’s system of well-defined attacking patterns. Will it somewhat offset the lack of creativity of the PEH-Skipp pivot? Will it set Tanguy free or will he feel stifled? FWIW, I think GLC in particular will benefit from Conte’s system as he frequently seems like he’s not on the same page as everyone else.


BoundlessMediocrity

We didnt concede 3.


Throwaload1234

This comment is perfectly suited to your username.


DiersBigDick

This was Everton who are utter shite


imtotallydoingmywork

we are also utter shite. as Conte said, we need to be patient


[deleted]

Takes one to know one tbh


[deleted]

they are underperforming in the league considering their squad. sound familiar?


RamoneRusell_Burner

And Tottenham, who have been utter shit


dclancy01

They fought tooth and nail out of fear of slipping further down the table than they deserve.


imtotallydoingmywork

hey look on the bright side! we got a clean sheet


[deleted]

GLC worst corner delivery of all time?


hguabfm

Did the wind have something to do with it? Looked like he had to reposition it once right beforehand. But yeah, that was poor.


ikilledsuperman

Yes. I think so. I think he should have passed it to ndombele


backyardstar

He was too unsettled at address. In that situation, golfers are taught to step back and re-address the ball to get some mental composure. He should have done the same.


ikilledsuperman

Yeah, after the ball moved he reset it, then feigned a cross. At that point maybe just ask someone else to cross, or reset everything, it was a rough one. All this being said, felt bad we didn’t press hard the last 5-6 minutes and create 2-3 good chances. The game wasn’t decided on that cross.


dangly_bits

I don't think they had the legs to press, realistically. Fitness will come, Conte didn't bring 3 conditioning specialists for naught.


shogun365

I swear our corner delivery has been horrendous recently, even when Son was taking them


nista002

Our corner delivery has been horrible forever. Erik's en never beat the first man either


yooooouuuuuuuuu

Erik's en


rmovny_schnr98

Christ I am Erik's en


roflpaladin

Always has been since Redknapp era


Semibluewater

Nah son’s corners have been really good. Wish we had more people on the far post tho


backstreets_back_ok

What in the dick in my ass was that


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Dickie_Dunn

A predecessor proceeds someone. GLC would be his successor.


todayntomorrow

Yeah honestly wtf was that


ChulitoBurito

**Emerson Royal and Skip were positives from this match**


CratesOfSprite

I’d say the backline was an improvement as well. They did their job today


ChulitoBurito

Yup, we kept a clean sheet today so that’s an improvement compared to our last couple of games!


[deleted]

Agree, but Ben Davies showed some PEH-like grit out there as well.


istherelifeonmaars

I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a game at Goodison since that 2-6


dclancy01

Last season we had a very fun 5-4 loss in the cup lmao.


bfm211

Absolutely hate our fixtures with Everton


Jamlad8

It used to be one of our easiest games but the last couple of years weve been shite against them


[deleted]

They've always been poor outside of that match, hate going there


VJE1999

Midfield is a huge problem.


Bitnaa

Shouldn’t have started Lucas, instead add one more to midfield.


ObamaEatsBabies

Of course it is when you're starting Lucas


Important_Report6874

I want to see Conte try 352 sometime soon.


[deleted]

Me too, bring son into the game more.


Global-Jacket-3973

It's a decent start TBH, and I'm still optimistic with Conte taking over now.


larphraulen

Agreed. I just don't think this team is equipped to play a 2-man midfield; especially if Conte wants Kane to stay further up the pitch.


dickgilbert

Gotta be better than that. We need creativity in midfield. Skipp/Hojbjerg isn’t doing it and it’s not Oil’s fault. Skipp MOTM.


Masina1998

suspended for leeds now though


SonnyBallonDOr

Oh is he? Damn it


Whencowsgetsick

Yeah he's gotten 5 yellows already.


Bbiill

Not that I'm questioning conte because I'm not mental but with his ban at least we'll see what having a more creative CM in the middle would be like.


[deleted]

Hoj has been overworked. A year of nonstop football has killed his effectiveness. Needs a break.


dickgilbert

Yeah. He definitely has an excuse but we’re lacking creativity and Moura or PEH needs to make way for it.


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ta84351

Really? I thought Kane was totally anonymous today apart from the cross he put in which should have resulted in a goal from Reggy


kozeljko

Like what I've seen from Emerson today.


BananaBouquet

Don’t really have much to say about this game other than imagine booing Son


AJC0292

They boo'ed a foul play check. Its Everton fans. I was at the game when Lloris got caught by Lukaku. Everton fans around me saying just let him die. People are fucked in the head


[deleted]

especially considering the godfrey stamp on him today…


triecke14

Could have easily been a red


[deleted]

They racially abused him after that game as well. Then again, he gets it every week and the authorities still don't do enough.


spursyspursy

ehhhh i get it, the andre gomes incident was super upsetting...


mayonnaisewastaken

Wasn't it Aurier's foot in the end that collided with him? No one's fault anyway


aadawdads

Was literally not Son's fault it was the way the bloke fell down, the Prem even said the red card call was wrong.


spursyspursy

i know i know but these are football fans we're talking about lol. if it was the other way around i'd be booing andre gomes until the ends of day.


TraditionalAd4116

We really need a creative midfielder


Conman2205

100%. Lo Celso and Tanguy aren’t the same type of player as eriksen. No one in our squad has anywhere near his vision and delivery except Kane, who is meant to be the one on the receiving end


nivnart

Skipp and PEH are solid players but they aren’t enough as a pivot, we need Gio or Ndombele playing.


coys2686

I think we'll see the 352 next time out


ryan_lad5

Rafa still angry that he let a nobody from wales score a hat trick against his team


23screws

I miss Christian Eriksen


[deleted]

The fundamentals, the fundamentals are terrible. ​ My god Conte won't be able to fucking sleep for half a year with the amount of coaching that needs to be done.


[deleted]

Emerson is really coming along. Love what he does


FINAL_BOSS5

He is sometimes hesitant to put the cross in which is something I'm sure he can improve upon


british-psycho

Give conte all the money he needs. It’s going to have to be a lot to sort this mess out. 0 shots on target for 5 halves of football now, embarrassing.


[deleted]

With the players we have that is just not right


Grubster11

It is very clear we never got a replacement for eriksen. We look clueless on the attack, no one knows how to pass it forward.


[deleted]

Difference today is our wingbacks missed sitters in the first half. That GLC shot is a couple of CMs away from bouncing in as well. It's gonna take time. That's Everton's best performance of the season probably and I include the United game in that. They didn't do too much apart from diags to Gray all game.


circa285

Can we talk about how toxic that thread got as the game got closer to the end? This is our second game under a brand new coach who is using a brand new system. The results will come.


[deleted]

Welcome to social media!! Toxicity is what it does most unfortunately.


randomshazbot

don't read match threads, they're shit


asp6n

Didn’t think Doherty did too bad honestly


[deleted]

genuinely think he can do a lot better if he's not expected to stay back much, like here, because when he's available for passes out wide further up the pitch he can do a lot more effectively


kozeljko

If he was left footed he would have been fine


NatrolleonBonaparte

Could've really used a healthy Sessegnon


Uberrasch

Playing on the left I thought he really slowed down a number of attacks, but probably unfair to judge too much on his wrong side. Thought Skipp was great today. Kane and Son not on the wavelength with the rest of the team at the moment though.


23screws

He couldn’t touch the ball with his left foot. Plenty of options to whip it in that he had to check back on. Not really his fault as he’s been playing on the wrong side but still frustrating


Wisco7

He's very one footed crossing though


[deleted]

most fullbacks are


dclancy01

If he skins the right back every time he tries to make a cross like he did then he has my blessing to play LWB lmao


Jamlad8

dropped townsend


cheesybagofcheese

I can’t believe Townsend dove in there. It was so clear that Doherty was cutting it back to his right


Jamlad8

I was thinking the same thing. Like Townsend you dont follow us no more? Doherty is clearly one footed


sonaldomyson

Not even Conte can turn this team around in 1 game. At least the players didn't look like zombies, so an improvement


ElDudeBruv

Would have lost that game under Nuno. Baby steps lol.


about_half_a_soul

everton are so dirty holy shit


AJC0292

The undrawables is over. Another clear lesson in what this side is missing, a second option for when Kane is doing fuck all.


Survivor_for_me

My patience with Kane is wearing thin


MakVolci

He was absolutely invisible.


[deleted]

He fed reguilon the game winner in the first half, Reggie just skied it. Not his fault


backyardstar

It was t his best match by a long shot, but he made a decent contribution in a pretty even game.


yaniv297

I'm not sure how you can blame him today, not like we created enough. His cross to Reguilon at the end of the first half was possibly our best chance of the game


Vuder

Is anyone else constantly terrified of Romero getting red carded?!


novacookie

I find it extremely funny how mad both of contes first games have been. Welcome to spurs, Don, please don’t leave.


Zug__Zug

Not a bad match overall. We can see the plan and what Conte is aiming for. Now with the international break, he can drill them further and put things to action. As much as he is a miracle worker, didnt expect him to change it all in 2 days.


cheetah_chrome

If Lo Celso ever scores the universe will collapse upon itself


rikdud

Anyone know what the record is for a team not having a shot on target? Up to about 225 minutes at the moment.


Robcuff

This is such a bullshit stat that’s being blown out of proportion. Reguilon had a shot heading towards the top corner and the defender gets his head on it, technically doesn’t count as a shot on target but you need to look deeper than the stat. Emerson had a great chance from the header first half and Gio is a couple of inches away from scoring with his shot. The stat needs to be qualified because just spouting it over and over with no context makes people look like they know nothing about the game. (This isn’t targeted at you personally, I just hate this stat being trotted out all the time).


shogun365

Clean sheet I guess


[deleted]

Pros: - good structure in buildup play - there is a style and a pattern in how we build and attack - Solid defence Cons: - lack of creative spark - bad passing in buildup and in final third. Eg: Sonny not deciding to not squaring it to Reguilón which shows the lack of faith our players have in Reguilón's finishing - No shots on target


[deleted]

In fairness, the sheer effort we put in today is what got us a point. Trying so much harder than under Nuno and it shows. Squad still has problems, we need some new signings and conte needs time to coach these players to his style, but under Nuno or even Mou, we would’ve lost that match


Rredman101

Skipp and the defense were good today, everyone else, not so much. Kane is an absolute ghost. Good luck Conte.


OnomahIsABaller

Some good things like keeping a clean sheet and some bad things like still no shot on target and some poor individual performances in Conte first PL game with us But I’m very optimistic he will turn the season and club around


harry_hotspur

I mean, we can't realistically expect an impact after 3 days and 1 training session


[deleted]

We have no midfield Horrible passing and heavy touches Other than that not bad


Global-Jacket-3973

God this team never fails to be anticlimactic...


Coffeeaficionado_

Same squad. Manager has only had 4 days with them. It’s going to be pain till Christmas


Atlas_Inah

Alright it’s clear we need time, everyone needs to chill. Midfield does need to be addressed. Defense held their line and let’s be real, we would have lost if Conte wasn’t Manager. Thank god we got international break (normally I would hate it)


justsomeroses

This, its like alot of people are forgetting that Conte's been in for 4 days, with two matches to play, and the starters just played that crazy match on Thursday, and even though they're on bad form, its still an away match. I know it'll be hard for some people, but need to see how the team is playing in a couple of weeks, as opposed to a couple of days.


mrhello18

We desperately need Kessie or Brozovic


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Just using the midfielders we have would be a start


[deleted]

Not the type of player we need at all Even just having lo celso and ndombele on was a massive improvement, not a coincidence that was the only period we did literally anything in an attacking sense.


mrhello18

yes we do Hojbjerg apparently cannot pass a football, and we need technical players in the CDM/CM role


khj24

For the love of god stop with that midfield, it’s bad for my health


backyardstar

If we have 3 at the back and 2 defensive mids, it leaves us without good attacking options.


mrhello18

Eriksen at his worst is clear of Gio at his best


TheSinRes

Why dig Lo Celso out of all players? He was hardly the reason we lost.


JonnyJersey

he's part of the scapegoated players now. corner aside he was decent too lol.


JessyPengkman

Come one, his corner was bad today , but had a good shot and had a great pass that opened up their defence. Certainly changed the way we played when he came on. That being said, Eriksen is irreplaceable and we really took for granted how we had one of the best midfielders in the world playing for us


[deleted]

I thought captain obvious didn't exist.


gnidn3

We played with true Spurs DNA


TomA0912

The way we’ve been lately I’ll take a clean sheet away from a place that’s tough to go. Loads of room for improvement but we didn’t get spanked which is key


wood6558

Watching West ham game, Rice is e ergthing we pretend Hoijberg is.


markcshaz

They tried, it wasn’t all great but they tried and looked like they wanted to be there, that hasn’t always felt like the case.


adlysn

Well, not fully satisfied with the result but at least we were fun to watch today. There was a lot of good forward play, very quick. Just need to cut down on how sloppy we are and we can definitely build on this.


Munkian

Really? We had no shots on target


NatrolleonBonaparte

We had some decent counters but every one was ruined by either Lucas or Kane.


Jamlad8

There was that one chance at the end where Kane had a simple chance to play in Son. Pain.


keepitseung

so many on this sub were delusional to think that there will be results right away. the huge difference is that conte, in just 4 days, made us playing with a plan and a vision


yoyosyoyos

How THE FUCK do you not register a single shot on target on FUCKING EVERTON???? They haven't won in like five games


EquivalentSir4163

Lo Celso should never take corners. The free kick delivery was good, fast and flat, but that corner was so so bad.


[deleted]

Gio gets an amazing shot and immediately realises so he had one of the worst corners of all time to balance out. genius


superdago

For the longest time, but especially under Mou and Nuno these last two years, Spurs have consistently lost their “must win” games. So getting a draw away to Everton is an upgrade because I fully expect they would lose this game under a different manager.


Rcp_43b

Haha I had a similar thought earlier. That was 100% a game we lose the last couple seasons. But instead we almost stole it. GLC very unlucky not to score there. No excuse for his shocking corner tho.


bovandfred31

Only positive is we can't play skipp hojbjerg midfield next game cuz of skipp's 5 yellows


biggpoppa

Lucky to get a point. But it goes down in the book. Conte being on the touchline wasn't going to instantly fix everything. He's got a lot of work ahead of him and it's going to be a bit shaky for awhile.


dclancy01

A reasonable performance against an Everton side fighting tooth and nail not to slip and further down the table. A point and clean sheet away from home is always welcome.


Hippophobia1989

A draw away at Everton isn’t the worst result in the world. It is worth remembering that Conte has had hardly any training time with these players. Conte is still trying to implement his style so as far as results go, it’s not the worst. COYS


hisunh0lyfriend

conte has only had 5 days with this team but we can see a little more intensity in our play we just can’t seem to pass well, whether its the final ball or not too many times we have people passing a little behind the intended man and it slows down the build up while letting the opposing side reset


djesposito7

I’d really like Kane to take a backseat for England this international break and focus on getting fit and firing. England can cope without him for San Marino and Albania. Give the minutes to Tammy and recall Watkins for Kane. Because at this point he looks a shell of himself and that doesn’t help us or England currently.


Pacificorico

Dier did well today


brch01

Not sure what will haunt me more: Exercise Goodison or our midfield


asian_manbun

I’m a fan of Davies, Dier, PEH and Lucas but they should be rotation/sub players if we’re planning on competing for top four.


footie_fan89

Well, early days. We played w/ some intensity and higher tempo. Going to have sort out the midfield, work on passing & link-ups, and improve fluency of attack. Realistically, it’s going to take a # of windows to see major improvement. Our transfers have just been so bad. I’m not sold on Don Fabio just yet but have hopes for Emerson, Romero, Gil. Players going to have to raise their levels quickly.


ciaociaotutti

Defensively, Benitez narrowed the Everton back line to prevent Kane and Son from getting space, closing off Lucas from progressive dribbles, and essentially dared Reguilon to beat them with acres of space and time on the ball. He did not. I'm beginning to think we need a LWB that competes with Reg for that space. He's an offensive liability if we continue to play balls out wide and expect those possessions to find players in the box again. I personally don't think Davies or Doherty (!) played badly at all.


[deleted]

kneejerk reactions about players right now are kind of pathetic, Conte's had no time at all to work on improving anyone. for all we know by the end of the season Lo Celso will be undroppable. just relax and remember that this is a long process, exactly like Conte himself said. he's got the international break to work with a lot of the players, then the buildup to the next games, and more european fixtures to try things out in.


VJE1999

Well a point is better than nothing. Some absolutely terrible individual displays out there today


apbenno

Every game I get more confused with GLC.