waste of space Newcastle.
Premier League weekend fixtures 11/12/13 August
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For all of the stick that Jose gets for the style of football his teams play, not many in the media seem to criticise Benitez. His sides are always negative, workmanlike and functional. He's obsessed with the 4-2-3-1, have never seen him try anything different.
His teams are dire on the eye. Liverpool fans won't have it though.
His teams are dire on the eye. Liverpool fans won't have it though.
No they are not. dippers, Man City are rivals. Spurs are challengers
We'd love him if he was ours, a proper little mixer of a player
Spurs are so annoyingly clinical. Feels like they score most of the chances they create. A far cry from us.
Under Poch, Spurs are something of a boa constrictor. 60 minutes of being muscled and pressed and squeezed to death, and then once you are too tired to fight back well - just swallowed whole.
Davies 0-2 (NU-TH)
Davies 0-2
From first watching that looked like an unbelievably good move, but the reply shows it flicked off Alli by mistake (the 2nd time) and Eriksen ran into it so it just bobbled off his shin. Decent though.
Because it is a myth Mourinho was more defensive than Benitez, actually when he was at Valencia and Liverpool their teams had a lot of things in common.
There's so much movement between the forward players which is also a far cry from us.
They don't even play the same position as Pogba who is more of an 8 in a midfield 2.
Imagine Blind getting into a position like Davis just did to score a goal today...
Fat chance.
He'd be 60 yards back.
So... he will score from 60 yards into the top corner!
Nah, I think it's a fair comparison. Alli massively outperformed Pogba last season. Pogba needs to buck his ideas up and work on his game as at the moment I have to agree with @WhoDaGOAT, I'd rather have Alli.
Alli & Kane are consistent in their finishing. Guys like Mkhitaryan etc have to step up.
I disagree. They are both the creative sparks for their team and are often the most advanced of the midfield.
Eriksen in the Pogba role for us would be a much better fit. He's a better playmaker and his final ball is more consistent.
Completely different player though. Feel that Aili is scoring more due to the system and style that Spurs play. Put him in our team and he won't be standing out much I feel.
Alli booed 
That was a good chance for Newcastle.
Yep. Certainly impressive but also a bit boring and mechanical.
The Premier League's been becoming increasingly ordinary for years. Guardiola's the only one trying to buck that trend with crazy setups and insane firepower.
Might go back down.
Impressive on paper, but come back to me when they have actually won something and got rid of their bottler tags.
Atsu has looked capable of causing problems at times...otherwise...not alot from Newcastle.
Spurs really have built themselves a properly good side here. Fair fecks to them
Spurs really have built themselves a properly good side here. Fair fecks to them
Nah, I can see them staying up with Rafa at the helm. Spurs in their first game was always going to be a bit of a write off.
And yet Blind still scores more goals.
Eriksen
Boring game.
Walker-Peters out towards the end of the game.
I said I'd prefer Eriksen over Pogba. He mentions Eriksen and then Alli in his post.
But I was referring to Eriksen.
That defending from Newcastle was pub league standard.
Kane hates the month of August. Or it hates him. Can't tell.
should be 3
2-0 FT for Spurs. Shelvey's red card changed the game for a flat Spurs side.
Thought that was three
But will they win anything? this is surely the season they need to win some silverware, as I can't see them hanging on to their stars for another summer if not.
Good performance. Unfussed, muscular - no drama, no stress. Very happy with that, given what some of the other contenders looked like this weekend.
Or Newcastle got a red card and it changed the whole game?
Spurs would still have ground out the result.
But Shelvey sabotaged his team.
Disgraceful.