Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Everton (Sat 24 Aug, 3:00 PM)

[formerly manx toffee]

I don’t see how he can pick Doucs who is awful on the ball, can’t pass and offers nothing in attack over someone who can pass and offers some creativity. Beggars belief.

Work rate. Ndiaye will replace him as the season progresses. Dyche is pragmatic and cautious. Took four games to see Branthwaite last season remember

 

[ForeverEverton]

Doucs will score today I can feel it.

Be nice if he stayed onside.....

 

[Dykovski200]

Lindstrom didn’t set the world on fire against tranmere. Neither did Beto

Beto scored twice

 

[Drico]

Not felt good about this game all week. Couple positives that Tarks is fit and Dixon has been given a game. But still can't see a result here.

That Tarkowski positive might prove to be a negative if he is being forced to play through injury. If he's carrying a knock, it might be wiser to rest him for today's expected defeat a la Moshiri.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Beto scored twice

Yep and didn’t set the world on fire against Tranmere. Based on that performance he wasn’t pushing for a start today. Armstrong and Metcalfe our best players on the day.

Only positives for Beto and Lindstrom was mintues

 

[Blue peter]

I don’t see how he can pick Doucs who is awful on the ball, can’t pass and offers nothing in attack over someone who can pass and offers some creativity. Beggars belief.

Probably because he’s looking for Douc’s athleticism off the ball to help disrupt their attacking momentum. I think when he picks him it’s ostensibly for that, second his ability to pop up occasionally with a goal, and last (and least) whatever technical ability he has on the ball

 

[DualityNSNO]

Work rate. Ndiaye will replace him as the season progresses. Dyche is pragmatic and cautious. Took four games to see Branthwaite last season remember

That’s not pragmatism, that’s stubbornness.

If he was any modicum of pragmatic he’d play his best team/players, as that is what pragmatism is, not keep playing favourites when we have better options.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Yep and didn’t set the world on fire against Tranmere. Based on that performance he wasn’t pushing for a start today. Armstrong and Metcalfe our best players on the day.

Only positives for Beto and Lindstrom was mintues

You literally explained the former with the latter.

They weren't playing in the U21s to impress the manager/stake a claim for a start today - they were playing purely for minutes in the legs.

 

[mightymoyes]

I wouldn’t but that’s what I’ve been thinking all day (as negative as it sounds) bottom of league, no points and minus six gd

It woulda been 5 or 6 if Holgate was playing

 

[Blue peter]

That’s not pragmatism, that’s stubbornness.

If he was any modicum of pragmatic he’d play his best team/players, as that is what pragmatism is, not keep playing favourites when we have better options.

He’s just too defensively minded as a coach which is why, I would imagine after our gig, he will end up managing upper region of the Championship, and occasionally at a newly promoted team at risk of relegation e.g. taking over the fire fighter mantle from Allardyce

 

[Clarky cat]

Why does he do this?

Rather than make subtle changes or potential game changing changes or even obvious ones (O'Brien and Ndiaye) he makes one wild change but leaves a lot of the dross in.

I love that Dixon is getting his chance, but if we do get battered, him being the only change means he'll be Dyches scapegoat and in comes Holgate next game

It will be Young.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

That’s not pragmatism, that’s stubbornness.

If he was any modicum of pragmatic he’d play his best team/players, as that is what pragmatism is, not keep playing favourites when we have better options.

He is happy with an away 0-0 against Spurs. Happy with 30% prossession. He is not setting out to win the game. Therefore setting his team out to get what he believes to be to most likely positive result.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

You literally explained the former with the latter.

They weren't playing in the U21s to impress the manager/stake a claim for a start today - they were playing purely for minutes in the legs.

Still would have expected them to look better than they did. Lindstrom more than Beto to be fair. Hasn’t played himself into contention.

 

[Andy McGurk]

It will be Young.

Fair enough, thought he was banned for 3 matches for that straight red

 

[Delargeinho]

He is happy with an away 0-0 against Spurs. Happy with 30% prossession. He is not setting out to win the game. Therefore setting his team out to get what he believes to be to most likely positive result.

Would take a draw there, but not this way.

I remember our away match last year was pretty good there.