Poor pass back, Čech messes about and Everton walk it in to the net 4-2

I don't think Čech was even expecting it tbh

Spurs 3-1liverpool at HT.
Liverpool an absolute shambles at the back

I’ve been very critical of us in the past (and when we went 1-0 down here) so it is only fair that I praise the team when they put in a performance like that.

Front 4 of Lacazette, Sanchez, Özil and Ramsey were all excellent going forward. There were times when we were just gliding and slicing through Everton with runners coming from every angle. Great to watch.

Probably no coincidence that this is the first time our 3 record signings all started together.

Now to sit back and hopefully watch a high scoring draw with red cards and injuries between spurs and Liverpool

Well not quite.

I can’t see them beating City this season

they felt weird did they - not surprised with you about - bullsh**ter extraordinaire

Nor can I. But if they were still playing at White Hart Lane I think it would have been extremely close.

I’d agree. They seem to be juggling champions league and prem commitments well. It will be interesting if they go deep in the other cup competitions. To be fair they have coped better than I thought they would with injuries - albeit there are some players who are clearly more important than others, I’d say Lloris, the CB’s, eriksen and Kane.

Spurs have some very good versatility in the team. Both RB have been used at LB, a couple of the CB can play full back, dier can play mid, cb and rb. And it seems every player is 100% sure of their role with and without the ball in both a 4 at the back and 5 at the back.

Kane continues to baffle me. I’d be the coach who wrote him off at 18 and lived to regret it forever.

Nothing at all weird about rival supporters in the same pub/bar. It's all about the banter AG.

Koeman sacked.........................................

I’d agree. They seem to be juggling champions league and prem commitments well. It will be interesting if they go deep in the other cup competitions. To be fair they have coped better than I thought they would with injuries - albeit there are some players who are clearly more important than others, I’d say Lloris, the CB’s, eriksen and Kane.

Spurs have some very good versatility in the team. Both RB have been used at LB, a couple of the CB can play full back, dier can play mid, cb and rb. And it seems every player is 100% sure of their role with and without the ball in both a 4 at the back and 5 at the back.

So, if a team performs poorly, they just sack the manager ?

Wow, can they do that ? /Sarcasm

Having made my views pretty clear on Özil and his attitude and effectiveness for us, fairness dictates that I comment on his performance yesterday.

I though he was excellent. His movement was a joy to watch and his passing was perceptive and penetrative. I can’t remember seeing him play better.

and I ask a question again. Does anybody like me want him to sign a new, reasonable, contract and stay with us?

Whilst I'm asking, would you also like Sanchez to also sign a new reasonable contract?

Having made my views pretty clear on Özil and his attitude and effectiveness for us, fairness dictates that I comment on his performance yesterday.

I though he was excellent. His movement was a joy to watch and his passing was perceptive and penetrative. I can’t remember seeing him play better.

He was good.

I wonder in a few years time how we will all view his time with us. Clearly he's off in the summer but he never really had the supporting cast at Arsenal to enhance his platform. He was always missing the pacy striker and defensive midfielder.

If he was sold tomorrow and I was comparing him to Fabregas in his Arsenal stint I'd probably say fabregas was the better player overall. It's unfortunate that Wenger couldn't build the team around our 2 mega signings in him and Sanchez. We now have to start again.

It's unfortunate that Wenger couldn't build the team around our 2 mega signings in him and Sanchez. We now have to start again.

Piggybacking on Rich's post. I said the same about Özil. Either build a team around him that plays to his strengths or sell him. People criticize his defensive nous at times but that was never one of his strengths. At Real Madrid he had other players to do the heavy lifting. For Özil to be fully effective that would have to happen or you change him and his style of play. The EPL is such that you can't have him perform in the role he did in la Liga. The EPL is a much different league where successful sides needs a much more team defense from all players. The pace is faster, counters happen quicker than a much slower paced league.
I think Özil to his credit has improved in areas he wasn't before. First of all he is a much tougher player. He takes tackles and physical play much, much better. He attacks and puts himself on the receiving end of passes much more than he has before. Now that we have made him more of an EPL player other sides want him now.

Where Özil suffers is that nobody criticises a workmanlike striker in a poor team for not scoring 20 goals a season, because he is paying to his maximum natural ability. The things Özil is torn to shreds for are seen as the things that come for free in football - effort, desire, commitment, tracking back etc. It is a tough one because I wouldn't ever excuse not doing those things every game and I think much of what has been said about Özil is true and at times he has looked uninterested but I can sympathise with players who are being asked to do a job without being given the tools or players around them to do that job.