01-02-2015, 16:37
I'm not saying that playing Lescott at left back was to blame for the defeat but the total absence of width that may have been provided by full backs who were comfortable on the ball and able to get forward certainly didn't help us get back into the match. Playing Berahino in midfield for the first 20 minutes leaving Anichebe totally isolated also didn't help.
Yesterday we were once again totally devoid of any pace, width and creativity. The contrast with Spurs excellent passing, movement and control was frightening. Yes, Loris made some good saves but Spurs were always in control for all but the last 20 minutes of the first half. Pulis picked the team tactics and substitutions and as others have said if Irvine had been in charge and we'd played like that he'd have been rightly slaughtered so yes, in my opinion Pulis was to blame.
Yesterday we were once again totally devoid of any pace, width and creativity. The contrast with Spurs excellent passing, movement and control was frightening. Yes, Loris made some good saves but Spurs were always in control for all but the last 20 minutes of the first half. Pulis picked the team tactics and substitutions and as others have said if Irvine had been in charge and we'd played like that he'd have been rightly slaughtered so yes, in my opinion Pulis was to blame.