How the hell does Redmond start let alone stay on for 90 mins?
At least he's consistent, consistently c----. Why oh why doesn't Tella get a chance. Can't wait for Armstrong to be fit to give a ponderous midfield some life. On the plus side McCarthy's first clean sheet in 17 games & Broja looks promising.

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Very solid defensive display against the flying hammers. Armstrong as a lone striker was much to ask from him but he did his best. The double flank defending prevented crosses, and when crosses came Alex M was excellent.
Djenepo worked very hard against the ball.
Broja was my MOTM with his shot against the post and his header which was cleared as it was half way over the line. The lad is in GOOD form, and he is QUICK. Just look how he left Ogbonna for dead and got to the byline and tried to find Moi with a low cross.
Livramento did ok - again - but he threw the ball away too often, and I screamed for KWP to come on with 25 minutes left.
A clean sheet was definetely something we needed, and we were unlucky not to succeed with the game plan and take all 3 points. We needed a win too!!
Why did the ref. not send Antonio off AFTER the end of our break away chance. Djenepo was on the floor yes (after having jumped 10 feet to avoid bruising both his legs by Antonio), but we were on the BREAK, and the chance was inexplicably and uselessly stopped by the inexperienced ref., who should have said "play on" and given Mikail the red card afterwoods..

Well done to Ralph and the players - Redmond not really though ; he was disciplined against the ball but way too ineffective when he was on the ball and expected to move forward and create.

Adams apparently needed rest. He'll be ready for the next match. Him and Broja could be quite a handful with their physical strength, and we really need Stuey to come back soon to put some life into our midfield! Romeu is still no way near back to his best, but he has to play to get there, I suppose....

0-0 , an acceptable result after all and a nice, clean sheet. I think we now have a solid, alternative game when playing the better teams in the league, which is very good.

All in all a good afternoon, and Spurs lost 3-0 :-D

COYS <3

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p.s.
If our new game plan against better teams continues to be in a 4-1-4-1 formation, I think Adams or Broja is a better option than A. Armstrong as a lone striker, but ,ok, Adams and Broja had been playing 3 and 2 international games respectively (or did they both play 3?) in a week, so this time it was fair enough to let A. Armstrong play. However, though I like him, he seems too small/too light weight to play as a lone striker / target man. Had Longy not been covid hit, he might have played, I guess.

Nice to see Ralph change tactics vs a very difficult opponent. Promising. He has become more flexible. Good!

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