Analysis of the goals conceded against Manchester United (1/12)

Much much improved performance all round, I notice Chadli is getting the finger pointed at him as not having done much by spurs sites and quite a lot of praise from utd sites, personally I dont think he did anything wrong but wouldn't say much more, he did pretty much ensure Valencia had to do all his own running though as smalling (?) couldn't risk leaving him for long. Was good to see more people in the box too, mostly Lennon which is telling. Anyway, first goal was a howler but, we've all been there, you have to get something on the ball and seeing it late you have to take whatever contact you can, once in a while it falls as it did. Probably part of a larger problem that remains unsorted, sometimes the ball falls for you sometimes it doesn't, today LLoris could kick it up and you could guarantee a utd player would head it, and you could guarantee a utd player would be the one that got the stretched and barely controlled ball first, and you could guarantee that when the ball squirmed out after the following challenge it would be a utd player it fell to then too, we don't have the first to the ball bite and we don't seem to get the luck that sometimes makes up for it. This time it was in front of goal, it could only happen to spurs. Second one was a penalty, yes the guy left his leg out, yes he was looking for it, but sadly that's the game now. A little later Townsend ran into Evra - commentators decided that Evra hadn't deliberately contacted him it was just that he hadn't deliberately got out the way, and therefore it was fine, the same could be said for lloris, but like I say, that's not the game anymore. He should have retreated when he saw Vlad head him off, hard to complain that he's off his line too fast when we lambast Brad for the opposite, as for the penalty, the previous attempts chart suggested staying upright was your best bet, and it probably was, though its a brave keeper that walks in to the dressing room after not diving for a pen. Summary: keep playing like that and there will be more goals and hopefully fewer losses.

I was aghast at the sight of Lloris coming out to Welbeck when Chiriches had him covered. I hope that AVB now drops Dawson, because it is affecting the behaviour of our goalkeeper: if he knows he has speedy defenders then he doesn't need to commit like he did. Other than that, I thought it was in the circumstances a magnificent performance by the team and that includes AVB. I can't put into words what I think of the scum who booed him.

Looking at the replay Lloris was definitely to blame for their penalty. Chiriches had it easily covered. We gifted them both goals. Frustrating. Spurs will get so much better as they get used to the new team/system. Almost there. We are badly missing a left back. Having loaned BAE and kept Fryers as a reserve then he has to use Fryers. Loaning BAE will cost us 4th spot as loaning Townsend did last season. Far from being immune to criticism AVB is very affected by it.

Adebayor could be among the best strikers in the world. He's 28, at his peak. Why doesn't AVB do whatever it takes to get him playing at his best. Adebayor destroyed Spurs in the Champions League for Real Madrid. Why won't they play him???????????? (and wtf is BAE doing on loan?)