Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Fulham 1

Pretty poor performance all round !

This is where stats can lie. We may have had a few goal attempts but I can remember a wayward one from Parker, as well as two from Dempsey that didn't even clear the first man in front of him. It was so poor. I think we need 71 points for the top 4. Five wins, two draws and one defeat. Winning all home games is a must, as well as Wigan away. If we can get more of a point against Swansea, Chelsea and Stoke then bonus. By the way, Stoke have decided to make their game with us their 150th anniversary game, with all their greats in attendance and a bumper crowd, pitch displays etc etc. Hopefully we can ***** on their parade.

This is the sort of game where a decent maanger has to earn the mustard. Didnt make the changes to deliver the result. Im looking squarely at AVB for this defeat

Of course!! How stupid of us not to realise the truth. It's Levy buying all the players whether the manager wants them or not. It's Levy who coaches the players. It's Levy who selects the team. It's Levy who decides tactics. It's Levy who makes the changes during a game & it's Levy who wears designer stubble & stands on the touchline alongside Joe Lewis wearing a Steffen Freund tracksuit.

It's ALL down to Levy. What complete & total 8ollck$!!

What a mess for 2nd time in a week! Vertinghen best CB in the Prem moved to LB and Benni LW (ur avin a laf) with Bale down the middle and no Lennon we had no width and no pace! Bad selection, bad shape and bad tactics. All this follows the fiasco in Milan where the boys ended up playing for 2 hours for very similar reasons. AVB has lost the plot and as a result our 4th place is now in danger. We need to get back to the team and shape that has done so well - if it ain't broke!!!!!!

too much tinkering.

Spurfect11 - the main problem was not up front. Defoe had those shots because we were playing 2 up front at the time. Defoe would have had a similar bad time had he been playing alone throughout that match like Ade was. Defoe has scored ONE goal in his last 15 appearances, and Ade has 2 goals in his last 15, so both strikers are mis-firing right now.

I think Spurs started by playing three at the back yesterday. I sit in the North Stand upper and we were defending that end in the first half, the way the team lined up it seems that Kyle was playing right wing back and Benny left wing back, so we had five in midfield. My plumber is a Chelsea season ticket holder and he told me AVB played three centre backs a couple of times early on at Chelsea so maybe he is trying it again. I think AVB is doing a good job at Spurs I have to be honest I did not think we would be any where near the top four this season I know we have the players but I thought we would finish about 6 or 7 in the league this year and have the sort of season Liverpool are having. AVB has done the best of the new young managers this season, Rodgers, Lambert, etc. but in saying that I feel we can still get top 4. Our fate is in our own hands if we get a result at Chelsea and beat Man City & Everton at home, it will help our fate a lot. Finally, I am knocking Levy because I feel he has done more good for Spurs than bad, but I did hear at the start of the season he was offered Berbs from Man United as we had first refusal on him and he said "no thanks", after seeing him yesterday I believe he would have been a real plus in our team, he had one real chance and he scored.

Ox Yid - I was wondering that too, but Vertonghen was hugging the line. It looked more like he was full back - or some hybrid. But that is my problem with any unusual defensive line - one injury, and the whole thing has to change. The CBs changed, the LB changed, and the goal was made through the LB side - soon after the change. Back four seems to be the most resilient scenario.

mattspurs1982 - Which one of our vast array of match winning players sitting on the bench do you suggest AVB should have subbed on then to get the result??

Carol is a 'nice' player who can play a 'nice' pass. but defensively he will lacks the pace and physique to do well in centre-midfield. a luxury player that will 'look good' on the ball which in turn will fool the fans into not thinking of the holes this creates for other teams to exploit.

Pappas the wotcat ..........Carroll is progressing. Very left footed when he first noticed....but now getting better with his right. He even showed something more to his game, yesterday.He still has the potential to be a good left sided midfield player..of 3....maybe 4. Bit like how Kevin Sheedy was to Everton. Time will tell....how good he can become.......but at the moment.....he is progressing well.