Anyone noticed how much longer our threads are when we lose?

I think the player's mindset was a called-off game.

Don't think so, we played pretty well until the goal, then a quick second and wilfs sending off just killed the game...

I share the view that we looked ok in the first twenty minutes but have got very frustrated by our constant recycling of the ball before losing it with some silly flick or ball down a blind alley instead of having a go when we were on top. The free kick that ended up back with our goalkeeper was the biggest case in point.

Ultimately Spurs waited for the inevitable mistake that seems to have become our signature and picked us off.

We've got some tough looking home fixtures in the second half of the season and if this doesn't get fixed fairly rapidly we're going to find ourselves with a big problem IMO.

Maybe he should use some of the 41m he has had from us to go to anger management classes

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

The stand out thing for me was the clash of tactics.

We like to press the opponent, inevitably leaving space behind our defence. Spurs like to sit back and look for opportunities on the counter, so it was always likely to be a game where either we won having dominated or they won having shredded us on the counter. In the event it was the latter, with the critical first two goals coming from turnovers when our back line was high up the pitch.

Given the potent combination of Kanes link play and Son's pace, playing with a high line always seemed inappropriate but I wouldn't critisise Vieira. Every method of playing comes with its own strengths and weaknesses, and I've never believed that a team without a host of exceptional players can flit from high pressing one week to deep-lying counter attacking the next. Even good players need a general method to stick to, and whether that's Hodgsons risk-averse shape or Vieiras pressure game, its a question of selecting the right overall style of play at the beginning of the season, then working consistently week in week out to be good at it, even if from time to time that strategy appears ill-suited to a particular opponent.