We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Tottenham and Man City.
Here are some of your comments:
Spurs fans
Peter: All Thomas Frank has to do to survive is to start each game for the rest of the season with whatever he said to the Spurs team at a half-time. If ever there was an example of a game of two halves this was it.
Michael: Was Frank’s half time talk ‘Go and play Ange ball’ or did the teams swap psyches at the break? Either way, we simply can’t keep playing one half of a game and that’s down to the manager, he doesn’t seem to be able to motivate the team for the entire match. We all now know Dom Solanke has been researching new and interesting ways to score while in recovery, too! The awfulness of the first half was matched by the exuberance of the second, Xavi running the game, Dom scoring two unusual goals. They were a team then that could easily have won the match. Need to keep that going, I’m afraid there’s been too many false dawn’s to get excited. Let’s see next week, shall we?
Jimmy: That’s what the fans want to see in that second half. Let’s all pull together and finish the season strong.
Roger: In the first half we looked like a bunch of second rate players who were frightened to play and had no fight or interest. That’s not just today, but all season. In the second half with nothing to lose we were a bit chaotic but gave it a go and looked much better. We still looked frightened to try and win it though. It’s hard to know if it’s the manager to blame for the tactics or whether a great stadium and facilities has helped produce a bunch of soft spoiled deluded players. The number of players making themselves unavailable today to face City does beg the question. At least Palhinha tries to inspire a bit of fight and should be captain.
City fans
David: There seems to be no fight in this current city squad. Play like we are 5-0 up moving the ball from side to side then back to start again. Something needs to change.
Stanley: I wasn’t disappointed. I was really embarrassed in how we thought the game was over and we could just run down the clock. So many chances to overtake Arsenal have been thrown away. Just play for ninety minutes.
Kenan: Brilliant first half performance with a beautiful goal by Rayan Cherki (what a steal he’s turning out to be for £30m), but we saw the ghosts of last season in that second half – no organisation and sloppy performances. A beautiful goal levelled the scoreline and turns out any chance of a title race is slowly slipping away…
Brian: Here Man City go again. The merry-go-round of coming unstuck in the 2nd half continues. This was a three pointer thrown away. Spurs played with passion and belief in the second 45 and Man City simply fell apart and lost the will to win. How long will the club tolerate this failure to hold on to a lead and press home an advantage. We have the talent but not the tactics? This has become a pathetic watch.
