Thread: I actually thought Bentley did well

Our goals had been coming al night, it was no surprise when we actually scored (more when we scored) & Burnley were very, very lucky to go in at full-time 3-0 up. They do say you make your own luck tho.

The amount of games that we've played well in, the better side even, only to lose it in the final seconds ourselves, you have to hand it to the boys for doing the same to Burnley last night.


Spurs have never made good favourites, we're an underdog team & I like it that way in a funny sense. It will be a completely different ball game in the final against Man U.

Originally Posted by Oldskool Yid

Bass, I like your comment about not being surprised when we scored, .

Its true, I did have a head's up! However, we did have all the really decent chances that we actually constructed from good, open play, we just completely fluffed the finish (not what I expect from a Prem side i must add). Burnley took ALL their chances, 2 of which we provided for them! I was surprised by how often we breached their defence. From all the comments (here & elsewhere) it sounded like we'd not even troubled them but Burnley were darn lucky on several occasions & it was only a matter of time before either Pav or Defoe would get 1 right. As it happened, they both did.

However, I have to say that in no way am I saying that I was satisfied with last night's performance, not by a long shot. There were 1 or 2 decent shifts put in by Bentley & Zokora, Dawson & Woody, a few that blew hot & cold like Pav, Bale, Modric & Defoe & the rest were poor, very poor. However, the team performance was dire. There were flashes of brilliance which showed what wonderful football we can play when we put our minds to it but there was no sense of being in it together, 1 for all & all for 1 type thing, & that's distressing.

Originally Posted by belondon

I only saw the burnley goals coming, and thats it..

That's only because you were fearing the worst, as we all were. They had a completely unacceptable proportion of the possession but then they were the home side. For all their time on the ball they threatened our goal very rarely over the 90. It as only after the second had gone in that they really looked like they'd get their 3rd. After that, with the impetus now switched to Spurs, we looked like the only ones likely to score & even David Platt said the same in the commentary, and what he says is gospel you know.