Your Angry HS Lit Teacher

Finished seventeenth. "Did well" is a relative term.

Starting to think it wasn't the managers but the eight-year(+) run of buying teenagers, bargain castoffs/unknowns, and the third-best players from lower-half teams that was the problem. #coys

Longest Spurs spell of possession so far has been Vicario standing over a free kick. Is that bad? #coys

So... Starting only two attacking players? Leaving Tel and Dom to come on late and get the suckerpunch, eh? #coys

I've just gotten the call from Tom. Due to their lack of numbers, I'm starting for Spurs tomorrow V City.

UPDATE: I tore both ACLs trying to hang up my phone. Gutted.

#COYS

I mean, except that instead of Bellichek dating 22 year olds, you had Pops; instead of Gronk partying with strippers on Vegas, you get Wemby reading epic fantasy and calling out systemic racism and Trump's secret police. Not all dynasties are built the same.

Not a good game from the #Gators, but also not great when Hall gets a foul in his favor every touch and our bigs get nothing going the other way. Gators have to figure out a way to punch through with their bigs. Long ball just not our game. Somehow Lil Pearl is even less likable than Bruce.

I cannot understand the naivete of anyone who thought Dortmund was a turning point or a reset. Red cards ruin games. Performing vs ten is nothing like a full side. The same unbalanced and meandering attack failed to find a way through when there wasn't automatically an open man somewhere. #COYS

Thought Djed and Xavi were poor; didn't think the three CBs made sense; the subs were weird (Tel and Wilson both on the right side? Why?); as predicted, Gallagher is a workhorse who does not move play forward; Spurs get stuck in the back again and again and lack quality in the final third. #COYS ?

Soooo how long is Pedro gonna be out for? 3-4 months? #COYS

If Djed is just gonna play LW, why not play an ACTUAL LW there? Asking for Matty Tel. #COYS

Spurs rumored to be after Nmecha and Summerville is the SQUIRREL! of football director-ing. Can't see how another LW helps. Nmecha might be useful, but certainly there are players whose teams Spurs DIDN'T play in their last two games that they should also be scouting... #coys

Does pulling Tel to play the ineffective RKM wide make any sense to anyone? #coys

And Ben down. What a cursed team.

Well, that was some La Liga level defending, Connor. Blocked off Pedro, didn't step up, just gave all the room to Summerville to shoot. Not sure Pedro should be getting beat to the inside with a right-footed winger, but maybe that's what happens when you ask your RB to be your ten. Ffs. #coys

Time for a Bissoumaissance! Given the injuries, he might go straight in. (I kid, I kid. I hope.)

True -- is my brain so broken I see somebody spend nearly 40 mil and think, "Well, they're not serious."?

Golden Retrievers: famously good at chasing a ball; notoriously befuddled when they actually get it.

Even with Rod out and Bergvall temporarily (?) injured, there's still Arch and Pape! This is just bargain bin hunting and grabbing whatever is there, even if you don't need it and it doesn't match what you've got.

Ultimately, when you're down to bringing Dane and Djed on to try to save the game, the long-term planning of the squad build has to be questioned.

Not all Frank's fault -- where do you go when the team sells your back-up RW and your other winger is playing 10 because of a suspension and two season-long injuries that the club refuses to deal with? Even the shoring up moves made some sense (though I thought Archie was doing fine).

Played a good first twenty or so, arguably because the team was in balance. A LW, a RW, a ten, two box to boxers. When Mo goes down and RKM has to come play doubly out of position, the balance disappears, the possession goes nowhere, and it just becomes a matter of time. #coys

Don't forget, MoPo went two consecutive windows WITHOUT A NEW PLAYER COMING IN.

#coys folks, what signings would excite you or rekindle hope for something other than a dreary second half of the season? Looking for specific names. A proven, attacking LW is at the top of my list. Similarly, will Deki and Dom feel like "new signings" if they finally get fit?

The worst part about today's Spurs performance is that we have to watch them play again on Sunday. #coys ?

I'd give him a go there. Can't be worse at linking up than Richy!

So three injured, one suspended, and one at AFCON? And suddenly Spurs are thin at the only position they're arguably well stocked? Cool cool cool.

Where's Lucas?

Why has Brenn already lined up a move elsewhere whilst the team as a whole, in desperate need of supplements across multiple fronts, is most notably not in the running for Semenyo and seriously linked with nobody? #coys

Oh no. Who's gonna tell him?