Giving up 3.5 xG second half looks more like they parked a scooter than a bus.

Hang on a minute…what the heck happened at half time here? Did West Ham get stuck in the changing room or something?

Any idea if porro’s substitution at half time for Spain today was injury related?

Couldn’t see any reason to take him off otherwise.

I’ve been playing about 12 hours so far, and I’m ‘just’ about getting used to it.

I hate the pop-up UI and how it looks in general, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

But I can’t really forgive all the bugs, and just how much detail they’ve removed. The beauty of FM is the detail!

First Mikey Moore goal for Rangers!

Hopefully it’s onwards and upwards for him now Russell Martin’s gone.

I was less impressed by Oderbert than most (he was attacking my end so I got to see a lot of the off the ball detail)

Surely the missing context was that Amorim switched his defensive RWB for an attacking RWB in Diallo after 60 mins, at which point Oderbert obviously started having more joy.

We were low block from Frankfurt. You’d be ok with TF playing a low block in the champions league then, but just not the league?

What I don’t understand about this latest spurs culture war is that we literally played like Greece 2004 to win the EL last season. The attacking football was getting us killed so we went deep block + time wasting from the 1/4s. It’s not unique to Thomas Frank!

Err, ok. What’s described is not exclusive to Arsenal though is it? I wouldn’t listen to the AI on that.

Even spurs have built in a 3, with an advanced full back, deep midfielder and 2 more advanced. pretty much every team who plays 4 at the back has a variation of this as one of their build ups

I don’t mean to antagonise you on this, but surely you can see the 2 images are completely different? They’re showing different phases of the game?

Forgive me if I’m sceptical that you watch every match but last week you shared a picture of FM26 claiming it was Arsenals build up structure!

Nothing happens in isolation and a combo of poor technical players and a seismic shift in football styles makes anyone playing good football difficult atm.

I’d recommend watching other clubs. You’ll get a much deeper view of how different teams setup stylistically + how the whole EPL is mired in this horrible midfield attrition / risk adverse / dead ball default, and how they’re all trying to adapt rapidly to the players they’ve got.

They were really attacking in the championship, but got to the EPL and had smallest budget in the division! They had a higher possession share last season than is relative to their budget. They scored 66 or so goals.

You could make an argument of Tel for RKM, but would that have changed much of our attacking?

You said he only liked physical players and dead balls, which is just not how Brentford played for lots of their time with TF…plus they’ve always had the 19-20th budget. 9th is an incredible finish!

It’s a bad faith argument “he would have chosen that lineup anyway”. But regardless of that I genuinely don’t know who these technical players are that should be on the pitch?

The EPL might be less about risk right now but Damsgaard / Eriksen / Canos would disagree about your assessment of TF.

I don’t think Richy ahead of Oderbert shows a lack of intent. We’re obviously managing Udogie’s minutes.

The 3 you name played played 70-90 mins on Tuesday. There’s plenty to complain about, but trying to manage minutes of the remaining fit players isn’t one of them.

If the lineup was the issue today, who should have been playing? (And I do agree we’re bad/average)

I suspect he won’t be the last Utd fan in the home end today. Doubt most will make it this obvious.

Not only is there a crazy number of half and half scarfs today…there’s someone wearing a Utd shirt in the north stand. Stewards look very panicked.

Can’t remember the last time spurs had a 12.30 home game?

Had to run back in and get my sunglasses. Imperative in the north stand for an early kick off on a clear day like today.

You just know var would disallow this goal today cos Harry Kane moves into Utds half before Dembele takes kick off.

Obviously can’t learn anything when the opposition is that bad and didn’t even press us when we were down to 10.

Hopefully lots of confidence for players who need it and a run for Xavi and Pape in the middle now.

Sitting in the ground and they won’t show a replay of the red card. Looked like nothing from where I am. Ridiculous that people in the stadium can’t see what’s happening.

There’s movement, and skill, if not the end product from kolo so hopefully that comes.

I just can’t think of anything from oderbert, other than the AZ game, where I think ‘yeah he’s got a top level future’. Be nice if he can prove me wrong 2nd half.

First time a team hasn’t pressed us or filled the midfield since Burnley and it shows.

Sarr and Bentancur winning the ball back aggressively….shame the front 4 have all the intensity of a crab,

Simons couldn’t do much more. muani and oberbert continue to look like competition winners out there.

Spurs stadium dj back playing some absolute classics again.

Likely to be the best part of the night in fairness.

Nuno had a brilliant team of players available ( we’d kill for 2-3 of this team now) and it was clear 3 games/wins in that there was a problem.

This was our lineup against Chelsea. His tactics were bonkers, particularly against Arsenal, so it was difficult to be sad or disappointed he was sacked.

The coaches had obviously given Bentancur a bollocking at half time cos he came out trying to show for the ball at goal kicks, but it was pretty painful to watch (not necessarily Bentancurs fault when he then has to pass to other not technical players)

It says everything about Spurs recruitment that 5 windows after we moved on from mourinho / conte
style midfields, our squad has 1 progressive passer in it (and he’s out for the season).

Incredible process from spurs. Gonna be a long season.

Teams just can’t function without a top class centre mid. Spurs seem to undervalue centre mids (replacing Carrick with Zokara springs to mind). We let Modric go for way too little.

I’m sure if spurs had been offered Kante or Caicedo before they came to EPL they’d have turned their nose up at them.