Having got our Premier League restart up and running properly with a solid victory over West Ham United, the players should have been well rested for tonight’s trip to Bramall Lane to face now struggling Sheffield United.
Chris Wilder’s side had a great start to the 2019/20 campaign following promotion and there was an outside chance they might make the Europa League prior to football being paused, since the restart their mojo and momentum has gone, so Jose Mourinho would be looking to capitalise on that as we continue to bid for a Champions League place.
It was a bright start from both sides really, but we better dominated possession and chances, and largely against the run of play the hosts took the lead just after the half hour mark. We responded almost instantly though and Harry Kane had the ball in the back of the net before a spineless referee bowed to the overtly pathetic Video Assistant Referee nonsense as apparently (after being barged to the floor) Lucas Moura ‘handballed’ the ball, so the goal was scrubbed out.
Sadly for us, the second half was dire in many ways and the control we did have disappeared and they made it count with two further goals.
Harry Kane rightly got on the scoresheet in the 90th minute, but it counted for little on a very disappointing night.
Unused Sheff U Subs:
Sharp, Jagielka, Moore, Rodwell, Zivkovic
Unused Spurs Subs:
Alderweireld, Winks, Gazzaniga, Skipp, Fernandes.
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Bramall Lane
Premier League
2/07/2020 6:00 pm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Sheffield United | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
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Berge (31), Mousset (69), McBurnie (84) | Kane (90) | ||||||
Henderson | Lloris | ||||||
Basham | Aurier | 71 | |||||
Egan | Sanchez | ||||||
Robinson | Dier | ||||||
Baldock | Davies | 81 | |||||
Berge | Sissoko | 71 | |||||
Norwood | Lo Celso | ||||||
Osborn | Lucas Moura | ||||||
Stevens | Bergwijn | 56 | |||||
McBurnie | 91 | Kane | |||||
McGoldrick | 63 | Son Heung-Min | |||||
Substitutes |
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Mousset | 63 | Lamela | 56 | ||||
Freeman | 91 | Ndombele | 71 | ||||
Alli | 71 | ||||||
Vertonghen | 81 |
Game Statistics |
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7 | Goal attempts | 9 |
5 | On Target | 2 |
1 | Corners | 6 |
13 | Fouls | 13 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
33 | % | 67 |
Having read a lot of the comments, we most all agree with the lack of effort.
Where we, as supporters, disagree is where to lay the blame. Personally, I can certainly accept the point of view that Jose was brought in to fix this, and hasn’t, therefore he is failing at his job. There is some truth in that.
This being said, I also see some truth in the fact that we have had 2 relatively highly rated managers try to fix this, and both have encountered resistance. I am starting to wonder whether certain players just do not have the mental toughness/resilience required. Is that a sign of the modern footballer, as jod implies?
It’s a difficult question, but I am starting to think that maybe an overhaul is needed. A complete reset of the squad, even if it means selling all of the crown jewels, and starting again from a blank sheet of paper.