McCarthur is badly missed. He does a massive job for us and I am praying he is back fit soon.

There is no disguising the fact we lost 4-1 but we were undone by 2 world class goals and a Spurs forward line worth 300 million.

For a team with a manager who is apparently an expert in a defensive set up we have taken some real hidings this season. Six defeats have cost us a goal difference of minus 24. Apart from that everything is hunky dory

Moving on to West Brom

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Agreed. We're a 30% possession team...which is why McArthur/Luka are better options in there.

I'm just challenging your assertion that he's technically sh*t.

There’s no doubt our midfield is the problem however I thought we had sorted it in the last three matches with them supporting the back four defensively? However, tonight we went back to playing a more attack minded game therefore sacrificing our defensive play in the last few games. It may be down to Spurs being much better than our last 3 opponents or that we were just knackered playing mostly the same players in all these games? Perhaps a bit of both? Hodgson will need to sort it for the West Brom match even if it means playing for a 0.0 and perhaps sneaking a win against the run of play?