People are calling the first 15/20 minutes woeful. They weren't. They were to be expected. Take the two goals out, and we'd done alright. No. I'm not making one of those if me Aunty had bollocks we'd be top of the league posts. It's a fact. Barring the two goals, we'd done alright. And if I wanted to make one of them if me Uncle had tits posts, I'd go on about how unlucky and cheated we were to conceed the two of them.
But me point is, we were at White Hart Lane, Spurs were always going to boss sections of the game. That's a given. So, Brendan has to work on not conceeding when we're under the cosh. If we get that right, with Suarez and Sterling, we can even turn soaking up pressure into a springboard.
But sticking to the game last night, AVB's Tottenham play a similar game to our own. They were at home. And, in all honesty, they probably have the better players in more positions, but, for long periods of the game, we outplayed them. And it was a definite improvement on the Swansea game, another team that play a similar game to ourselves, but without the talents of Tottenham. So, I see it as an improvement.
Sadly, this is how our season has gone since it kicked off, one step forwards, two steps back. But we have to accept it as a transition period. We'll get more settled as things go along. But why Downing was thrown in at left back again, was beyond me. But obviously, it won't go on forever. So, it's not worth dwelling on.
As for Allen, it's natural for a young player at a new club to tail off after such a good start. It's called teething troubles. I just hope the supporters remember Lucas, and don't start giving the kid loads. He'll come good. Same applies to Henderson, but unfortunately scapegoating seems to have become part of things now. But who knows, he may well become a really good central midfielder if given the time to develop without being hounded.
But in a nutshell... a good performance. We need to cut out some needless errors, but we could have still won this by a couple of clear goals.
As for Gerrard and corners, I've been screaming for him to let someone else take them and get on the edge of the box, his whole career. So, I don't think that's going to happen now, even though it does make perfect sense.