I'm not suggesting that Spurs bossed anything; or deserved more. I have no feeling we should have won and have no axe to grind either. Losing to West Ham (thanks to the other results) means nothing to me today. It could of course have meant an awful lot more... no team can keep winning for ever.
It was more a statement of frustration at how, on the top level, the stats show a great performance, but they also show (as the score line is afterall the thing that matters here) that in the 34.8% of the match that West Ham had the ball, West Ham actually did something with it (they scored for a start), the stats also show that despite spending the majority of time in the West Ham half, the stats suggest that Spurs can only have done 'an Arsenal' and not actually made any in-roads on scoring themselves and were therefore subsequenty stopped (presumably by Mr Noble) at the crucial point irrespective of having had c2x the amount of time on the ball than West Ham.
Did I watch the game, no. Having spent over a decade as a WHL season ticket holder, visiting almost all PL grounds in the process too, I simply can't bear TV coverage. The amount of times I'd come home from a match I'd actually seen and then watch the game again through the joys of SKY or MOTD and be exposed to what can only be described as a lie was beyond count... I almost never watch football on TV, I can't, the coverage is a total sham and invatriably never actually shows the game. TV football is less reliable than statistics it focusses on either a player they chose to give exposure to or a theme they wish to address or highlight for the game... it's too agenda driven. It also suffers from a screen being a set size, a pitch doesn't fit, the runs off the ball are rarely seen, the true skill and tactics are always overlooked. Funnily enough the best TV coverage I can relate to died out in teh late 70's /early 80's (?) with The Match.. whole pitch in view, no glamour, no superstars or wannabe's, just footie, bare and raw!
International selection is a minefield... why did Ian Wright not play every game when he was in his pomp? How does Wayne Rooney start any games ever? How quickly does an international career come and go... Andros Townsend for example was exposed, he was on phonomenal form for a 3 month spell in the PL, popped up in an international or two, looked like a League 1 player apart from a few fleeting minutes of bright and exciting play. Wilshere vs Alli... Alli has this season scored more PL goals than Wilshere in his whole career, who would I choose if fully fit tomoorow... even as a Spurs fan... Wilshere. Will Wilshere though ever actually be fullly fit and play at the all encompassing midfield maestro level he (again fleetingly) showed, probably not. The players you mention, I'm sure are great in the West Ham team (sorry I don't them that well), but as noted by another above, are they actually International players.. possibly, possibly not.
