Agree that this one wasnt Roys fault.
It wasn't
all Roy's fault.
Posted most of this in the "Roy" thread, but will put it here as well -
We played well for about twenty minutes of the first half, creating chances and could have scored a couple.
Also, the referee was a total nonce, a disgracefully one-sided 'homer' display, we should have had a pen, they shouldn't, we had players booked for nothing and every decision went their way.
However, we were dire for pretty much the rest of the game. Spurs should have scored at least one, maybe two in the first half and we hardly turned up in the second half.
Roy was partly to blame, you can't get away from that. His substitutions were a joke, not subbing anyone until there were injuries? We did not have a vast array of talent on the bench, but he could have replaced Maxi who was ineffectual when he wasn't missing easy chances with Babel who would have offered pace and fresh-legs to make Tottenham re-think things at the back and in midfield - but no, he did nothing, he let Spurs dominate the game and made no attempt to change things. Another terrible tactical performance from Roy. Ngog was injured - but choosing to bring on Aurelio to replace him? Poor.
We had Babel and Jovanovic as possible replacements, who would offer more than Kuyt upfront and Maxi on the right who both had poor games. Aurelio should have been on for Konchesky at half-time, and it was the baldy bug-eyed f**ker who was to blame for their winning goal. Just poor - again. I criticised Rafa for delaying necessary substitutions at times and trying to win with Plan A, rather than changing things early enough to have an effect but ffs... Hodgson was content to just stick to Plan A to the death in the hope of getting a draw. And 2-1 down with 4 mins to go, what does he do? Sits slumped in his f**king chair like a grumpy resident pissing himself in an old folks home. A proper manager would be up, barking instructions to the players, urging them to get a goal. When we had 30 second to go and a free-kick, an opportunity to get the ball in the box before the final whistle, Reina ran to the half-way line to join the attack, but the muppets told him to go back to his goal... WHY? His presence in their box would have been an added threat and they would have no chance to attack anyway - even if they did, they'd won the game if we didn't score anyway. The increased possibility of 2-2 with a risk of losing 3-1 is infinitely better than just sticking with 2-1!!!
So, yes, the ref didn't help and we missed easy chances, but whilst it was not all Roy's fault, he has to share a large portion of the blame.