One step forward, two steps back

Man City 2 Spurs 1

Frustration frustration and more frustration. Spurs just can't achieve any consistency whatsoever.
Another game of two halves - ours was the first albeit still an average performance. However Robbie put us one up after a City mistake and a common sense pass from Chimbonda. Ironically, Chimbonda was our best player of the first 45 minutes - was he trying to make up for something?

However, it all went pear-shaped in the second half and I have to criticise Juande Ramos for his tactics. Firstly Huddlestone strangely replaced Lennon from the offset and then what I thought was a ridiculous substitution, he took Keane off and brought on Bent! My queries are:

1) What the hell is the point of doing a straight striker for striker swap when the player you're bringing on hardly scores and who is simply not as talented.

2) Keane was having an okay game. Not his best BUT he had already scored and he was (as always) working his socks off.

3) Do the management team not keep stats? ie. the amount of times they substitute Keane and then it all falls apart.

The latter is true of today. Not much time had passed and surprise surprise, City equalise! Granted, it was marginally offside and shouldn't have counted but decisions aren't always going to go your way. City then scored again and the defence was left floundering. What made it worse was that Spurs put it into the back of the net but the linesman ruled it offside. The replay showed it clearly wasn't. It could have been oh so different and I think a draw may have been a fairer result.

I will finally mention Robbie's reaction when he was subbed. Yes, he was angry and showed it, but I don't blame him one bit. He'd be the first to admit if he'd played below par and on 66 minutes, the game was still in the balance. He's well known for his passion and will to win and I feel this was a display of disappointment for the team, rather than a personal gesture.

Spurs oh Spurs, what a rollercoaster ride it is being a fan of yours. They face Chelsea in mid-week, a game I will be attending and it certainly won't be easy with the opponents wanting revenge for the Carling Cup defeat. I'm so looking forward to it....NOT!