Game starts at 1130 am EST. If there’s a winner, the winner will sit alone atop the table for at least a week. FiveThirtyEight has Chelsea as 48-percent favorites to win; betting markets … think the exact same thing. Someone is gonna make me eat my words. Who will it be? Let us find out together!
It'd be interesting to see Spurs, playing the same way, with a third great attacker next to Son and Kane. Bergwijn, Lamela, and Lucas are all varying degrees of "fine". Bale doesn't seem like he'll ever have the legs.
Not loving the pattern of this game. Chelsea aren't really able/willing to push enough bodies forward to break Tottenham down. The possession dynamic is giving Spurs plenty of opportunities to counter, but since Chelsea haven't pushed many bodies forward, there isn't a ton of space for Tottenham to counter into. A goal would help shake things up!
Inaugural recipient of our Metaphorical Ham: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
Not much to say about this one: tired players, one team that didn't want to attack, another team that was scared to give up counter-attacks. Still not sold on Spurs. Still not sold on Chelsea. Terrible game. But some really great ham-talk. Thanks, as always, for hopping in here. We'll do it against next week!
I want them to talk more about the 500 dollar ham Jose bought Reguilon after the City game. Was it an extremely fancy ham or just like...absurdly large?
I've decided that we're going to award a metaphorical Spanish ham at the end of the match to whichever player is most deserving.
If you win the NGITC fantasy league, I'll buy you ham.
another underrated mourinho narrative-control trick: teams that play against him never get credit with shutting down HIS attack
Nothing to do with this match, but please spare a thought for Sheffield United. In a so-called "relegation six-pointer" with West Brom, they generated 2.9 expected goals and a whopping zero (0) actual goals. https://fbref.com/en/matches/bd68404c/West-Bromwich-Albion-Sheffield-United-November-28-2020-Premier-League
Who gets the ham? I think it has to be Hojberg for this special moment: https://twitter.com/euandewar/status/1333109390686216192?s=21
Ndombele for Lo Celso is the new Kovacic for Barkley.
My prediction: 2-1 Chelsea win. If I'm wrong, please hold it over my head until the day I die.
Spurs have taken one shot since I wrote that thing about Spurs having four shots in the first 15 minutes.
It'd be interesting to see Spurs, playing the same way, with a third great attacker next to Son and Kane. Bergwijn, Lamela, and Lucas are all varying degrees of "fine". Bale doesn't seem like he'll ever have the legs.
Our worst HT stat update yet:
Shots (on target): Chelsea 5 (1), Spurs 5 (1)
xG: Chelsea 0.11, Spurs 0.19
Final-third passes: Chelsea 82, Spurs 34
Penalty-area passes: Chelsea 1, Spurs 5
Ham for all.
Not loving the pattern of this game. Chelsea aren't really able/willing to push enough bodies forward to break Tottenham down. The possession dynamic is giving Spurs plenty of opportunities to counter, but since Chelsea haven't pushed many bodies forward, there isn't a ton of space for Tottenham to counter into. A goal would help shake things up!
FT update:
Shots (on target): Chelsea 13 (3), Spurs 5 (1)
xG: Chelsea 0.87, Spurs 0.19
Final-third passes: 147 Chelsea, Spurs 76
Penalty-area passes: Chelsea 4, Spurs 8
Inaugural recipient of our Metaphorical Ham: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
Not much to say about this one: tired players, one team that didn't want to attack, another team that was scared to give up counter-attacks. Still not sold on Spurs. Still not sold on Chelsea. Terrible game. But some really great ham-talk. Thanks, as always, for hopping in here. We'll do it against next week!
Shocked that Spurs didn't somehow win on whatever the hell that Lo Celso situation was.
After three straight years of a 98-point-or-more winner, there's a decent chance one of *these* teams, producing *this* game, wins the Premier League.
have we ever watched a fun game together?
o/u on the minute pulisic goes off injured?
Can't believe I predicted there would be three goals in this game.
Spurs: four shots in 90 minutes against City. Also Spurs: four shots in 15 minutes against Chelsea.
feel like jose would be more annoyed if spurs won 1-0 than if it ended 0-0
Mourinho mood meter: contented
Timo Werner looks like a collie. This has been my first half analysis
Good game (so far) for Tom’s Hugo Lloris love on the podcast! That save on Mount was great
"Why did he not get good contact on that one?" Rodon cutting him underneath seems like the reason
I want them to talk more about the 500 dollar ham Jose bought Reguilon after the City game. Was it an extremely fancy ham or just like...absurdly large?
the referee looks like iniesta (just thought that was weird)
yeah, this is the kind of borefest you get when one team is coached by mourinho and the other is overly-afraid to overcommit
N'Golo Kante in the wall is a wild visual
Mourinho mood meter: outward=disgusted, inward=ebullient
Are Spurs & Chelsea in danger of getting banned from the NGITC
watch parties?
https://twitter.com/euandewar/status/1333109390686216192?s=21
Thank god for Lloris preventing Mount from being the match winner
honestly, matches are now just set-ups for Jose's post match IGs. I just don't know what's better for the post, a win or a loss.
I think we all deserve some ham after that crap first half
This Ndombele guy is pretty good, surely he plays all the time, no controversy or anything
Hojbjerg has the Mourinho talking points down pat in this post game presser
looking forward to arsenal- wolves. arteta's disappearing his players for bad behaviour like dexter . who's next?
What the hell, Lo Celso...LOL
Mourinho mood meter: gratified
spurs obviously saving themselves for LASK
Do we think frank doubles down on his plan to have ziyech and James just pump crosses into the box?
Just curious, do offside chances count towards xG?
Anyone else go down a ham rabbit hole? I ordered a country ham for Christmas. Maybe also a statement on the quality of this game.
I need this game to pick up so that I don't switch to the Jets at 1
No Dele Alli? Somone hug Vermont.
The aurier-Werner matchup seems like a mismatch
In before an 80’ minute Pulisic winner
leicester's coming fixtures are extremely amenable.
What a pass from Kane
last minute hand ball penalty incoming...but who?
My mind tells me a 0-0 away result against Chelsea is great. My heart tells me I know we're about to go down a goal and never recover.