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Tottenham 3-1 Brentford – the fans’ verdict

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Yehor Yarmolyuk of Brentford is challenged by Destiny Udogie and Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Brentford FC at Tottenham Hotspur StadiumYehor Yarmolyuk of Brentford is challenged by Destiny Udogie and Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Brentford FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday’s Premier League game between Tottenham and Brentford.

Here are some of your comments:

Tottenham fans

Ben: Excellent result, which should silence the doubters for a week. Real fans understand this is a journey and they need to get behind Ange and the process. This could kick start our season!!

Doug: Played like the Spurs that started last season. They were so much more clinical, played with intensity, were dangerous going forward and closed down everything especially after losing the ball. This is the way we want to see Spurs play, much more confidence in the team and so chuffed for Solanke and Johnson after the abuse they got off some so called fans.

Micky: After a disastrous start we recovered well. We tackled hard and fair, passed quickly and forwards and seemed to have a better game plan. It was good to watch and was a good game with Brentford adding to the game by not sitting deep and attacking when they could. Johnson played well and scored a good goal, hopefully he will continue to improve.

Dan: Feels like a big three points, but I never doubted Ange in the first games either. We were dominating games, so wins were coming. We saw that today and there’ll be more of that to come. Solanke is going to be a class striker. He’s just warming up. Brennan Johnson is on fire too. Much to look forward to.

Brentford fans

Ian: Great start, then it seemed we did not know what to do as after that it was poor passing, a lack of attacks and again being defensively naive in my opinion.

Tim: Our lack of squad depth does for us once more. We huffed and puffed, but gave away sloppy goals when pressed. Did well to hang on to 2-1 at half time and looked better second half but needed a Jensen or a Norgaard to steady the midfield. Schade will get there, but seems low on confidence just now. Carvalho is a class above and Sepp van den Berg is great too.

Brandon: A bit unlucky overall, I think we deserved a point. The late Spurs goal was always a possibility when throwing everything forward looking for the equaliser. But we’re already playing with an injury depleted squad and it’s only match number five. With a tiny Premier League budget we can’t buy the cover, so maybe the physio team need replacing?

Cliff: We have to be more than good losers. We gave the ball away far too often. Assists by Pinnock and Yarmolyuk for their first two goals; Maddison offside for the third. Put Ajer upfront in Toney’s place and then we can benefit again from long balls.

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