Alan Pardew: "Bale and Lennon created a threat throughout.
"Their pace down the flanks was probably the difference between the two sides.
"The pace they have can undo you and your discipline as a back four and you want that in your team, you want that directness."
Was it the pace of the Spurs players ... or the fact we had full-backs who are not good enough?
James Perch stood off Lennon for the first goal, and we had to endure the first part of the season watching the former Nottingham Forest defender tortured every game he played in.
The golden rule for every full-back is - STOP THE COSSES GOING INTO THE BOX - and perhaps someone should take Perch to one side and tell him that.
Wayne Routledge took the Championship apart last season, but he seems out of his depth in the Premiership.
Jonas Gutiérrez has always been pleasing on the eye attacking players, but his final ball is usually like a 6-year-old hoofing the ball in a school playground.
Danny Guthrie - the less said about him the better - if recent performances are anything to go by.
Joey Barton has the ability to put the ball on Andy Carroll's head, better than anyone in the team, but we lose something in the middle of the park when he's not there.
So what about Nile Ranger out wide?