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He talks that game, but has no idea how to actually make it happen. His teams didn't press, just played a high line and took massive numbers of shots from long range.AVB belongs to the modern school of managers that aim to dominate possession, pack the middle, full backs attack. But his team lacks the intensity of teams from Guardiola, Poch and Klopp. AVB 's stats were glossier due to the coincidental form of Bale. Agree the man management of AVB is questionable too.
Agreed. He didn't know how to make the system work, and when it didn't work he just doubled down on the problems that kept it from working.He talks that game, but has no idea how to actually make it happen. His teams didn't press, just played a high line and took massive numbers of shots from long range.
Yup, it takes relentless drilling and practice to make a pressing system work. Klopp talked about spending hours watching tapes of Arigo Sacchi training sessions to understand how he got the team to move like a collective. AVB never did that.Agreed. He didn't know how to make the system work, and when it didn't work he just doubled down on the problems that kept it from working.
The table doesn't make sense at allThis table still annoys me. But it reinforces my beliefs in "The Tottenham Way". If you offered to give me a free season ticket for 10yrs but for those 10yrs the team was to be managed by AVB, or have to pay full price to watch a Poch team, I'd get my cheque book out year after year. I absolutely love this current team and love how we play. It's not guff, it's not marketing, it's a Tottenham tradition. Only this time we are witnessing an era underpinned with a committed, aggressive and passionate football that is a thrilling to watch. Fuck off AVB you boring bastard.
what bit doesn't?The table doesn't make sense at all
I remember some of the games being very boring
Oh God, that would be delightful. It couldn't happen to nicer people.Just popped into KUMB to delight in their misery, and that entire board is speculating about AVB taking over from Bilic.
he was simply amazing at Porto. Best football we ever had,, better than when we won the champions league with Mourinho. And was a die-hard Porto fan since he can remember. It was a great love story until he signed for the Chavs. I hated me a few months, and then was so happy when Tottenham signed him. Too good to be true it was...
To be fair didn't the Russian football federation ban foreign coaches?AVB wimped out of Zenit rather than seeing through a long term project. How he can now whine about not getting the chance to do that at Spurs is beyondme.