The year is 2098. Ben davies still at tottenham hotspur. We still have to shift deadwood at our club.
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Nect season is the test. Top 4 this season or europe fair enough. But next season its full on with judgement.
lol. That's not fair, we've been historically awful at it but made strides offloading shit recently.
Not enough technical players and footballers at the club. That’s where city have got it right in their wide positions. Silva, Grealish, Foden, doku. All technical players who can keep the ball and play a clever pass (and also know when to go to ground and play the dirty side of the game at the right time). We have gone for pace. It’s not going to work because as we have now found out. You can’t use those players when teams sit deep because they’ve nowhere to run into and then don’t have the skill to beat a man (has johnson done it once since joining, for example).
This is the most frustrating thing about Spurs and its persisted for years through many different managers. So many matches - dominate possession but do fuck all with it. Faff around side to side in the final 3rd until we turn it over eventually. Just have a shot, ffs. Deflections create goals. Rebounds create goals. Own goals happen. Too many matches like yesterday since Harry, who is still lionized by Spurs fans because that was probably the last time we didn't fuck about in the final 3rd.
Pace is over-rated.... It's just a bonus. Gimme a player that's comfortable on the ball and plays with their head up any day.
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Doku is a good player and I like him but he's quite clearly a level or two below where Mahrez was for City and he needs a bit more time to develope IMO he's not starter quality just yet for them and they lose a little something when he plays against the top teams.
It's a sad reality. My light at the end of the tunnel is, that Levy is older than I and by law of averages, he'll probably die before I do. Maybe the next owners will Love Football more than hotels.
I found myself asking for a Tommy huddlestone type v Brighton ffs!
After the last three managers I thought Ange might favour some technicality. Maybe he’ll go that way if we manage to keep a manager employed for more than one season!
Nobody mentioned the price, just the type of player
Were not clever enough in final third. We need a clever striker, better movement and who cam do flick passes to fool defences. Someone like berbatov. I do think ferguson or giminez will be our striker target in summer.
I did say they need to spend big in that position to really get it right...mind you they rightly fucked it up with Ndombele.
Hate to say it that 50 year capsule levy put in the ground, have a feeling when we open it in 50 years time weve still won fuck all.
I can't believe we don't have an attacking player like Doku who can beat an opp player at will & then run to the goals/goalline.. BJ can't Kulu can't Werner can't
Son used to beat 6 or 7 players but angeball(?) has restricted his movements.
Maddison ?
Maybe in one of our final games Ange thows up his arms and say"
fck ange ball today - just play whatever style you guys wanna play"
Definitely a higher level than Jones, Endo and Macalister.
Plus VVD and Salah at the height of their power (+ Mane + Firmino).
Overall a much more fearsome side.
You look at the current XI and they look very beatable... but no one seems to beat them.
On his own against 3 CBs. Tough ask.
Plus Son and Kulu are not "get to the byline and whip a cross in wingers".
Johnson and Werner are better suited to that game.
We looked great at the start of the season.
I think it's down to Biss looking low on confidence (he has been like that since October) and Maddison still not 100% after the injury.
When both of those are firing it inspires confidence across the team and more importantly allows us to move the ball forward quickly. Biss beats the press gives to Maddison who puts Son through etc.
Right now everything is ponderous like they are second guessing themselves.
Potentially they may be the subs that needed to be made if that's the game the oppo presented to you; if indeed they are sacrificing the flanks for central solidity and your A-team are failing to break them down through mere persistence.
WTF is a low block anyway? I genuinely don't know.
That’s so true. We have not seen it in ages !
& Shipping 6 points to Wolves in a season is an utter liberty, Craig Dawson. A name that should haunt Werner, Son, Johnson, Richarlson etc for many years to come.