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As Everton are weak I'd go for the kill.
------------------Lloris----------------
Walker---Toby--------Jan---Rose
-------------------Dier-----------------
Lamela----------Alli--------Eriksen
----------Jannsen---Kane-----------
------------------Lloris----------------
Walker---Toby--------Jan---Rose
-------------------Dier-----------------
Lamela----------Alli--------Eriksen
----------Jannsen---Kane-----------
That you're a gooner maggot? Spot on, sonny
Lets hope that most payers in the squad are on form whenever they are called upon.
That'll be our central midfield tomorrow then...
Wanyama debut winner, lets have it Tottenham.
ochbye:WTF? You never put players from your own club in your fantasy team.
Pretty sure it was my fault Kane didn't score till November last season.
Excited!!!
-----------------Lloris----------------
Walker---Toby-------Jan---Rose
---------Dier--------Wanyama----
---Lamela-----------------Alli-----
----------------Jansen----------------
------------------Kane---------------
Eriksens assists are important so it's a tough one but I think we need to be a bit more powerful/aggressive in the final third. Jansen creates and scores like a morherfucker so I'm not a big fan of killing his momentum dead so I hope he starts. I doubt it though. I presume Eriksen will.
Lamelas form has been better in preseason so I went with Lamela over Eriksen. First sub on would be Eriksen if we go behind. I'm worried about set peice takers but despite getting lots of assists, Eriksens deliveries were relatively poor compared to his ability so I presume he's been working on it. We won sooooo many corners, free kicks etc and have monsters in the air so I'm surprised we didn't get even more from them. We essentially play with 3 centerbacks attacking them along with Kane and strong players like Alli, Dembele, Dolphin etc we really should be scoring more from them. I think this season we will improve in that area...hopefully starting with Everton.
Wanyama needs to be on his toes. Rose Eriksen and Alli can switch off sometimes so potentially playing with either two strikers or Eriksen and Lamela then way we need to be solid in the spine. We are away from home and Everton (and everyone else) are no pushover so Wanyama should start. And if he plays great, IMO Dembele and Wanyama should play once reinstated.
I'm really interested to see if we improve individually. Erik Needs to watch his tacking in dangerous areas and (along with Eriksen) do a better job helping out Walker/Rose off the ball. Lloris needs to watch his distribution. Alli needs to control his aggression. Walker/Rose needs to work on his crossing. If all of these improve we'll be up for the title. I don't fear any other teams...only our own players can lose us the title IMO. If we play to our potential we'll be fine. Poch's training gold badges where he has a little too much faith in some hard workers in training worries me a little but he tends to get it right.
So apart from a few quibbles I just hope we learn. If we give away goals straight after scoring or Rose marks a 6+ footer in the air on set peices or we give our hospital balls in our own half (that alone put a massive dent in our title tilt) it will be a struggle. But even then we are so good I still think CL will happen.
Speaking of preseason and gold badges... I would not be surprised if Mason started. Mason was awesome in the first half vs Inter and I know Poch zooms in on the donkey work. I think he's going to be a dark horse this season. He had an injury season much like Dembele did two seasons ago and he's moving so much better.
Even our bench excites me. Davies was a god in the Euros. So many blocks etc. Wimmer was every bit as good as Jan last season. It's almost impossible to put out a bad team.
-----------------Lloris----------------
Walker---Toby-------Jan---Rose
---------Dier--------Wanyama----
---Lamela-----------------Alli-----
----------------Jansen----------------
------------------Kane---------------
Eriksens assists are important so it's a tough one but I think we need to be a bit more powerful/aggressive in the final third. Jansen creates and scores like a morherfucker so I'm not a big fan of killing his momentum dead so I hope he starts. I doubt it though. I presume Eriksen will.
Lamelas form has been better in preseason so I went with Lamela over Eriksen. First sub on would be Eriksen if we go behind. I'm worried about set peice takers but despite getting lots of assists, Eriksens deliveries were relatively poor compared to his ability so I presume he's been working on it. We won sooooo many corners, free kicks etc and have monsters in the air so I'm surprised we didn't get even more from them. We essentially play with 3 centerbacks attacking them along with Kane and strong players like Alli, Dembele, Dolphin etc we really should be scoring more from them. I think this season we will improve in that area...hopefully starting with Everton.
Wanyama needs to be on his toes. Rose Eriksen and Alli can switch off sometimes so potentially playing with either two strikers or Eriksen and Lamela then way we need to be solid in the spine. We are away from home and Everton (and everyone else) are no pushover so Wanyama should start. And if he plays great, IMO Dembele and Wanyama should play once reinstated.
I'm really interested to see if we improve individually. Erik Needs to watch his tacking in dangerous areas and (along with Eriksen) do a better job helping out Walker/Rose off the ball. Lloris needs to watch his distribution. Alli needs to control his aggression. Walker/Rose needs to work on his crossing. If all of these improve we'll be up for the title. I don't fear any other teams...only our own players can lose us the title IMO. If we play to our potential we'll be fine. Poch's training gold badges where he has a little too much faith in some hard workers in training worries me a little but he tends to get it right.
So apart from a few quibbles I just hope we learn. If we give away goals straight after scoring or Rose marks a 6+ footer in the air on set peices or we give our hospital balls in our own half (that alone put a massive dent in our title tilt) it will be a struggle. But even then we are so good I still think CL will happen.
Speaking of preseason and gold badges... I would not be surprised if Mason started. Mason was awesome in the first half vs Inter and I know Poch zooms in on the donkey work. I think he's going to be a dark horse this season. He had an injury season much like Dembele did two seasons ago and he's moving so much better.
Even our bench excites me. Davies was a god in the Euros. So many blocks etc. Wimmer was every bit as good as Jan last season. It's almost impossible to put out a bad team.
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Was good enough for Dier, so good enough for Victor..
Mentioned that we might see that formation in the future (not for every game). Got laughed at by the experts. I'm ok though.
And Bassong!
What do people think on Wanyama starting or getting minutes from the bench? He's had a decent length of preseason with us.
The first 15 minutes of the second half against Inter suggests that it's certainly on Pochettino's mind and you would expect that it is a system that is being worked on in training.
It's only my opinion, but I'm not sure the first game of the season away at Everton would be the best place to start with that set up. I think it should be a time where you take the safer option and go with what you know, if you like. It would be an exciting combination to see at home though, the only question would be who misses out to accommodate the second striker.
He'll start next to Dier.
Seems the best option, I like the idea of coming out with strong intentions with Kane/Janssen but that'd probably lead to a Spursy start to the season.
In other news I've just seen this article on debut scorers for Spurs in Prem history... A very mixed bag!
Mousa Dembele on Tottenham’s List of Debut GoalScorers in Premier League
I think you're right about Everton away not being the place to try it. However I was surprised that some people thought it silly though. It was the FM types, so maybe I shouldn't have been.