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What! no wingers! gibbs will be knocking on your door with presents. You've been drinking mate. What did you make of Thursday night?
P.S. I've got a mate that has exclusively Sonos stuff, not worth it unless you need floating speakers and an empty bank account.
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Not drinking at all (I swear), just really really exhausted. In the past three weeks I've had two days off work.
Yeah, I gathered from your posts you're doing 100 hr weeks? Go to bed mate.
Holy shit, you guys are still up? I just went the bar with some friends, drank a lot, come back and find more Soldado debate. I'm astounded.
Mistaking those nights spent cooped up in your room as being in Motorhead again? Might wanna up your meds.
Ahhhhh...they lose their minds so young now.
At top level he would not get a sniff at goal the way he plays. Thats why you need two forward playing 4-4-2 which is simple - this is the formation that would be natural to him and any player coming through IMO. Playing all these rotating formations, attacking trios, inverted wingers and so on to accommodate foreign coaches/players is complicating things for home grown players.
"you clearly don't watch football" - "Ridiculous statement based on nothing" lets leave that nonsense behind.
I realised that my frustration with Spurs comes from wanting things to be other than they are. When I accept things as they are, I'm completely happy.
My statement its based on what I see. Not stats, not what other people say and not on one good night against Asteras. MY OPINION on his ability and how I see him play is how I see it?
He is a good player at the stage of his career, which is not top level. If he were to play as a loan striker now, as you seem to promote, hes football career at Spurs would quickly be finished. He is predictable (limited) and for a quality defender, would not be too difficult to defend against. He has the ability and hopefully what it takes but he is not there yet.
Where he is now on his journey as a complete forward, he has developed and is a better player than last season - however, he has a long way to go to be a top draw forward. He is not naturally gifted with speed.
If I were to play him, I would play someone along side another forward .
On his own would not work.
So we play with 3 forwards at every levels? please enlighten me?
I think our "boom and bust" support just need to reign it in a bit, not many were loving him after the OG at Sunderland which was his last outing in prem, it's very Spursy that here we go again it's almost November and we have 3 players literally level pegging for that striker spot
I think we give Soldado one more game then it is Kane's turn to have a chance, I just hope one of them grabs the opportunity and gets some premier league goals, our striker output has been terrible in the league
I think we give Soldado one more game then it is Kane's turn to have a chance, I just hope one of them grabs the opportunity and gets some premier league goals, our striker output has been terrible in the league
All 11 are complimenting each other, at its simplest. The point I am sort of trying to make is that two Spurs strikers score a lot less than a lone striker with Christian Eriksen behind them as an attacking midfielder. Or Lamela beind, or roaming free. Eriksen and Lamela are not strikers, but other than possibly Kane, they are much stronger scoring threats than our strikers. Both like to play centrally and a 4-4-2 doesn't really accomodate them well, and provide the defensive resilience we need against other teams.
With different players, we might be able to do a 4-4-2 like City does. But with the players we have, and the way both they, and Pochettino like to play, we're not a team that suits a 4-4-2.
So, you're saying that our Academy players are too stupid to play anything except 4-4-2? Because that is what you've said here, I must stress.
Mensa, you're mad, but out of respect for you I'll refrain from making any intelligent comments. Also this makes it easier for me, so fuck off with your high fallutin' ideas. Isn't intelligent debate the nuts?
I've thought for a long time that you bore an uncanny likeness to Poch, indeed it was only when you confessed to having met the man that I realised that you were the bloke standing to the right of our manager - or the other way round. Anyway if we don't win anything this year, I'll be holding you personally responsible.
Missed you big man!
Poch is on an argie expat forum somewhere saying he met me by the way!
I don't blame him - I once (I'll be honest 3 times) got a ridiculously high IQ score, but my mates call me thicko, well the men do. The girls just curl up at my feet obviously. Hard life mate - I know your pain.
Thought it was well known that 4-3-3 is what our academy (all age groups) play.
For your enlightenment. I doubt you will read it but this is written by someone who attended our academy, they talk in depth about the philosophy and their experience:
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/7/18/4521910/tottenham-hotspur-academy-philosophy