As much as I feel Ade would be sufficient at No.10 if not for forcing Eriksen/Lamela out wide I feel its odd you would play Harry Kane out of his natural position which is certainly not at No.9.
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What did you have against him?
Ade could play there, but it causes problems elsewhere - it's just daft - and there's no need to anyway.
Fucking hell. This thread.
All this pulling apart of my opinion because I think Ade is creative? He had 11 prem assists in his first season with us. He's ALREADY got a prem assist and a goal this season.
We need his experience and presence to be the main man in the final third. Him and Kane supplying the presence and Eriksen and Lamela the guile.
All this pulling apart of my opinion because I think Ade is creative? He had 11 prem assists in his first season with us. He's ALREADY got a prem assist and a goal this season.
We need his experience and presence to be the main man in the final third. Him and Kane supplying the presence and Eriksen and Lamela the guile.
irrelevant
Judging from your neg rep in the Dembele thread, you think he should be played at No. 10, as well.
aulinhofacepalm:That's convenient.
Judging from your neg rep in the Dembele thread, you think he should be played at No. 10, as well.
That's quite a jump there fellah. Ignore my FACT that Ade has had 11 prem assists in ONE season then bring up another player?
My opinion on Dembele being an underrated AM isn't exactly controversial. He's been played as a holding player for most of his Spurs career. But you know for a fact that he can't perform a different attacking role? Based on what? His 2 attacking roles in 2 years for us?
And please link to where I said Dembele should be a number 10. I never mention number 9, number 10 etc because I'm not a pretentious douche who thinks these numbers mean something mythical. Number 9, dlp, number 10 is the calling card for the pretentious.
People claiming xyz isn't a classic number 9 makes me want to reach for a vomit bag.
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And irrelevant.
So why mention him?
I didnt say Cahspur was irrelevant. You asked what I had against him. I said thats irrelevant, and it is.
So is this conversation, so you'll have to entertain yourself another way.
Convenient.
Yeah I think Kane should be furthest forward, but he's pretty slow, so need to supply him in a different way.
I reckon we need to release him further up the pitch...less time to get caught by CBs......which would mean a more intense pressing game. Probably where Paulinho could come in handy actually...?
Isn't he saying Kane shouldn't be the furthest forward? Regardless of where Paulinho might or might not play. Sorry if I've misunderstood.
I think I misunderstood actually.
Personally I think Kane is pretty awful behind the striker.
His lack of pace is a worry as a no.9 - perhaps less so behind the striker. I think he works best in a 4-4-2, but I can't see that happening.
I wouldnt like to see him in a 442 with Soldado though......would be the slowest partnership up top since Gary Docherty partnered a 49yr old Teddy
Ginger pele 4 evah.
I even backed you up to a degree about Adebayor, so I don't exactly see how I was ignoring anything.
Do those numbers refer to something mythical? No, but they do refer to certain playing roles in football that are fairly accepted throughout the entire football world. Hardly pretentious. You can choose to disregard commonly accepted parlance if you like, but when you state your preference for a central midfielder like Dembele playing in a more attacking midfield role then for nine out of ten people that means you want him playing as a "Number 10", and you look like a twat for throwing a hissy-fit, mincing your words about it, and calling everyone else pretentious.
Dembele's entire career is a reference to the fact that he's a better central midfielder than he is an attacking player. Actually, he started his career as a striker, but didn't light the world on fire. He's said it himself that attacking and shooting doesn't come naturally to him, that he grew up learning possession and dribbling, but that he has to work on his shooting because he wants to score more goals, but that it goes against his instincts:
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