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  1. Erik_Edman

    Player Heung-Min Son (손흥민)

    :sonhmm:
  2. Erik_Edman

    Article Reasons to be cheerful one, two, three.

    I want to print this and hang it on my fucking wall. Absolutely perfect summary.
  3. Erik_Edman

    Match The Mighty Poch Men vs. Everton

    I'm not saying he played badly- just that in a tactical sense it looked like he and Dier were being asked to do roughly the same thing, which is something Poch will need to sort out for next week.
  4. Erik_Edman

    Match The Mighty Poch Men vs. Everton

    The clear takeaway for me from yesterday is that Dier and Wanyama are too similar in what they bring to the side- neither did an effective enough job of dribbling or passing into dangerous areas in the opposition third to replicate that attacking drive that Dembele gives us. Could just be a...
  5. Erik_Edman

    OTHER MATCHES FRED 2016-17

    Tuchel is a bloody good manager and he and Dortmund are tailor-made for each other. So glad he took the year off to wait for the job to come up.
  6. Erik_Edman

    Player Ben Davies

    Speed and getting forward really isn't everything. Rose is a top athlete who loves bombing up the wing, and I don't want to see him ever start another game for us.
  7. Erik_Edman

    Ex-Spurs Player Michel Vorm

    Why is everyone treating this news as an excuse to freak out about Hugo? He just re-signed a long-term deal. And even if it's likely that he does leave next year if we don't make the CL, that's no different a situation to the one we've been in for the past decade. Make the top four, or risk...
  8. Erik_Edman

    U-18/U-21/Loans/Development Squad (2011-2018)

    He's already been working with the side since (I think) 2011 on a more informal basis, and that's coincided with one of the strongest periods for our youth academy in as long as I can remember. Hopefully he was a big contributor to that, and this appointment subsequently represents another step...
  9. Erik_Edman

    Ex-Spurs Player Tim Sherwood

    This choice of words really confuses me, as I tend to see managers who set up their teams to nullify opponents as 'reactive' (reacting to the approaches of other coaches in their lineup), whereas managers who set up to play their own way as 'proactive'. And FWIW, while I like it when teams play...
  10. Erik_Edman

    Capoue, Holtby and Lamela (Rant)

    A 'PE teacher' with a record of three wins and one draw in the League. Argue the toss about his ability and aptitude all you want, but don't be deliberately dense, disrespectful and obnoxious whilst doing so.
  11. Erik_Edman

    Capoue, Holtby and Lamela (Rant)

    Also: I love that you cite 'fan favourite' and 'passion for the club' as if these are in any way important things. If he's not showing it on the pitch (which IMO he hasn't been yet) then nothing else matters. If David Bentley had 'passion for the club' would you have wanted him starting? Not...
  12. Erik_Edman

    Capoue, Holtby and Lamela (Rant)

    Ha, are you fucking kidding me? Holtby, Capoue and Lamela all picked up knocks that they're in the early stages of recovering from (Holtby and Lamela) or close but not yet 100% fit from (Capoue). Hence why they've only just started appearing in pics of senior training again, hence why they're...
  13. Erik_Edman

    S3 #21 - It matters

    Also, on Sherwood, flat-track bullying and astuteness- did he not get the tactics bang-on at OT, nicking two goals when the opportunities came up and then withdrawing and absorbing pressure handily from United's cross-heavy attacking approach? That wasn't just going in gung-ho on a shit team...
  14. Erik_Edman

    S3 #21 - It matters

    Feel the need to point out that it was AVB who actually exiled Freund, thinking him useless: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10521678/Tottenham-chairman-Daniel-Levy-and-manager-Andre-Villas-Boas-had-become-distant.html And I've definitely seen him back on the...
  15. Erik_Edman

    Match Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United (AWAY)

    Stayed away from this place since AVB was sacked because I knew the reaction to that and Sherwood's appointment was going to be teutonic. Have we come around to liking Timmy's brand of actually-nice-and-still-successful football yet?
  16. Erik_Edman

    Match Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

    One game. That's all it took to show that AVB's system wasn't maximising, and wasn't going to ever maximise, the talents in our squad. We made silly mistakes, but today still established the model for how this team should be playing. Open, decompressed, liberating the creators and scorers.
  17. Erik_Edman

    Ex-Spurs Player Tim Sherwood

    Goal understands Sherwood will get the job permanently if he impresses and, despite the defeat, Dembele believes he would be a popular choice among the playing staff. "It's difficult to say right now [whether Sherwood should get the job permanently] because it's just happened recently," he told...
  18. Erik_Edman

    Carlos Queiroz keen on Spurs job

    Not an inspiring choice and the 'private connections' thing smacks of croneyism which kick off a worrying trend.
  19. Erik_Edman

    Trust calls for Levy to answer to the fans

    Amazing how we went from there to where we are now in a matter of months. Just amazing.
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