Gio, Ndombele and Fernandes could be a neat little trio.
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I'm undecided between having him in a 2 man midfield vs. having him play on the right side as an attacking mid. I think my preference is the latter, especially given we have Ndombele. Ideally we get a real DM and have the DM and Ndombele as our CM 2. Then that frees up Gio to focus on breaking teams down and recovering the ball in dangerous areas. I like him to play the sort of role Dele does, where Dele will drop deeper at times to help us transition the ball up the pitch. Having Gio in that role means Dele can play even further up the pitch/closer to Kane where he's best. Then you have Son out wide on the left doing his thing.I thought he looked excellent in the first half, went missing for 25-30 minutes in the 2nd half but when we needed someone to stand up at a nervy time he really came to life and helped us get over the line. Clever touches, a low centre of gravity, nice awareness of others and he wasn't afraid to stick his foot in whenever required.
Really like him but I don't know where best to utilise him as h doesn't see, to be blessed with assists. I think he should be tussling I think out with Lucas or Dele, those positions in the first XI or as a roaming CM but we can only do so if we get a genuine DM heavyweight in to help plug holes he may leave if dropped further back. Thought he linked up lovely with Aurier so I'm leaning towards a more attacking role. Proper Spurs player we have in him.
They need a DM to be at their best though. Until we have that, their attacking output will be constrained by having to defend more than what they should.Gio, Ndombele and Fernandes could be a neat little trio.