I mean this with maximum respect, but every time I see him, I can't shake the feeling that he'd make first casting call as the demolition man for a heist movie.
Toby would be the muscle.
Hugo, the brains.
Sissoko the Panto villain
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I mean this with maximum respect, but every time I see him, I can't shake the feeling that he'd make first casting call as the demolition man for a heist movie.
Toby would be the muscle.
Hugo, the brains.
I didnt actually think his delivery was all that bad yesterday. Considering the amount he was hitting first time. We weren't getting a huge amount of runners into the box.
Looking at how narrow Chelsea have been playing and how pathetic Arsenals attempt at a high line was yesterday then Trips could be a very useful player for us this year
I’m amazed at how much Tripps has improved since he joined us
Brilliant coaching by Poch
I think full back development is one of the things he is excellent at.
You have to credit the players too, but he pushed Rose and Walker to be better (although Rose seems to have mentally regressed) and Davies has gone from an average player to a dependable one. Don’t forget Shaw, too. A shadow of the marauding potential he was under Poch.
Whether a cross goes over everyone and sails over to the far stick or hits first man there is no difference, the cross is/was inaccurate, the result is exactly the same. (the same too from a corner, people would only site the "can't beat first man" bollocks which is the same result as a cross missing everyone and going far side and yes that also includes a cross hit "into the mixer" bullshit which people seem to approve of, despite it being easily claimed by the 'keeper or defended with ease by a 10 vs 4. When a cross doesn't beat the first man it's not because a player can't kick a ball that far, it's because they are aiming for an invisible tiny area at the near post, this invisible slot has to be far enough away from the 'keeper, high enough to beat the jumping defenders but still hit hard enough and low/flat enough for one of our players to get in-front of the oppo, is there any wonder why it's low percentage football??). I will forgive any cross that is inches away from a head or toe of one of our players running onto it, or produce the finger tips of a 'keeper to take it off the head of an attacker and obviously one that finds the head of it's target but they fail to connect well with it, all others are simply incomplete passes or shite. Trippers crossing yesterday was shite, any defence of his crossing yesterday simply isn't credible.
I 100% agree with you on his "key passes", often played around the oppo finding a run from one of our players going from in to out, these are an excellent well rehearsed passage of our play, I could watch those all day, it's much better football to watch and far more effective than just lumping it into the box, be they hit first time or not. If they are defended then we still are in a position to counter-press the defender with both Trips himself or the player he was passing to, and all in a very dangerous area of the pitch too with a panicked defender on the ball, lovely jubbly let's rejoice these, let's see more of these, those are actually better and more effective than a cross.
Don't want to make this a Walker vs Tripps debate mate, nothing personal, it's just I'm so bored of that and I've posted far too many times and my views haven't changed, suffice to say picking up on Walkers "not beating the first man" with his crosses is again utter bullshit when you ignore a) the above about what is being aimed at, this also applies to Tripps too, who regularly fails to beat the first man as was evidence yesterday b) failing to acknowledge that Walkers threat was to commit a defender because he had the ability to take on his opponents in 1vs1's and thus creating space for the likes of *insert attackers man here c) that he would more often than not cut the ball back which was by far his most effective creative part of his game (just as Trippier is with his key passes to a runner moving in to out). It's bullshit to ignore this.
This is where Poch works wonders, up until a month or so Tripps had NEVER taken on and beaten an opponent, so Poch has us adapt and we've found away around that and getting Tripps effective high up the pitch with his key passes. With Walker it was the same with his cut backs once he had beaten his man and had got behind. (I hate crosses be they from Walker, Tripps, Rose or Davies as the result is largely the same, it's nothing to do with each's ability to kick the ball, it's just they are low percentage and very rare that something actually comes from from them. Most of what I am talking about here is a cross from outside of the box, I note this as obviously if we are in the box then a cross is acceptable ball to play, the odds are significantly improved, just to make that clear what I'm against and my definition of a cross that's low percentage).
Would you take Shaw back?
Still looking to carry too much timber for me
Poch record with defenders has been mind boggling. The system is key too.I think full back development is one of the things he is excellent at.
You have to credit the players too, but he pushed Rose and Walker to be better (although Rose seems to have mentally regressed) and Davies has gone from an average player to a dependable one. Don’t forget Shaw, too. A shadow of the marauding potential he was under Poch.
That's 2 in 2 from Trippier, one in each corner. Both absolute beauties.
I don't think the oppos will be keen on giving away freekicks outside their box when he's on the pitch.
Looks like Burnley Trippier is sticking his arm up Spurs Trippier’s arse.
Looks like Burnley Trippier is sticking his arm up Spurs Trippier’s arse.
If he switches to a decent haircut I’ll be a huge fan of him. His hair is worst than grealish. What’s going on in that head?
He would look 100 times better if he just shaved.It's grandma hair innit.... Which lets face it, other than a blue rinse or covered with a wig ain't going to be looking great anytime soon
He would look 100 times better if he just shaved.
If the manager wanted Shaw, then I’d trust that he would be able to get the best out of him. There’s a great player in there, and although Mourniho is a prick, I suspect the “micro-management” he through Shaws’ way has an element of truth in it. But full-backs are Poch’s thing.
I think he should to grow it out into an afro...
Although Jose's misery-ball must be an alien concept to him, it wouldn't surprise me... Poch magic will wear off if you spend too long away from the great man.... Clyne, Lovren, Fonte, Chambers... Shaw... Walker?
I think he should to grow it out into an afro...
Although Jose's misery-ball must be an alien concept to him, it wouldn't surprise me... Poch magic will wear off if you spend too long away from the great man.... Clyne, Lovren, Fonte, Chambers... Shaw... Walker?
Don't bring Lovren into it. He's one of the best defenders in the world don't you know?