Their delusion knows no bounds. The owner of Fosun is worth $6.3bn on his own.
They are basically a poor man's Chelsea or Man C.
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Their delusion knows no bounds. The owner of Fosun is worth $6.3bn on his own.
They are basically a poor man's Chelsea or Man C.
We truly are a Mourinho team now
Le Celso arrived at PSG in the 2016/2017 season
2018/2019 at real betis
games : 48
goals:16
penalties 2
assist:5
2017/2018 at psg
games : 55
goals:6
penalties 0
assist:6
2016/2017 at osg
games : 27
goals:1
penalties 0
assist:4
Lo Celso is capable of playing in both a deep or advanced midfield role but at betis was played in a more advanced role, one of the two AM by Head coach Quique Setien, in the 3-4-2-1 formation, where he scored big numbers as illustrated above and had the same amount of assist or thereabout as previous seasons at Psg.
As i mentioned the first role of action for MOurinho is to get results and look at the personel, so when the Jan window comes, he has a better picture of what he needs to do.
The bayern game showed Mourinho that Skipp, Sess and Foyth will be in his plans.
As we have seen in recent weeks, Mourinho has already opted for the three at the back, with Aurier pushing up, due to our lack of conventional full backs.
Mourinho wants to take a look at Moura,Sissoko and Dier, and by playing them regularily it's easier to put them in the shop window come January.
We do not have enough personel to play 3CM, to give good balance, a destroyer with legs and two playmakers,in what you are probably thinking Ndombele and Le Celso.
Ndombele is injured again and Le Celso has just come back from injury as has Winks.
Le Celso is playing in the CM role for Argentina is because Messi plays further up, also international football is a little different from club football playing 40 plus games a season, as illustrated above with Le Celso number's at PSG.
Jose has not had enough games to see Skipp and Foyth in the past. i persume Jose will line us up, in attack 3-2-4-1 and in defence 4-4-2.
If we play the 4-3-3 as you are saying, then Ali gets shoved to the wing or part of the midfield three. Poch tried the Diamond and we struggled.
If we opt for 4-3-2-1, then Le Celso or Son would still find themself on the bench, as in midfield with our current squad, Dier,Winks and Ndombele, would provide a better balance.
It's unreal how these clubs fans don't see themselves more for what they are now, an outfit for a rich bloke to dress up his new toys in. I know some on here will always see it differently to me but honestly I want us to always be us and that means continuing to behave within our means. It's a dying art being able to still be completely engrained in your history and organic roots and that is something that the likes of Wolves, Chelsea and City will never be able to say. We got Mourinho because of two decades of growth, everything was real, everything was from our doing not because of some geezer who fancied a roll at something different to a craps table one day. What we see in front of us right now runs all the way back to the Hoddle, Mackay, Sheringham, Klinsmann days, none of that has been ripped up and tossed into a farce cabinet. I honestly love seeing how the club I love has developed through its hardships and it's positive steps and honestly I would rather see us go another decade of not winning anything than to see us treated like a new outfit and all that history wash away at the expense of an owner who teats the transfers market like a pick and mix.
Give me real Tottenham just coming up short than a cardboard cutout Tottenham that isn't completely drenched in its past, one that doesn't have he ghost of previous eras running through it. I feel bad that teams and supporters are willing to sell out their clubs heritage and essence built over time for a bit of cheap glory. Do it right or not at all but hey, I'm an old romantic and people prefer a big pair of fake knockers in their face these days I guess
. Give me el natural N17 all day long!
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Lots there to like but two things:
1. The diamond mainly didn't work because a) of the central congestion and lack of width it caused and b) we needed better strength and tackling prowess at #6 to protect the back 4.
2. GLC / #6 / Ndombele would be balanced; if rather attacking, but you could still swap in Winks or Sissiko as necessary.
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Antonio has been moved all over the shop by West Ham ... full back, winger and central striker.
Traore looks exactly the same player now as he did at Boro as far as I can see, no real progression at all. In terms of goals per game, his scoring record is about the same as Wanyama.
| 1281 MINS | 3 GOALS | 3 ASSISTS |
Any manager's priority is winning games and assessing players.
In terms of midfield, our personnel are better suited to a CM3 system than they are to the Cm2 system. We have no current midfielders (match fit or experienced anyway) suited to playing a CM2.
I know it means a compromise somewhere ahead with Alli etc, but I'd take that, rather than the compromises we are seeing constantly for months now in our midfield and our defence as a team.
I'm really not sure what this actually means?:
Not sure how those numbers you posted illustrate that international football is different from club football? I mean, I know it is, but how does his appearances and goal/assist stats alone illustrate that?
I know he played more as an AM at Betis - hence him scoring ten more goals - but that's not what I said.
In 17/18 for PSG, he played one game as an AM. He played 32 as a CM/8 and 14 games as a 6. Nearly all in CM3 systems. Ndombele played in both CM2 and CM3's at Lyon, but was always much more effective in CM3's as an 8.
If Jose told him to go up bearing in mind the way the game had gone a point was a good result it rather kills the theory that Jose is defensive and avoids defeat at all costs.
Well Jose did get Sissoko to drop back for Jan to go forward. Not that I disagree with you
Did you actually watch the programme, or do you just jump on every opportunity to slag off bus-conductor? Jenas' piece was spot on.
what was our cheating all about?
scoring more than them?
Ask them about a geezer called Hibbit.
Why don't you ever get this on Match of the Day?
Probably because he had zero intention of playing the ball.
But neither did the others.