King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
Despite all this talk we are going to play 4-3-3 this season, we have played the same system as last season in both Hong Kong games.
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Pre Season 2013
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think our players are more versatile than that though. Paulinho, Dembele and Holtby in particular can play any of the three roles. All six of our CMs are both technical and hardworking, a combination which isn't always common. Carroll's size and Siggy's defensive quality are probably the only limiting factors in preventing them from being completely interchangable.
I'm writing off Parker, Huddlestone and possibly Livermore, as I'm sure 2/3, if not all 3, will be sold very shortly. Parker and Livermore lack ability with the ball for an AVB midfield and Huddlestone lacks without it. They don't really fit AVB's new total football midfield.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Not today though. He looked like he's continuing his 2nd half of the season form, rather than his great 1st half last autumn.
I'd assume that's because we don't have Paulinho, Chadli and (Soldado) - all players clearly bought for that formation. Some of our exisiting player like Lennon and Defoe however don't suit it at all.
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The Moonlit Knight
Banned
I think you're over estimating their versatility.
The unknown quantity for me is Paulinho. I know little about him other than what I've seen now in a few clips and that AVB has said he is a box to box player. He could well play central midfield and then you could play him, an anchor player and one of Siggy or Holtby in front of them.
whats up with Holtby? How come he hasn't played any minutes yet? Because of the tournament he had in the summer?
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
You'd guess so. Same with Paulinho. Although wasn't Carroll playing in the U20s tournament around the same time?
Spaceman
Ruel Fox
Agreed
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Didn't see the game but just saw the highlights, looked comfortable as we should against a team of that stature.
So Sigurdsson played the furthest of a three man midfield? I've always thought he should play there and if he played good today then I reckon our midfield could be good next year, Instead of Dembele/Paulinho/Sandro as we first thought, I wonder if it'd be one of Dembele/Paulinho, then Sigurdsson all infront of Sandro?
So Sigurdsson played the furthest of a three man midfield? I've always thought he should play there and if he played good today then I reckon our midfield could be good next year, Instead of Dembele/Paulinho/Sandro as we first thought, I wonder if it'd be one of Dembele/Paulinho, then Sigurdsson all infront of Sandro?
90sSpursBook
Erik Edman
IIRC its very random - the PL select the three 3 teams who occupy certain positions in the league at a random date i.e. it was the teams who were say 2nd, 5th and 11th on the 31st March. I know the PL were sweating as to Sunderland's outcome at the end of the season.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Though i agree none will feature much if at all for avb as they are not his sort of players i can not see us selling them as levy always holds out for to much money, they will go on frees at the end of their contracts.
Scotty was great today but if AVB has him as 1st choice I will be amazed and confused. Therefore he will be sold. I will put Mumorn's balls on the line I am that confident.
Jake looked interested today but Caulker didn't and disappointed me today. He may be a surprise sell for us this summer.
I like Hudd because he gives us a different option
Jake looked interested today but Caulker didn't and disappointed me today. He may be a surprise sell for us this summer.
I like Hudd because he gives us a different option
King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
Sigurdsson actually played mainly on the left, but occasionaly swapped posisitions with Dempsey, who was playing behind Defoe, in the first half.
Enter the Pitbull
Luke Young
Met Walker, Sigurdsson, Sandro, Verts, Moussa, Hud, Holtby and a few others last night, out on the lash.
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
Great to get the winning feeling again after being winless in the pre-season so far. Even if it was against a shyte South China team, it was nice to get a big win. South China made us look like Brazil at times with their shyte defending but we played well and should have scored a few more goals.
Nice to see Defoe getting a hattrick but he also wasted 2 or 3 other chances. Hope it will boost his confidence for the next season. Credit to Dempsey and Townsend for their goals as well. But was annoyed when Dempsey wasted that one-on-one chance which he should have done better instead of blasting over. It was a good freekick from Townsend for our 6th goal. It will be great if he can score more goals from freekicks like that.
Credit also to Lloris for that great save late in the match. Despite keeping a clean sheet, we still need to improve our defending. South China got too many chances to score which could have been costly against a decent team.
One disappointing thing was, we still haven't see Paulinho, Chadli, Sandro and Kaboul in friendly matches so far, especially the new players. we need to give more playing time for Paulinho and Chadli in the pre-season so that they gel with the team.
Nice to see Defoe getting a hattrick but he also wasted 2 or 3 other chances. Hope it will boost his confidence for the next season. Credit to Dempsey and Townsend for their goals as well. But was annoyed when Dempsey wasted that one-on-one chance which he should have done better instead of blasting over. It was a good freekick from Townsend for our 6th goal. It will be great if he can score more goals from freekicks like that.
Credit also to Lloris for that great save late in the match. Despite keeping a clean sheet, we still need to improve our defending. South China got too many chances to score which could have been costly against a decent team.
One disappointing thing was, we still haven't see Paulinho, Chadli, Sandro and Kaboul in friendly matches so far, especially the new players. we need to give more playing time for Paulinho and Chadli in the pre-season so that they gel with the team.
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
So, Monaco and Espanyol are the only competitive matches left for us in pre-season ? Don't think that is enough for our new players to get used to the other players.
What do people think about Fryers?
A good crunching tackle and he bombed forward a couple of times but nobody passed to him.
But I thought both he and Caulker looked a bit exposed.
Don't understand this... we bought Siggy on the back of his performances playing centrally for Swansea, and Dempsey on the back of his performances playing on the left for Fulham, and yet AVB always seems to have them in opposite roles when they play together.