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what has happened to the transfer section?
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It's a wonky front 3 though. Bale would be tucked in like Hulk, whereas Lennon would be out wide like Varlea.
Re the CF, I just think AVB is quite single minded about his targets and Leandro was clearly the only forward he wanted he January, so I think we'll give it another try. Re Benteke, he's a great hold-up CF for a team that plays on the break, but because we're going to be a possession side we need more of an intelligent clever-moving last-shoulder #9 instead.
the problem Rossi, i feel, with that formation/line up is that we will still lack a deep laying player who is a good passer of the ball, a play maker who can knit attack and midfield together
you wouldn't take Modric out of last seasons team and replace him with Dembele and expect us to be as creative would you?
imv you need to sacrifice one of your '3' to play deeper or replace Dembele with a more creative player.
personally i think Sandro Dembele + a playmaker will gives us an unbelievable strong central 3 from a defensive perspective which would cover the fact that we'd score fewer goals with 3 players in front. Im almost certain we'll be lining up this way next season
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Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
Why are we going to be a possession side? Spurs aren't Porto, Spurs are Spurs. We're not a good possession side, we're built around pace and power, it would take a big change in playing personel for us to change that.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I've mainly seen him used as an ACM. As Rossi has pointed out, he reminds me of Siggy, only without the power/strength or the goals.
I think he's really a Liverpool calibre player and will end up there too.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
AVB was once asked to sum up his football philosophy. His reply was “4-3-3 of ball possession and movement, and when necessary, the use of a high defence line and vigorous ball recovery”. His raison d'etre is possession, resting with the ball and short bursts of intense pressing.
Dembele, Sandro, Holtby, Siggy are all good enough to play a possession game, we just lack that one final Xavi/Moutinho/Modric type player in there to knit it altogther.
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
Your writing a quite but its bit one ive ever read. Can you actually please find that quote somewhere?
I don't think we will move from our current system and will but players to suit it, which means a few quality players in rather than wholesale changes.
Yes he did
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
To be fair most on here seem to want to switch to 4-3-3 for obvious reasons.
We had one of the best midfields in the league when Sandro and Dembele were together. You don't want to break that up. However you want to add more creativity, which means adding a ball playing midfielder to the mix.
Hey presto. Three across the midfield.
We had one of the best midfields in the league when Sandro and Dembele were together. You don't want to break that up. However you want to add more creativity, which means adding a ball playing midfielder to the mix.
Hey presto. Three across the midfield.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Thing is, we clearly don't have the players for our current formation either. We have one out and out winger, and that's it.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It from his, horribly-titled but otherwise pretty good, biography (rather than an article on the internet): http://www.amazon.co.uk/André-Villas-Boas-Luis-Miguel-Pereira/dp/1905928084. P17
I would recommend everyone read it.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Some other interesting bits from it.
On his substitutions:
When he makes changes to the team, he usually does so in midfield. The timing of the changes: between 60 and 75 minutes. He removes a winger from the attack and thereby makes a midfield quartet, intermediate base of the 4-4-2 and its variants (diamond shape or 1-3). In this way, he avoids the ‘wear and tear’, and tactical fatigue that the 4-3-3 may more easily cause to the team (and t the individual players), and he avoids speaking about ‘tired players’ or a ‘worn out team’. The time he makes the change is also fully considered. At its best, the team begins to recover for the following match… in the previous match. The 4-4-2 clearly makes it possible to rest more with the ball (possession for possession’s sake)
On dealing with player problems:
Villas-Boas never had private conversations with players when they were upset. He always spoke to them face to face, but within the group. His message was: ‘What matters here is the group, the club, and not this or that player in particular’
Andre Villas-Boas likes to resolve things face to face and in front of the entire team. An effective and instructive way of overcoming any potential sources of discontent”
And perhaps of relevance to Bale's position:
“No player will ever be allowed to fulfill individual ambitions rather than collective ones”
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
I looked at buying that to read on holiday but then read thy it was upto Chelsea so wasn't very "current" which makes sense as its a set point in time
I guess we shall see what happens formation wise
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
But its two years out of date. AVB has moved on. Those tactics failed at chelsea.
He not gonna move Bale back out to the wing just because people think he has a hard on for a 433.