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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Great post. You're basically saying that the sum of the parts is gradually coming together. Every week we see more players getting into higher gears. Personally, I think our strength eventually becomes the depth of the squad. There will always been a healthy robust conversation about who should...
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    Savio

    Interestingly, De Zerbi was speculating in his post match presser about Kudus at 10 in a quartet of Solanke, Kudus, Savio and Marmoush. In some ways that makes sense as that gives 1 of our 2 left backs the chance to drive forward on the outside, whereas Savio can hold the wider position on the...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    Can I be old fashioned for minute and say that back in the day if you turned losses into draws that was a great step to move to wins. It was the way that the best managers drove change. A tight defence and clean sheets were at the core of that journey. Once you had that in place you loosened the...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    When he first came on the scene I was predicting big things for him. I thought he would have been at the recent World Cup as an example. I said the same about Joe Gomez when I saw him as an U21. Most recently, same about Levi Colwill. Look at the injuries these young English players get. So...
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    Ashley Phillips

    Yeah, I've had a look a couple of times. He definitely moved permanently. Seems like he only came off bench at half time in this match. Perhaps now he'll get in. I think he's a pretty decent player.
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    Exactly this. I watched it as well. Nothing to report here.
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    Mateus Fernandes Official

    Firstly, I need to watch more of Bergval as I'm still baffled to his best position. For me, Gallagher is another great guy but always a squad player. As someone said the other day (@thfcsteff ???), it's Simons that we're probably missing the most along with Kulu. We know what phase Madds is in...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    Do you not think that the best managers allow the kids to adapt their behaviours around them? They don't actually change so much person to person and they are clearly the alpha of the group. I'm thinking that if a manager spends too much time individualising their comms approach then they lose...
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    Mateus Fernandes Official

    I know for Croatia it was always Brozovic and Rakitic working the engine room for him. At Madrid he had Casemiro and Kroos in there with him. At Spurs it was clearly that 4-4-1-1 with VDVart as the extra midfield or 10. That was the younger Modric I guess. I don't know statistically across an...
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    Mateus Fernandes Official

    The subtle difference here is that none of those other players used to play 10 for most of their youth career. It sounds like everyone is right about Mateus not being a 10. Perhaps it's similar to Dembele where you experience different positions first to make you better in the one you settle at...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    You are so right. Imagine if Tel had the day off on Sunday and went back to the training ground on Monday and then got that feedback. At that point it's not all fresh in his mind. He's not fuelled with adrenalin from the match day situation. Tel could actually feel every word his manager said...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    I could have sworn I read the same thing about Richi and his body mechanics on this forum. All players get older I guess. What this is really about is transfer strategy and even policy. When you stick to buying guys who are in that 21-25 range they have serious runway ahead of them. No problem...
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    Mateus Fernandes Official

    It's an interesting comparison. I wonder how many double pivots Modric sat in during his career. Surely he must have played where there were 2 players allowing him to be that creative?
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    Richarlison

    This made me chuckle
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Everton***

    I guess very few players have the drive of Kane from a career standpoint. I'm not sure Harry has the "dig deep" in the big games and the talismanic characters that we've see from other great players. Despite that, he has had a spectacular career. His record is deserved. Dom clearly hasn't...
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