yiddo37
Sergei Rebrov
Maybe but it really is what a gk should be good at first at foremost.
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+++ OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland 12th April 2026 +++
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ShipOfTheseus
Ruel Fox
You have to go back six managers, to Conte, for us to win our first game under a new manager.
monkeybarry
Nayim
I'm with you on that.
The game isn't with us anymore.
monkeybarry
Nayim
Although to be fair, six managers could just mean February
I doubt he'll be going all out on his normal style. He's not going to ask players to be over playing at the back when confidence is already low.
monkeybarry
Nayim
I think it'll be a shape they've worked on and encouragement to play with courage.
Make Sunderland beat us, rather than beating themselves.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
If he lines up with 3 at the back, we might as all shoot ourselves in the head and spare the misery
robp135
Peter Taylor
Why?
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Its a crap formation - defenders are in the wrong places, midfielders are permanently outnumbered and forwards don't have the support to do an effective press.
After Amorim and others, there's also a huge toxicity around using it now
monkeybarry
Nayim
They all are really. A defeat and results for Forest, Leeds, West Ham = big time fukkery.
That's every game now, for all 4 teams
robp135
Peter Taylor
I’d rather get the strongest 10 players on the pitch and I don’t think anyone would argue if you ranked a 1-10 of our fit squad that Romero, VDV & Danso would be in it. We also do not have a right winger right now.
I think formations are over stated but the exciting football I’ve seen both the teams I support (Spurs 16-17 & England 98) and the best football I’ve played personally was in a 352 as well.
metalgear
Barry Daines
yup we're due
metalgear
Barry Daines
3 at the back can mean 1 at the back and 2 as DMs - from what i see dezerbiball is fluid and prioritizes many triangle formations to support link up play
the one thing i am sure we sill see is an improvement in transition into attack, because he pays special attention to body shape and facing a lot to spring attacks
robp135
Peter Taylor
Yep it’s only more defensive if that’s how the team plays it.
Muttley
Dean Austin
I actually think it is an incredibly tough team selection. RDZ mentions that he's watched a bunch of footage of us. He would therefore see that Danso has been one of our better players. I think the mistake Tudor made was not going with his own preferred formation and that was a back 3. He had very legit reasons not doing that based on sending offs and injuries, not to mention Udogie's injury woes on the left. In the end he seemed to settle on 4-4-2.
In reality, RDZ has more available players than Tudor and probably needs to put them in his preferred shape even if it's not implementing his full tactics. I think that means something like a 4-2-3-1. Normally, if you find the shape first then you can add the tactical pieces on top over time. I have a feeling the first thing he'll do is be drilling Porro, Romero and Udogie to defend first, attack second.
In reality, RDZ has more available players than Tudor and probably needs to put them in his preferred shape even if it's not implementing his full tactics. I think that means something like a 4-2-3-1. Normally, if you find the shape first then you can add the tactical pieces on top over time. I have a feeling the first thing he'll do is be drilling Porro, Romero and Udogie to defend first, attack second.
SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
We’ve only picked up 3 points every third PL game stretching back all the way to the autumn of 2023…
15th Won 33 Drawn 18 Lost 49 For 161 Against 168 Diff -7 Points 117
Quite the precipitous drop-off from the previous 100 PL games
4th Won 54 Drawn 15 Lost 31 For 190 Against 134 Diff +56 Points 177