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    Archie Gray

    What allergy? He's been very much needed at full back and then CB because of the lack of other options. Been saying for a while that when we have other defenders back/available perhaps a good idea to give the 18 year old who started 15+ games (?) in a row with two games a week a bit of a...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    For me the second half of last season was disappointing, we never clicked back into gear. But it was also pretty obvious that there were real shortcomings in the squad. Since then we've added quite a few players. Solanke, Bergvall, Gray, Odobert, Kinsky, Tel and Danso. The squad is looking...
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    James Maddison

    Lamela is an interesting comparison in this case. For me Lamela was always one who tried to take responsibility, but too often failed to execute. When that team was flying there were multiple players who took responsibility and creative responsibility. Eriksen and Kane of course, but also Alli...
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    Tactics Thread

    I think there's some room for development on when to switch from a high press to a lower or mid block for sure. Doing that cohesively as a team. The way I see it those phases (or for worse performances longer stretches of games) where we really struggle are when we consistently fail to play out...
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    Tactics Thread

    Yeah, this is probably what our disagreement boils down to. There's imo room for a Son, a Johnson. But more difficult with both, and even more so when there are multiple others with similar/related weaknesses..
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    Ange departs

    Absolutely needs to be a hard working player. And I'm not talking about a great goalscorer necessarily. But someone you can rely on to show up and fairly consistently be a class act. Someone you can pretty much always give the ball to and he will create headaches for the opposition. Obviously a...
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    Ange departs

    Yeah. Definitely missing that Kane, prime Son, player. The one opposition will really worry about, the one you can trust to show up with a moment of magic no matter how the game goes. Really could do with one or two of those...
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    Djed Spence

    He was both. Was it just a rumour or actually happened that he ran less than the goalkeeper for one game? One of very few players that could be true for. Some similarities with Berbarov and Spence, languid chill style, never stressed, finds time when others get rushed, slick technique. Luckily...
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    Djed Spence

    I think that makes sense. Overall I want a more holistic approach, DoF, manager, scouts, board etc all with a more aligned approach. But I also think that where we were, if we were going down the Conte route not supplementing that with some "club signings" like Spence, Sarr and Udogie would be...
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    ENIC

    Very good posts and I'm in full agreement. Whenever Levy leaves the club I will have some gratitude for the good things he's done with the club and probably some frustration with some of the things he's imo done wrong. I guess I'm one of the more vocal "pro Levy" people on this board, but...
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    Djed Spence

    Very good and imo important points. Think Ange said it well when he said Spence needed to mature a bit (IIRC). Most of us can identify with not always being mature enough at that kind of age, and no amount of wages, attention or fame changes that. I think most of the time that's a better way...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Man United ** 16/2/25 - KO at 4.30pm.

    Thought we were the better team. That's better than most of our performances during our injury crisis. That to me is improvement. Not massively so, but a step in the right direction. Imo as should be expected when being (hopefully) on the way out of one of the worst injury crisis situations I...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Goals against was around 1 per game before the injuries struck IIRC. And IIRC the difference our goals against with and without Romero and VdV is rather massive. Assuming we have a mostly fit squad (normal levels of injuries) for the rest of the season I think around a goal against per game is...
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    James Maddison

    Both goals and assists tell little about how well a player controls a game imo. He does more than most imo. Not in the physical sense, rolling up sleeves and dragging a team that way. But in terms of always wanting the ball, trying to be creative and do useful things with the ball he's usually...
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    Djed Spence

    The cost of signing players that aren't quite good enough is often understated imo. It's not just the cost of the signing (and a likely sale at a loss) and wages. It's also the opportunity cost of not signing, playing and developing someone that could be good enough (or even better). Then...
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    Tactics Thread

    I guess for me the counter attacking situations will often result in overloads no matter what. We've seen it a lot the other way when we've been ahead, teams have had to come out and we have the chances to counter attack. I'm not sure he requires the most elite of elite in terms of touch...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    To be fair that was probably on Casemiro who could be shoulder dropped by a fridge these days. That's not to take anything away from Bergvall who did really well mind. We know he can do that against players who can move too.
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    James Maddison

    Depending on if we're in Europe or not next season we need competition/options for Maddison more than we need to replace him. We do have Kulusevski and Bergvall I guess. But Kulusevski is a very different profile and Bergvall is still a teenager and so far looks better a bit deeper imo. We...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I'm still undecided on what I think should happen in the summer. But I agree that there needs to be a solid degree of confidence in him going into next season for him to stay. Less so for our transfer business as I'm assuming the good work of signing players that should fit in with both Ange...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Depends what you (or someone else) means by turning the tide. I'd want to see us more or less back to our best at least in some games this season. Us clicking properly into gear. I'd also want to see real signs of consistency. Not necessarily real consistency as in game after game, week after...
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