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Aaron Lennon
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Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
he was very intelligent in his younger days, knew when to run in behind and knew when to burst pace. Hes never been a run down a blind alley and cross aimlessly. Its nice to see him having an impact.
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
No idea why he isn't starting, especially when we're playing centre-backs at right-back. Our other wingers all want to cut inside, which is fine if it's only one of them doing it and/or they are outstanding technical players, but that's not the case here so we end up playing too narrow and getting crowded out and not having the skill to get through. Lennon creates more space for everybody, and especially away from home or against bigger teams when you need to play deeper and play on the counter, he should be playing the majority of the match.
While Kyle walker is out I think Lennon should start of the right. We just don't have any width. Chiriches done well tbh
King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
Gave the team a better shape and balance after coming on. First half we were a chaos. It obviously helped that they were down a man, but having some width on one of the flanks seems to me like something we should at least try. It is not the way Poch wants to play though, so it remains to be seen how stubborn he is.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Imagine how frustrating it must be for Lennon, knowing he gives a lot more to the team than Lamela , but finding himself behind him in the pecking order.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
hes got a better right foot ill give him that
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
So has Stephen Hawking.....
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
If he has no right foot how did he score this a few weeks back?
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Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Don't think he's half the player he was years ago, but looked good today.
Lennon is an intelligent player, good work rate, good pace and has a decent end product (biggest myth in PL is Lennon's lack of crossing ability, look at a couple he put in yesterday).
Problem is Lennon is a team player, i.e. he can't carry a team, he actually needs the FB and midfield to be working to the point where they can cycle the ball to him quickly and early so he can expose the opposition FB.
In a side lacking pace/width/effort/intelligence (for the most part), its borderline criminal he isn't at least getting 30 minutes per game, if not a start
Great post. Wholeheartedly agree.
We get so obsessed at what our players are not that we forget what they are good at.
This is what annoys me too. People keep saying oh we've spunked the Bale money on crap, our players are turd. It's as if they can't do ANYTHING. Fact is we're not talking about outplaying Emirates Marketing Project and Chelsea here, we're talking about being able to outplay and beat teams like Villa, Hull, Stoke, Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
Sherwood showed that the current squad are more than capable of doing so, so why aren't they now?
Football is a simple game, you look at a player's strengths and weaknesses and surely it is fairly simple for a manager/head coach paid GHod know's what to come up with a plan that maximises the strengths of the players on the field while minimising the weaknesses??? It's pretty simple to me???? Maybe i'm missing something???
- Squad short on fitness levels or relevant attitude to press throughout 90 minutes? Play a sitting and counter game.
- Defenders a bit short on pace and mobility? Don't play a high line, drop them back, play a screen in front and look to frustrate in the first instance.
It's like managers like AVB (and worryingly Poch has kind of being following the same trend recently) come in and just think "i've got my principles and way of playing and i'm going to stick to them regardless"
Spurs only, Dazza is top on 67
Millsy_Yiddo
Naybet
I'm also of the football is a simple game philosophy. But put yourself in Poch's shoes for a second.
You've been given this job on the merits of the system you installed at Southampton. You've assessed the Spurs squad and feel it has the ability to take on and learn taht system otherwise you wouldn't have taken the job.
- Squad short on fitness levels or relevant attitude to press throughout 90 minutes? Play a sitting and counter game.
Firstly, how do you know who has the relevant attitude/fitness to press for 90 minutes without asking the players to press for 90 minutes in a premier league game. Secondly, for those that do have the attitude and fitness, the only way they can become truely compitent in the system is repetition, and that is through games playing that system.
How would you manage playing to the players strengths whilst implementing the system and playing style that got you the job in the first place?
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
So when Arthur Rowe turned up in 1949 and said, we're not going to hoof the ball all the time anymore. It's going to be about push and run now. Players that can't do that, don't have a future here.
Was that wrong? Or did he instead drag the club into the modern age? Should he not have been pragmatic and kept us hoofing it like everyone else?
The way you make real progress in any walk of life is by having a vision. It's how you shift paradigms. We've been terrible for nearly 30 years now. And the success we had before that came from backing visionaries (Rowe, Nicholson and Burkinshaw), two of whom (the latter) had very difficult starts trying to change the culture of the club.
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Millsy_Yiddo
Naybet
Whilst I agree with what you are saying GB, I don't know that Poch is really that much of a visionary. I mean, he's basically trying to employ the 4-2-3-1, press high, move the ball quickly system that is currently 'in vogue' in modern football.
In the next 5 years time you'll see it shift back to counter attacking play anyway.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Still has a place in the squad for me, cant let him go just yet. What a great cross for Kane, more of that please Aaron
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Of course. But it's still very much on an upward curve at the moment, so until we catch that ship, we are going to be playing catch-up. Poch is the primary protégé of the inventor of that approach (Bielsa), so there's probably no one better for getting us up-to-speed and beyond.
There will be a test for Poch in 5 years' time, when tiki-taka or counter attacking comes back (I consider Bielsa's proactive football to be a blend of those two extremes), and we'll seen then how smart he is and able to evolve with or ahead of the curve.
But whatever direction the game goes, I can't see creating an ultra-fit, technical squad who are disciplined and can transition quickly could ever be a bad thing. It's better than that the delicate, half-arsed chip-munchers who have filled our squads for the past 25 years.
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