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James Maddison

dingdongo said:
It seems mad that you can take a team that plays 5 at the back and that conceded a bucket load last year, remove one of those defenders and put a player in the 10 position behind Kane and the whole team functions much better. Who knew lol?
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Or maybe

- Don't have your midfield outnumbered 3-2, 4-2, 5-2
- play a creative midfielder so your key striker/playmaker can be more of a striker
- hold on to the ball and play higher up will result in more chances and less risk to yourself
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
That was Conte’s chose though
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What no having a number 10 avalable to him? i get what your saying though. Said on here a lot that under Poch we had Eriksen who was the heartbeat of our team at the time and since then we have lacked a player who could do what Eriksen did, Maddison could fill that role which we have lacked since then.
 
parklane1 said:
What no having a number 10 avalable to him? i get what your saying though. Said on here a lot that under Poch we had Eriksen who was the heartbeat of our team at the time and since then we have lacked a player who could do what Eriksen did, Maddison could fill that role which we have lacked since then.
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Choosing not to go after a player like Maddison. We backed him with Richarlison, Porro etc but clearly he didn’t feel we needed a number 10. By all accounts we could have easily got Zaniolo but chose not to.
 
parklane1 said:
What no having a number 10 avalable to him? i get what your saying though. Said on here a lot that under Poch we had Eriksen who was the heartbeat of our team at the time and since then we have lacked a player who could do what Eriksen did, Maddison could fill that role which we have lacked since then.
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Yea he didn’t want to buy one and any players in the squad who might potentially have played there were loaned out (GLC, Ndombele, Gill). His system didn’t use a no 10.
 
tommysvr said:
Choosing not to go after a player like Maddison. We backed him with Richarlison, Porro etc but clearly he didn’t feel we needed a number 10. By all accounts we could have easily got Zaniolo but chose not to.
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Fair enough and i do not disagree. However we have not replaced him or the posistion since he left 4 years ago and that is down to more then Conte.
 
parklane1 said:
Fair enough and i do not disagree. However we have not replaced him or the posistion since he left 4 years ago and that is down to more then Conte.
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Definitely a symptom of the lack of a plan when it comes to managers / the style of football the club wants to play.
 
parklane1 said:
Fair enough and i do not disagree. However we have not replaced him or the posistion since he left 4 years ago and that is down to more then Conte.
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Jose played GLC and Ndombele in those roles, so that covers the first 2 years. Then he was sacked, so we can’t tell if he’d have wanted to upgrade there or not (rumours of Zaniola at the time though)

Conte showed no interest in a number 10 and even passed on Zaniola. That’s the next 2 years.

i really don’t think we can blame the club for not buying another player the manager didn’t want and would never use (see Spence, Gill, etc.). I think it’s telling that the first signing under this new manager was a no 10 in Maddison and the speed in which it was done by the club.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Jose played GLC and Ndombele in those roles, so that covers the first 2 years. Then he was sacked, so we can’t tell if he’d have wanted to upgrade there or not (rumours of Zaniola at the time though)

Conte showed no interest in a number 10 and even passed on Zaniola. That’s the next 2 years.

i really don’t think we can blame the club for not buying another player the manager didn’t want and would never use (see Spence, Gill, etc.). I think it’s telling that the first signing under this new manager was a no 10 in Maddison and the speed in which it was done by the club.
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Again i am not really disagreeing with what you say, but neither Tanguy( overated) and Lo Celso (who i do think is a good player) are the same type as either Eriksen or Maddison. All in my opinion of course.
 
dingdongo said:
It seems mad that you can take a team that plays 5 at the back and that conceded a bucket load last year, remove one of those defenders and put a player in the 10 position behind Kane and the whole team functions much better. Who knew lol?
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Well, it's slightly more to it than that.
 
Raziel said:
Or maybe

- Don't have your midfield outnumbered 3-2, 4-2, 5-2
- play a creative midfielder so your key striker/playmaker can be more of a striker
- hold on to the ball and play higher up will result in more chances and less risk to yourself
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Yeh I think there are loads of reasons behind it. I think we will be defensively at risk with the style but that should be countered by the possession stats. I had a look at the pre seasons year on year and the Ranger 2-1 game we had 46% to their 54%, I think stats can be misleading in some areas but I do think that it its indicative of the style, especially given the opposition
 
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