Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
4-3-3 is fine if one of the midfield 3 sits deep and the fullbacks push on, we instead seem to have the fullbacks staying deep and the deep midfielder pushing suicidaly high.
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Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked
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Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
We didn’t have him pushing high last week
Yesterday he was awol
But 4-3-3 just doenst suit the players we have
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Last week Chelsea changed the shape so that they outnumbered us 3 to 2 in the midfield after Dele and Ndombele had largely successfully shut off the passing from Kovacic and Jorginho in midfield in the first half. Tuchel sacrificed an attacking player in Mount and put on Kante in a deeper position so that Chelsea had a 3 against 2 in midfield and could pass around our pressing players at will. Nuno didn't spot this (it was clear within a couple of minutes of the restart) and adapt to it and the game was then lost. Had that been the other way round I think Tuchel would've spotted it and adapted (certainly at 1-0). Just another example of another club having a proper top class manager and us not.
Similar to his brain-wave of taking off Moura away to Rennes and replacing him with....Emerson
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Has any other permanent Tottenham manager failed to reach a 100 page thread count on here?
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Id be stunned if Nuno didn’t spot it last week, as it was obvious to everyone. And I think this is where the ‘we need to be solid’ on the pitch stuff comes from.
If we’re under the cosh, we need to just dig in and not concede while the coaching staff get the new plan ready. But pretty quickly we conceded two goals. I blame the players there.
Yesterday though it just seemed like everything was so off. Don’t blame the players as a whole if they’re being asked to do something they aren’t suited to.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Why are the players “off” though every game we play there?
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
I dunno. Sometimes we show up there. I remember a 1-1 under Poch where we absolutely bartered them almost start to finish and somehow let them have an equaliser in the 78th.
I can be onboard with the idea the tactics were wrong yesterday. I just think Hugo had the right message after the game. He didn’t dig the squad out like last season, he said it was time to stick together. And I agree with that. I don’t think this is the time to let doubts seep in about anyone, manager or players. I think we need to stick together. Nuno was the best we could get, if he goes, we aren’t getting better than him. But if we allow him to limp on under a cloud of suspicion, he isn’t going to do better either.
I think we all need to say, we tried something, it didn’t work, but let’s get back to what we are good at. We need the spirit and togetherness. It seems like we had it a month ago. Maybe this international break and the Kane situation has strained it a bit. Maybe Nuno still hasn’t decided what style of football he wants to play. But I think we need to stick together and move forward. I don’t think we have the option to limp on.
The Fatman
Espen Baardsen
After the Villa match, it international, no club matches for 2weeks, what are the chances, if we lose to villa, and fail to win midweek, NES, is gone?
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
None IMO
I don’t think levy over reacts like a fan
Nuno wins one mor elegant game in his first 10 and he has outdone Poch
StephenH
David Ginola
What was Pochs first 10 or so games results ?
Legohamster
Ian Walker
Levy will be talking to potential options agents at the moment.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
league table after 10 games (he got his 4th win in the game vs Villa in match week 10, the deflected Kane free kick. Poch said in his book it kept him in his job)
No chance we can find a better manager (who wants to come). Unfortunately we are stuck with what we have, Levy is not going to go through another manager search just yet, he is still burnt from the last one. Well I hope not, cause I couldnt face all that again. Better to give it till xmas and back someone with some transfer money. Who knows though maybe Nuno can turn us around, a good performance in the tractor cup, a win (highly unlikely) against Villa and we will all be saying well done Nuno.
StephenH
David Ginola
ta for the info
I would have thought it was far higher
I’m just not keen on our current style or lack there of!
Legohamster
Ian Walker
Don’t think it matters, Levy has shown in the past he’s happy to put a caretaker in, Mason till end of the season.
I don’t agree with Nuno going, but I think Levy will already be sounding out agents.
I think it might take 2-3 more games. But if we get to 5 or 6 consecutive defeats, then I think its on the cards (cup games wont keep him or sink him)
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
As I’ve said before fans have short memory’s
Unfortunately for me I have a great memory which helps me with work but is a bit brick when trying to forget things…
I’ve actually heard people say you knew straight away with Poch how we were gonna play. I call flimflam on that as he had to change the team quite a bit to get the players engaged.
It all takes time
It all takes some patience
Things that are in short supply I’m afraid
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
I’d say that we got an idea of how Poch wanted to play with his team at Southampton and the hope was he’d get that style with us.
Nuno’s problem is we know how he played at Wolves and it wasn’t pretty, the thought of that being as good as it gets is a worry.