Nah - hardly the game to try someone in a completely new position!!
I also dont necessarily accept that he could become a DM just because he's good on the ball. Some people were saying that about Vertonghen when he arrived...
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OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Ajax - the second leg
- Thread starter NLS
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Nah - hardly the game to try someone in a completely new position!!
I also dont necessarily accept that he could become a DM just because he's good on the ball. Some people were saying that about Vertonghen when he arrived...
nayenezgani
Jimmy Neighbour
... Let's smash em up.
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
Not completely new. And he’s rested, if nothing else.
Hootnow
Jermaine Jenas
I still think he has talent but agreed. Last thing we need with a team as fluid and mobile as Ajax, with their quick movement and passing is someone like Foyth running around lunging into challenges after he's been ghosted past by De Jong or Ziyech.
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
Wouldn’t the current version of Dier do that too, though, and be less useful with the ball into the bargain?
Hootnow
Jermaine Jenas
Yes and yes. So it has to be Sissoko (who would have thought!!) plus 1. Who that one is, I don't know but none of the options are great.
I would play:
--------------lloris
trippier---toby---vert----rose
-----------dier
-----sissoko-----wanyama
----eriksen----son---dele
Get Trippier and Rose to push up the pitch, Dier to hold his position deep in midfield. Sissoko and Wanyama to really press and disrupt them, ditto the trio of attackers. Spoil their game in midfield and get the ball into our attackers quickly when we pinch it from them. Get in their face and disrupt their football. Moura and Llorente can come off the bench for a plan B. We have lacked a bit of variation from the bench lately, so I'd like to see Moura deployed in this way.
--------------lloris
trippier---toby---vert----rose
-----------dier
-----sissoko-----wanyama
----eriksen----son---dele
Get Trippier and Rose to push up the pitch, Dier to hold his position deep in midfield. Sissoko and Wanyama to really press and disrupt them, ditto the trio of attackers. Spoil their game in midfield and get the ball into our attackers quickly when we pinch it from them. Get in their face and disrupt their football. Moura and Llorente can come off the bench for a plan B. We have lacked a bit of variation from the bench lately, so I'd like to see Moura deployed in this way.
NickTB
Eidur Gudjohnsen
... Let's smash em up.
With all the bad luck smashing a mirror entails you should be a ban for posting that
Hotspur75
Thimotée Atouba
Ok, and then what? Llorente up top? So Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Sissoko, Eriksen; Dele, Moura, Son; Llorente? That would scare them I think, but it would probably scare me more.
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
Will probably have to be, unless Kane's miraculously fit, yeah.
Hotspur75
Thimotée Atouba
I admire your optimism. I am not as optimistic as I was before Bournemouth. Despite getting top-4 (realistically speaking), I think that Bournemouth result is not going to help us against Ajax mentally. The relief of getting top-4 for the players will be surpassed by the negative emotions Saturday brought.
Still, I think Poch may be thinking along the same lines - being positive and all that and knowing Ajax's worry re: setpieces.
Still, I think Poch may be thinking along the same lines - being positive and all that and knowing Ajax's worry re: setpieces.
superfaisty
Nico Claesen
Loris
Trippier Toby verts Davies
Moura Ali sissoko rose
Eriksen
Son
Rose at lw gives us more of a wide threat as dies moura wide right- width is the key to this game. 2-1 away goals win
Trippier Toby verts Davies
Moura Ali sissoko rose
Eriksen
Son
Rose at lw gives us more of a wide threat as dies moura wide right- width is the key to this game. 2-1 away goals win
Lemonade Money
Dimitar Berbatov
Lloris
Trippier..Alderweireld..Vertonghen..Rose
Sissoko...Skipp
Son...Eriksen...Dele
Moura
Be brave Poch, believe in our youth.Trippier..Alderweireld..Vertonghen..Rose
Sissoko...Skipp
Son...Eriksen...Dele
Moura
He bloody well should be!
---------------------- Lloris -----------------------
---- Alderweireld - Sanchez - Vertonghen ---
Trippier ------------------------------------- Rose
---------------------- Sissoko ---------------------
------- Moura ------ Eriksen ------ Dele --------
------------------------ Son ------------------------
Hotspur75
Thimotée Atouba
Three at the back? Again?
Best of the worst options, I think. We need at least two goals, and for me I'd rather have Sissoko stay back and push Trippier and Rose forward. We don't have Kane who automatically occupies at least two defenders, so we need manpower up front. Me personally would rather have Sanchez in a back three than playing two central midfielders where an unfit Wanyama or inexperienced Skipp is one of them. For this game I must emphasize.