***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool***

[Bedfordspurs]

I thought he was ok today. That run into the box and pass should have resulted in a goal.

He dropped deep loads and got smothered
His passing to our players was bad
he was trying to do the hold up role but that’s really not his thing

 

[Yiddo.1882]

He dropped deep loads and got smothered
His passing to our players was bad
he was trying to do the hold up role but that’s really not his thing

It’s the same issue I was raising around Tonali after the weekend, he is dropping deep to compensate for Bentancur. Once Fernandes came on, it released his average position 10 yards further up the pitch. Bergvall for me has a similar profile to Tonali, they are both box to box ball carriers, but Tonali is a better passer. For me, the make-up of the midfield should be Fernandes or Gray as the 6 and Tonali or Bergvall as the 8, the entire dynamic of the midfield and balance of the entire team changes with those pairings.

 

[NoLimits01]

It’s the same issue I was raising around Tonali after the weekend, he is dropping deep to compensate for Bentancur. Once Fernandes came on, it released his average position 10 yards further up the pitch. Bergvall for me has a similar profile to Tonali, they are both box to box ball carriers, but Tonali is a better passer. For me, the make-up of the midfield should be Fernandes or Gray as the 6 and Tonali or Bergvall as the 8, the entire dynamic of the midfield and balance of the entire team changes with those pairings.

Get those 4 working together and rotating and I think we have a pretty bullet proof midfield

 

[Junior19]

I do sincerly hope none of the spurs-wags are being subjected to any hanky-panky by our players. They can't finish anything! The poor wenches would be totally worn out!

 

[Spike 1965]

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
Anfield
8pm Tuesday night UK timezone

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Anfield on Tuesday night to face Liverpool in the League Cup Third Round.

It’s only 13 September and yet, less than a month into the season, there are dissenting voices planning the future replacement for ‘under pressure manager’ De Zerbi. Zero goals scored in four league matches has many hitting the panic button, but not me.

I believe that we are at the start of an epic journey. I believe that we look stronger defensively. We have a better shape to us, and that while we are toothless, that goals too will flow freely with time. If we can be patient then I think we will be rewarded and so let’s hope Tuesday brings a positive distraction from league form and an entertaining match.

Of course we often struggle at Anfield, so it’s not going to be easy BUT as long as we go there and give our all then who knows what can happen?! The team will be much rotated and it could be a chance for a player outside of the first team to stake a claim for a place in the first team and could be a cog in our positive improvements in future.

Anyway, less opening chat and on to the rest of the thread. So even if many think we are in a mire, that football isn’t going for us, and feel down thinking ‘here we go again’, we are better than that. We don’t give up, we fight on and we will rise again!!

Let’s go get the win at Anfield, let’s turn our season on its head! Let’s kickstart the glory of this season and herald the new dawn of all Spurs!


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A goal would have been great but not playing around in front of our goal and inviting them to come and take the ball from us would have been even better