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OMT *** Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool ***

DubaiSpur said:
Well, we're unlikely to change anything at the break (nobody on the bench we could change it up with, anyway), but we've been second best to 'Pool, arguments about the penalty aside. Vorm's been great, and he's saved us from conceding more.

The problem lies both up front and in midfield - Wanyama tracks runners well when they enter his zone (ahead of Toby and Jan), but he also sticks to his zone a lot when the ball's moving around him, and I'm not sure he should be doing that if we're looking to gain possession. Alli's been peripheral, and the result has been an overload in the middle with them pressing us with ease. When we do get the ball and send it upfield, Kane couldn't hold it up at all, so it came straight back. Janssen did a bit better in that regard (probably because of the extra space afforded to him by dint of us switching to two men up front), but the lack of pace up front is hurting us considerably when compared with Liverpool, who spent big on Mane and as a result have pace up front to ally with the pressing of Lallana, Firmimno, Coutinho et al., which in turn forces our defense to stay back and creates tons of space for them to exploit.

Us and Liverpool are trying the same tactics, in the same league. Our match ups are thus always instructive as to what we do well, and what we could do better. At the moment, we have a lot of pointers to chew on.
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That's a klopp team, he is more experienced than Poch. On the other hand Poch should have seen this and lined up the team and bench accordingly.

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metalgear said:
It was clear to me from our first two games that we were nor ready.. The win over crystal palace didn't convince me that we were ready for a high energy klopp team

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Welcome to my world.

I said from the start our pre-season was not good enough, but people said I was wrong and other teams werent much better. Tbh I dont care about the others, in my eyes one match in Norway was nowhere good enough prep, I am not even counting those two dead games in Oz
 
Mane should no longer be on the pitch. Three worthy yellow cards now. Only one given. Shocking riffing.
 
Last season we finished third, were very strong, and the performance of Dier and the back 4 was one of the highlights of the year. i thought Wanayama was a back up for Dier... perhaps another midfielder would have been a better choice as Dembele's stand-in. And I hope, once Dembele is available, he goes straight back in - instead of persisting with Dier/Wanyama.
 
Can't injured players just run onto the pitch when they're ready now? As per the new rules. Rose was waiting on the side.
 
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