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*** Tottenham Hotspur vs Swansea City ***
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Well said
Fair comment, but if Friedel would actually come off his line and and deal with crosses and through balls, then he'd have a lot less saves to make, and that's why Hugo is a class above Brad.
southstand1882
Mitchell Thomas
What did people generally think of Townend's contribution? The little I saw on MOTD, he looked scary on the break, much more direct than Lennon even
He doesn't seem to have been used much by AVB compared to say Carroll; what do people think about this? Is AVB being patient with him or does he not fancy hum much?
He is a beast. Hope he gets a proper run out soon
THFC6061
Paul Robinson
Townsend had a great game last night for our U21s at Aston Villa.
I think he could be devastating if he was introduced for the last half-hour of some of our first team matches.
does the Townsend substitution go someway to show some of you that AVB is a bit more flexible in his approach than you had initially feared?
also is the way we have been using Ade and Defoe since they have both been fit encouraging in that many thought he would be too rigid in sticking with a formation/tactic that doesn't particularly suit our players at the moment?
also is the way we have been using Ade and Defoe since they have both been fit encouraging in that many thought he would be too rigid in sticking with a formation/tactic that doesn't particularly suit our players at the moment?
glorygloryeze
Tom Huddlestone
Interesting question; would love to hear the thoughts of SUIYHA and Indianspur especially on this...
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
No. That didn't make me feel like he was flexible at all. It made me feel like he didn't really have any options off the bench when Adebayor got injured and had to come off.
And afaik i'm not in the 'Avb lacks flexibility' crowd..
I thought the whole sub bench was interesting. Only Caulker was a recognised defender and no recognised strikers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20656733
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20656733
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Good point and it shows just how stretched we were, and have been, and what a vital win it was. We had all our three strikers on the pitch, and all our three full backs.
Fast forward to Stoke and we have another defender, Dawson, another mid in Parker who could probably start the game if necessary and in a roundabout way replace one of the strikers, and probably another attacker Bale, who can more straightforwardly replace one of the three strikers if necessary. Fast forward a little more and we should definitely have Bale and finally another full back, BAE.
The bench should look stronger v Stoke, although if Ade is out, not by much. Stronger still by Villa, hopefully.
I'd be happy to see Rose come back to give us extra cover, but can see the arguments why he might not return.
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Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Yeah, the first thing it says is that a recognised striker should be a priority in jan.
The lack of defenders on the bench was more injury related, we had Hudd, parker and townsend to swap in for the midfield/wing but up front we are thread bare if we play two strikers.
Even if we play one as Ade might be injured at the moment.
SpurMeUp
Les Howe
A good win. It was nice to see us pushing higher up and taking the game to them after taking the lead.
One thing that frustrated me, and has done for sometime, is how we fail to work the ball into the square of the pitch from the corner flag to the edge of the box (and up along the 'touch' line).
You'll see manu and other teams create a triangle there. A striker or midfielder drops to the edge of the box and the winger and full back complete the triangle. You'll notice a big space in the corner when we play. But two or three defender stop Lennon from getting into that space, and all we are cable of to break the opposition down is an overlap. If a fast break, breakdowns, we can't pass the ball effectively to release Lennon into that space. When a team's sitting back, its so important to get in behind them.
Would have liked to see Ade get into the box or stay around the edge of the box more when were trying to break them down first half. When teams sit back, he needs to get in the mix where it matters most.
I dreamt the night before that Vertonghen scored (see the Verts thread posted in before the game) I could see his celebration : ) Precognition. So glads he plays for us.
One thing that frustrated me, and has done for sometime, is how we fail to work the ball into the square of the pitch from the corner flag to the edge of the box (and up along the 'touch' line).
You'll see manu and other teams create a triangle there. A striker or midfielder drops to the edge of the box and the winger and full back complete the triangle. You'll notice a big space in the corner when we play. But two or three defender stop Lennon from getting into that space, and all we are cable of to break the opposition down is an overlap. If a fast break, breakdowns, we can't pass the ball effectively to release Lennon into that space. When a team's sitting back, its so important to get in behind them.
Would have liked to see Ade get into the box or stay around the edge of the box more when were trying to break them down first half. When teams sit back, he needs to get in the mix where it matters most.
I dreamt the night before that Vertonghen scored (see the Verts thread posted in before the game) I could see his celebration : ) Precognition. So glads he plays for us.
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I would prefer a brief summary.
Man Utd have better players than us but you make a good point. However Swansea were excellent in defence but we still created a few chances. If Defoe had his shooting boots on we win by 2 or more.
metalgear
Luka Modric
good strikers do that to pull defenders out of position too. when defoe does that he often lays off a useless sidepass to buy him time to set up in his favourite (but marked) position in the box, waiting for the perfect lay off.