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mattie g

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He looked ponderous in the first half - never really getting at or giving problems to Brighton’s defense.

Interestingly, he looked much better once Lucas went off and he had someone (Lamela) picking the ball up in midfield and looking to play the ball to the front. It doesn’t hurt that Brighton were stretched at that point, of course, but it is something to watch.
 

spursfan77

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You know what, Im going to start going with the fact he's out of form too. He looked better second half on saturday but some of his shots that would normally hit the net didn't. Maybe he's just out of form. He went through these patches in the last couple of seasons but didn't even score then. he'd go for runs of 6/7 games without a goal....but instead now he's scoring.
 

ajspurs

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You know what, Im going to start going with the fact he's out of form too. He looked better second half on saturday but some of his shots that would normally hit the net didn't. Maybe he's just out of form. He went through these patches in the last couple of seasons but didn't even score then. he'd go for runs of 6/7 games without a goal....but instead now he's scoring.

I was thinking that but you also have to think that he hasn't been getting into those situations much at all in an actual match, not for us and barely for England in the World Cup. He won't be missing those chances repeatedly if he starts to get them as often as he used to.
 

Gassin's finest

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So, let me just think this out loud...

Harry playing deeper trying to enable a winger/false-9 like Lucas/Son/Sterling = ponderous, muted, limited impact on the game. Almost like he's playing out of position, in a role he's not suited to?

Harry playing point, being enabled by the likes of Lamela/Alli/Eriksen = alert, hungry, goal threat. Almost like THAT'S WHERE HE'S MEANT TO FUCKING PLAY?!
 

The Doc

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So, let me just think this out loud...

Harry playing deeper trying to enable a winger/false-9 like Lucas/Son/Sterling = ponderous, muted, limited impact on the game. Almost like he's playing out of position, in a role he's not suited to?

Harry playing point, being enabled by the likes of Lamela/Alli/Eriksen = alert, hungry, goal threat. Almost like THAT'S WHERE HE'S MEANT TO FUCKING PLAY?!


Yep, that would be about right. Although, in mitigation, Moura was scoring instead (at the expense of Kane and maybe team/formation) and, whilst you can give Poch pelters for this, might also be the case that he thought it was a good idea to have someone up there ahead of Kane until he got his second wind after the WC, and Moura was flying in pre-season training, or he thought we needed a change up. Equally, he might just have been trolling Levy for ***** and giggles. And his next book.
 

DJS

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So, let me just think this out loud...

Harry playing deeper trying to enable a winger/false-9 like Lucas/Son/Sterling = ponderous, muted, limited impact on the game. Almost like he's playing out of position, in a role he's not suited to?

Harry playing point, being enabled by the likes of Lamela/Alli/Eriksen = alert, hungry, goal threat. Almost like THAT'S WHERE HE'S MEANT TO FUCKING PLAY?!

It’s bizarre isn’t it as both Sterling and Moura are wingers that could easily be played wide to the side of him.

Why these managers keep messing around with him and not utilising him to his best I’ll never know.

Almost as bad as when they had him taking flippin’ corners...
 

spursfan77

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It’s bizarre isn’t it as both Sterling and Moura are wingers that could easily be played wide to the side of him.

Why these managers keep messing around with him and not utilising him to his best I’ll never know.

Almost as bad as when they had him taking flippin’ corners...

It’s what Ferguson did to Rooney and helped not let him blossom into the fearsome striker he should have become (he was still very good obviously but not when played out wide or in midfield)
 

JCRD

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So, let me just think this out loud...

Harry playing deeper trying to enable a winger/false-9 like Lucas/Son/Sterling = ponderous, muted, limited impact on the game. Almost like he's playing out of position, in a role he's not suited to?

Harry playing point, being enabled by the likes of Lamela/Alli/Eriksen = alert, hungry, goal threat. Almost like THAT'S WHERE HE'S MEANT TO FUCKING PLAY?!

I mentioned this in another thread, we need to go back to basics and that means Kane is up top. I find it nonsensical to have him drop deep as a number 10 - ridiculous. Lucas is a brilliant player but id drop him if it meant Kane up top and Poch doesnt want Lucas on coming inside from the left or going wide on the right.
 

Shadydan

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It isn't against the realms of possibility that Poch was playing him as a no10 because he is completely and utterley fucked, less running, sprints no pressing from the front, I think he has got Lucas doing his running for him.
 

JimmyG2

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It isn't against the realms of possibility that Poch was playing him as a no10 because he is completely and utterley fucked, less running, sprints no pressing from the front, I think he has got Lucas doing his running for him.

When I'm completely and utterly fucked
I can barely move at all.
And I draw the line
at banging on the bedroom wall
to get my neighbor to come round,
Nice enough fella as he is.
He could come on just for penalties
if absolutely necessary.

Harry,not my neighbor obviously.

Ive seen him in the garden
with his kids.
No use at all
My neighbor not Harry obviously.
 

BringBack_leGin

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Good in the first half, poor in the second.
Just seems to lack the strength he used to have.

I certainly think the Huddersfield defenders would disagree about him lack strength. First half was very good, second half he visibly tired after about the 60th but he was still pressing the best he has all season, linking play well and showing for the ball, I'd wager he saw more of the ball in the second half than in the full 90 of any other match this season.
 

WorcesterTHFC

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HK is now our club's outright 5th-highest goal scorer, having been tied with Jermain Defoe going into today's game, and he's also played 142 fewer games than Defoe played.
 
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