man, the misspellings of our players names really annoyed me.
Interesting video, I always enjoy seeing stiff like that. But man, the misspellings of our players names really annoyed me.
Fantastic read, didn't realise Dembele's passing stats were so impressive.Great read.
Tottenham’s tactical evolution under Mauricio Pochettino – and how it ended Chelsea’s winning streak
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I personally like the 343, or the variation we use. I think it fits most of our personnel well.
But, it raises a couple of questions in my mind that Poch should sort out soon. First, if this is the direction we are going - we need reinforcements to cover for Wanyama and/or Dier. Unless CCV is ready to step into a more prominent role - and we have not seen evidence that he is ready yet, we don't have enough CBs to play 3 in the back in 3 competitions. And, while Dier could fill in for Wanyama - that still leaves us short in the back, and risks burning out Dier across 3 competitions.
Second, this is a pretty significant shift in the type of players we need - i.e. less wingers, inverted or otherwise, and more quality backups for Kane, Eriksen, and Alli. We could also do with a better long-term back up to Rose, than Davies who is not ideal as a wing-back.
Third, and this will always be a challenge for a squad trying to build from within the academy - if we are training them to play in a 4231 formation, with inverted wingers, we should convert the academy squads to the 343. That is obviously not something we want to do every few months, so I think Poch and staff need to take a look at this by the summer, and decide how we want to play moving forward, so we can align the squad down to the Academy.
I personally like the 343, or the variation we use. I think it fits most of our personnel well.
But, it raises a couple of questions in my mind that Poch should sort out soon. First, if this is the direction we are going - we need reinforcements to cover for Wanyama and/or Dier. Unless CCV is ready to step into a more prominent role - and we have not seen evidence that he is ready yet, we don't have enough CBs to play 3 in the back in 3 competitions. And, while Dier could fill in for Wanyama - that still leaves us short in the back, and risks burning out Dier across 3 competitions.
Second, this is a pretty significant shift in the type of players we need - i.e. less wingers, inverted or otherwise, and more quality backups for Kane, Eriksen, and Alli. We could also do with a better long-term back up to Rose, than Davies who is not ideal as a wing-back.
Third, and this will always be a challenge for a squad trying to build from within the academy - if we are training them to play in a 4231 formation, with inverted wingers, we should convert the academy squads to the 343. That is obviously not something we want to do every few months, so I think Poch and staff need to take a look at this by the summer, and decide how we want to play moving forward, so we can align the squad down to the Academy.
I personally like the 343, or the variation we use. I think it fits most of our personnel well.
Second, this is a pretty significant shift in the type of players we need - i.e. less wingers, inverted or otherwise, and more quality backups for Kane, Eriksen, and Alli. We could also do with a better long-term back up to Rose, than Davies who is not ideal as a wing-back.
I personally like the 343, or the variation we use. I think it fits most of our personnel well.
But, it raises a couple of questions in my mind that Poch should sort out soon. First, if this is the direction we are going - we need reinforcements to cover for Wanyama and/or Dier. Unless CCV is ready to step into a more prominent role - and we have not seen evidence that he is ready yet, we don't have enough CBs to play 3 in the back in 3 competitions. And, while Dier could fill in for Wanyama - that still leaves us short in the back, and risks burning out Dier across 3 competitions.
Second, this is a pretty significant shift in the type of players we need - i.e. less wingers, inverted or otherwise, and more quality backups for Kane, Eriksen, and Alli. We could also do with a better long-term back up to Rose, than Davies who is not ideal as a wing-back.
Third, and this will always be a challenge for a squad trying to build from within the academy - if we are training them to play in a 4231 formation, with inverted wingers, we should convert the academy squads to the 343. That is obviously not something we want to do every few months, so I think Poch and staff need to take a look at this by the summer, and decide how we want to play moving forward, so we can align the squad down to the Academy.
Boy did his selection of personnel stink last night. Son at LWB for the first time ever, in a semifinal of the Fa Cup? Not the right time Poch.