Mr Pink
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lol...it has to be measured happiness?!
Tottenham Vs Crystal Palace: Match Thread
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lol...it has to be measured happiness?!
thinktank
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Don't get sucked into the black hole, mate. He's got the hoover out and he sees joy as filth.
diamondlight
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Yup, he can (fairly well), although then you have to shunt Eriksen out left. If we were trying maximise our squad, we would put Dier in the back three, let Rose and Walker bomb forward, keep Mason and Bentaleb (?) at the base of a midfield 3 with Lamela slightly ahead, and let Eriksen float around behind Kane. We don't have any (very good) natural wingers, but we do have Lamela and Eriksen, who both should be accommodated in their strongest possible positions: 532 ticks all the boxes.
rossdapep
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He does as he is quite a casual player, like berbatov was. He doesn't really go looking for the ball, mostly hugs the line waiting for it to come over. He does have a lot of great qualitiesthough, I think he's the better finisher out of him lamela and eriksen. I also think his technique is outstanding at times, but yeah he does lack drive and urgency.
thinktank
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You're really talking about 352 with proper wingbacks. Would not let Walker anywhere near that tbh.
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Not saying that, but I think completely overblown praise is just as damaging to fan expectations as relentless criticism.
We're a work in progress right now, and today was a very positive step in the right direction. However there are still problems with the team that need to be addressed, and our next two games will really put those weaknesses to the test.
There's a difference between being happy and being delusional.
Gaz_Gammon
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Over the entire ninety minutes Palace can feel a little unlucky hitting the woodwork twice and two fine saves from Lloris. Our domination of possession means nowt if we don't score and again today we were almost shafted because of that.
All in all though the team is starting to take shape and play with purpose, with Alli, Son and Eriksen showing great poise and promise for the future. Our center backs had their best game so far as well. The next two games will prove to be a great test of character for the youngsters but if we show the same desire and ambition then i feel we can get two good results come next Sunday.
diamondlight
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Apologies to anyone getting bored by now of my rantings... but I have become increasingly obsessed with the correct position for someone like Lamela.You're really talking about 352 with proper wingbacks. Would not let Walker anywhere near that tbh.
I started thinking about England's 352 in the world cup semi final in 1986. In that game we had Des Walker and Stuart Pierce as wingbacks - not a million miles away from our own Walker and Rose. We had Beardsley behind Lineker (not unlike Eriksen behind Kane), and in the midfield three we had Waddle, Gasgoine and Platt. Now that's what I call a proper formation!
If you've got two very fit wingbacks and three centre backs, you can stuff the middle of the park with creativity where it really matters. There's no need for any of this depressing 'holding midfielder' business. Lamela would thrive in a midfield three with Mason and Demebele beside him. Let them ping the ball around, surge forward, and feed the front two and the wingbacks.
Well, I'll just carry on dreaming
JAYSTAR
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I agree... I'm over the moon!!! Come on you Spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE THE GREATEST TEAM ON THE PLANET!!!!!
(We were very solid though. So much potential in this team).
theShiznit
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We won at home after a Europa cup game. Yay!
Liverpool couldn't. And Arse with a Wednesday to Saturday champions league game couldn't.
And we lasted well and played with energy and tempo.
Long may it continue.
Liverpool couldn't. And Arse with a Wednesday to Saturday champions league game couldn't.
And we lasted well and played with energy and tempo.
Long may it continue.
CowInAComa
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It's nice to have a work in progress rather then regress. And it feels like its a work in progress.
It's been a bad week for the mopers for sure. Those times will return soon enough don't worry
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CowInAComa
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No doubt? We will have to disagree to agree on that. But its a bit of a first world problem to bother with really.
Nice to see lamela clapped off and playing well. Poch certainly has options and decisions to make when we've got a full squad.
Mr Pink
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He creates more chances, and has more assists...don't thinks its a wild statement mate.
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Apologies to anyone getting bored by now of my rantings... but I have become increasingly obsessed with the correct position for someone like Lamela.
I started thinking about England's 352 in the world cup semi final in 1986. In that game we had Des Walker and Stuart Pierce as wingbacks - not a million miles away from our own Walker and Rose. We had Beardsley behind Lineker (not unlike Eriksen behind Kane), and in the midfield three we had Waddle, Gasgoine and Platt. Now that's what I call a proper formation!
If you've got two very fit wingbacks and three centre backs, you can stuff the middle of the park with creativity where it really matters. There's no need for any of this depressing 'holding midfielder' business. Lamela would thrive in a midfield three with Mason and Demebele beside him. Let them ping the ball around, surge forward, and feed the front two and the wingbacks.
Well, I'll just carry on dreaming
Paul Parker was the right wing back vs Germany in the 90 semi
DogsOfWar
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I'm genuinely excited by the result as it showed a step change in our defensive/attacking balance.
I've been banging on for the last couple of seasons about how we are easy to play against at home because all teams need to do is park the bus, we then commit both fullbacks, both CMs, and occasionally a CB to attack. We then lose the ball and get done on the counter attack.
Today we played with 5 at the back and 5 going forward. Those attacking 5 were able to create chances between them against a 10 man defence with only the occasional support of a full back, or Dier, or a CB. This is exactly what the 'big' teams are capable of doing.
Not only that, we still had Eriksen in reserve and are still waiting for Kane to hit some form.
We were patient today yet did enough to stop the crowd from kicking off and unsettling the team.
Alli and Son's movement and pace gave Eriksen/Chadli/Lamela someone to play the ball to and our back six didn't do a lot wrong.
A solid performance against a team that had read Fat Sam's 'How to win at WHL' textbook but wasn't able to put it into practice.
I've been banging on for the last couple of seasons about how we are easy to play against at home because all teams need to do is park the bus, we then commit both fullbacks, both CMs, and occasionally a CB to attack. We then lose the ball and get done on the counter attack.
Today we played with 5 at the back and 5 going forward. Those attacking 5 were able to create chances between them against a 10 man defence with only the occasional support of a full back, or Dier, or a CB. This is exactly what the 'big' teams are capable of doing.
Not only that, we still had Eriksen in reserve and are still waiting for Kane to hit some form.
We were patient today yet did enough to stop the crowd from kicking off and unsettling the team.
Alli and Son's movement and pace gave Eriksen/Chadli/Lamela someone to play the ball to and our back six didn't do a lot wrong.
A solid performance against a team that had read Fat Sam's 'How to win at WHL' textbook but wasn't able to put it into practice.
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Good win today and a good performance all we need is Harry to start scoring and we could be in a very good position
Good game today all the players did there job.Nice to see eric back in a spurs shirt,Alie well what can i say this kid is going to be the next world class player we will see in a spurs shirt amazing, they all done there jobs apart from Chadli.He will come good soon and Kane will start banging in the goals starting on wednesday v Arsenal.The future is bright COYS.Happy days
JerryGarcia
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We've not been this young and hungry since we signed Huddlestone and Andy Reid, bring on the scum!
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...who beat Chelsea in their last away game.
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