Bobby TwoShots
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Match Threads Spurs vs RB Leipzig 1st leg - Match Thread
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Led's Zeppelin
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It’s far more than “holding up the ball” though Isn’t it?
Watch how the whole opposition defence gets pulled around when Harry K is playing.
It makes a huge difference to the options the other attackers and attacking mids have. It changes the whole shape of the game.
It‘s not “Allardyce talk” to try to recognise reality. It’s fucking hard to adjust to playing with no regular striker and a greatly diminished goal threat, especially when most players have never had to play like that for a whole game at any team they’ve ever been in.
It will take time. And we showed a huge improvement after an hour. The team deserves credit for that.
There is and there has been no matter the manager or scouts. There’s one common denomenator. Dear Leader.
Phomesy
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The hate for Dele is a bit silly. The bloke is working harder than anyone in the team running his guts out to provide movement and options. He's clearly passionate and wants to be on the pitch even if that slips into appearing petulant at times.
Things aren't finishing for him at the moment but he's the only who looks like making proper goal scoring chances.
Hopefully things will turn for him soon finishing wise.
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stov
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Ambition in terms of actually trying to string several passes together and score rather than sit deep and punt it long.
jurgen
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Normally I wouldn’t be this positive but a second leg against a fancied but young side who could and should have put some daylight between us in this first leg... with us coming on stronger at the end... if anyone can make shithouse lightning strike twice it’s Mourinho...
On the flip side, it’s so predictable the striker situation would bite us on the arse but that’s our Danny boy..
On the flip side, it’s so predictable the striker situation would bite us on the arse but that’s our Danny boy..
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What else are we meant to be doing now? What's the point of owning a large state of the art stadium and hiring a perennial winner?
fishhhandaricecake
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Yep don’t disagree with that at all. I’ve supported spurs 30 years and seen us win 2 cups so I’m personally ok to try to grin and bare this for the rest of this season and see how the first half of next goes hopefully with investment in the squad and our players back, if it’s the same story then, then sure I’d like a new man to come in who can get us playing football again as this isn’t how we are used to playing and it most certainly isn’t entertaining you’re correct
Ionman34
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Agreed, I’m strangely confident about the return leg. However, I feel that to get the best out of what we have, JM needs to push Dele up into the false 9 position, play him like Klopp uses Firminho. It would allow him to drop into space, potentially pull a centre half out of position and lay in the diagonal balls, behind the fullbacks, that the likes of Moura and Bergwijn would thrive off with their pace.
Moura is the type of forward that needs to be running into the ball to finish, coming in from wide. Playing Dele as a false 9 would allow him to drop those balls in between the CH and fullback, forcing them to turn when our wide forwards are running into the ball to finish. For me this utilises the 3 front men to the best of their abilities.
Then play 3 across the middle, Winks, Lo Celso and, if he’s fit, Ndombele. The back 4 could stay the same, but I’d be tempted to play Tanganga on the left. Davies is a little rusty though, so he should be a fair bit sharper in 3 weeks time, leaving Tanganga as a bench option covering both fullbacks and even CH should he be required.
Lamela is then our bench @game changer” option, as his introduction tonight certainly changed the momentum.
I see the above as our most balanced formation, allowing us a certain solidity in the middle, with a more creative dynamic up front.
I do hope JM goes along those lines, but regardless, I’m feeling strangely confident that we’ll get a result over there.
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Only play with the players he has at his disposal. He won't just play pointless possession based football with no outcome. Weekend proved that.
LSUY
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Is that much worse than being owned by a billionaire tax exile (us), a Chinese conglomerate (Wolves) or a Saudi prince (Sheff Utd)?
stov
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Didn't say pointless possession, just that we should use the midfield which has our best player GLC . Hitting it long is not using the players at our disposal moura and son are rubbish in the air and holding the ball up. If you are going to counter it should be through the midfield with quick forward passes (not hoofs)
Weekend proved that we are still playing shit but fluking the wins. This will end.
LSUY
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Knowing our luck it probably means he's saving Dier for Saturday.
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We played shit over the weekend? We had spells where if we had put away the chances we created, Villa wouldn't have had a sniff. You could do with watching the football more and talking in less hyperbole.
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English clubs play wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much ‘competitive’ football in a season.
Cups, replays, European, Premier League...and when you’ve picked up key injuries (especially a big man who can header) the odds are massively stacked against you.
Leipzig played with real zip and pace for the first 60 minutes.
Spurs played the last 45 on pure adrenaline and heart. Shattered, but still pressing forward.
Spurs need to pick a more aggressive team to start a game.
Get the upper hand. Get an early goal. And then feed off the elevated optimism.
Playing safe, playing defensively...if you go a goal behind, can be utterly exhausting especially on exhausted legs.
Mourinho needs to adjust his team selection. Quickly.
Cups, replays, European, Premier League...and when you’ve picked up key injuries (especially a big man who can header) the odds are massively stacked against you.
Leipzig played with real zip and pace for the first 60 minutes.
Spurs played the last 45 on pure adrenaline and heart. Shattered, but still pressing forward.
Spurs need to pick a more aggressive team to start a game.
Get the upper hand. Get an early goal. And then feed off the elevated optimism.
Playing safe, playing defensively...if you go a goal behind, can be utterly exhausting especially on exhausted legs.
Mourinho needs to adjust his team selection. Quickly.
I meant how we played in the last 20 minutes.
stov
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Bring on the insults. If you can't win the argument then attack my apparent lack of knowledge. Hyperbole? Not sure you know the meaning of the word in my opinion we were rubbish at the weekend and needed a last minute defensive mistake to win, against Aston villa.
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You're being a bit daft here mate, incompetence doesn't get a club like Tottenham from where it was, to where it is today.
spursfan77
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mom assuming he didn’t because, and it’s a fucking farce especially with ndombele, he doesn’t know how long they can last.
