- Jan 20, 2004
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Hodgson making a big play of our possession but, unfortunately, that's what the smaller nations and poorer teams will do to us when they know we lack cutting edge or players who will take a man on - they will say here you are have the ball whilst we sit in.
It is basically the same issue that Man Utd faced domestically all of last season under Van Gaal. Worse still is the fact that when a team like that faces a genuine top side in form (like us at the Lane) they get cut up like a hot knife through butter.
What we should probably do is play more to some of the strengths we do have. By this I mean either -
A) Let our opposition have the lions share of posession and use some of our counter attacking threats (Vardy, Sterling, Alli etc.) more effectively
Or
B) Play 4-2-3-1 as someone said above and try and play all the Spurs boys we have taken in the system they understand. With as close to like for like replacements in the system for the non-English Spurs players missing. Maybe something like -
-------------------Hart
Walker Smalling Stones Rose
----------Dier Henderson
--------Alli Barkley Lallana
----------------Kane
Biggest issues I see with B) are the lack or anything close to a Dembele type player and the lack of form during the domestic season of Barkley and Stones.
Such a shame it hasn't clicked and we are still speculating regards team and formation.
It is basically the same issue that Man Utd faced domestically all of last season under Van Gaal. Worse still is the fact that when a team like that faces a genuine top side in form (like us at the Lane) they get cut up like a hot knife through butter.
What we should probably do is play more to some of the strengths we do have. By this I mean either -
A) Let our opposition have the lions share of posession and use some of our counter attacking threats (Vardy, Sterling, Alli etc.) more effectively
Or
B) Play 4-2-3-1 as someone said above and try and play all the Spurs boys we have taken in the system they understand. With as close to like for like replacements in the system for the non-English Spurs players missing. Maybe something like -
-------------------Hart
Walker Smalling Stones Rose
----------Dier Henderson
--------Alli Barkley Lallana
----------------Kane
Biggest issues I see with B) are the lack or anything close to a Dembele type player and the lack of form during the domestic season of Barkley and Stones.
Such a shame it hasn't clicked and we are still speculating regards team and formation.