Eberechi Eze

[mil1lion]

Do people not think he can play wide left then? Isn't that how he went for Palace recently as a wider left attacker? Playing inside on your right foot doesn't mean you can't pull out wide. It's just about knowing when to pull wide and when to come inside. Doku holds the width on the left but in the final third comes inside.

 

[Now it's Spursonal]

Or we are looking at a slight shift in system...........

Made a big write up in the Ange Postecoglou thread a few months ago where I said I was fairly confident we were going this route based off the players we were being linked to.

Without taking into consideration any other signings we could make, this is the lineup we could field to best get out all of our best players.

Obviously could switch in Porro for Udogie aswell, with Van De Ven then going LB.

Ange has also played this in possession system with Australia previously so I’m not plucking to from nowhere.

The in possession formation is almost exactly how Palace set up under Glasner so there would be no wonder why Eze would be our top target as he’s clearly already strived I’m the system.

With Eze having played as an AM and LW and Maddison having played as an AM and RW, both players would be super comfortable getting involved in the rotations out onto the wings which Ange loves.

With Eze being able to rotate out left it would also get the best out of Son as it would enable him to cut inside again and not just be a touch line winger.

 

[theShiznit]

Do people not think he can play wide left then? Isn't that how he went for Palace recently as a wider left attacker? Playing inside on your right foot doesn't mean you can't pull out wide. It's just about knowing when to pull wide and when to come inside. Doku holds the width on the left but in the final third comes inside.

Yeah he can pay there just fine.
Has done many times.

 

[daveduvet]

he’s got the pace, stamina & discipline to roam freely. As someone suggested, with Maddison in the team too they’d be chaos for other teams double up etc. Excited by this

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Not enough defensive nous or industry in that midfield. Eze and Maddison both want to be attacking - and that would leaves us wide open in CM.

If it's late, and we are chasing a goal - sure. But, starting that line-up seems unlikely to happen - simply not enough balance.

Usually when you switch to a two AM system you get one of the full backs to join the two centre backs to make a back three when in possession in order to give more defensive stability.

 

[Trent Crimm]

he’s got the pace, stamina & discipline to roam freely. As someone suggested, with Maddison in the team too they’d be chaos for other teams double up etc. Excited by this

You make him sound like a wilderbeast avoiding being lunch on the serengity

 

[DenverSpur]

Although a lot of this makes sense we are still looking at Eze as a squad player rather than a starter. Don't get me wrong, he would be a superb squad player to have but surely preference should be to improve the starting 11 first?

We will never be a top club if we continue to think of a starting 11 and squad players. Successful top clubs have a core group of 16-18 players that they continually rotate in game and from game to game so that nobody is overplayed and everyone is ready to contribute when called on. The real competition for places keeps everyone in any given game’s starting lineup on top of their game. That in turn leads to consistency and therefore success.

just seen that Brazil-Spur beat me to it

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

If we’re looking at Eze and Son as LW options then a switch to our fullbacks actually offering the width would be wise. It’s not like Porro and Udogie aren’t capable of that anyway, they both signed for us having played as wingbacks.

Udogie isn’t an overlapping style player. Even at Udinese when he played wingback he actually underlapped most of the time and drove inside. He was incredibly unique to watch in that sense. Also he rarely ever takes on his man on the outside to cross/cut it back, he’s actually better at making a driving underlapping run and cutting it back from there.

I worry what will happen to his form if we try to get him overlapping and remove the underlapping part of his game.

 

[Japhet]

I think Eze will play primarily on the LW.

It's not a traditional winger role, so I think people are overthinking it a bit. He has a bit of pace and trickery to beat a man, and drive into the box - where he will have options to shoot, cross, or cut the ball back.

We need some sort of succession plan for Sonny too. Not sure how much gas he has left in the tank.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Do people not think he can play wide left then? Isn't that how he went for Palace recently as a wider left attacker? Playing inside on your right foot doesn't mean you can't pull out wide. It's just about knowing when to pull wide and when to come inside. Doku holds the width on the left but in the final third comes inside.

There is a key difference between Doku and Eze.

Eze constantly seeks central areas and cuts inside where as Doku genuinely dribbles both ways from a very wide position. He attacks the fullback on the outside and inside from a wide position. He often gets to the byline on his weaker foot and puts the ball across with a weak foot cutback.

Eze doesn’t do that, he plays a pass and follows it in to a narrow area. He cuts inside and dribbles past players in central spaces.

Ask most Palace fans and they will tell you he’s much better centrally and not as effective wide left.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Ask most Palace fans and they will tell you he’s much better centrally and not as effective wide left.

Which is pretty much how Jota played LW for Ange at Celtic

 

[rossdapep]

Said it a few weeks back.

With highly technical players you can make the system more flexible and they can fit in numerous roles.

We lack highly technical players.

Hence why I am big on signing him.

Plus his goal output is superb.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Which is pretty much how Jota played LW for Ange at Celtic

No it isn’t, sure Jota came inside at times to link or shoot but he also took people on in wide areas and got to the byline for crosses and cutbacks.

If you look at a heat map comparison I’m pretty sure you’d see a lot more activity for Jota to the side of the penalty area between the touchline and pen area.

 

[Wheeler Dealer]

I don’t see Son being first choice striker and I don’t see him being benched seeing as he’s our captain so, imo, Son stays out left and Eze plays behind/alongside Maddison in Midfield at the expense of Bentancur/Sarr.

Son will need replacing over the next 12 months

 

[npearl4spurs]

he’s got the pace, stamina & discipline to roam freely. As someone suggested, with Maddison in the team too they’d be chaos for other teams double up etc. Excited by this

You make him sound like a wilderbeast avoiding being lunch on the serengity

eze plays well
eze is wildebeest when he roam freely
eze cause chaos like hungry hungry hippos
he look like he could help Spurs not be like lunch on the Serengeti

 

[Stamford]

Would love to see it but my gut tells me he'll be playing in Manchester in September

 

[GioW]

Would love to see it but my gut tells me he'll be playing in Manchester in September

On the 28th yeah?

 

[van_Pommel]

Germany's system in the Euros is interesting

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Made a big write up in the Ange Postecoglou thread a few months ago where I said I was fairly confident we were going this route based off the players we were being linked to.

Without taking into consideration any other signings we could make, this is the lineup we could field to best get out all of our best players.

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Obviously could switch in Porro for Udogie aswell, with Van De Ven then going LB.

Ange has also played this in possession system with Australia previously so I’m not plucking to from nowhere.

The in possession formation is almost exactly how Palace set up under Glasner so there would be no wonder why Eze would be our top target as he’s clearly already strived I’m the system.

With Eze having played as an AM and LW and Maddison having played as an AM and RW, both players would be super comfortable getting involved in the rotations out onto the wings which Ange loves.

With Eze being able to rotate out left it would also get the best out of Son as it would enable him to cut inside again and not just be a touch line winger.

Sorry?

 

[Now it's Spursonal]

Sorry?

Makes sense in my head but I mustn't have described it well enough, apologies

Basically the main change is that instead of building up in a 2-3 with both our fullbacks inverting, we build up in a 3-2 with only one of our full backs inverting. Gives us more defensive stability to stop counters with the extra CB still sitting while also providing a box midfield which many of the top teams are now employing.