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I only saw the second half... What was weird about the formation in the first half? I assumed it was just going to be what we have been playing but with Gray in midfield and Davies in defence?
It was a back five with Gray at RCB.I only saw the second half... What was weird about the formation in the first half? I assumed it was just going to be what we have been playing but with Gray in midfield and Davies in defence?
Ever the optimist me but then you have to be if you support Spurs, certainly recent years but then I'm older enough to remember the good years but they are fading fast.You certainly have not learnt yours if you think Levy has learnt his lesson lol
I said we shouldn’t give him a contract. After your sanctimonious rant it is not clear whether you think he should get a contract or not.Taking up the option of triggering the additional year on Sonny's contract isn't about doing what is right for the team. It's all about the revenue streams and fans from Korea who fill our stadium week in, week out. It's never, ever about doing what is right for the team. It's surely obvious by now!
Basically it was a total mess. Strap yourself in....I only saw the second half... What was weird about the formation in the first half? I assumed it was just going to be what we have been playing but with Gray in midfield and Davies in defence?
I'd argue he's only good at FIRING managersSigning managers is the only fucking thing that Levy is good at.
We're effectively 9 points above regulation places due to our goal difference.........not sure that helps your argument much.We're 8 points above Wolves/Ipswich. There's no way they both have a 3 game swing over us. Relegation is not a concern at all.
We're effectively 9 points above regulation places due to our goal difference.........not sure that helps your argument much.
Personally, agree fully. As shite as we are right now, we're not going down.
I couldnt say it was the players stopped playing for him, it looked to me that he thought 'this is how we play' would overcome a poor Everton. The stupid and unthoughtful press, the high line with a makeshift back line and midfield who had never played together when keep the spaces tight and see how the game is panning out made more sense. I'm not overly tactical and being wise after is what this maybe but someone tell me what is wrong (without saying injuries because other teams are still competitive over a run of games we have had with their injuries, and without saying Son was poor) with what I have said.Honestly mate the first 45 was as bad as anything spurs have put up in years. 3-0 down, could have been double that and the commentators genuinely laughing at how easy it was for Everton to carve us open. It was unbelievable how disorganised we looked. The players rallied in 2nd half when we got the 1st but it's the first time I thought the players have stopped playing for him.
Helps when they are Put in sensible positions mind....!Seeing as we have 12 players it won’t take too much to work out
Yep if we'd played Gray and Bergvall in front of a compact back four, let have Everton have more of the ball in front of us and hit them on the break etc. we may have conceded far less and got some sort of result.First half set up was really odd.
Looked very much like a back 3, but then Gray was pushing really high into that midfield space that the full backs would go into when we had the ball with Porro higher and wider. Gray was also coming very central at times and pressing the attacking player when we were defending.
It was bizarre because that was either the plan, some sort of hybrid RCB/midfielder or Gray didn't understand the position. He's an intelligent lad by all accounts so i'm inclined to think it was a tactical experiment.
So strange because the simple solution, and one everyone was looking forward to with Davies back was to play Gray and DM and play our normal system.
Yeah, that's why I said 3 game swing, due to the GD.
No way we're even close to trouble.
Pretty much sums up the first half. The most worrying thing about it was despite the obvious chaos the change of system caused Postecoglu didn’t do anything about until HT!Basically it was a total mess. Strap yourself in....
As you say, assumption would be normal formation with Gray in midfield.
What we got:
Without the ball, a back three/back five. Davies-Dragusin-Gray. Porro and Spence wingbacks. Bergvall and Sarr in midfield. Maddison and Kulu in behind Son.
So kind of the old Conte system? Well defensively it was just chaotic. The gaps between all three centre backs were a mile wide. Davies/Spence and Gray/Porro had no idea who picked up who down the sides. The two centre mids ran about like headless chickens trying to help but just making things worse.
Maddison and Kulu didn't fan out to defend the wings, they just stayed in the No.10 roles, them along with Son were just three superfluous wastrels defensively. This meant Porro and Spence had to try and rush up the pitch to press and would just leave space behind them time and again and give Everton easy outballs.
It is no exaggeration to say that any time Everton got the ball they were just carving us open at will.
With the ball, the commentators tried to claim we were playing a back four. Personally I don't think we were, it's just Gray was taking up a weird position in the right back slot, whilst the other two centre backs functioned in positions you'd put a normal back two in. Spence and Porro largely pushed on as wingbacks. Then during the half we started doing it different - Porro would start high and drop deeper, whilst Gray started just charging into midfield on underlap/forward runs ahead of him, pushing on into areas he couldn't get the ball and subsequently never did.
And whenever we had to transition from this in possession "shape" to the out of possession one, chaos ensued and Everton players ran through unmarked en masse.
If you're confused by all that, I'm not surprised. Unfortunately the players were equally so....
The cherry on top was that despite this apocalyptically awful half of football, Son had two fantastic chances. And he barbecued both of them.
With the 11 players returning, I would hope so yes.Why?
If the alternative is Mason, can he can possibly make us worse?
FFS open you eyes man, Ange is clueless. You truly think that he will improve this shower over the last third of a season?