- Dec 23, 2004
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Stadium...Central to this and the Pool match...is the return of the Poch press . After Soton ,Burnley etc who would have imagined that Poch could recalibrate what looked like an exhausted team into this new energetic phase .Players have stopped standing off the oppo and raced in to tackle , even Sonny ! Masterful Poch (9) . of course , as he said in the presser, all depends on whether the team can continue these effort levels .
Unfortunate about Kane (7) but he hadn't, for me , recaptured his goal machine qualities after his last injury . Yes he'll do a few wonderful long range passes and last night he battled for the team , but of rampant goalscoring Kane there has been little sign this calendar year .Nice long summer rest for him now .
Even Eriksen (8) was motivated to put in a shift in one of his last games for us (probably cos he thought himself in the shop window)
Dele (6.5) (as with all the players) put in a decent shift , but I like him further forward . When we have a transition to a sudden attack I prefer someone else on the ball . Dele has this lethargic quality in these situations that loses our impetus as he decides what to do .
Anyway , bloody marvellous , keep this energy level up and we'll make CL .