It’s a big reason why our build up play is so slow. I crave fast football in the final 3rd, like with modric and vvd.
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Ndombele isn't a holding midfielder though.
Winks tends to play the ball forward more than Ndombele and Sissoko, so interesting to know who exactly you WOULD play in central midfield who passes the ball forward more than he does.
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They play a low to medium block. Play 3 at the back with 6 across midfield. They barely leave space in behind them, so how effective would it be to have Lucas AND Son, two players who flourish with space in behind?
It'll be a game where we're going to be taking shots from distance due to the fact we aren't going to break through their defence at every opportunity. With that in mind, he might opt for Son. Though Lucas is arguably better at sniffing out the second ball if it happens to fall in and around the box following a deflection of some sort - bit of a headache for Poch but that's always good.
Yes, Norwich smashed 3 against them, but it's probably likely that Bruce thought he could get something from a game against a newly promoted team that conceded 4 the previous week.
I'd still go with the team i posted in this thread though.
Lloris
KWP - Alderweireld - Sanchez - Rose
Winks - Ndombele
Lucas - Lamela - Eriksen
Kane
Creativity from Lamela and Eriksen to try and find the rare bits of space in behind with inventive passing. Winks and Ndombele controlling midfield in a game where we'll have 60% possession minimum.KWP - Alderweireld - Sanchez - Rose
Winks - Ndombele
Lucas - Lamela - Eriksen
Kane
Shame we have no Dele really (though hoping he makes the bench) - sort of game we could do with his late runs in the box from deep. No surprise he's scored against Newcastle in each of the last 2 seasons due to those runs.
I don't think 4231 with Son and Lucas would be terrible. I just think it'd bring unnecessary frustration when it's clear neither of them will get much joy when it comes to getting in behind or running into space.
Either way - our bench should be relatively strong and should provide plenty of options should we need to change it up tactically too.
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Perfect.
Bench including Vertonghen, Son, Lo Celso, Dele, Sissoko would show our strength in depth too should we need to change it up!
Has Moura started against woolwich before? Think it’s time he completed his legendary spurs status by scoring one or two against them next week.
We have had some truly mortifying results against this lot in recent years, both the 5-1 at SJP and that home defeat where we let Sammy Ameobi score from a kick off spring to mind. Take them seriously and we will wipe the floor with them, we need to walk that line of being arrogant and imposing our football on them without becoming complacent. If we get stupid then they can embarrass us as they’ve done before.
Newcastle masterclass coming up then
Can’t believe our fans still underrate our players “he’s fast so he’s good if he got space to run into”.
They can dribble with the ball so they can take on players, that creates space if a dribble is successful in a dangerous area because other opposition player will have to leave his position to cover the area and so on.
Muh speed ain’t all about space behind. Look at Liverpool’s front 3.