Good point.
Hurry up and do it then cunty chops
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Hurry up and do it then cunty chops
And it was nice to see Jose tapping him up at the final whistle
It was noticeable yesterday that we abandoned the 'possession at all costs' mentality that saw us passing it around our own penalty area between defenders and goalkeeper - pursued by the opposition. Tactics that sometimes work, but often end up with someone lumping it long or the ball going out of play for an opposition throw (or worse).
These tactics work if you have a defence/midfield capable of creating the 'triangles' that get you out of danger and strand the opposition deep in your own half, with you retaining possession of the ball on the half way line and going forward.
Yesterday it was clear that we opted to cut out the middle man and get it into the air heading Kane's way, so that he could hold it up or flick it on. It worked quite well against the likes of Wham.
It makes for fewer heart-stopping moments with Winks or Sissoko receiving the ball from Gazzaniga or Sanchez, on the edge of our area, facing their own goal and not really knowing if the opposition was about to tackle them.
It will take a few more games to establish whether this is a Mourinho-inspired long term change in tactics or just for yesterday.
How we play against Olympiacos will be interesting.
Neither Winks nor Dier were particularly hiding from the ball yesterday when West Ham upped their intensity levels, although the defensive shield they provided was a bit flaky. We were going long from the back, bypassing the midfield, and not able to make it stick up top, so we started to endure waves of pressure. But there were moments in the latter parts of the game where everyone from Rose to Eriksen had opportunities to help us retain possession, and squandered it very cheaply. There were at least 2 instances of Rose doing this, which is where Davies' withdrawal possibly hurt us a bit. Sissoko was rancid, although he did pick up a knock shortly after coming on.
Because noble was the greatest player of his generation to never be capped by England.
Southgate can't afford to make that mistake again (smirk giggle)
Proper manager....very impressed with him so far. Genuinely seems to have gained a lot from being out the game.
Throughout the match, the announcers kept saying how poor West Ham were allowing Dele to have all that space.
Then you realize it’s because that’s exactly how Jose drew it up for us to play.
Actual legit tactics after only 2 days at the club. Get excited
It seems every club he goes to say ‘oh he’s a changed man, he’s different now’
so it’s probably stupid of me to say this but I genuinely think he’s a changed man
Much more long balls.....not hoofs, but measured long passes from Toby and Dier.
No different to how Liverpool play
I don’t ever remember hearing him speak like this anywhere before
And José isn’t keen on both FBs bombing (stupid expression) up the field at once
He will insist that one stay back with the CBs
In the first half Dier received the ball 32 times, in the second half 14. In the last 36 minutes he received the ball 6 times. Those numbers back up what I am saying. None of those numbers (even the first half) are indicative of a player who particularly wants to be on he ball, but the drop off is absolutely stark and shows a player actively hiding because pressure is on. And it was a similar story for Winks 30/16/10.
You will argue that we as a team ran out of gas, but it's at best a 50/50 scenario - one of the reasons we ran out of gas was, as you said earlier, we lacked players who wanted to take the ball once the pressure was on, and a massive part of that is the midfield, if the midfield stops wanting the ball there is no way out but to whack it long, and wait for it to keep coming back, there is no conduit. And this has been Poch's biggest flaw in the last 2/3 years - asking CM2's with people like Dier and Sissoko to be conduits from defence to attack - players that don't want the ball under duress and don't pass it well when they are not.
As I said yesterday (and again in my reply to you above) there were options, like Lo Celso, that could have helped this, helped the midfield out.
What Mourinho did do better yesterday immediately was simplify the format, simplify the instructions and remits players were given within that (which I alluded to in my post yesterday - and he mentions around 6 min into ArtyB's vid on page 115). I also liked the vid above where we see Mourinho's more tactically pragmatic (but smarter for our players) one FB pushed up not both approach, with the quick Sanchez on the right side where Aurier (also quicker and more energetic than Davies the other side) was pushed up more often. Immediately we are seeing a coach with a better tactical intuition, better marrying personnel to a tactical format and tactical application.
And yet cunto journalists/pundits were saying last night that he is finished. Well, fuck them. And fuck Gary Lineker.
Jose Mourinho isn't a winner any more - Spurs had better chance under Pochettino
Tottenham have sacked a manager who turned them into Champions League contenders, and brought in Mourinho who will never lead Spurs to the Premier League title
www.mirror.co.uk
Jose Mourinho is football's No1 Narcissist and I give it two years
OLIVER HOLT - MAIL ON SUNDAY CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Mourinho is soiled goods. He is the remainders section in the second hand store. He is a few buttons short of an expensive jacket.
I have done my video analysis and what I can tell you is that there were only 1 or 2 occasions when they didn't particularly look they wanted to make an angle for a pass in the last 25 mins or so. If you want, and before you go down your rabbithole of fogging stats, I will pick out the exact times for you.
You could hear him shouting ‘ONLY ONE’ from the touch line, he’s quite insistent on this point
Just seen the best thing ever on sKUMB.
In a nutshell, Spurs are 'massive chokers' because we only won 3-2 (from being 3-0 up).
What fucking world to those Danny Dyer/walk like you've shit yourself nomarks live in?
In a nutshell, Spurs are 'massive chokers' because we only won 3-2 (from being 3-0 up).
What fucking world to those Danny Dyer/walk like you've shit yourself nomarks live in?