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Our players are more than capable of getting a good result but I fear that Conte, yet again is going to promote a brand of football that puts our shite defence under unnecessary amounts of pressure, whilst underutilising our greatest strengths further up the pitch.

Praying for a win; preparing for a loss.



We had 2/3 seasons under Pochettino where we had the best defensive record in the league and this was based on possession of the ball similar to how city have a good defensive record, because they don’t have to do much defending.
Conte spurs have so much defending to do and we are no good at it
 
We had 2/3 seasons under Pochettino where we had the best defensive record in the league and this was based on possession of the ball similar to how city have a good defensive record, because they don’t have to do much defending.
Conte spurs have so much defending to do and we are no good at it
Because the middle third players can’t control the game. Put PEH into that Poch side ahead of Dembele and it will be anarchy defensively
 
We had 2/3 seasons under Pochettino where we had the best defensive record in the league and this was based on possession of the ball similar to how city have a good defensive record, because they don’t have to do much defending.
Conte spurs have so much defending to do and we are no good at it
We need a 3 man midfield. We always get over run with 2
 
We had 2/3 seasons under Pochettino where we had the best defensive record in the league and this was based on possession of the ball similar to how city have a good defensive record, because they don’t have to do much defending.
Conte spurs have so much defending to do and we are no good at it
Great shout and we also had winks and sissoko !
 
Great shout and we also had winks and sissoko !
That was not the dominant defensive record Poch.

Our best games under Poch were when we'd go 3 at the back against a lesser team on the small pitch of the old WHL, paradoxically playing a more defensive team against a lesser opponent, but being so dominant in forcing possession back to us whenever we lost it that we just shattered teams with persistent pressure, they had nowhere to go.

Lloris
Alderwiereld Dier Vertonghen
Walker Wanyama Dembele Rose
Eriksen Dele
Kane

We haven't been in command of games like that since.
 
This is where good managers have to get creative. Lots of players have been converted to midfielders. Poch did it with Dier. Howe did it with Joelinton. Pep did it with Lahm.

Maybe Kulusevski could play as a midfielder, maybe we could use Dier in that position again. We are going to have to find a solution from somewhere.
This is how I remember joelinton move to MF, under Bruce not howe.

 
———————Forster——————-
Emerson Romero Sanchez Davies
——————- Dier ——————-
————-Skipp Sarr——
——-Kulu Kane Richarlison——-
 
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