Barca 3rd in the league , 7 points off top spot
Spurs 15th , 9 points off 10th
Two peas in a pod
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Spurs 15th , 9 points off 10th
Two peas in a pod
Ask Flick to cook with Son and Johnson as opposed to Yamal and Raphinha, brudda's gonna have Gordon Ramsey screaming in his ear.
If Ange managed Barca
Yamal and Raphinha would be down to 1 leg by now
Between them
Raphinha was close to leaving Barcelona this summer. I’m not saying he’s a bad player but he wasn’t this good before Flick.
Raphinha = not good before Flick
Raphinha = good during Flick
That's a wonderful story but it's 0 relevance , thanks anyway
You mean current 'Club Ambassador', Michael Dawson?
15th - not cherry picking
That's fucking real
He didn't say that.
Not once in that exchange did I say our current position isn''t bad.
You’re wasting your time with him. With some of the Ange fanbois we could be relegated by 2nd in the champo and they still say we are only X points behind top 4 in the PL.
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But you have to admit that we are all really enjoying the aggressive, attacking football that we’re being treated to week in and week out. Such a joy to watch we are.
You thought about this all day at work didn't you and couldn't wait to log on to post it
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Exactly. It’s basically like a reporter coming upto you at work with 20 cameras in your face and going “so what do you think about your boss then? Do you think he should stay or get sacked?”
I mean wtf do people expect would he said? “Nah he’s shit mate I hope he fucks off” of course they are going to be polite and say all the right things.
I pay no attention to what players say unless it’s actually a bit groundbreaking and someone comes out and says something against the grain. Because then that’s actually revealing and news to be listened to.
Oh yeah I completely agree with that. This formation barely suits anyone in our squad.
Son is an inside forward who likes to run in behind, but Ange shunts him out on the wing.
Brennan likewise; inside forward on at Forest, dangerous on the counter; I know! Let's spend 50m on him and play him in a possession based system where he's spends the game on the touchline with no space to operate and is tasked with taking on fullbacks from a standing start (which he's crap at)! Great recruitment Spurs, great talent ID Ange.
(Also shame on those of you who spent the last few years shouting down criticism of Brennan just cos he scores the odd tap-in, when he's so obviously not at our level. Unsurprisingly it was plenty of those same names who are now the Ange-inners who evidently must watch the game with their brain disengaged. It was obvious to anyone with an iota of ball-knowledge from his Forest highlights Brennan was going to be a terrible fit in this system).
Kulu, another inside forward with talent, but Ange forces him out wide or in the #8 and he's not perfectly suited to either. Despite what people claim he still hasn't got the positioning right in midfield and we're often very open centrally when he plays there. He's best in a narrow-ish front three on the right, and another who suits counter attacking football best, hence why his best time here is still that first 6 months under Conte.
Our fullbacks are all natural wingbacks at heart. Yet Ange forces them to all play in this stupid inverted #10 role he "invented" (and nobody else uses - I wonder why) and they all look like fish out of water.
We don't have any natural single-pivot #6's. All of our DM options have drawbacks in the role. So we could do what Slot does—or Pep when he doesn't have Rodri, or Arteta, with his inverting—and play a double pivot? Nah let's force Bentancur/Bissouma into an ill-fitting role where they have too much work to do and are constantly exposed. Genius.
Ultimately, the great managers adapt their system to suit their players. Ferguson, Pep, Ancelotti - always changing their formations to get the best out of the players at hand.
Mediocre managers try to force ill-fitting players into a rigid system (Amorim, Conte). Sometimes they'll have success when all the stars align, but when it goes bad it goes really bad.
Bad managers have a shit system to begin with, are inflexible with it, and buy the wrong players for it.
Guess which one we've got.
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Was he holding a newspaper with today's date on it?
Well it’s not just injuries it’s long term injuries like 2 months without numerous key players. Different to Bournemouth who don’t have as many key starters out and no where near as long. Plus Bournemouth don’t play as many games.
So as it’s long term it forces you to play players every three days when some are in need of rest, fatigue sets in earlier than usual and you have a decline in performance.
I suppose that’s one way the club is looking at it
So as it’s long term it forces you to play players every three days when some are in need of rest, fatigue sets in earlier than usual and you have a decline in performance.
I suppose that’s one way the club is looking at it