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Manager Antonio Conte
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The life of Antonio Conte / Levy and the Jan transfer window
Conte calls Levy
“ Daniel, I have made my mind up, I need reinforcements “
Levy appears from his kitchen
Answers his phone
Conte
“ but we need players!!!! “
Levy
Conte getting rather frustrated now
“ you promised me you bald cunt “
Levy
Conte
Conte storms off towards Hotspur way
Conte arrives at Hotspur way
Conte enters Levy’s office
Levy
Conte enters
“ you promised me Cunt “
Levy
Conte and Levy get into a scrap
Conte realises he won’t win with Levy and quits, talking to the media
Conte after his Spurs tenure and dealings with Levy
I still maintain that a 3-4-3/3-5-2 is inherently a more defensive set-up than a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3/4-4-2, but even Pochettino recognized when he needed to trot it out.
Imagine Mourinho trotting out this set-up. Five defenders + Sissoko and Winks.
He'd be tarred and feathered on here.
Just wait until February 1st after he has been fucked by Levy and Paratici.
Poch went back 3 at home against minnows mostly, rather undermining your point.
His apparent view of it was that a back 3 made us more able to recover the ball higher up the pitch and allowed Walker and Rose to play higher and provide more width in the attack. It was kind of his go-to against opponents he expected to bunker in against us.
The Godfather has spoken.The life of Antonio Conte / Levy and the Jan transfer window
Conte calls Levy
“ Daniel, I have made my mind up, I need reinforcements “
Levy appears from his kitchen
Answers his phone
Conte
“ but we need players!!!! “
Levy
Conte getting rather frustrated now
“ you promised me you bald cunt “
Levy
Conte
Conte storms off towards Hotspur way
Conte arrives at Hotspur way
Conte enters Levy’s office
Levy
Conte enters
“ you promised me Cunt “
Levy
Conte and Levy get into a scrap
Conte realises he won’t win with Levy and quits, talking to the media
Conte after his Spurs tenure and dealings with Levy
It was just a hypothetical, but goes to show how off the rails some people on this forum are.
My recollection is that Poch essentially went away from 3 CBs at the beginning of the 17/18 Premier League season, but would bring out 3 at-the-back occasionally for our Champions League 18/19 season (as deep as our semi-final 1st leg vs Ajax).
My point was that even Pochettino knew when to go more defensive.
Yeah, I noticed that on Match of the Day and it made me laugh - that sudden "oh fuck" double-take as if his mother is going to slap him afterwards for disrespecting the older Italian gentleman.
:contefacepalm:
Side note: that whole dugout is responsible for two years' worth of Spurs heartbreak when we were at our peak under Poch.
Though water under the bridge and all that. Conté is our boy now and I love him.
:contethumb:
Though water under the bridge and all that. Conté is our boy now and I love him.
:contethumb:
Antonio now that you think Dier and Winks are world class, and despite the fact we need a DM, CM, CB and Striker, take this 40p and see if you can get Max Aarons
I was thinking to myself about tactics and approach to the game that Conte has.
He obviously want our fullbacks to keep the game wide and then those just infield of them to be available for some short passing / triangles.
But if we consider Southampton and Watford game and our lack of clear cut chances...
Wouldn't it be possible to switch from essentially 5-2-2-1 to 5-1-2-2
What I mean is that our current first XI is -
--------------------Lloris-----------------
Royal-Sancehz-Dier-Davies-Reggie
----------Hjojberg-----Skipp-----------
---Moura----------------------Son------
------------------Kane--------------------
Now, let's be realistic here - Kane is not the player that makes many runs behind the defense. Though on the other hand we still occasionally use him as vocal point and try to play long ball to him so he would retain possession high up the field.
But what if in order to have better game control we would switch from that kind of setup to -
--------------------Lloris-----------------
Royal-Sancehz-Dier-Davies-Reggie
-------------------Skipp-------------------
-----Lo Celso----------------Winks------
--------------Kane----Son----------------
Of course I would like to propose that Ndombele would be this player to be brought on due to his ability to turn and make difficult passes happen etc. But in this system the two more advanced CM players would have massive importance in tracking back and fight with opposite team midfielders. So he ain't gonna trust Ndombele there. And Alli... well, his flicks and tries are so often off mark that I doubt we would be able to control the game like this.
Why I started to think of that solution is due to upcoming NLD. I really feel that this kind of system would help us to create more chances all over the field + to press their midfielders enough to smother their attacking movements.
It also provides somewhat more flexibility - if we would have a lead to protect, it would be so easy to take off Lo Celso/Winks for PEH. Or if we are chasing / trying to turn narrow deficit to win, we could first sub Lo Celso/Winks for Lucas and in the end maybe bring in Ndombele/Alli for last 20 minutes to make us more creative.
What do you guys think of such setup?
He obviously want our fullbacks to keep the game wide and then those just infield of them to be available for some short passing / triangles.
But if we consider Southampton and Watford game and our lack of clear cut chances...
Wouldn't it be possible to switch from essentially 5-2-2-1 to 5-1-2-2
What I mean is that our current first XI is -
--------------------Lloris-----------------
Royal-Sancehz-Dier-Davies-Reggie
----------Hjojberg-----Skipp-----------
---Moura----------------------Son------
------------------Kane--------------------
Now, let's be realistic here - Kane is not the player that makes many runs behind the defense. Though on the other hand we still occasionally use him as vocal point and try to play long ball to him so he would retain possession high up the field.
But what if in order to have better game control we would switch from that kind of setup to -
--------------------Lloris-----------------
Royal-Sancehz-Dier-Davies-Reggie
-------------------Skipp-------------------
-----Lo Celso----------------Winks------
--------------Kane----Son----------------
Of course I would like to propose that Ndombele would be this player to be brought on due to his ability to turn and make difficult passes happen etc. But in this system the two more advanced CM players would have massive importance in tracking back and fight with opposite team midfielders. So he ain't gonna trust Ndombele there. And Alli... well, his flicks and tries are so often off mark that I doubt we would be able to control the game like this.
Why I started to think of that solution is due to upcoming NLD. I really feel that this kind of system would help us to create more chances all over the field + to press their midfielders enough to smother their attacking movements.
It also provides somewhat more flexibility - if we would have a lead to protect, it would be so easy to take off Lo Celso/Winks for PEH. Or if we are chasing / trying to turn narrow deficit to win, we could first sub Lo Celso/Winks for Lucas and in the end maybe bring in Ndombele/Alli for last 20 minutes to make us more creative.
What do you guys think of such setup?
Hugo
Dier / Toby / Jan
Walker / Dembele / Wanyama / Rose
Dele / Eriksen
Kane
Dier / Toby / Jan
Walker / Dembele / Wanyama / Rose
Dele / Eriksen
Kane
Our best team of the last 35 years or more..... Regularly smashed teams for fun too.
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aka 343 vs 352
(What's with all the back 5 crap? This isn't Steve Bruce's Newcastle....)
Come on, mate, you got the point
Does not really matter how to phrase it, point comes through.
But then again, if I look at our last 2 outings I could (with some pun) argue that our fullbacks were 100% aimed at preventing goals to be scored. Though in this sense Spurs goals
Come on, mate, you got the point
Oh, sure.... I got the point. It was all a bit TLDR though given the punchline was essentially "343 or 352?"....
It was mostly pictures, says a lot if you struggled with that.
My 5 year olds bedtime books have more content.
....And the point being argued is that 3 CBs isn't inherently defensive as you claimed; it's HOW you approach the game tactically which determines how defensive you are, not the basic formation.