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Ex-Spurs Player Giovani Lo Celso

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He did look good, loved that chasing back tackle he did, and nearly scored.
Is he ready for a start though? Hope so.
He looked like he has something to prove so maybe Ange can get something out of him.
 
I think GLC in for Maddison yesterday (instead of PEH) Would've been more like-for-like, but I can't help think that Ange wanted potentially an extra DM to protect Dier & Davies... which, until the 91st minute made sense!

Then again, Emerson was a square peg in a round hole at LB, when Davies, for all his limitations IS at least a LB...

I wouldn't be surprised is Phillips starts alongside Dier (or PEH) at CB against Villa... With maybe GLC fulfilling the 'Maddison role' seeing as we'll be at home, that HAS to count for summit, right?
But fuck ME that's a long 2 weeks to work on line up permutations right now...

All I can think about is why the fuck didn't we just HOOF (yes HOOF) it up the pitch at any opportunity from the 89th minute onwards???
 
The safe, possibly even cowardly, choice was to play PEH, that's what really pisses me off about today. Totally at odds with what Ange likes to preach, disappointed in him today.

Bentancur would've been more palatable, but only because he's silkier, ultimately though it still would've been overly conservative.

Ange protecting Bentancur is the right decision long term for the player and the club,

I’m also thinking it was never a MF 3 that could work with Ange’s football but remember we are only just learning how he likes to play. He’s been doing this his whole life.

No doubt Ange knew what that MF could and couldn’t do but maybe he also had information we didn’t and GLC wasn’t fit enough to start either?
 
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Probably plucked this story out his arse but still, there ya go


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