So he misses home games vs Villa and Ipswich (he would likely have been rested for Gala) - not the end of the world.
Should be back and raring to go for City.
Should be back and raring to go for City.
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Agreed. We either have: Romero, VdV, Dragu, ageing BD, and Vuskovic. Or we sell and replace Romero. If V is good, then that is a good 5.
I think it's time to move Davies on. Vuskovic can take the 4th CB spot.
If we sell Romero he needs replacing with another first teamer. A right footed VDV would be ideal.
So the problem is professional footballers have to make high intensity runs? You could say that about any position in any system. Play low block counter attack the runs to support your forward players are manic intensity. Hoof the ball forward players have to make high intensity runs. All players are asked to take on a high workload. Its the nature of the game. Do you change youre whole philosophy because a couple of guys might get injured?
I agree on Romero. Think BD has one more season in him tbh. Useful stand in at LCB.
No it isn't. It depends on how severe it is!
Not selected for international duty with the Netherlands.
Either very good for his recovery. Or a sign that he will be out for a bit longer.
Either very good for his recovery. Or a sign that he will be out for a bit longer.
Still need to make a call on whether he will make it here (ahead of VDV/Dragusin/Vuskovic/Dorrington - that's assuming Romero leaves). Can't just endlessly hoard players. We could probably double our money and get 5m selling to a Champo club at this point.
No we don't... Youve not even saught to explain why either.
Does this silly arbitrary notion apply to all our U21s too?
Now who's the one preoccupied with profits?
Can’t stand graphs like these,
Yeah, I get ya, you can usually only see two or three outliers and the rest are just a big unreadable splodge.
Players can only transfer (including on loans) in a transfer window - and that means if we recalled Phillips tomorrow, he could not play for Spurs until January, and as an u21 he could play in PL and domestic cups but not EL as I don't think he meets List B qualifications unless we excluded an existing EL squad player.
He will have played a full season in Championship by January (2nd half of last season at Plymouth and 1st half this season at Stoke). I'd guess Ange had him in his plans to play him next pre-season and re-assess over an extended period - so up to Ange if he wants to bring him back in January, a little earlier than planned.
Still not getting it. It's the lack of managing this level of attrional play, the over use of this with inadequate squad depth thats damaging to our players. Saying well other teams do it...no they are not, not succesfully and resourced as we are they aren't. You keep repeating it and it still wrong. Sprinting is a part of the game but the way we play and a lack of in game management exacerbate the 1v1 duals . It happened at Celtic and we should have least been prepared. In stead we've killed Udogie because guess what squad depth. This isn't even complicated unless you're desperate absolve lange and Levy
You absolutely change if your untested at EPL level system has rendered you unable to field a team able to play this way for any extended period because the epic amount of hamstring injuries to your multi million pound assets.
Shocking, the levels of simple unquestioning faith displayed by Anges devotees is absurd. It's deeply cultist. If he had shown a bit more flexibility in how he introduced this with the personell at his disposal I'd have given him credit for a long term strategy. As it is the quotes from the Romania coach indicate a spreading cynicism about his tactical acumen than it merely being a few doubters online.
With Drăguşin, at Tottenham, Ange Postecoglou asks him and his teammates to line up and stand with one foot on the 16-meter line. In these conditions, it is certain that, behind them, a ball is thrown over them and it goes to the goal",
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Thing is.
When it works; it works well.
Spurs kill teams in ten to fifteen minutes.
When we go behind it is hard work to watch because of the low block tactics deployed for one game only against Spurs.
We see it regularly used against us which is why we get frustrated as supporters.
Both Villa and Ipswich used the gravy tactics because they were scared of getting a lumping. Villa did in the end but Ipswich hung on.
Spurs have scored more goals than any other Premier League team having wasted at least a dozen further top drawer chances we can all remember.
It's the defending.
It's not good enough.
Is it the tactics or the personel?
I know what I think.
whos full of shit now you silly pleb. fucking shit for brains.