It's all well and good admiring Potters Brighton for playing attacking football, but how often are Brighton playing against teams that will sit deep and defend hard, waste time and play for the draw?
It would surely happen, yes, but I don't think it would be a deal breaker.
Yes, some teams would sit deeper against a Potter Spurs than a Potter Brighton, agreed.
As against that, we OUGHT to have better players that can create chances. Brighton don't have a Lo Celso, or a Lamela coming off the bench.
Also, if you look at a lot of the goals that Brighton have scored, edit - I mean missed - it's short passing close to the box. I can't remember a single Son type run from deep for a one on one with the keeper.
So, they create a lot of chances with the defence already in place, and supposedly ready. It's not brilliant defending or keeping that keeps games 0-0, it's having to rely on a reject like Danny Welbeck. Whinger's Goon teams would often batter lower teams, real flat track bullies. They were very good at neat triangles on the edge of the box, leaving a simple tap in for goals in a 5-0. Very difficult to defend against.
They also don't have Kane. Not Kane the No 9, who would score from the chances, but Kane the No 10 who would drop deep and create the chances for Son and co.
I honestly think he could be very good for us. If you read what Henrik Larsen said:
"..........played all different kinds of systems, starting off a match one way, and then halfway through they started playing a different system, and then they ended up with a third system. And all the players knew exactly what they were doing."
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Can you imagine trying to prevent a Spurs team scoring, when Kane goes seamlessly from 9 to 10? When you've got Son's (and Moura's) electric pace? Switching from 4 to 3 at the back with overlapping pace? Can you imagine the gaps the oppo would leave when we get the lead?
We've got so much talent that doesn't seem to fire properly. Moura for a start. Great at times, poor at others. Sess - there's a player there but we certainly havent seen it yet. Lamela, the definition of inconsistent. Ndom - how to make the best of his talents?
Potter is a real thinker on the game, and a great motivator. You don't get a PHD in Leadership and Emotional Intelligence if all you can shout is "run around a bit".
The more I read about him the keener I get.
