Ryan Mason

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is this the mason ryan thread?

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More than 3 different words in the same line will never catch on...
The mention of ArseAnal in any song always makes me shudder...
Nickin' a 'West Ham-style tune' won't go down well in certain parts of Norf' Lunnun...

Other than that, it's a sure-fire hit this Sundee Lunchtime!!
How's about instead of 'and he fucking hates the *******'
'And he ain't a cunt like Wilshere'
 
More than 3 different words in the same line will never catch on...
The mention of ArseAnal in any song always makes me shudder...
Nickin' a 'West Ham-style tune' won't go down well in certain parts of Norf' Lunnun...

Other than that, it's a sure-fire hit this Sundee Lunchtime!!
Well we launched that Mason song on the tube before the game yesterday, it's got legs. If you hear it at QPR, listen out and join in. It's a beauty
 
I think Zamora leaning hard on Ryan's neck may have been more of an issue than Henry's tackle. Some definite verbal and physical provocation. Pochettino did well to get Ryan out of that, as retaliation was guaranteed.
 
Folks claiming we need a cunt in the team.. really don't think we need to look any further than Mason. He's small but he's got a nasty side to him for sure -- always at the heart of the fight (fucking golden when he got Benteke sent off).

And the way Nabil had his back minutes after that Henry fuck went in with a dirty lunge.. Don't care what anyone says, that slide that stopped Henry's run forward and got Bentaleb the yellow was definitely intentional. Mason and Bentaleb certainly seem to bring a little bit of don't fuck with us to the team.
Fazio is supposed to be a real cunt!
Looks like it too and he does not fuck about!
Maybe he can teach Mason!
Also Soldado was up and wanted to police it too like that, team player!
 
So it's pretty obvious:
chiriches, Kaboul, Capoue, invisibilinho, nogoaldado, adebayor (and Lennon permanently) should all be sold.
With all those sold we need to bring in..
1) a defensive minded but creative CM
2) an attacking midfielder that is primary central but can also play on the left( a coutinho type). Someone that can run with the ball is essential.

Those would be the two who go straight into our first 11 for me( In place of mason and the attacking mid would play centrally with eriksen on the left and Lamela on the right).

We then obviously need to bring in a striker and also another back up centre back (I have faith in the dier and vertonghen partnership). I also have faith that Pritchard will be a success and provide good cover on the left. Maybe another young third choice striker is needed to.
 
If we are moving Eriksen left, we may as well cash in and buy a proper left winger

He is not a left winger and will never be one. He is just so good relative to the rest of the XI, that he still makes himself useful.

We want the best from our player. Therefore he should play AMC and AMC only. Our problem is a lack of natural wingers, not a lack of natural central players.
To be fair, he has done pretty well in games where he has moved out to the wider position and then drifts into space, rather than get crowded out in the middle.
 
To be fair, he has done pretty well in games where he has moved out to the wider position and then drifts into space, rather than get crowded out in the middle.
... as I said, because he is such a good player relative to the rest of the XI, that he can pull it off. Same goes for Harry Kane really, looks useful everywhere around the attack. Still a nailed on striker.

As for Eriksen we need to play him at the best: 4-3-3 formation, point of midfield 3, with a 3 man strong attack around him. Kane perfect for the role, now we just need the 2 wide forwards (wingers).
 
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Another reason why this makes perfect sense: Some of our youth players according to Windy, Bankrupt, EA and others are players who excell in the AMC role, such as Onomah, Pritchard, etc.
 
Such a shame that mason and Kane have such unfortunate sounding voices. If they weren't football stars they'd be the boring bloke in logistics that calls you up to audit how much stationary you have on your desk at work.

(Of course it doesn't really matter)
Eriksen isn't much better. Laughs like an astmatic schoolgirl too. But them freekicks. Oh the freekicks :paulinhowtf:
 
All season I have said that, for all the good things Mason does, as much as we love passion and a home-grown player, he is too inconsistent, too careless indeed too dangerous to be a regular starter in a team at the level we aspire to.

The first 2 goals yesterday were perfect examples of how he costs us.

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As ball is passed to Carrick, Spurs have a reasonable shape. Mason is slightly out of position in that he should be closer to, and perhaps goal side of, Fellani, but there is no real danger. Carrick can be left to collect the ball, Dier is the spare man. What can Carrick do? Shoot and beat Lloris from 40 yards? Pass to Young or Rooney who are marked? Carry it forward and into Dier? Probably just square it to Herrera..........

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Mason rushes forward, leaving Fellani, and so Dier has too much ground to make up to cover across. A defence-splitting ball to Fellani woud be easy for Sandra Redknapp, let alone Michael Carrick. 1-0 down, Entirely due to Mason not having the intelligence to read the situation and make the right decision, in a relatively simple attack which you are coached on as a 10 year old.

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2nd goal. As the corner is in the air, Mason has a good position marking Carrick at the near post..........

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After Fellani fouls Dier to win header and then Chadli knocks it across the area, Mason has switched off, watches the ball and has let Carrick get 7 yards away from him to have a free header. (And, yes, I have no idea what Walker was doing either).

I know we were bad, but these mistakes set us off and there was no coming back. And the third, well, Bentaleb's error really doesn't need pictures.
Bit harsh mate. Chadli is more at fault for the first goal, no pressure on Carrick, also bare in mind that Carrick started his move to receive the ball by coming deep out of defence (I can't remember the position of Kane in relation to this move, but it is possible Kane was closer to Carrick than Chadli if so Kane should have tracked Carrick's run out of defence). Either way, the style we are developing is a high press, which was non-existent yesterday and the lack it IMO was the cause of the goal. If you stop Carrick's pass you prevent the goal.
 
He was a striker up until a cpl years ago and has hardly played in that time. Hes been a real find but needs to be bled into the side not utterly relied upon. Wldnt mind seeing him ten with eriksen 11. Eriksen seems more destructive there and naybe mason will make us harder to play against higher up?
 
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