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Who said it was?
spot on mate
I am curious as to how you determined that Dier misread the ball?
Watching the play and his reacation.
Quite impressive that you can determine what was on a guy's mind by just watching a play and his reaction. I have never come across anyone else that could do that.
Have you ever thought of commercializing this ability or you think you have a higher calling?
Never said I could read his mind, that is some next level leaps of logic that you are taking there.
They were crossing balls in constantly. One was always going to go in. Point is we should have the ball not them
His judgement of the cross is made in his mind. If you cant read his mind and he didnt say it out aloud, then you cannot determine what his judgement/reading of the cross was (and thus cannot say he misjudged/misread the cross).
Its basic logic
What?
You can see what he did and how he (poorly) reacted. Did not have to read his mind.
He reacted how most players would react to their team conceding a goal. You said it yourself, the fact that he missed the header does not mean he misread the cross. A player that repeatedly misreads crosses wont win as much aerial duels as Dier does
Dier defended the cross correctly. He didnt have a man, and thus tried to head the ball from his position. He didnt have to be able to reach the ball, as his jumping can still throw off the attackers behind him. It was Davies that screwed up by not getting/staying in front of his man and not attacking the ball.
You seem to have players you like and would like them starting ahead of other players - I can understand that, but you seem to reach too far in trying to criticize those players that are starting ahead of your guys.
Anyone else think Alli not making the bench is a decent sign he is off in this window? Mourinho talks him up after the FA cup, dosent introduce him off the bench v. Fulham and then he dosent even make the bench for this game. I like most of what Mourinho brings but his vendettas and saying one thing doing another frustrate me and id imagine really piss off Dele.
Another case in point? Toby. How the fuck isn’t he starting?
Thought 5 at the back worked well against Sheffield but I have seen it fail against teams who had more creative thrust up the centre and who play high lines in defence.
Overall happy but Mourinho needs to man manage a little better I feel. Before you nay sayers jump in and say Dele, Toby, Sanchez etc have been shit, I agree and don’t agree.
If Dele isn’t training hard enough sort it out, we know he has the quality. No need to act coy in the media that he might play a bigger part then sideline him for the next two games - says more about Mourinho’s pettiness than dele’s efforts in training IMO.
Another case in point? Toby. How the fuck isn’t he starting?
Thought 5 at the back worked well against Sheffield but I have seen it fail against teams who had more creative thrust up the centre and who play high lines in defence.
Overall happy but Mourinho needs to man manage a little better I feel. Before you nay sayers jump in and say Dele, Toby, Sanchez etc have been shit, I agree and don’t agree.
If Dele isn’t training hard enough sort it out, we know he has the quality. No need to act coy in the media that he might play a bigger part then sideline him for the next two games - says more about Mourinho’s pettiness than dele’s efforts in training IMO.
Spurs with 58% possession.
The better teams cross from open-play less. In the Premier League, only 1 out of every 92 open-play crosses produces a goal. The net effect of open-play crossing is negative or neutral at best.
So, the counterargument is that the defense would prefer an opponent having > crosses from open-play than <.
Dele simply doesnt fit into Mourinho's 4-2-3-1. Unless he transforms his game, dont see him getting into the regular rotation.
Toby, Sanchez and Rodon all seem to be vieing for the second CB spot alongside Dier. Toby seemed ahead before his injury but think its up for grabs again.
I think that it was a clear message to Dele and I can't see how it wasn't when Gedson was included. I am not sure if that is a sign that he is leaving in January or not because that seems to be a Levy level decision at the moment.
As for Toby, him not starting makes zero sense other than Jose having some dumb idea that he doesn't fit in a 3 man backline. Toby has by far been our best CB and with the time off between games should be starting as much as his body allows.
As would the majority of us
It's called the gift of hindsight
Dier was at fault because he isnt prescient and cant extend his legs like inspector Gadget.
This is the fault of all footballers that Ignoramusula declares to be crap.