Tottenham defensive line-ups and games played this season:
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 5 games together ) - W2, D0, L3, Cleansheet: 1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 3 games together) - W2, D0, L1, Cleansheets: 1
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 3 games together) - W1, D1, L1, Cleansheets: 1
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 2 games together) - W1, D0, L1, Cleansheets: 0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 2 game together) - W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Trippier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 2 games together) - W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Aurier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheets: 0
Aurier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Aurier - Foyth - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
Trippier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Aurier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Davies - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
KWP - Foyth - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
Aurier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Trippier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Aurier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
KWP - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
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Could probably do with sticking with ONE defensive line-up this season.....
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In comparison, here our defensive line-ups and games played when we had the best defence in the league (16/17).
Walker - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 6 games together) - W3, D2, L1, Cleansheet: 3
Walker - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 6 games together) - W4, D1, L1, Cleansheet: 2
Walker - Dier - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 6 games together) - W4, D2, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 4 game together) - W4, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 4 games together) - W4, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 2 games together) - W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 2
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 2 games together) - W1, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 1
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Walker - Dier - Wimmer - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D1, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Walker - Dier - Vertonghen - Wimmer (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet: 0
Trippier - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Wimmer - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D1, L0, Cleansheet: 0
Walker - Dier - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D1, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Trippier - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 1
Sissoko - Dier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet: 0
When checking this, barely ANY full back rotation at all unless players were injured or it came to the end of the season and Walker has decided he was going to leave so game time fluctuated between Walker and Trippier.
What I take away from that is why the FUCK have we wasted Dier's development in midfield when he was performing admirably at centre half!?