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  1. arunspurs

    Player Watch Player Watch: Guglielmo Vicario

    Westham goal.... Frame 1 : Its pouring rain at the time. Bissouma in front of Vicario. Bissouma trying to also unsettle Antonio. 4 Spurs players around Zouma. Van de Ven tries jumps and misreads flight of the ball and misses. And Zouma behind scores easly. Whoever the GK,in this situation is...
  2. arunspurs

    Player Watch Player Watch: Guglielmo Vicario

    I am not disagreeing to it thats opponents are targeting him But lets not ignore the real issue here. Its utter lack of organisation and basic corner defending from outfielders
  3. arunspurs

    Player Watch Player Watch: Guglielmo Vicario

    I have the exact opposite view here. Goals thats been in corners is NOT Vicario's fault. He has some contributions to it. But brunt of the blame goes to lack of organisation. Gomes header Wolves game - Vicario wasnt blocked. Not marked, clean header. Zouma header WestHam game - Vicario had...
  4. arunspurs

    Player Watch Player Watch: James Maddison

    I bet Madisson cannot walk in a straight line , will fall over every 2 steps.... At the moment, a drunk probably has more balance than Madisson. I am not sure if he is still carrying an injury. At the moment, I wouldnt start him. I would rather play Bentancur as no10 than him
  5. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Flip side, I would argue, Arsenal managed the game brilliantly. They were 3-0 up without taking any risks. If not for Raya stinker, we would not have gone back into game at all. And Arsenal never had to shift from 2nd gear. They had more on bench - fact that they only used 2 subs should say...
  6. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yes, I am in that 99.9% too.... Only I feel, we should have started Hojbjerg Sarr instead. Sarr needed for legs in transition. Hojbjerg for his relative form against all of his fellow CMs.
  7. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yes, Hojbjerg earned his place and he should keep starting games. Its not as if Hojbjerg was bad in midfield today. He did his job in midfield but failed as a unit in set pieces
  8. arunspurs

    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    I dont see White was fouling Vicario. He was impeding - yes. I dont blame Vicario for the goals either. Its as simple as defenders not doing the job. One thing Vicario has to do is, chose what sort of keeper he wants to be. He can chose to be a dom, take everyone out and go for it or be sub ...
  9. arunspurs

    Player Watch Player Watch: Guglielmo Vicario

    Vicario is not the problem. Both the goals came because, zonal marking at front post failed. Even if there was no White hindering him, theres no way he keeps both the goals away. Even in previous games, it was just us losing the markers Vicario has some troubles but he is not the no1 reason...
  10. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    If Ange is not stubborn, I can give free commonsense advice from my infinite football wisdom of watching football for 35 yrs... :cautious:;) i) Ditch Zonal marking. Go semi zonal, semi man marking. Make sure, you give clear responsibility to 1 or 2 players to be pest in 6 yard box, not allowing...
  11. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Lets not rewrite history. whether Via did no defensive set piece or not, we never had a clear problem. We were not fully zonal, we were half man marking, half zonal which worked. Now, its very clear whats happening. In last 10-15 games, opponents are blocking Vicario, and hitting the pacy...
  12. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I dont care what he wants to say in front of cameras, if his team is showing in action they are addressing the problem. 15 days of no football and we turn up with a worse zonal marking nonsense and lost the game by 35 minutes.
  13. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Being in denial is making this situation even worse. Of the gate, you are at a disadvantage - 'Proud of boys, we played some awesome dominating football, shame we let in 2 pesky front post goals in corner'.... I am not over reacting by saying this. If this is his attitude as a coach in PL for...
  14. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Starting Hojbjerg over Bissouma is a no brainer. Its not like battle was lost in midfield. Problem was lack of defending in set pieces If I were to be unhappy with starting XI, thats probably down to not starting Richy. We have needed no9 presence for a while. Teams have been man marking us on...
  15. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    This is extremely worrying comment... If he cant see what we fans see or opponents see....this isnt going to end well
  16. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Willing to give him a pass is fine, but prefix that with 'Aside from defending of set pieces'.... We gave away 2 goals due to set piece defending. 3rd due to him asking defenders to play 1 v1 from half way line. Game was already gone by lack of organisation in set pieces. Van De Ven had to...
  17. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    To win things, you need better players. But at same time, you also need to have a defensive strucuture. Needing Van De Ven to make 4 impossible (for others) sprint in 2nd half isnt a worthy tactics. Thats why when VDV got injured, we kept losing games. Dependence on 1 CB to be super human isnt...
  18. arunspurs

    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I am 100% convinced Ange wont win us the league or cups. He will win enough to be in Europe or even CL. He will win enough of those big games but when it matters to be pragmatic & tactically switched on, I dont think his sides can do it. Defenses win trophies. Theres absolutely no way, we do...
  19. arunspurs

    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    I have the complete opposite view... Arsenal are 1st gear, doing bare minimum knowing, exactly how to score against us. Tactically they are well setup. Even if we score those goals, Arsenal still have the gears to shift. Scoreline is showing exactly how the 2 teams were tactically set up. Team...
  20. arunspurs

    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    i) Opponents have worked it out how to Stop us scoring. Option A : Man mark every player to stop the build up phase Option B : Give up the midfield, have 2 banks of 4 at edge of your box but leave 2 v 2 near half line.Take the pressure on, when the ball breaks to you, hit your 2 players up top...
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