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By God, that's Romero's music!I think Ange might be being coy. Romero said he felt fit and ITKs back it up. I think it might be a shock like Bentancur was.
I like your optimism!Looking at our academy lineups today there's no Donley so you'd imagine he'd be on the bench for Sunday. I doubt Dorrington will be involved as he's starting today, therefore I can only count 7 players fit for the bench. Thus I now think we might see Maddison and Solomon make surprise bench appearances to give us our 9 subs.
Well, there's....umJust thinking how many united players would get into a joint X1 when everyone is fully fit
I couldn't think of one... Is that just blatant bias?
more likely fernandes i’d sayWhen we get a penalty Sunday. Who’s taking it? I’d go Bentancur
Very true but have to remember refs & VAR hate Spurs but love United. So we probably be the better team and get beat by one contentious decision.even at full strength they're shit. if we play well enough we win, simple as that. it's on us, not them.
I hope it's true but heard from a friend of the players that Romero, kulu and madders play. Don't ban me if I'm wrong please
Latest Athletic piece on the game and importance of cut backs
Why are Spurs so good at scoring cutbacks?
The system. Postecoglou regularly pushes his ‘full-backs’ beyond the opposition midfield line, in the half-spaces. It is risky and expansive, and will leave space out wide for United to exploit on the counter, but can be effective at pinning opposition wingers and midfielders back — if the winger moves inside to cover, it opens the passing lane for the centre-back to find Spurs’ winger one-vs-one, which can be complemented by a full-back underlap or overlap to find the cutback angle.
“The more I can free players of positional constraints, the happier I get but the crazier it gets,” said Postecoglou in pre-season. “Can I get players not thinking like they’re defenders or midfielders or attackers, and can we get our game even more fluid?”
Cutback goals have been a trademark of high-possession systems in recent Premier League years, particularly Arsenal and City. Only Arsenal (47 shots) have more cutback shots than Spurs this season (44), while only City (10 goals) have scored more from cutbacks than Spurs (seven).
Spurs rank second in the Premier League for through balls and third-bottom for switches, an indication of a team that will not use bait-and-switch attacks but rather try to move an opposition block with the intention of creating a gap to punch through. Postecoglou’s No 9s are rarely high-touch players, often standing offside to stay unmarked, and coming alive when the defence is split and they can attack the goal
Looking at his comps and some of the goals he was involved in at Chelsea, what struck me is that he seems to be really well suited to the way we attack the box. He is extremely effective at creating and receiving cutbacks, which is probably one of the most dominant features of our forward play. Also seems to be really unselfish which is also encouraging to see - a lot of the success of Ange's style of football depends on good decision making for the final pass, and that’s there to see with Werner, even during his time at Chelsea where he was low on confidence and under a lot of pressure. Maybe he wasn’t efficient enough as a goal scorer, but efficiency is the word that springs to mind to describe his style.
Yeah and Perisic is on the benchI hope it's true but heard from a friend of the players that Romero, kulu and madders play. Don't ban me if I'm wrong please