Capoue
Paulinho Eriksen
Lamela Soldado Chadli
Still utterly convinced that this would work in numerous games. At home I'd still be very surprised if against the bottom half teams we have two players sitting. We aren't Soton and teams will sit back.
Away from home different story and I see as things stand Bentaleb or Dembele in CM with maybe Adebayor and a pacier choice than Chadli.
I want options and variances in how we line up. Pochettino at Soton consistently changed types, sometimes Wanyama, sometimes Cork, or Ward Prowse. Saw games with Osveldo playing out wide.
Personally I've seen Paulinho more than most at a level we've yet to see at Spurs. He needs to get certain aspects of his game back to those levels. But the thing is he is not the only one who will need to improve aspects and where there is question marks. Imo if you are to play Eriksen and Lamela you have to have runners beyond the striker. At home to have two players sitting and then these two interchanging in number 10 role if you don't have a Paulinho running beyond striker the centre is going to become so cluttered. I think Capoue has it in his game to control the middle, he is such a good passer of the ball. Use Eriksen and Lamela to link with, Chadli or Townsend using space and Ade/Soldado and Paulinho getting in box imo it makes sense.
I think in some games it could work but not against big physical teams that would outnumber us in midfield. I think we have the squad to play lots of different ways and I hope Pochettino tweaks the squad on a game by game basis..