Pochettino’s punished for abandoning Tottenham’s defensive stability
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davidmatzdorf
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My observation of Fazio so far is that he is a formidable defender, physically intimidating, with reasonable ball technique and a fair amount of pace for a man his size (despite what some others have posted) who has made at least one or two alarming mental errors in every game he has played for us. Until the last match, he had largely got away with them, but not this time.
The charitable explanation for this is that the English game is rocketing along ahead of his anticipatory abilities and that he will gradually get to grips with the pace, which will reduce the number of episodes of seriously bad judgment and decision-making.
We'll see. Verdict not in yet.
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LexingtonSpurs
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Actually it was the right game, if Fazio and Kabul worked together for two weeks over the international break.
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on fifa.... they are fantastic
Matthew Wyatt
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Quite so; of course it was the wrong game. I'm not judging Fazio by this but Pochettino.
Also agree with @davidmatzdorf 's tepid reception.
Japhet
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Maybe, but I like Pochettino's courage. Many would have said Mason's debut v Arsenal was the wrong game (me included).
shelfboy68
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Some of the observations regarding fazio etc may well be true but defending properly is something we just dont do well apart one game every now and then.
As a decent former defender himself i was hoping that defence would be the area he would get right first and understand partnerships.
Our back four is still a problem which will need further strengthening in transfer windows to sort.
As a decent former defender himself i was hoping that defence would be the area he would get right first and understand partnerships.
Our back four is still a problem which will need further strengthening in transfer windows to sort.
fatpiranha
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Fazio is no faster than Dawson was. He'd be great against Stoke but against Aguerro he was on a hiding to nothing. We have to be vary careful what matches we play him in because sides with fast agile attackers are going to eat him for breakfast.
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Most Center Backs are on a hiding to nothing against Aguerro.
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True. He's probably the best striker in the premiership but in 6 games against us he's scored 9 goals. That's ridiculous but it happens. What is inexcusable however is that we didn't take any measures to stop him (such as putting a fast marker like Stambouli on him) or even playing our best CB partnership.
Instead we gave a premiership debut to our slowest CB. That makes as much sense as playing Chiriches against Crouch, or Defoe against any side that plays the offside trap.
I'm not slagging off Fazio; he has his good qualities, and we'll be glad of them when we face a team that is strong in the air, but playing him in this match was a poor tactical decision by Poch. I'm not being wise after the event, I said so in the match thread before KO. I like Poch, I like how he represents Spurs and I like his preferred style of play, but I don't think he is particularly tactically astute. He has a history of poor tactical decisions in his short time at Spurs (trying to sit on the lead vs Sunderland when we were tearing them apart playing the way we were, leaving Chiriches on the pitch vs Besiktas when he was obviously having a mare and we had Kaboul on the bench, playing a high line against Liverpool who must be the worst team in the premiership to try that tactic against) and I just hope it's a learning curve because you don't have to be a Ferguson or a Mourinho to see these were avoidable mistakes.
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