Pochettino's Spurs: A Tactical analysis of our season

[spurs9]

@LukeBB and @Bus-Conductor

We had a couple of similar scenarios this season in regards to the Dortmund example you are discussing. Liverpool away when they went 3-2 up for example. At those moments we all know what was going to happen with time running out, we were going to go direct and get the ball in their box at every opportunity. Poch did what most managers do, he without thinking just put Soldado on as the extra striker... What it ignored was that we had 6ft 6 Fazio sat on the bench and he surely is the best option to throw on in those desperate, panicky situations if you need someone to hit.

TBF, we had no-one on the pitch that can cross a ball from deep, as he had taken Eriksen off prior to them going 3-2 up, so Fazio would have been useless up front. With us bringing in Trippier and having Pritchard back from loan, it will be intereseting to see if Poch uses this tactic in the future.

 

[LukeBB]

http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2015...cal-overview-analysis-of-last-seasons-run-in/

Here's part 5, the final part of my 5-piece series of my seasonal tactical analysis using 13 specific game case studies looking at Pochettino at Spurs. This final piece looks at our end of season run, featuring the loss vs Aston Villa (0-1), the draw vs Southampton (2-2) and our win vs Hull (2-0). This piece includes an insight into various fitness issues facing our young squad and offers an explanation to our inconsistent form near the end of the season.

I hope you enjoyed this series as much as I enjoyed producing it! The support has been greatly appreciated so thank you.