mil1lion
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- May 7, 2004
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Fight
I'm not sure if i'm alone in this, but i'm a little concerned with this word at the moment. Dont get me wrong, we do need fighters in the team, but thats not all. When we dont have the ball, then sure, we need to fight tooth and nail to win it back. But its what we do when we get the ball which is our biggest problem in my opinion. I mean, i watched us against Wigan on Sunday and i thought we had plenty of fight defending for our lives. It was the lack of any invention on the ball and lack of getting players forward that caused us a problem. Its like the saying a leopard never changes its spots. Spurs should not change their style of play.
If Harry wants us to start bullying teams then what does that mean for our style of play? Does that mean we'll start playing the long ball game? If thats the case, then we simply dont have the forwards for it. We are a bit lightweight and i cant deny we need a bit more grit in the team. But those physical players need to be able to pass the ball, and pass it forwards. I mean take Dawson for example. When it comes to defending he is very good, throws his body in front of everything and wins a lot of headers. But every time he has the ball, he lumps it upfield. Where does it go from there? Straight back in our direction.
I just dont get why, by being 3rd from bottom, it means we have to fight to survive. We have 17 games left this season. So why cant we play the way we know best? Surely the best way to survive is to play to our strengths? Harry has said that we have plenty of flair players, but where? Giovani Dos Santos? Well he's on the bench and could be loaned or sold if reports are to be believed. Taarabt? No way is he ready for regular 1st team football. So we have Modric and Lennon. Both in their early 20s. Both still developing. They are our flair players. They are the ones who we rely on to make things happen. I like them both, a lot. But do they have the experience of a Keane and Berbatov? Thats why we need someone like Arshavin.
When Ramos arrived over a year ago, i was excited. Not because he had won several trophies in a short space of time. But because he turned Sevilla into one of the most attractive teams in Europe. Not only did they attack with quick precise football, but they worked extremely hard to win the ball. They had fighters too. But when they got the ball, they moved it quick. Thats what we need to do. We need to up the tempo of our attacking play. If theres a perfect example of how the game should be played, then take a look at Barcelona under Pep Guadiola. We all know Barca play some of the best football in the world, but its the workrate they put with it. Its proof that attacking flair does not mean you cant fight hard too.
All i'm asking is for us to fight for the right to play football. To play football the Tottenham way. Not to fight for survival.
To fight for Glory.
I'm not sure if i'm alone in this, but i'm a little concerned with this word at the moment. Dont get me wrong, we do need fighters in the team, but thats not all. When we dont have the ball, then sure, we need to fight tooth and nail to win it back. But its what we do when we get the ball which is our biggest problem in my opinion. I mean, i watched us against Wigan on Sunday and i thought we had plenty of fight defending for our lives. It was the lack of any invention on the ball and lack of getting players forward that caused us a problem. Its like the saying a leopard never changes its spots. Spurs should not change their style of play.
If Harry wants us to start bullying teams then what does that mean for our style of play? Does that mean we'll start playing the long ball game? If thats the case, then we simply dont have the forwards for it. We are a bit lightweight and i cant deny we need a bit more grit in the team. But those physical players need to be able to pass the ball, and pass it forwards. I mean take Dawson for example. When it comes to defending he is very good, throws his body in front of everything and wins a lot of headers. But every time he has the ball, he lumps it upfield. Where does it go from there? Straight back in our direction.
I just dont get why, by being 3rd from bottom, it means we have to fight to survive. We have 17 games left this season. So why cant we play the way we know best? Surely the best way to survive is to play to our strengths? Harry has said that we have plenty of flair players, but where? Giovani Dos Santos? Well he's on the bench and could be loaned or sold if reports are to be believed. Taarabt? No way is he ready for regular 1st team football. So we have Modric and Lennon. Both in their early 20s. Both still developing. They are our flair players. They are the ones who we rely on to make things happen. I like them both, a lot. But do they have the experience of a Keane and Berbatov? Thats why we need someone like Arshavin.
When Ramos arrived over a year ago, i was excited. Not because he had won several trophies in a short space of time. But because he turned Sevilla into one of the most attractive teams in Europe. Not only did they attack with quick precise football, but they worked extremely hard to win the ball. They had fighters too. But when they got the ball, they moved it quick. Thats what we need to do. We need to up the tempo of our attacking play. If theres a perfect example of how the game should be played, then take a look at Barcelona under Pep Guadiola. We all know Barca play some of the best football in the world, but its the workrate they put with it. Its proof that attacking flair does not mean you cant fight hard too.
All i'm asking is for us to fight for the right to play football. To play football the Tottenham way. Not to fight for survival.
To fight for Glory.
