Will there be a press conference or is this it till the next match?
Imagine if we finally get Eric Dier out the door and Harry Maguire comes walking in.
Good write up on Ange by the Athletic
Broich takes up the story:
“He sat down with me for an hour and drove straight back to the Netherlands. We had a great talk and he convinced me to come to Brisbane.
“It was a good talk but a lot of people in football talk the talk — I didn’t know he would be the guy who could pull it off. Only when I started working did I realise what a special character he was and how knowledgeable he was. By far the best footballing brain I’ve ever met in the business. It’s insane, his understanding of the game. When you play football his way it’s really tough at the beginning but it becomes so easy — you’re always one step ahead of your opposition.
“He knows exactly where you should be for every pass. It wasn’t robotic — decisions were always up to us — but the structures, patterns and movements he created were always very clear and made a lot of sense to us. Every passing drill he developed was transferable to the game. He had a lot of restrictions in training that helped us in the game. Balls above waist height weren’t allowed and that was very tough at first, but you persist and it gets easier and you start to do it on the pitch.
“He helped me with finding those little pockets, getting into those areas in between, where the opposition marks you. He was so determined to work on my turn when I received the ball. He wasn’t about having a safe first touch, sometimes even a touch towards our own goal, he wasn’t having any of that. He was forcing me to constantly scan for the next pass and to turn with my first touch, even though this might feel uncomfortable because we are taught differently when we are younger. He helped me find space and then he taught me how to make the most use of that space. How to quickly get into a penetrating position.
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Be interesting to see who his targets are and what kind of budget he has to work withBack him, Levy!
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When Slot fell through, I swore off Spurs Chat. Then I saw the news in the sports pages, checked back in, found the Next Manager thread locked, and this new one is like...
the sad thing is that would still be a huge upgradeImagine if we finally get Eric Dier out the door and Harry Maguire comes walking in.