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Haha. If they won they would would be posting selfies and acting like they won the league.
Apologies if posted already ..
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I just realised that our results since the restart is not as bad as I thought - (W3 D2 L1)
Win against Everton, Arsenal and West Ham
Drew against Man Utd and Bournemouth
Lost against Sheffield Utd
Its our performances that have been Dire
Its our performances that have been Dire
Man Utd is fair enough but we should beat Bournemouth and no way we should be losing to Sheffield. Also we only beat Everton due to an own goalI just realised that our results since the restart is not as bad as I thought - (W3 D2 L1)
Win against Everton, Arsenal and West Ham
Drew against Man Utd and Bournemouth
Lost against Sheffield Utd
Its our performances that have been Dire
Man Utd is fair enough but we should beat Bournemouth and no way we should be losing to Sheffield. Also we only beat Everton due to an own goal
Lucas made 10 succesful tackles, with an 85% success rate.
I would guess it means he attempted more than 10.How does that work?
He made 10 tackles today, which is more than any other tottenham player has done in any PL game for the past 4 season.
Aaron Lennon hardly made a crunching tackle in his whole career, but was the best defensive winger in the league, and always made his right back look good. If Lucas develops a bit of that it won’t do any harm.Its not like he's making crunching tackles . Its more he used his speed and intelligence to do the unexpected and surprised the Arse players.
Nice to see a bit of appreciation after unfair (imo) Aurier level abuse in recent matches . Be great if Lucas could give a couple of pointers to Sonny on tackling too.
A part of this improvement was the absolute public trashing we got after Bournemouth. I reckon it motivated the players out of their comfort zones . Hopefully that continues .
Man Utd is fair enough but we should beat Bournemouth and no way we should be losing to Sheffield. Also we only beat Everton due to an own goal
Didn’t he have a shot on target in the first minute?Myself I think 4,4,2 formation worked well and with two up front its no coincidence we had more shots on target than our normal none/one on target . As for Moura all this love for making 10 tackles well all I can say as an attacking forward if he had had a few shots on target I would be impressed . We all know that the best teams defend from the front players first .
If you are happy to have an attacking player as a front line defender almost all the time then thats OK .Then why not play a midfielder in that roll . I know I may come across as naive but I want my attackers to attack and my defenders to defend and my midfielders to be the link between attack and defence .
Moura apparently made 10 tackles he could as far as I am concerned make twice as many tackles but he is still a forward I would much rather he impress me with 10 shots on target and that is not going to happen anytime soon as I cannot remember the last time he had one shot on target .You can gather from what I have said I am not impressed with him . The best attackers do not have to go around tackling the opposition players like a raving banshee . As I say the good attacking players are occupying the defence by their attacking prowess .
So you have to decide (in my opinion ) whether you want your forwards to occupy your opponents with their attacking prowess ala Waddle Ginola Bale etc or be the type of forward the firstly defends ala Milner who was at first a winger until he realised that he was in fact a defender and not an out and out forward.
So I submit do you want Moura to spend his time slowing down the opposition with his tackling prowess or do you want Moura to spend his time putting the ball in the net and providing chances for their team mates .