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The best Spurs team of all time - number 10, attacking midfielder, second striker
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Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
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inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
Players I have seen.... Gazza, ginola, Bale, Teddy, Ghod
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
4 names stand out for me as specialists in this position:
1) Alan Gilzean
2) Martin Peters
3) John White
4) Rafa van der Vaart
I think we have about 15 players I'd suggest for the #9 position which Greaves will win, but none of them I'd really class as a 'second striker' (including Sheringham)
Gilzean will get my vote anyway - the front pairing has to be the 'G-men'.
1) Alan Gilzean
2) Martin Peters
3) John White
4) Rafa van der Vaart
I think we have about 15 players I'd suggest for the #9 position which Greaves will win, but none of them I'd really class as a 'second striker' (including Sheringham)
Gilzean will get my vote anyway - the front pairing has to be the 'G-men'.
This.
The only possible discussion here could have been if Hoddle hadn't already been picked or if we were talking about Bale playing in the middle (but I'm fairly sure he'll be on the left).
I don't think Hoddle in the 10 role would be on the ball enough in the modern game.
I'd rather have him as the deep-lying playmaker where he'd be more able to find space to work in. A player of his calibre could easily know when to get forward too so we'd see enough of him further up.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
if he was playing it wouldn't be the modern game, it would step up to his level
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Gascoigne only played this role in his last few months for us. For most of his time with us he was a CM in a 4-4-2 alongside Howells/Samways/Nayim, while Stewart or Walsh played in the hole behind Lineker.
It was only during 90/91 that we switched to 4-5-1, with Stewart converting to DM, and Gascoigne being given more licence to get up closest to Lineker.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It was the most baffling media myth about Keane that he was a #10. He played in front of all his striker partners (Kanoute, Mido, Berbatov)
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
Maybe I'm being stoopeeeeed but is there anywhere where we can see who has already been picked?
That's irrelevant. In a 4-2-3-1 which is being picked here I would play Hoddle as a deep playmaker (as someone above said) and Gazza further forwards in the no 10 role
Disagree, don't think its a myth at all. He dropped deep a lot, he played further forward when long balls are played to the big striker ie Berbs and then Keane feeds off of him. He was still a no.10....
Agreed, could the opening post also start with a summary of the team so far please, @milo ?
I don't think he was a no 10 at all - he roamed around a lot (deep, wide, across the line) as well as occupying the position up top but from a creative perspective, he wasn't remotely close to that which you often expect from a no 10. If you look at other 'no 10s', whether people like Zola, Bergkamp and Sheringham from years gone by, or the likes of Eriksen etc today, Keane didn't have anything close to their creativity. In fact, his passing was pretty poor
milo
Jack L. Jones
@Bedfordspurs @Pandy
I am on my phone so please forgive the sloppy formatting. The team so far is
GK - Jennings
RB - Perryman
CB - King
CB - Mabbutt
LB - Knowles
CM - Hoddle
CM - Mackay
RWF - Jones
AM - ?
LWF - ?
CF - ?
Id certainly say he was creative - he created several of his goals himself for starters...not saying he was overly creative but to say he isn't is harsh. You don't have to box people into certain numbers but to me he was more a 10 than a 9....