braineclipse
Willie Hall
Definitely. And (in part) thanks to Levy the Spurs part of Redknapp's career is one that can be looked back upon where he left the club in a stronger position than he found it in.
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The all new Striker thread..
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Definitely. And (in part) thanks to Levy the Spurs part of Redknapp's career is one that can be looked back upon where he left the club in a stronger position than he found it in.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
The sensible answer but not a too popular opinion on GG.
Hashegotthesackyet?
Alan Hutton
Can we keep the cheap wobbly faced man fluffy bunnies cuddling out of this thread?
Another way of looking at it is that a scatter gun approach to transfers works really well when you have someone (Levy) filtering the scatter gun approach to the point where it is indistinguishable from a targeted transfer policy.
He manages to worm his way into most threads unfortunately.
I suspect someone left the scent of a backhander and
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Like I said I think Levy's role was vital. And my initial comment was that I find it shocking how people would have wanted Redknapp to have more freedom in the transfer market considering his record.
I wouldn't call it a scatter gun approach though. He made some very good signings strengthening key areas for us as a team. In a way it was a good blueprint approach for how to deal with a squad with obvious talent and potential, but lacking in consistency and balance. Also worth noting that Redknapp changed his approach from what he had done previously at smaller clubs by going primarily for PL proven players, exactly what we needed at the time.
paxtonwolf
John White
Defoe hat-trick tonight. Apparantly not a decent 'back-up' option for us
spurs' magna carter
Ronnie Rosenthal
Remember Paxton, 'we're a top four club'....
One step at a time people, one step at a time.
One step at a time people, one step at a time.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Apologies if this has already been posted
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...y-kane-not-act-as-an-understudy-a3155476.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...y-kane-not-act-as-an-understudy-a3155476.html
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Interesting. That being the case why hasn't Son started more games alongside Harry? Also, this new "partner" for Harry does not obviate the need to find a back up for Harry. Indeed, who would this partner replace in our current set up? Eriksen, Alli or Lamela?
milo
Jack L. Jones
I think that it is most likely be someone who can do both (and also cover across the line behind Kane).
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
I wonder if we do get a new striker who can play in Harry's place (during rotation, when Harry's in poor form) AND/OR alongside him, would it mean we could play the kind of formation Liverpool did when they nearly won the title two years ago?
Was that a 4-1-3-2? Thoughts?
Was that a 4-1-3-2? Thoughts?
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Definitely interesting.
Alli effectively functions as the "alongside Harry" player. Average positional maps often has him ahead of Kane... Just because he's not defined as a striker doesn't mean he's not playing the role, or a similar role, a recognized striker would have played in our team. Comes back to discussions about formations...
Son has played in that attacking midfield trio when fit and on form. He's not started more because Alli and Lamela in particular have been very good. And Eriksen, while not on top form, has a lot of quality and letting him find his form though games is a solid plan.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
I don't think a drastic change in formation like that is beneficial for us at this point. Son is seemingly Kane's primary replacement at the moment, particularly with Clinton. We can easily use Son in our current line-up with Kane in the side. I imagine that's what Pochettino wants in any new striker coming in, the ability to fit into our current system with Kane in there too.
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
Do you mean you don't think we will exercise an option in certain games to play two strikers?
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
We def need a plan B to Kane, no doubting his record but there is a need to spice it up
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Sure. Most likely with a 4-4-2 type formation, similar to what we've played in the past. Fairly smooth transition from our current 4-3-2-1 to a more 4-4-2 type formation. A move to a 4-1-3-2 formation seems a lot more likely to get messy defensively and our defensive solidity has been very important this season. It was certainly very fragile defensively for Liverpool and we would be asking for very different jobs from the "3" in the midfield/attacking midfield roles. Perhaps if we're chasing a game towards the end we could see something like that, but I really doubt we'd start with a system well described as a 4-1-3-2. (not to say I couldn't be flat out wrong of course).
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
Defoe is goals, pure and simple, people can argue the toss but you can package him and Berbatov in different clothes but goals are goals, Defoes record in this league is unreal,,,
Bullet
Luka Modric
His first 2 were offside and he was playing an out of form team chasing the game with 10 men most of the game!