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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    Re: Bad substitution two weeks in a row I believe AVB said afterwards that Sandro picked up a knock.
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    Jan Vertonghen

    Re: Jan Vertonghen official Well I do not seeing AVB playing Dawson anytime soon. Just bad timing with Kaboul's knee injury unfortunately otherwise I am sure we would look more solid.
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    Jan Vertonghen

    Re: Jan Vertonghen official Still a bit vulnerable over the top. Metalgear out of interest why do you think they are so knackered - i.e. I am asking do you think this is specific to us and any worse than usual?
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    Sandro - Beast

    Re: Is sandro as good as popular opinion suggests? There is no doubt we need a result. The press are already lining up to nail AVB and as you point out the atmosphere today was not good. The worst element of it was not necessarily the booing (bad enough), but the sense of eery quiet across the...
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    Sandro - Beast

    Re: Is sandro as good as popular opinion suggests? Yes I think he is as good as many think, but we are not playing great at the moment and we have yet to solidify our system of play. Once that is bedded down I am sure we will see Sandro doing what he does best with those around him doing what...
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    Andre Villas-Boas - Head Coach

    Re: AVB The Facts Maybe but that kind of system will need leadership from individuals beyond the manager - hence AVB as head coach. But regarding transfers would need to do a more detailed analysis of ins and outs. Sure we had some older players (two of which started today) and stop gaps but...
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    Michael Dawson

    Re: Dawson Wish I could find the transcript from AVB's last press conference, but I see no prospect of him starting Dawson, even with Kaboul out and Gallas struggling at times towards the end of games.
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    Hugo Lloris

    Has has to say that right now doesn't he? Friedel was MOTM today so hard to say anything other than positive about him. Lloris will come in soon even if it will be hard for Friedel to take (and if that happens I would say Friedel deserves to be playing regularly somewhere else such has been the...
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    Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527

    Third party ownership has been mentioned in some reports as the source of the problem - along with problematic wage negotiations. Shame this couldn't happen but always chance in January. I do think a player of Mouthino's quality would have a very significant impact on how we play and that is why...
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    Passers

    Yes. There was a lack of movement today and a lack of connection between the back 4 and midfield. Norwich also pressed us really high today, which accentuated the lack of a CM with sufficent craft to link play.
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    Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527

    Drogba is available...
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    Passers

    Something in that. AVB needs a chance to field Dembele, Dempsey etc but I would like to see Carroll play in cup and europe to get experience and prepare him for 1st team. Obviously never easy to say how someone will step up but from what I have seen of him he is a player who has that rare...
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    Let's accept it and move on

    Judging by how some of the players reacted you would think it was rocket science.
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    Just Where Are The Club Going?

    Absolutely vital that we do. Will take time and money but will pay off over the longer term. Clubs like Porto demonstrate just how effective a global scouting network that is effectively constituted can be.
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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    My view is we should start with the strongest team we have available, and that for me would have meant Ade. But AVB may think differently about what Defoe offers viz. Adebayor, Ade's fitness may have been an issue (but I'd go with Nayim's view on this), or he is trying to give the players a...
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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    Re: Bad substitution two weeks in a row The Sandro one was strange, but may be a knock of some kind. The other one was Ade on for Siggy. Not because bringing Ade on was a bad move but because it led to a shift to a 442 and a period of confusion. Ade for Defoe I could have understood. Others may...
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    Let's accept it and move on

    I agree on your first point, and actually accept the point about detail. I don't find it especially straightforward to arrive at a firm position about some of these debates. I see some very good and positive things, but then can also see elements of contrast or comparison which have enough...
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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    Funny the stat you posted (I think it was you) showed we did actually have a decent amount as you say. But the perception from watching the game seemed very different. The relationship between the players in each area of the pitch is not yet functioning particularly well and perhaps why this...
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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    That is the only reason I have mentioned the AVB of last year - not to cause a row or division but to speak to a problem as I see it. Sometimes a bit too clever when in fact the system he wants to implement is worth persisting with, particularly as we need to do what you suggest in embedding it...
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    *Official Match Thread* Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    I agree, my concern though (yours may be different?) is about timing and how the changes are made. It seems like we make a change and the whole system/structure of the team's play gets completely lost. I don't want AVB to be too rigid, but the changes he makes have to have more clarity. That may...
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