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  1. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    A target man is very dangerous against a high line. If the defenders don't win their aerial 50/50's then the target man is simply looping the ball into the space between the defence and goal. We used to do if very effectively with Mido. I'd imagine that would be a key part of Pulis plan against...
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    Just Where Are The Club Going?

    I don't think that's true about Levy and Harry. Kemsley wanted him, but Levy himself said he'd come close to appointing Harry a couple of times in the past, but things got in the way. Also remember the Glen Johnson incident. Levy called Harry to ask his opinion, even though he had a coach and D...
  3. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    They do. I think I do. But I think you are looking in the wrong place. If AVB does fail, will you consider totally reviewing how you view football and what are the keys to success? I think that is an important question, as this is the second time in recent years we've replaced a successful...
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    Just Where Are The Club Going?

    I don't think there was really a problem between Levy and Harry. Harry himself said he never had any problems with Levy. The usual excuse about lying doesn't wash here, as he never had anything to gain by saying this and in the past he's been prepared to speak about his issues with chairman...
  5. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    There is too much to go through, so I'll focus on the Ancelotti part. yes he's won a lot of trophies, but at clubs that historically win a lot of trophies. he was head coach and not manager when working in Italy. As I pointed out to you, he won 2 titles in 10 years with Milan and Juve. You say...
  6. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I agree it's which you believe should inform which. But feel the arguments are massively more in favour of playing in a way that suits the players. If you can have you pick of the best players in the world, then there is an argument that you can buy to suit a specific way of playing. But for the...
  7. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    If you look at the formations themselves and the tactics you employ within them are all or should be reflective of the players you have. The players should mould the formation/tactics, not the other way round. That is just common sense and I think I can put forward a good reason why. A clubs...
  8. J

    Just Where Are The Club Going?

    Only if you assume he is a good tactician or that tacticians in general make good managers. Basically your statement makes it sound as if tacticians are good, when of course a tactical manager has every chance of being rubbish. Just because a manager prefers a more tactical approach, doesn't...
  9. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    You may strongly disagree about Bale, but he had a player of the talent of Robben, but never took him to the heigths of being named POTY. The Robben we saw at Chelsea was the same level of huge talent we saw PSV. It wasn't until he moved to Bayers that he scored in double figures, before that he...
  10. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    When we add the "next level coaching" to the "AVB system" and the revitalized scouting network, the rest of the league might as well not bother turning up! Out of interest given that Ancelotti won 2 titles in 10 years with Juventus and Milan, what makes you think he'd have won it for us? In the...
  11. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I'm quite curious as to who you would describe as a "next level" coach. Can you give me a couple of examples?
  12. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    But that is about players and not style. It's why we looked to by Cazorla and Mata. Players like Lennon, Bale and Adebayor just aren't suited to playing in tight spaces. Their main skill sets are more physical, as opposed to technical. To break down teams who sit back, you need players who can...
  13. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    Am I the only one he thought we used to win the ball back comparatively early anyway? Now chalkboards have gone is there any other site where we can see what areas we were winning the ball back last season and compare that to Chelsea under AVB and us so far this season? I keep reading about us...
  14. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I don't not believe in certain ways of playing, I just think system is a bad word and think Defoe has used a poor description by using it. The word system to me seems to rigid. But really that is just semantics and why i said I'm probably being too fussy. So I'm not saying we aren't trying to...
  15. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I don't think systems as such really exist. I cringe when I read about "the AVB system." It makes everything seem to robotic. I don't think football is a particularly systematic game. Maybe I'm being fussy and over critical, but all we are really talking about is a formation and within that the...
  16. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    That didn't happen against the good teams though. It's the bottom half that play that way against us and they do that against all the better teams. The reason you particularly noticed it was because it was during a frustrating period when we couldn't buy a win, but this included many games...
  17. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    We were a possession side though. We had the 5th highest possession stats in the league! There is no point saying we weren't, when we were. It's a fact! We had the 5th highest amount of possession and made the second highest amount of chances. So we certainly didn't pass the ball aimlessly...
  18. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    This isn't to do with just this post per se, but your posting in general. I think you really place far too much emphasis on what you think are tactical/system based changes or instructions, to the point you lose sight of what is really happening. You massively over complicate things and talk...
  19. J

    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    We already were a possession team. The only way we could realistically look to improve our possession is to pass the ball in our own half. But I don't think that is the right way to go. So far my biggest worry of the AVB regime is the amount of passes our defenders have. This isn't due to...
  20. J

    Michael Dawson

    Re: Dawson Look for yourself, I'm not listing them. Wolves was the only Prem goal we conceded with him on the pitch after the City game.
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