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    Hugo Lloris

    I'm really not going to go through all the Spurs message boards, but I was reading this article 5 minutes ago and again he was described as world class: http://hereisthecity.com/2012/09/14/take-note-avbfans-give-their-verdict-on-lloris-v-friedel/ I'm not saying he isn't as I haven't seen much...
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    Hugo Lloris

    I'd seen a fair bit a Friedal and the odd game of Gomes before they signed, but to be honest it was only when they were playing for us week in week out that I was really aware of the standard. The only keeper outside of Spurs I've ever kept a close eye on is Pepe Reina and that was because his...
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    Hugo Lloris

    What is your overall opinion of Lloris? Many of our fans seem to think he's world class, but to be honest I find it difficult to believe they've watched that much of France/Lyon and kept a particularly close on Lloris. So it would be interesting to hear from someone who has seen alot of him. His...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

    Also, if you look at Athletico's results last season in the games after Europa League fixtures, they played 14 and only won 17 points. That is 1.2 ppg, as opposed to 1.6 ppg in their other fixtures. That is a big difference, especially seeing as they missed out on the CL by 2 points. No one can...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

    There are always exceptions, but there is no point trying to convince ourselves the competition hold much allure for players with CL ambitions. Certainly not in this country anyway. The reward just aren't good enough. You need to play 6 games just to get out of the group stage. You can win the...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

    To be fair though he is good mates with Benny and we know he doesn't have any respect for the Europa League. I doubt our players do in general. Fans like it as it offers a chance of silverware but, to players it's almost like saying you are second tier. Look at the half arsed performances by...
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    ****OMT-Tottenham v QPR******

    A lot of that would be because we have not been behind in games that often in the last 2 years. We were definitely didn't reverse enough score lines last season, but the season before I think we were in the top 3 again, in this respect and probably actually 1st, but I can't say for sure. We were...
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I already pointed out in another thread how ridiculous this way of thinking is and isn't reflective of the manager Harry was during his reign at Spurs. It's a crazy point to make given last time we played QPR harry took off a CDM and brought on a winger at half time.
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    So is there sufficient evidence to say the AVB system that was touted by fans prior to his arrival, simply isn't reflective of the way he wants to play? This question isn't about whether the way he has us playing is good or not, so let's not get into that. But once again today we seemed to be...
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    Andre Villas-Boas - Head Coach

    Under Ramos we didn't win any of our last 8 home Prem games and looked awful in all of them. The draws with Boro, Bolton and defeat to Liverpool at the end of the 2007/8 season were probably worse that the home games at the start of the following season.
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    ****OMT-Tottenham v QPR******

    But last season we were a goal down to QPR at half time and Harry changed formation. He took off Sandro and brought on Lennon at HT. Despite that it's not as if we won today because of a great ability to change things. The second half performance was better, but in no way good and the turn...
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    ****OMT-Tottenham v QPR******

    But there is no balance at all in what you said as you've just criticized the manager whose team won the most points in the Prem from losing positions two seasons running (even though he wasn't in charge for 8 games of the 1st) for never changing it. It makes your point utterly absurd. There is...
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    ****OMT-Tottenham v QPR******

    I do now.
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    ****OMT-Tottenham v QPR******

    :)
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I only use stats to confirm what I'm saying is true. If the stats suggest otherwise I'll take another look. Check out the fist 10 mins of yesterdays games and you'll see 3 classic examples (from Lloric, Verts and Sandro) of what last season fans would have called hoof ball. The stats support we...
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I can't say your points 1-3 are wrong, but they aren't really relevant to the discussion as such, as we are literally talking about the AVB influence so far. thfcsteff has noted things that I and others haven't. As regards you long pass concern, if under either management we were hoofing the...
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    Well rather than go through each individual player which would take a while, we can just use the whole team stats and compare this with last season. We averaged 56% possession last season and the exact same figure this season. Last season 83% of our passes were short and this season 82%. This...
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    I knew you were going to say this, but if you look he wasn't pressing just prior to the moment he stole the ball. He stole the ball from the usual striker closing down the keeper, but the phase of play that led to the ball going back to the keeper Defoe didn't press until the ball had been...
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    AVB & Spurs Tactics and Formations discussion thread

    But if you look at Defoes key involvements during the game, it totally discredits this. His first effective moment came from winning a header in the air! From that we won the free kick that led to Sigs header and then Vertonghens shot. It had nothing at all to do with playing the ball on the...
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    Huddlestone

    VDV would have lots of shots from outside the area, but how many did he actually score? Does this mean he has a bad shot? In fact VDV scores from just 10% of his shots, does that mean he was poor at shooting? When he played for us Darren Bent scored with about 20% of his shots. I'm I supposed to...
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