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  1. NYSpur

    Ange in or out?

    My previously expressed concern about our defensive structure remains. As the injury crisis eases, it was noticeable that we are back to the two at the back, full backs up the field formation. It continues to give our opponent great opportunities when we lose the ball. Ipswich had great chances...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    I think it can give a team unpredictability
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    Our inability to maintain any control at any time is our undoing. Ange's chaos theory is, well, chaotic and not in a good way.
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    Two poor sides. Astronomical amount of misplaced passes. Very little quality. Our tackling is often poor --- knife through butter when anyone dribbles at us. Hard to find bright spots or signs of recovery. As others note, if Forster is our best performer, that says it all.
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    Ange in or out?

    I have moved into the out camp as I just cannot get passed the absence of a structure to our play to prevent all of our opponents from getting excellent chances. One can only conclude that Ange believes that we can outscore our opponents because we almost always concede. As I noted elsewhere, if...
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    The case for the defence

    Answering my own question, from an article in 2022 after a title win: MISERLY DEFENCE No side has scored more than two goals against Celtic in any one league game this term. Aside from the 20 clean sheets, there have been 14 single-goal efforts against the Hoops and only four two-goal games by...
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    The case for the defence

    As that link notes, "Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their past 22 Premier League home games (4-0 against Everton this season), in a run which started with a 4-1 loss against Chelsea in November 2023." Once again the "sliding doors" Chelsea game! Fundamentally, this is...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Sad to say that a few games on and the issues remain and are even more stark due to the injuries. I just feel that any dip in performance is not permitted by the system Ange employs. Today a 5-0 drubbing would not have been unreasonable because we always allow good chances. When we are fit and...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I agree. The huge number games that we have conceded the first goal is unacceptable if you have aspirations in this league. We are just so vulnerable playing the way we do. We can point to promising stats and good performances, but when you are 11 games in and have lost to 3 of the bottom 6, two...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    For me there is a worrying lack of progress. We always look vulnerable even when faced with basic hoof ball like we saw today. Instead we have regressed from the start last year. Also worrying lack of ideas in the second half. It would be hard to be as bad as we were in the second half of the...
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    Lessons from Bill Nick

    My reference is to the counters. Clear examples Saudi Sportswashing Machine (away) both this year and last. But I agree that there does appear to have been a tweak, perhaps with the full backs holding a more defensive posture. But the on the halfway line high line remains a source of concern where we rely on...
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    Lessons from Bill Nick

    With our defensive issues, a comment in The Glory Game by Bill Nick has been resonating with me. I went back to find it and found a couple of pertinent extracts (I tried to attach in jpg format but it says they are too large -- any suggestions to shrink/attach and I will do so). In one, he...
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    OMT: Might Spurs v Coventry Wednesday 18 September, kick-off 8pm

    I agree. At the moment, once the opposition is set in their defensive shape, having the full backs come inside adds to the congestion there. The reluctance or inability of the wingers to get to the bye line then leads to the recycling and general toothlessness. 75% possession and no shots, on or...
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    Brennan Johnson

    I am still trying to process why, in the first half, after tracking back and retrieving the ball from the Leicester defender, he failed to run towards the Leicester end, checking back and losing the ball to the recovering defender. As my son said, Bale in a similar circumstance would have used...
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    Pre Season 2024

    When you hear that Bayern are a couple of weeks behind us in preparation, that must increase concerns.
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    Pre Season 2024

    Awfully troubling when we appear to have the same vulnerability that was part of our poor run at the end of last season. 2 more goals from set pieces. Is Ange going to say he isn’t bothered because it still looks like we are not improving in that area. Concede against Bayern last week as we play...
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    They grow up so quickly.... and leave

    He was indeed --- photo with my son getting his autograph
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    They grow up so quickly.... and leave

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    Rodrigo Bentancur

    Good to see him scoring in the shoot out with a calmly taken penalty. Always feel that you get a clear picture of a players mentality in such circumstances. If you can stay calm and execute (even if you do not score) it suggests that you may be one to rely on in clutch situations.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    First NLD for my sons and first for me since ? 1991 semi final? I came to the States in 1992 and even though I have probably been to 20 odd games since, I don’t think it has been vs the South Londoners. Strangely I have seen multiple games against Chelsea and W. Ham. Hoping that we turn up and...
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