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  1. mudshark

    Guglielmo Vicario

    I accept that's the case. At the same time, I don't think we're at a stage of being press-resistant enough to be taking those sorts of risks 20 yards from goal. Far from it.
  2. mudshark

    Guglielmo Vicario

    That sounds great if you say it real fast, but the idea only makes sense if the movement triggered in said attackers draws them towards Gray and away from the other two, rather than closer to all three of them (and more importantly, as it turns out, to our goal). I think, in this particular...
  3. mudshark

    Guglielmo Vicario

    I agreed with Carragher's take. Even if Vicario hadn't played it to Gray's weaker foot and he'd managed to pop it off first time, where was he going to go with it, other than to Romero or van de Ven, either of whom Vicario could have passed to more safely in the first place—instead of inviting...
  4. mudshark

    *** Tottenham Hotspur Vs Forest *** OMT

    I was going to make the very same comment. It was his biggest selling-point as far as I was concerned, his rep for being tactically flexible and able to pivot from one system to another in-game, so it's been a big disappointment that we've seen such precious little evidence of it in action. It's...
  5. mudshark

    Micky van de Ven

    No, I didn't miss that, but what else would he say? I mean, how else would it ever have worked, "in meetings"? Were van de Ven and Romero going to start doing the team talks? It was clearly instigated by the players themselves. They gave him the "permission" he needed to abandon all his...
  6. mudshark

    Xavi Simons

    We are the opposite of press-resistant.
  7. mudshark

    ENIC

    I think that was "Head of Football Matters." All we need now is the "Grand Pooh-Bah of Football Manoeuvres," and we'll be all set.
  8. mudshark

    Micky van de Ven

    That's because it never was an evolution; it was a step-change instigated by two senior players, because they knew that, if left to his own devices, the manager would end up losing them the trophy. I thought that was quite explicit in the interview.
  9. mudshark

    Micky van de Ven

    The bit from around 43:10, where he talks about just "walking through" ... has Frank impressed on them that's not what they're supposed to be doing in the actual games?
  10. mudshark

    *** Tottenham Hotspur Vs Forest *** OMT

    It's definitely not the way I envisaged things going, but I would argue our league position could actually be more precarious than last season's. As many have pointed out, last term's bottom three pretty much always looked doomed regardless, so we never really looked vulnerable to the black swan...
  11. mudshark

    *** Tottenham Hotspur Vs Forest *** OMT

    I'd stick with your original 'tons', rather than adopt the metric unit, as I think the expressions, 'tons on here' or 'a ѕhit-ton of people' would predate mertrification. 1 ѕhit-tonne (1000 kg) ≅ 2200 lb 1 ѕhit-ton (long, UK) = 2240 lb 1 ѕhit-ton (short, US) = 2000 lb 1 ѕhit-tonne ≅ 0.9842...
  12. mudshark

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I assume "...not a quick fix" is code for "I need players."
  13. mudshark

    *** Tottenham Hotspur Vs Forest *** OMT

    If I had to place a bet on where we'll finish, at this point I'd probably say 14th. Finally getting the likes of Kuluševski and Maddison back might lift us a few places higher (I don't honestly see Solanke having a major impact on things) and .there's always the hope we might bring one or two in...
  14. mudshark

    *** Tottenham Hotspur Vs Forest *** OMT

    I think it was that accidental period where the players still didn't quite understand his "philosophy", so they were still getting into defensive positions sometimes out of habit and managing to look like they had a clue as footballers ;)
  15. mudshark

    ***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 8:15pm Tuesday 2nd Dec. ***

    Fingers crossed.
  16. mudshark

    ***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 8:15pm Tuesday 2nd Dec. ***

    I just think we need to own and use the middle of the park more. We need an old-fashioned midfield general in the side: a Mickey Hazard type character. We haven't had that for fuсking ages. Bentancur might be supposed to be that player, but he just isn't.
  17. mudshark

    ***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 8:15pm Tuesday 2nd Dec. ***

    Somehow clawing it back twice with your main CB assuming centre-forward duties ... it's entertaining for the neutral (I expect the sight of Richarlison arriving in the box about 3 seconds too late for the first was particularly amusing), but these performances are just bewildering to me. Frank's...
  18. mudshark

    ***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 8:15pm Tuesday 2nd Dec. ***

    So far, this has looked like the football equivalent of two drunks swinging at each other in a pub car park.
  19. mudshark

    ***Official Match Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 8:15pm Tuesday 2nd Dec. ***

    I recognise Wenger and Redknapp; who are the ones in the middle?
  20. mudshark

    ***OMT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC V fulham...Sat 29th (today FFS!) 8pm - BTW HAPPY BIRTHDAY FERNADEZ'S OLDEST KID***

    You do feel there's something up. There'a a video online, I think posted by that Cowlin guy, of Frank walking onto the pitch after the final whistle Saturday: he goes and shakes hands with the ref and linesmen, then he seems to spend more time interacting with the Fulham players (handshakes...
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