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OMT Spurs vs Leicester City

Man of the match

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StephenH said:
was just musing on winks and you posted this!
I'm wondering if we may need to consider alternatives.
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Winks for me needs to play next to a DM, be that Dier, Wanyama or a new signing, if it was up to me he would be competing with Ndombele to play next to a out and out DM, I want to see a 4231 with essentially

.Dier/Wanyama/Skipp/ns .......Ndombele/winks
 
paxtonwolf said:
If it were Kane, Son, Alderweireld leaving along with the inevitable departure of Eriksen, then a big problem.

As it is I am clinging to the hope Kane will stay at least until he overhauls Greaves' goal tally.
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Kane would have to play into his 40s then. Because early signs are that his scoring rate is going to decrease quickly.

Either through tactics or injuries he is dropping deeper and deeper, pretty much a midfielder now.
 
SylDave said:
Winks for me needs to play next to a DM, be that Dier, Wanyama or a new signing, if it was up to me he would be competing with Ndombele to play next to a out and out DM, I want to see a 4231 with essentially

.Dier/Wanyama/Skipp/ns .......Ndombele/winks
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You don't need a DM in 4-2-3-1, that's one of its main benefits.
 
SylDave said:
What were Dier and Wanyama then? They were essentially that, they would also drop back between the cb and make it a back three when needed.
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Wanyama is a DM and it was a waste playing him there - there was room for another passer.

Dier has far more to his game than a DM.
 
SylDave said:
What were Dier and Wanyama then? They were essentially that, they would also drop back between the cb and make it a back three when needed.
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Dier is white and said he likes chess once so he isn't allowed to be called a DM iirc
 
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scaramanga said:
Wanyama is a DM and it was a waste playing him there - there was room for another passer.

Dier has far more to his game than a DM.
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Yet our best form and overall performances came with Wanyama or Dier playing, I am a firm believer that a clubs best XI players all playing in their natural positions does not equal the best team, you need the workhorses in the team as the glue.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
But the club won’t see it like that
£60m is a mega investment
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What about if players in the team are worth £80m? U leave out an 80 to play a 60? I’m not saying they are btw, I’m just challenging the logic. What u pay for someone is irrelevant to the team selection.
 
Benny_Lad said:
What about if players in the team are worth £80m? U leave out an 80 to play a 60? I’m not saying they are btw, I’m just challenging the logic. What u pay for someone is irrelevant to the team selection.
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Agreed once they are signed the fee paid should be irrelevant, players should be picked on form and chemistry, it should not matter if they cost £150m or a graduate of the academy, if their good enough and are in form they are all equal.
 
SylDave said:
Winks for me needs to play next to a DM, be that Dier, Wanyama or a new signing, if it was up to me he would be competing with Ndombele to play next to a out and out DM, I want to see a 4231 with essentially

.Dier/Wanyama/Skipp/ns .......Ndombele/winks
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I agree. As much as a like him as a passer he’s not naturally a strong DM. We are without that at the moment.
 
Benny_Lad said:
I agree. As much as a like him as a passer he’s not naturally a strong DM. We are without that at the moment.
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I have never considered him a natural defensive player, but even going back to the start of last season when we started playing the diamond, Fulham at Wembley, Man U away, it was Dembele playing at the base with Dier on the right ahead, it just makes me wonder what the game plan is and what Winks role actually is meant to be.
 
scaramanga said:
I don't think it was right. However marginal the best view - that using the technology - has him offside.
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Yeah I can't see it but there is obviously some logic or rationale there that is based on better information than human eyes watching a game at full pelt.

We've had some decisions go our way with VAR. We were unlucky today but that was always going to happen at some stage. However, I'm more concerned with the fragility and anemia we seem to have developed over the last 2 years.
 
DeanoAustin said:
Yeah I can't see it but there is obviously some logic or rationale there that is based on better information than human eyes watching a game at full pelt.

We've had some decisions go our way with VAR. We were unlucky today but that was always going to happen at some stage. However, I'm more concerned with the fragility and anemia we seem to have developed over the last 2 years.
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But the ones we had go our way we’re all correct and not marginal
Today was possibly an inch in it ... and there’s is now no attacking advantage
 
We just need to get back to playing 4-2-3-1 consistently. We have 6 players for the '3' behind the CF and some real quality there. Yet Poch seems to want to play 4-3-1-2 or with midfield diamonds which our players dont seem to be comfortable with. We played 4-2-3-1 against Palace and hammered them. Yet now we change to a diamond
 
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