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  1. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    Totally fair, but sometimes the mistakes do even out - our high pressing forces opponents into defensive mistakes, too. So the bet would be that we can score more than we concede, I guess.
  2. DubaiSpur

    Bundesliga Bonestroker Thread

    Chuffed for Leverkusen, always felt that 'Neverkusen' tag was cruel after the way they folded in 2002. Though, it is a little galling that now: - Leverkusen will have won the Bundesliga title by next weekend - Bilbao just won the Copa Del Rey, ending a 40 year trophy drought - Napoli won Serie...
  3. DubaiSpur

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest FC ***

    Remember a Celtic fan saying something at the start of the summer about Ange - "there will be a long period of struggling to get over the line, and then suddenly you'll whallop someone 5-0 and wonder 'where did that come from?'. And then it just keeps going after that." May or may not be true...
  4. DubaiSpur

    Timo Werner

    Honestly, from a tactical perspective, Werner is very valuable because he does what Ange wants, and what makes the system work - he goes down the outside, and even though he's right footed, is pretty comfortable crossing with his left. It stretches the play. Johnson on the right also works in...
  5. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    This is an interesting take. We also saw a similar trend for Conte - his first year was great, but as he drilled his system into the players the summer before last, we looked more and more drilled, laboured, uncreative. I wonder what would have happened if Conte hadn't imploded - would the...
  6. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    To be fair, whether you're good or bad at defending matters in the long slog of a league campaign. But it matters less in the frenetic one-offs that cup runs usually are. I agree this system leaves us open and we will be punished a lot over the coming years by teams hitting us where it hurts...
  7. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    I agree with you @elltrev - I'd love to hear him explain the tactical rationale behind making the full-backs into trequartistas when you could just stick another AM into the side and have him and Maddison play that role in the middle, while keeping the full backs tucked in behind them. With the...
  8. DubaiSpur

    New takeover rumours

    Yeah. Struggle to see the catchment area for those - my feeling is that women's games will eventually be moved into club stadiums anyway, and youth games don't get that much traction. Just using them as examples of where we could upgrade our own if a new owner wanted. In terms of infra...
  9. DubaiSpur

    New takeover rumours

    True. ENIC, like usual, actually were among the first to implement the idea - they owned bits of Rangers, Slavia Prague and us at one point, if I recall. Also as usual, they were outdone by other clubs with more shrewd operators and bigger pockets, but that's another story. You can feel how you...
  10. DubaiSpur

    New takeover rumours

    Well, a few ways. People have already pointed out the non-football real estate, but to me that is more a benefit for the owners, not the club. For the club - On the football infrastructure side of things, the training infrastructure could actually be upgraded - City have multiple mini-stadiums...
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    Ryan Sessegnon

    If there's a sliver of good news to this, it's that it's his other hamstring, not the one he kept injuring - he seems to think surgery has fixed that one, and for his sake I hope he's right and something similar can be done for his right hammy too. I also think he's right to point out that no...
  12. DubaiSpur

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Popping in with a few observations on his time so far. I'd like to think it's fairly objective, since, given work and personal commitments, I haven't had the time to get too invested in this season - mostly I just watch the games and then put it out of my mind. 1. I feel like Postecoglou took...
  13. DubaiSpur

    The owners - where do you sit?

    Haha, guilty as charged mate. ;) I have enjoyed it - it reminds me of the 2014/2015 season with Poch, where I had zero expectations but just enjoyed the ride. I haven't been as able to catch us as I would like - been relentlessly busy at work since late June. But I have lurked on GG...
  14. DubaiSpur

    The owners - where do you sit?

    Never - and glad you're safe and well too mate. :)
  15. DubaiSpur

    The owners - where do you sit?

    You rang? 😂 @Surfless - good question. For me, we're handicapped by the owners we have, and always will be - barely competent guppies in a sea with a lot of large, ambitious and well funded sharks. But there's little to be gained in relitigating the battles between those who see them as the be...
  16. DubaiSpur

    The owners - where do you sit?

    ;)🤫
  17. DubaiSpur

    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Chelsea OMT***

    Always, mate. Always.;) Though, I have to say, I never thought l would fall in love with a manager again the way I did with Poch. In the games I've been able to catch, Ange is fixing that hole in my heart, and for that appointment, I gotta give Levy a crap ton of credit. Still would have...
  18. DubaiSpur

    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Chelsea OMT***

    You called? ;) Sorry mate, work's kept me busy for the last few months what with the world blowing up, and I expect to be busy for some months yet. But I've missed you folks and will be back as soon as I can. In the interval, carry on - as for tonight, fudge the result, I am prouder of the...
  19. DubaiSpur

    James Maddison

    No video, but a great screencap courtesy of R/coys...
  20. DubaiSpur

    Richarlison

    One thing that performance has done for Richy is that it probably guarantees him a start next game, if he's up for it. NLD away is going to be extremely difficult and the first real test of the system Postecoglou is using. We could go with Sonny up top again, but my guess is that we would...
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