The Moonlit Knight
Banned
Almost any team that plays open football against us is asking for trouble, especially if we play our favoured 4-4-2 with Lennon/Bale on the flanks and VDV+1 up top.
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**** TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Swansea Rovers FC ****** Official Match Thread
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Lennon is having the most productive goalscoring season yet (1 goal every 4 games).
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Agree with this and this team if everyone fit
GlennGoddle
Andy Sinton
Agreed.
I can't see Lennon starting (hope he does) but I think we will smash Swansea. Space everywhere. 5-1
spasm
Gudni Bergsson
cue 0-0 draw
awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
I'd start with Ade up front by himself and VdV on the right of a five man midfield. Get a couple of goals up and then go 442 with Lennon on the right.
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
That's gonna be the hard part.
I don't think Swansea are gonna be there for the taking.
The idea that we should roll them over just because they play an 'open' game is laughable. They aren't Saudi Sportswashing Machine. They more resemble Arsenal.
They will be closing us down all over the pitch and pressing us. They'll probably end up having most of the possession as well.
If we win this, it will be down to our players working their arses off to stop them in the same way Everton did.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Exactly. Assuming Swansea will be easier to play against just because they play good football is asking for trouble. They are a very, very dangerous side, and can hurt us if we let them have even a bit of space.
I think the approach when playing them is this; tell the players to play as they would if they were playing against us. How do you stop Tottenham? Quite similarly, how do you stop Swansea? What works for one will probably work for the other.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Other than the centre backs I would start an unchanged team from the Bolton game.
Kingdawson
Banned
I just woke up from a dream that the match finished 0-0. Was frustrated as hell too.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Just has to be:
-------------Friedel
Walker--Gallas--Kaboul--BAE
---Parker--Sandro--Modric
----vdV--------------Bale
-------------Ade
again, unless Lennon is fit again.
-------------Friedel
Walker--Gallas--Kaboul--BAE
---Parker--Sandro--Modric
----vdV--------------Bale
-------------Ade
again, unless Lennon is fit again.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Agreed, except Livermore for me, instead of Sandro or Lennon, even if fit.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
I agree. They play good attacking football and very often try to build from the back, but they defend as a unit, get men behind the ball and are quite solid at the back.
The only real situation where they are "open" are when they get counter attacks against them, since they build from the back so often they sometimes give away some guilt-edged counter attacking opportunities. Everton exploited that quite well when they beat Swansea.
I hope so. I think Livermore and Parker (/Sandro) offer more going forward than Sandro and Parker with a relatively small loss defensively, especially if we field a 3 man midfield with Modric in it.
