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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Yeah, sorry, wasn't clear enough. I was very much agreeing with you. Just with the addition that to do that you have to also be really good at pressing. This is not new. Stoke did the same for 20-25 minutes back in the day and we always struggled. Bournemouth just do it better for longer. And...
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    Brennan Johnson

    Agreed with both these posts. Though a bit tok early to say if he can be effective on the left or not. I kinda think he can. Don't judge Modric on his ability to win headers is spot on. Some players are such that the game conditions barely matter, they'll be good almost regardless of tactics...
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    Lookman linked????

    Simons can also play on the left. That could perhaps also give us enough overall ball progression and creativity to make Johnson a viable option in the centre as you say. Bit of a Dele role.
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    Richarlison

    No. But if he struggles at that, but also gets useful service he can thrive on he wouldn't have a "shocker". We know that with long hopeful half accurate balls up to him against PL defenders who are very much expecting that and set up to deal with that he'll struggle to hold the ball up. He's...
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    Brennan Johnson

    Our biggest problem was not being able to progress the ball imo. We had the majority of possession, but essentially never got it into dangerous areas until they dropped off because they can't press like that for 90 minutes. Offer little to no attacking threat and imo no amount of great...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Pure speculation on my part. I don't think he expected Bournemouth to shut off our right hand side to that extent. Or at the least if he expected that we had no fallback option ready to adjust to that. I also think he expected us to get more joy out of going direct, like we did against City. We...
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    Richarlison

    Will be a very different game I think and one where we should be able to play to Richarlison's strengths. For the Bournemouth game I don't think Tel would have done significantly better.
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    Richarlison

    Typical that he has a shocker when we give him essentially no useful service. What he's also good at that doesn't require service is generating chaos from difficult situations. But getting something useful out of that requires us having players and runs around and beyond him, we didn't really...
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    Tactics Thread

    Very much agreed. Players not being available was a problem. Maddison, Kulusevski and Simons. All would have helped in a game like that. Could have started Bergvall, Gray and/or Odobert. But can understand him not going for them. I think with the players starting there could have been tactical...
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    Xavi Simons

    With zero shots in the first half and us very consistently struggling to progress the ball in any meaningful way leading to turnovers for them I fully agree. There's no viable plan to make that work. We need to be able to attack ourselves and get the ball forward. Not even to the point of...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Would there have been 1-2 "perfect football" moments leading to a chance or two? Maybe, possibly. Would there be another handful of situations where we at least managed to progress the ball without it being perfect football. I think so. That would give us some decent attacking situations when...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    The best pressing comes from fitness, willingness, being drilled. Having players suited to it and then a well planned strategy based on the opposition and various eventualities. That often requires some sacrifices with regards to other attributes. Their solution to that is to just go direct a...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Think Simons has that same "I'm going to make something happen", play with risk and ambition mentality for sure.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Don't think Tel or Udogie make much of a difference earlier. Odobert maybe a bit, but not by much. He's not that player yet at least.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Get a technical creative 10 in there to get the ball into the space between the lines to then feed Johnson in a game like that and he's a real threat imo. But him receiving the ball under pressure facing the wrong way just isn't going to bring any joy. This was the case against Burnley and City...
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    Richarlison

    He needs service or chaos imo. We gave him no service and to create chaos he needs more teammates around him to help with that. He's not the player to single handedly hold the ball up and create from there.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    To me we have several players in the squad now who are very good in those situations (Kudus, Maddison and Simons). And several others who do well, but more depending on the situation perhaps (Kulusevski, Bergvall, Solanke, maybe Gray and Odobert). But having only one of those on the pitch at...
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    Destiny Udogie

    Great to have him back and thought he looked lively and confident. Still think we need Porro in the team and that Porro and Kudus look like a really good combination. But all 3 should get loads of game time.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Johnson on the left isn't a problem in itself imo. What you say about only having one player in midfield and attack capable of receiving the ball (under pressure and then doing something useful/progressive) definitely is. Shut that player down, shut us down. Same as when we only had Maddison...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Was frustrating for sure and whatever we tried we couldn't find solutions to get forward well.
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