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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    I think it would be worse now with two games a week. But I think we'll see some significant changes to the squad in the summer. So I don't think it will necessarily be worse with more games next season.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    Going behind early against a very good team. The team with the best defensive record in the league. I think matching(or slightly outperforming) them on xG in those circumstances is pretty good. It would be good if he could have fixed some of those issues already. I think most of those are...
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    James Maddison

    Would not surprise me one bit. He's not the player he was earlier in the season.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Said this in another thread too, but I think perhaps it's also a squad buildup issue. We're a bit short and don't have a lot of players that are really aggressive or dominant physically on the air. Even a really effective set piece specialist may not replicate what the best set piece teams do...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    It's probably partly a coaching issue. I think it's also partly a squad buildup issue. We're a bit short and not a lot of our players are aggressive in how they deal with stuff in the air from set pieces. Think some of them can improve, but we're still a bit short even if they do. Doubt we'll...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    I think he has already addressed or prevented many Achilles heels. I wouldn't expect us to be Achilles heel free at the end of his first season. Him downplaying the need for a set piece specialist is slightly concerning perhaps? But I think he's earned the benefit of the doubt about finding...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Spot on imo. There's nothing to indicate that this system won't be significantly better with better players. We have some fantastic players. But the first team and the squad aren't up to the required level yet. We've known this for a long time.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    History suggests that we haven't been in this situation for very long so history can't tell us that much about what will happen.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Comparisons to Poch surely also has to take into account the quality of the best teams in the league at that time compared to now. It takes time. Like it did for Poch, Arteta, Klopp. There's so much to be optimistic and happy about. Some of the football we're playing is breathtaking. We're...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal FC ***

    Overall a strong performance against a very good team imo. An own goal, set piece goal and a counter attack. We hit the post, marginal offside goal, should have had another penalty. Son one on one. Kept trying, got back into the game from a really difficult position. Really disappointing to...
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    Timo Werner

    I think Son is significantly better suited to the central striker role than to the wide left role in this system. He does have weaknesses in that role, as almost all players have. I think some of those weaknesses can be compensated for by improvements elsewhere. Kulusevski I agree is a bit of...
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    Rodrigo Bentancur

    Didn't he play the DM role in the Villa game before Cash crashed into him. Was excellent up until then I thought. Think it's a bit early to make statements about where Ange rates him. May also be other options, us only really having Sarr for the box to box role, PEH and Bissouma for the DM role.
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    ***TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs Saudi Sportswashing Machine OMT***

    Hojbjerg or Bissouma and Bentancur or Sarr I think are the two positions that look most likely to be changed. I think Ange will stick with Bissouma though personally I wouldn't be against starting Hojbjerg. Think the Bentancur/Sarr decision is closer for Ange.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest FC ***

    It did take those two nutmegs. But at the point the attacker can fairly easily bypass VdV after Udogie and Bissouma failed to track the runner we're in real trouble. Took two nutmegs, but there's a lot of ways that ends up as a goal and we have to do better in those situations. Udogie, Bissouma...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Agreed with all of that. And worth remembering that for me at least we have some elite players that could play anywhere essentially without being significantly worse than the players at the very best clubs around. But we also have players that definitely wouldn't be starters at the best clubs...
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    Timo Werner

    Playing really well. If we prioritise that position come the summer I think we should be able to sign someone even better, but he's proving really useful and I would like us to keep him.
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    Rodrigo Bentancur

    Yeah, getting there. Still not at his best, but really good none the less. More to come from him, but time will tell if it's this season or next.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    No idea what Ange's rationale would be of curse. What is pretty much the norm is to get some kind of 2-3-5/3-2-5 shape in settled attacking phases. Many ways of going about that, but keeping both full backs tucked in behind, fairly deep and fairly wide is only an option if you then have a...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Very happy, very impressed. Love the system including the downsides most of the time. I think we can improve with the current crop of players getting another preseason, for some of them a year of experience, and from getting further settled into this system and into a unit. But we'll hopefully...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest FC ***

    Good game overall. Like others disappointed with how we conceded and how we responded to that. But good to see us bounce back with a strong second half, helps to have good players on the bench. Udogie rightfully getting criticism for the goal, but also think both Bissouma and VdV could and...
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