Spurs (h) pre-match thread

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

-----------------------Bravo-------------------
-----Otamendi---Kompany---Stones-------
-------------------Fernando--------------------
Sterling---KDB-----------Silva--------Sane
-----------Aguero-------Jesus--------------

Go at it from the off, Jesus off for Kelechi after 60 minutes.

Imagine that side with Fernandinho instead of Fernando once he's eligible. Mouth watering.

3 at the back would be suicidal. that team has almost no defensive cover against spurs - one of the best attacking teams.

 

[waspish]

3 at the back would be suicidal. that team has almost no defensive cover against spurs - one of the best attacking teams.

Nahh it will push there fullbacks back if we keep at it pressuring them but we would need to take our chances

 

[SWP's back]

Nahh it will push there fullbacks back if we keep at it pressuring them but we would need to take our chances

Agreed. 352 would be my choice as well. It's not like our full backs are remotely decent this season anyway.

 

[Primativ]

Nahh it will push there fullbacks back if we keep at it pressuring them but we would need to take our chances

Do you really think Sane and Sterling are going to push Rose and Walker back? It's much more likely Rose and Walker will dominate them both and you'll be pinned back, with Sterling and Sane acting as defenders which would be a recipe for disaster. Rose and Walker are tailor made for the wing back role. Sane and Sterling are not wing backs. That formation will not end well.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Nahh it will push there fullbacks back if we keep at it pressuring them but we would need to take our chances

maybe, but everytime we've tried 3 at the back, its not been great. if we do we need sterling and sane to be getting back and defending, which they dont usually do. rose and walker are the best attacking full backs in the league so its a risk imo.

 

[domalino]

Nahh it will push there fullbacks back if we keep at it pressuring them but we would need to take our chances

Do you really think Sane and Sterling are going to push Rose and Walker back? It's much more likely Rose and Walker will dominate them both and you'll be pinned back, with Sterling and Sane acting as defenders which would be a recipe for disaster. Rose and Walker are tailor made for the wing back role. Sane and Sterling are not wing backs. That formation will not end well.

Exactly what Pep tried successfully against Chelsea, despite people saying it wouldn't work. It did, we pushed Moses and Alonso right back into their own half and they did nothing until Sané came off.

Like vs. Chelsea, we are the home team, we will dominate possession, and Walker and Rose will have to drop deep because of the sheer pace of Sané and Sterling.

That's the only way to defend against players faster than you, so it's literally their only option, otherwise any ball in behind them leads to a 3v3 at the back.

As for the wingers defending - people said the same before Chelsea and yet Sané was brilliant when he had to defend and Raheem has always been one of the hardest working players we have in defence - usually makes it back before the fullbacks when we get countered.

Only change I'd make is I'd prefer 3241 like we saw earlier in the season.

 

[domalino]

maybe, but everytime we've tried 3 at the back, its not been great. if we do we need sterling and sane to be getting back and defending, which they dont usually do. rose and walker are the best attacking full backs in the league so its a risk imo.

That's just blatantly not true. It worked vs. Chelsea, and it was brilliant vs. Everton - a performance Koeman said was the best he'd ever faced as a manager.

 

[Marvin]

----------------Bravo
Sagna--Kompany--Oramendi--Kolarov
---------KDB----Silva
Sane-Sterling--Aguero--jesus

With fullbacks pushed up. I know it's very attacking but I'd still do it. As long as we score more than the opposition it doesn't matter and that front 6 is as good as any team in world football

If we can't defend, lets at least play to our strengths rather than see our attacking compromised by trying to shore the defence up
--

 

[Primativ]

Exactly what Pep tried successfully against Chelsea, despite people saying it wouldn't work. It did, we pushed Moses and Alonso right back into their own half and they did nothing until Sané came off.

Like vs. Chelsea, we are the home team, we will dominate possession, and Walker and Rose will have to drop deep because of the sheer pace of Sané and Sterling.

That's the only way to defend against players faster than you, so it's literally their only option, otherwise any ball in behind them leads to a 3v3 at the back.

As for the wingers defending - people said the same before Chelsea and yet Sané was brilliant when he had to defend and Raheem has always been one of the hardest working players we have in defence - usually makes it back before the fullbacks when we get countered.

Only change I'd make is I'd prefer 3241 like we saw earlier in the season.

Hold on, are you saying Sterling and Sane are faster than Rose and Walker? I highly doubt it. They may be equal but I find it very hard to believe that Sane and Sterling are that much faster than Walker or Rose which would necessitate both have to drop deep because they are scared of being caught out. You make it sound like Walker and Rose have the pace of Gary Neville. I've never seen Walker or Rose beaten for pace by any attackers.

By the way, Moses and Alonso aren't fit to lace the boots of Walker and Rose a wing backs, as was evident when Spurs beat Chelsea 2 nil.

 

[domalino]

Hold on, are you saying Sterling and Sane are faster than Rose and Walker? I highly doubt it. They may be equal but I find it very hard to believe that Sane and Sterling are that much faster than Walker or Rose which would necessitate both have to drop deep because they are scared of being caught out. You make it sound like Walker and Rose have the pace of Gary Neville. I've never seen Walker or Rose beaten for pace by any attackers.

By the way, Moses and Alonso aren't fit to lace the boots of Walker and Rose a wing backs, as was evident when Spurs beat Chelsea 2 nil.

What? Yes, they are both quite clearly faster than Rose and Walker respectively.

And you clearly didn't watch the Spurs Chelsea game then, because the 2 pairs of wingbacks were equal, which is why they targeted Azpilicueta's height. Just because Spurs won the game doesn't mean that every Spurs player was better than their counterpart.

Edit -Oh hang on, I see. You're a Spurs fan, that makes sense.

In that case, sure pal, no one is faster than Rose and Walker, no one. They are the best fullbacks in the world.