The e-Spurs Daily Dose 03.09.13

Catch the e-Spurs Daily Dose each night at 9pm! Tonight's Dose by Matt Tumminia

Just a quick run-down….

Hello friends. Are we all feeling a little bit better today, knowing that we did not have to scramble around for last minute signings? I know I feel great as I can say, without any doubt, that we had the best window of all the teams in the league while our red neighbours dropped an absurd amount of money for a luxury signing, all to appease the mob that is the fans of Arsenal. We signed no less than 6 full internationals, Soldado being the one that isn’t picked often as Spain like that whole 4-6-0 formation, and now it is just a matter of time before we start the beat downs. But with every sunny day, there is that one or two clouds that cause a few moments of sadness, these moments consisted of hearing about Benny and Tom Carroll going on loan to QPR to play under that master tactician, Harry Redknapp.

Diary of a Douchebag

 

Readers of my work know of my hatred towards this man as he conveniently forgot our loyalty towards him in his darkest hour, pimping himself out for a chance to sip from the poisoned chalice known as the England job while we capsized. I do not like his arrogance, I do not like his lack of tactical awareness, and I do not like anything about this man as he is nothing more than a used car salesman to me. This may offend some people, but just like mine is an opinion, so is yours and everyone has one. I would take AVB’s foot over ever seeing Harry back at the Lane unless it was as an opposing manager on the receiving end of a 5 nil thrashing, which I am sure he will be sometime this year as he will again pimp himself out to the first PL club to sack their manager.

I Heart Benny and Tom

Anyway, Benny going there is sad as I love the guy with his nonchalant attitude and admittance that football is nothing more than a job. Such honesty in any industry is rare, but I do wish him the best for his career. He will always be welcomed back to the Lane. Carroll, on the other hand, should not have to drop down to the Championship and be forced to play in the same side that employs thugs and scumbags such as Joey Barton, Karl Henry and Richard Dunne. I find it hard to believe that a kid with so much talent and potential could not get 20-30 matches playing at Crystal Palace or Fulham. Hell, even Stoke would have been a better choice than dropping into a league that is clearly not up to his standard. I hope it works out and he comes back even more composed and polished, but I have been wrong before. He is a future monster and I cannot wait to see him back in Lilywhite.

Transfer Summary

7 players in while only one real starter out. A net loss of about £5 mil while improving all areas of the squad including adding depth, quality and flexibility. The club and Daniel levy played an absolute blinder this summer and I am ecstatic about the idea of this squad’s potential and how cohesive and dangerous it will be in a few short weeks. AVB has been given the keys to a ’67 Corvette and after a tune up and oil change, this baby will be purring.

 

I love Capoue and am so glad to hear it is only a sprain and that he will be only out for about a month. Sandro and the “French Tank” give us the meanest set of defensive midfielders in the PL, maybe Europe. Soldado is the goods, we just have to all get on the same page and start providing him with real service and not just aimless crosses into the box. Paulinho will be star in the PL as he has a motor I have only seen in two other PL players; Michael Essien and Ramires, both of whom are great players, capable of controlling a match. Chadli is very good at beating his man and getting into dangerous positions, but it will take a bit of time to get an understanding with his teammates and I am sure as soon as everything has settled down and the training sessions start progressing, he will show the naysayers why we brought him in. “Coco” Lamela, Vlad and Eriksen are all quality and will show the rest of the world why we had no problem letting Gareth go while letting a certain fickle set of fans know that you can buy class without overspending. Even with all these great young players brought in, the best signing was a man with silver in his hair, a brilliant man named Franco Baldini. Without him, we would not have been able to attract the players we did and would be stuck with Carlton Cole and a bunch of other scrubs not worthy of ever donning the famous Lilywhite of Tottenham. Grazie Franco!

Tactical Flexibility

What I am most excited for is the flexibility when it comes to personnel and possible formations that AVB can choose from. He is known for his preferred 4-3-3, but is flexible in changing to a 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1 or even some 3 man defensive formations. Looking over Twitter this morning, one of my fellow Spurs fans suggested a 3-5-1-1 with a back 3 of Jan, Vlad and Kaboul, Walker/ Lennon and Townsend/ Chadli as wingbacks, Sandro/ Capoue, Holtby/ Siggy and Dembele/ Paulinho in the midfield 3, with Eriksen playing off Soldado. Now, I don’t know if this guy was watching me play PES the other day, but that was my exact formation and the one that I have the most success with. I am not saying the PES represents real life but this formation could work against squads who are susceptible to the counter, squads such as Chelsea, Liverpool or Swansea who like to hold the ball for long periods of time. Let them bring men forward and then hit ‘em with a lighting counter using the speed on our flanks and creativity provided by Eriksen, Holtby or Siggy. Just a thought, but a good one at that.

NLD Review

Still have yet to see the entirety of the match but from what people are telling me, it was nothing special. No cohesion and no speed of play, instead a slow, methodical plan which was meant to frustrate the opposition. Instead, it allowed them to go into full counterattack mode and take advantage of a major mistake by our club captain and walking liability, Michael Dawson, playing Walcott onside while everyone else pushed up. The guy has heart, but I think Vlad will soon be third choice, pushing Daws back to the fourth spot. The last 20 minutes we started camping out in the final third without really troubling them, mind a deflected shot from Defoe or a few Lamela runs into the box. One of these runs by our young Argentinian was picked out by a nicely chipped ball from Defoe, only to see Coco take a shot from a bad angle instead of laying it off to a wide open Defoe at the top of the box. A missed opportunity but things will be fine as soon as the players start training with each other and learning their tendencies. Lots of crosses were plumped into the box near the end which would be good if they were able to beat the first man or if they were sent in from better positions. A loss that one could say was deserved as we really didn’t offer much going forward due to our laboured attack. No biggie, the creativity will be coming soon.

Final Thoughts

A very exciting time has begun down at White Hart Lane. We now possess some of the best young talent in the league as well as one of, if not the most brilliant directors of football while keeping our core of quality intact except for one Welshman. Spurs are on the up and I am thanking my lucky stars that I made a decision long ago to support a small, dignified club in the hamlet of Tottenham with a history of greatness. Somewhere in heaven, on the sidelines of a pitch in the clouds, looking down on the progression of his beloved Spurs, Bill Nicholson is smiling.

 

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