Winning the ball very high up the pitch or basically allowing wide players to have a run at our defence. Lots of pressure and closing down, but that's going to be hard to do over a full season.
It's interesting to see Eriksen on the right dropping deeper out of the attacking midfield an Lennon looking a bit like Rodriguez for Southampton, making lots of runs and having less responsibility to get involved ealry in moves. The game against Seattle was entertaining but this one has been really interesting so far, much more identity in what we're trying to go for in attack.
Yeah, you can see their defenders struggling when he's closing them down, too. No time on the ball, as he's in quickly and can adjust his feet easily.
Lamela, Eriksen and another looks to be the 3 behind Adebayor or Soldado. If a miracle happens and that other is Chadli then we could finally see our four attacking signings from last season all start but Lennon doesn't give up, he always finds a way to impress managers and remain part of the team.
Always a concern when players look impressive in pre season but Lamela needed them goals but Lennon involved. I can see Pochettino being a fan of Lennon as his game is suited to high pressing, chasing down opponents, quick change of speed and his short passing is pretty good. Townsend won't have a look in if he doesn't improve his team play under this new system.
He might get a go down the right, with Lamela moving inside and Eriksen playing a little deeper, judging by the way we've set up tonight.
Good half. There's always things you have to account for like level of opposition, it won't be that easy to open up teams in the PL, but also in terms of our own sharpness, we looked lost for ideas before Lamela's second. I don't think it's wrong to say that there are some similarities in how we played under AVB but, when there isn't a pass forwards or the space to move into, the ball is being moved backwards straight away and from there it can be moved forwards again. That's one of the areas AVB got it all wrong. I also like the way Soldado is looking to get the ball outside the box and link up runners. Again under AVB we rarely saw those runners, everyone was always behind him and running sideways. We need to get our fullbacks forward better if we're playing like this though, or perhaps it's the midfielders that need to get wide more often.
My view on Andros is he's a selfish player with tunnel vision who had his brief moment of being the black Bale (without the end product) . Good luck to Townsend as I talked him up when he was at QPR and before when trying to break through, yet for someone that has no end product, he is possibly the most selfish player I've seen in a spurs shirt for some time .
ESPN bigging up a really dubious penalty claim from the local opposition, again. At least the ref didn't fall for it this time.
Toronto are making seven changes and we've changed the entire outfield. Walker, Fryers, Dawson, Rose, Ceballos, Falque, Townsend, Kane, Holtby and... someone else.
Second half team: Friedel; Walker, Dawson, Fryers, Rose; Holtby, Carroll; Ceballos, Townsend, Falque; Kane.
Really dangerous cross from Rose. Kane should score that. Maybe the left-back's going to rise to the challenge of actually having to fight for his place, assuming we keep him?
Ceballos gives away the ball in a really stupid area and it's 2-1. Nobody protecting the defence in the second half.
Pretty much my first thought when I saw Holtby and Carroll as the deep-lying two. The idea - keeping the ball so the opposition can't attack - works in theory, but Spain's dismal showing in the World Cup or Bayern's destruction from Factitious in the Champions league demonstrate that it doesn't always work in practice.
