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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by PleaseNotPoll, Sep 7, 2017.

  1. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, Stevie Wonder's expertise is mostly musical in nature.
     
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  2. lennypops

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    Eh? How'd you work that one out?

    Anyway - don't particular want to argue about it. I do agree that simply lumping the ball into the box at corners/free kicks seems to have gone out of fashion and I expect there are rational reasons behind that (even though playing it short sometimes does perplex me). But 6/7 goals from crosses (I'm sticking with that figure) is certainly interesting and (I believe) not an anomaly. I don't expect that 6/7 goals in general come from crosses but it certainly hints at why people have, for a long time, considered crosses to be a particularly useful attacking tool.
     
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  3. lennypops

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    I would love to know who that was. What a bizarre thing to predict.
     
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  4. PowerSpurs

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    I agree they are useful but not as useful as most pundits think.

    Davies saw Kane unmarked in the box and passed it to him. That's a lot different than say a corner where the opponents usually have approx twice as many players than you and one can use his hands
     
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  5. lennypops

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    Fixed that for you! Sometimes crosses can be more considered and aimed at a particular individual, sometimes less so...

    (Although it's an interesting avenue to want to differentiate between crosses aimed at specific players and ones that are sent into a dangerous area or a melee of players. My first thought was "Well through balls and short, forward passes can also be less or more aimed towards a specific player...hang on - no they can't. You'd never play a through ball or a short pass without having a specific target in mind." So yeah - you certainly have identified something unique about crosses. Sometimes they're not aimed at specific individuals necessarily. Though I'd say that when they *are* aimed at specific individuals they are still crosses. For me a sideways pass from out wideish that's aimed towards a player or group of players that are in the box is a cross).
     
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  6. D.G.C.

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    Seriously cannot remember lennypops but I was hoping he was right.
     
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  7. lennypops

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    To even imagine that Janssen would be the top scorer at *Spurs*, never mind the entire league...
     
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  8. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Oh mate, @Citizen Kane isn't an expert. <laugh>
     
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  9. Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane Danny Rosebud

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    I tend to recall predicting that Janssen would be sold before the end of the summer. Got that slightly wrong but hey hum, you can't win em all.
     
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    Joey Barton hails Tottenham trio on his tweet (say what?). Dele,H and Christian. Things are looking up!
     
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  11. PleaseNotPoll

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    Having had a quick browse of Everton's squad following this game, it has lots of depth and yet still a few holes.
    They seem to have about a thousand attacking midfielders and basically no lone strikers at all.
    I think that they either need to have faith in Calvert-Lewin up front or risk pushing Rooney up there.
    It might be an idea to stick Klaassen into a central role too, as they've got lots of holding players, but not a lot of creativity.

    Just to illustrate my point, they could basically pick a whole side without their starters for their Europa League game:

    Start: Robles; Kelly, Holgate, Jagielka, Garbutt; Lookman, McCarthy, Besic, Mirallas; Davies; Calvert-Lewin.
    Subs: Stekelenburg, Vlasic, Lennon, Niasse.

    That's having left out all of their starters from our game, plus the injured Funes Mori, Coleman, Barkley and Tarashaj.
     
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