Premier League 2017-2018

[The Abusement Park]

Wasn't taking shots at you specifically, sorry.

I was like when have I ever talked shit about Peps antics? Lol

Mou on the other hand...

 

[hatterson]

A Mourinho team not scoring a goal? How original...

Post meant for Champion League's thread.

It’s fine. Just pretend you were pre-posting it for Sunday when the same thing happens.

 

[S E P H]

It’s fine. Just pretend you were pre-posting it for Sunday when the same thing happens.

That's solid. On Sunday we're going to allow 7 so I feel ya.

 

[Burner Account]

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Someone @ this to Arsenal Fan TV!

 

[les Habs]

Bellerin is a turd. If you actually look at his comments in general about ArsenalFanTv he's correct. However when he says they're profiting off of Arsenal doing poorly he's full of shit. For starters they're clearly supporters who celebrate every time Arsenal win and what's more that's exactly what Bellerin is doing. His above comments about Sanchez are awful too. Completely fit a guy who left for money. Wouldn't take him on a Bosman if he agreed to play for free.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Tottenham set to play early games of 2018/19 season away from home as final touches made to new Spurs stadium

 

[Live in the Now]

Blatantly stolen from somewhere else.

20 Games With Coutinho: W: 8 D: 10 L: 2, 1.70 points per game
20 Games Without: W: 15 D: 2 L: 3, 2.35 points per game

 

[YNWA14]

Premier League, FA agree to implement winter break

This is going to be good for the PL teams in Europe IMO.

Blatantly stolen from somewhere else.

20 Games With Coutinho: W: 8 D: 10 L: 2, 1.70 points per game
20 Games Without: W: 15 D: 2 L: 3, 2.35 points per game

Isn't this basically what I was saying in the transfer thread when people were torching me for saying we didn't need him?

 

[hatterson]

Biggest issue with a winter break is the extra games the league cup adds. For the biggest of teams, that's not as big a deal since most of those games until the last couple rounds are done by rotation players, but for smaller squads that just means extra load on first team players elsewhere in the season.

Honestly I wouldn't complain if the league cup went away.

 

[robertmac43]

I am not excited for this City rematch tomorrow...... Not at all! Score Prediction 3-1 City

 

[Havre]

Biggest issue with a winter break is the extra games the league cup adds. For the biggest of teams, that's not as big a deal since most of those games until the last couple rounds are done by rotation players, but for smaller squads that just means extra load on first team players elsewhere in the season.

Honestly I wouldn't complain if the league cup went away.

Yeah. Such a stupid tournament. But people don’t like to give away money (less games).

I don’t know if this is true, but I’m assuming a full break will have a positive effect on players’ fitness even if it means a slightly more compact schedule outside of the break.

I think they are removing some games though. Can’t remember. Replays or something. Can’t be bothered looking it up.

 

[Mr Plow]

Blatantly stolen from somewhere else.

20 Games With Coutinho: W: 8 D: 10 L: 2, 1.70 points per game
20 Games Without: W: 15 D: 2 L: 3, 2.35 points per game

Legit feel like the only thing we're missing with Coutinho give are his free kicks. When Salah stepped up to take that one on Saturday I knew it was going into the wall as soon as he started his run up. The attack is much more fluid though and the team seems to break even faster on the counter. All in all it's been a tidy bit of business thus far.

 

[Havre]

As if a 20 + 20 game sample shows anything.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Felt like sharing some stats of Spurs play with and without Alderweireld.

STAT	WITH TOBY	WITHOUT
Games Played	17	26
Win %	53%	62%
Lose %	17%	7%
Avg Goals Scored	1.9	2.1
Avg Goals Conceded	1.0	0.8
Possession	58%	64%
Shots Conceded per game	9.6	7.8
Shots on Target Conceded per game	3.2	3.1
Corners Conceded	4.8	3.9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I'm not trying to undermine Alderweireld here, just because there is a chance that he may leave this summer. He is still one of the best defenders in the league. That being said, his injury has been a bit of a blessing in disguise. We pretty much never used a back four anymore when he was healthy. His injury forced Poch to go back to playing with a back four, and we instantly played much better. Especially Eriksen. I like the tactical flexibility a back three can bring, and it has produced some of our best games this season (Liverpool at Wembley, both Madrid games for example), but I think we should stick with a back four.

Our stats being down with Toby could also be because of our early struggles at Wembley, something that I feel is a non-issue now.

 

[Live in the Now]

I'm not entirely surprised with those stats, because as you said, the back four has been pretty good firstly and I think Sanchez has slotted in quite well. But back three is probably not a great long term tactic even though Conte made it work for a full season. I do think those stats are quite meaningful in fact, same as the Coutinho ones. Sometimes a team finds they don't need a player as much as they thought they did, or that having a certain player cause their tactics to be less effective.

If Alderweireld leaves I expect a similar profile signing to Sanchez, although it does appear there will be no young CB quite as costly as him this summer. Tah would be a great target obviously.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I'm not entirely surprised with those stats, because as you said, the back four has been pretty good firstly and I think Sanchez has slotted in quite well. But back three is probably not a great long term tactic even though Conte made it work for a full season. I do think those stats are quite meaningful in fact, same as the Coutinho ones. Sometimes a team finds they don't need a player as much as they thought they did, or that having a certain player cause their tactics to be less effective.

If Alderweireld leaves I expect a similar profile signing to Sanchez, although it does appear there will be no young CB quite as costly as him this summer. Tah would be a great target obviously.

Funnily enough, I've seen some links to Tah in these past days. I'm surprised that Poch wouldn't prefer someone who is left-footed if this is the case. He is quite adamant to play centre-halves on the same side as their footedness, whilst our only left-footed CB is Vertonghen. As for right-footed ones we would have Sanchez, Alderweireld/Tah, Dier, Foyth and Carter-Vickers.

Then again, I can't imagine that the market for talented left-footed centre-halves is too big.

 

[Havre]

Sample size is too small, Toby didn't play at his highest level when healthy this season and when we played with a back three Pochettino usually went with a three man central midfield - which doesn't suit Spurs.

With the back four Pochettino has gone back to the flat 2 central midfield. Dembele has started to hit some form etc.

Still think our best formation is 3-4-3 with a flat 2 central midfield. And with Alderweireld playing centrally - not on the right side. Sanchez is much more suited to play one on one out wide.

Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen
Trippier - Dembele - Dier - Rose
Alli/Son - Kane - Eriksen

Sanchez is a bit all over the place, but with Alderweireld behind him that is less of a problem. He is athletic enough to handle most forwards running down the outside channel. Trippier isn't good enough defensively, but he has to be one of the most underrated players in the league. Not because he is very good, but he is serviceable.

That is a much better team than our current one in 4-2-3-1 in my opinion. But it requires Pochettino to play the back 3 differently and you got to have Rose fit as Davies isn't suited to play the role as a winger when in possession (Davies is far more effective in a back 4 when he has a winger in front of him - or someone drifting in leaving him a bit more space).

I really hope Alderweireld stays, but I'm not sure if he'll ever play at his best again. He surprised me, and most others, by taking that next step after joining Spurs. Is he regressing a bit back to the mean? He didn't look as good before the injury this season. Will he be able to shake that completely off? He is not 21 any longer. Looked horrible in that cup game (even if he clearly wasn't fully fit and the pitch was crap).

Break the bank to keep Kane and Eriksen. By all means give Alderweireld a good offer, but losing him is not the end of the world. Losing Kane or Eriksen would be far far worse. They should be the best paid players in the team longer term.

 

[S E P H]

I have no sympathy for Sanchez since he wanted out and wanted to go to Man United. So another offencive player struggling under Mourinho is shocking to say the least.

 

[Prntscrn]

Premier League save percentages : Karius - 68%...Courtois - 68%....Lloris 67%....Stat via @LFCDaytrippers

Mignolet is last with 57.4

Decent upgrade

 

[YNWA14]

Karius has been fantastic. He's also statistically the best sweeper in the league. Hope he can kick on from here.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Karius has been fantastic. He's also statistically the best sweeper in the league. Hope he can kick on from here.

If this is true, that would be news to me.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Yuck. Having such a hard-on for the acoustics of the stadium but pricing out those who usually are more vocal.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Kane out for somewhere around a month. Pretty much no chance he is fit against Chelsea.