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The thing with managers who dominate is I think they inevitably become more powerful at the club. And is it the case that fewer people start questioning them because of their success? The obvious exception to that is Ferguson at Utd. But then given Ferguson’s attributes I don’t think he ever took anything for granted as he took teams like Aberdeen to European success. And he obviously was very good at playing and developing the kids. With Pep, I think he’s hellbent on controlling all the fine details in a game to big players. When injuries occur, legs get older and confidence drops, does he end up suffocating the players with details rather than motivating them? That could put even more strain on relationships. Short of a buying quite a few new players, it’s increasingly difficult to see how he turns this around. I don’t think playing around with different positions and systems here and there will make much difference.
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Not sure I was as impressed nil. Have we just bought ourselves a younger faster and more expensive version of Erik Meijer? Somebody who worked hard, had become a bit of a cult hero with the fans, but not quite good enough.
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I hear you Sean, but I still get a bit nervous about playing Spurs away because they are very attacking and I think they raise their game vs the top clubs. So I think these games suit Spurs down to the ground and therefore I don’t think Sunday’s game will be easy. I’d certainly be expecting quite a few goals again. Need to be tight defensively.
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Ange always wins something in his second season 🙂
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Good posts above. I’d just add that I think with this modern intense way of playing, you only need to have a couple of percent drop off in performance to create a much bigger drop off in results. You also saw this with Klopp at Liverpool when they went through some horrible patches of form. It’s not just a case of dropping a few points here and there, it’s losing 6, 7 games in a row. It all reminds me of a concept called “unstable equilibrium”. Things can appear to be fine for a long time – but it can only take a small nudge or change of conditions for the whole thing to fall like a house of cards.
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Spurs tend to do well against more open attacking sides or sides out of form because scoring goals doesn’t tend to be a problem for them. Come up against a more well disciplined and balanced team, and they struggle.
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Wow. Great goal to win it. City are absolutely shot to pieces.
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Do you think the squad is coping well with all these fixtures Threeps? I don’t. Two draws now. Chelsea now catching.
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Crazy we never signed anyone over summer to strengthen the first team, particularly when a new manager was coming in. We’re really have to dig deep now. Our owners aren’t the worst, but they ain’t the best either.
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This is some derailment it has to be said. We saw Liverpool under Klopp go through some awful runs of form. I think with this modern intense way of playing – when it works well, it’s great. But lose even a couple of percent on the performance levels, and it can all fall down quickly like a house of cards, particularly with injuries and/or a team starting to age.
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Antonio lucky to even be alive looking at the wreckage nil.
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Spurs last 10 games all competitions. Won 3, Lost 5, drawn 2. All over the place.
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I’m thinking there may be the odd goal in this one.
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It was a very tired performance last night. For their second goal two simple passes bypassed our lines far too easily. There was little closing down when they had the ball, we just seemed to back off them. And there seemed to be no awareness of where the opposition players were until it was too late. Again Salah helps bail us out. We’ve got to add a few in January now. I always thought it strange that no major signing was made in the summer when the new manager came in. We only bought Chiesa (injury issues) and a goalkeeper (for next season).
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He certainly will be now Steveo.
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Another very controlled performance. Still need to sort these contract situations out and could do with bringing in a few in January to really try and cement our position.
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Fantastic performance, fantastic result. Just hope the injuries aren’t serious. In Arne Slot, it increasingly looks like we’ve got a managerial combination of the high energy press of Klopp & the tactical astuteness of Benitez. Not a bad combo.
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Saw City were 3-0 up and assumed that was that. They really are derailing. Not that I think Sunday’s game is to be taken for granted.
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If only Spurs could play City every week they’d be champions.
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It actually suited Spurs as City looked for a goal as it made them even more open. City aren’t coming back. They are horribly out of form and Pep has no solutions. Another £100 million ought to do it in January.
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