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FUCKING HELL MAN. -____-

Is it confirmed?

Agree 100%. If AVB learns from the lesson and does indeed put someone to hold the midfield, then Oscar would have a tougher day.

So you are telling me that Mikel, a defensive midfielder is better than a striker after 8 games into the season... ? wow. absolutely brilliant. do go on. By your logic why not compare Tim Howard to Cech. Tim Howard has scored ONE goal in x number of minutes, Cech on the other hand has ZERO goals in xxxxxx number of minutes. This is the truth? No. This is why aliens won't talk to us.

The amount of sarcasm you are using isn't proving anything. I'm in no way saying that Torres is a terrific player and deserves to start ahead of Eto'o or Obi is the best CDM in the world. But the fact that you use a statement like Since the start of the 2013 Torres has as many goals as Mikel in the League is absolutely cringe worthy.

Lineup taken from the Cardiff game Andre Villas Boas and Three Point Lane, prepare to welcome Jose Mourinho's Chelsea for a feisty affair. With more than just points at stake, both the teams enter the game full of confidence. To summarize their team, they have a solid back-four with a blossoming partnership between Dawson and Vertonghen. On the flanks we have Naughton and Walker, with the latter more likely to join in on attacks and leave his position wide open. They maintain a good high line and constantly look at each other to keep themselves organized and initiate offside traps. In the middle we have the so called holding midfielders, Paulinho and Dembele. They both are the focal points when it comes to pressing at opponents. They aren't afraid to jump into attacks. Then we have Eriksen in the middle, who can take up the flank positions and join in and play alongside Soldado. On the wings we have Townsend and Sigurdsson. Both love dribbling at opponents, cutting in, exchanging flanks, retreating back and changing the effective formation to a 4-2-1-3 While transitioning into defense from an un-successful attack, the holding midfielder's push forward wildly to press high. The wingers join in as they try to suffocate their opposition into giving the ball away. Cardiff suffered cause they were unable to get the ball away from their own half in time. Moreover the striker keeps moving along the defensive line to harass them while blocking passing lanes and reducing the passing options that their opposition has. Once the wingers realize that pressing is a lost cause, they join back into their own half and proceed to help the full-backs. The defensive line meanwhile keeps retreating. This is the best time to hit them on the counter-attack. While the defensive line is still scurrying back into position and creating a definite structure, a huge number of holes pop up. To add on to that, the holding midfielders are still coming back from the pressing scenario and leave a huge place to exploit. Chelsea must keep those triangles (or three hybrid profiles) fueled and ready. Make the best out of the chances you get which won't come in abundance and have at-least a decent amount of width. Carefully break whenever possible and pass quickly to avoid being sucked into a vacuum created by the Spur's midfield. Their transition to attack though, reminds us a lot about the good ol' days. That high defensive line and offside traps. Ah memories. While attacking, Tottenham in a pure sense don't have a defensive midfielder. Despite a 4-2-3-1, they don't apply the system of having a pivot. The ' I go front and you stay back ' philosophy isn't Tottenham's forte. They instead have two destructive midfielders who launch themselves forward in attack whenever the ball is in the opposition half. The wingers push ahead , and the full-backs provide extra width. The focal point is Eriksen and the two midfielders along side him. They are responsible for switching flanks, creating passing options and so on. Moreover Soldado has had a small tendency of drifting wide as the wingers drop back. This gives Eriksen a chance to burst forward as the two holding midfielders hold the structure. The area encircled in red was well exploited by Arsenal in the North London derby. As the midfielders push up, the defensive line initiate their offside trap. Cardiff were caught offside 6 times, as many shots as they had and also the number of times Paulinho had a pop at goal. The problem is, they can't go too forward to cover the area. So Arsene kept it simple. Let the wide players drift in, so that the defenders are attracted. This not only destructs the entire idea of an organised offside trap, but also creates more holes to be exploited. This is why I expect Sandro to start. He is after all a pure defensive midfielder, and his ability to read the game and change their system into one that has a pivot can be vital for Andre. Chelsea must have good width as said before, and also have wingers that can play centrally. When grabbing the ball back, get the wingers to cut inside and play narrow. When the full-backs push up, suddenly switch the ball to the flanks. This would completely annihilate the defensive line Tottenham have set up. If Chelsea take their chances, we are in for a field day. If not, we are in for a long 90 minutes. Click here to view the article

Pretty dissapointing such statements are made, yes he's bad, but comparing him to Mikel who scored one goal? Wow. Just sad what's happened to footballing 'fans' .

yes.

I'M SO FUCKING PISSED. I WAS DONE WITH THE REPORT BUT IT GOT DELETED BY MISTAKE . NEVER BEEN THIS PISSSED. FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK.

So Real Madrid are holding a camp in Qatar. Best part is , due to being a part-time employee at Al Rayyan, I can get in for free. Might even have a kick about, and actually get to meet the great Julen Lopetegui.

I've told Jay about it. I would really like to, but I'm struggling to find time. Most of the time when I'm on here, it's from my school's CS lab. :/

Not a lot, but I guess enough .

I find the first line insulting. </3

I'm watching this tomorrow. You can join as well. https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.fullmatches.net/schalke-vs-steaua-bucuresti-18-sep-2013-full-match/&sa=U&ei=-2dEUrSEKJCAhQfjv4HoDA&ved=0CAgQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGLJP_wNJ1MhOwc6ex639PBlY6bjA

Tottenham statistics can be found in these two sites - http://www.squawka.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/stats#performance-score#english-barclays-premier-league#season-2013/2014#64#all-matches#1-5#by-match http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/30 Chelsea statistics - http://www.squawka.com/teams/chelsea/stats#performance-score#english-barclays-premier-league#season-2013/2014#64#all-matches#1-5#by-match http://www.whoscored.com/Teams/15 If you want more - http://www.tottenhamhotspur-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/chelsea/vs/tottenham_hotspur/index.shtml

In modern football, you're only as good as your previous game. The sad truth.

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

Writing the Spurs scouting report as soon as I can.

too many players already willing to play in the midfield. Veratti's barely a pure defensive midfielder. Unless he is able to play there, there is no way Emenalo will try getting him. Not to forget he is at PSG. Barely an reason for him to move from there, and Khelafi has no reason to let go of his big prospect.

Looks confirmed now. MRI scan's been done. WC dream's virtually over. terrible news.

He must be really gutted if its a long term injury. Wanted to play a part in his country's WC as well. Get well soon Beibah !

Hopefully Torres keeps building on his confidence, and Eto'o keeps working hard until the next summer window.

There many points to why Juan's benched.. 1. Is obviously fitness. 2, He want's the team to be able to play without Mata. Jose doesn't want a focal point in all our games. He wants team work and the team to be able to get along in crucial games without a win. In a long term plan, thats needed. 3. It's not just tracking back. You need to have intelligence in playing on the wings, that's completely different from the intelligence you require to play in the #10 area. Oscar would never play to his potential on the wings. Oscar is a pure #10 who in future can be one of the best in that position. Why would you mess that potential up by playing him on the wings? Mata is a terrific player, arguably the best in the squad but he has lots of players to fight with to get two or maximum three spots in the starting 11. Me and you have no idea how the training sessions are. Mata might not be performing as well as we think. I have also told couple of times before how Mourinho treated Joey the same way and he turned out brilliant for us. HE adapted and I expect Mata to do the same. The last part's debatable. Being a pivot player is a whole new ball game, and even though I want him to be there, we can't be sure whether Jose will try him out.