I don't like celebrating any injury but Alderweireld is unavailable for Spurs. Muscle tear. Only emphasis the importance of rotation. Still think this game would be great for James, Chilwell, Kante, Mount, and Werner to get some rest.
The 4231 just limits the team in general. Doesn't matter who is playing there. Our fluidity in attack is not existent when we have two holding midfielders.
If we do get Rice, I hope Lampard tells him he sees him as Kante's successor and that he will be utilized as either rotation or for tactical purposes for the time being.
Quite telling we won this relatively easily without even getting out of 2nd gear. Add the kick off time, international break, and the fact it’s our bogey ground.
So now we are moving the goal posts from: Our attack only goes through James, to 90% of our threats come from a James cross and/or Ziyech.
Cheers for avoiding my questions by the way. The answer is none. James was involved in 0 goals against sides that were massive shitehouses.
1st goal : West Brom - Mount shot from distance
2nd goal : West Brom - Havertz + CHO link up play.
3rd goal: West Brom - Attack initially came through a CHO pass to the box
1st goal: Palace - Abraham + Chilwell link up
2nd goal: Palace - Chilwell cross to Zouma
3rd goal: Palace - Penalty
4th goal: Palace - Penalty
1st goal: Burnley - Abraham + Ziyech link up
2nd goal: Burnely - Mount corner to Zouma
3rd goal: Burnley - Ziyech + Werner link up
1st goal: Sheffield - Ziyech + Kovacic + Abraham link up play
2nd goal: Sheffield - Ziyech cross to Chilwell
3rd goal: Sheffield - Ziyech cross to Silva
4th goal: Sheffield - Werner one on one.
But that was never the issue last season? The issue was failing to kill games off against teams that played a low block. Our play was very predictable and slow that allowed the opposition to sit back and remain organised.
We scored 14 goals against 4 shitehouses in Palace, Burnley, West Brom, and Seffield. Games where we struggled massively last season.