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Its what Adkins had to choose from. You really think if Pochettino had been managing Fonte and Hooiveld at CB and KD in goal against Man City, Man U etc would have been any different?

 

Fact is, under NA we didn't beat any top half sides, and I don't think anyone above us even. We showed ides too much respect and spectacularly messed up tactically a couple of times when ahead, the most bing Stoke where we switched to a back 5 against a team with 10 men who just pinned us back.

 

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Fact is, under NA we didn't beat any top half sides, and I don't think anyone above us even. We showed ides too much respect and spectacularly messed up tactically a couple of times when ahead, the most bing Stoke where we switched to a back 5 against a team with 10 men who just pinned us back.

 

1-1Lambert

 

Fact is, despite having a significantly improved squad, Pochettino didn't get any more points per game.

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Fact is, despite having a significantly improved squad, Pochettino didn't get any more points per game.

 

Not did he have pre season. 2 years with majority of the players a transfer window........

 

You get my drift

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Fact is, despite having a significantly improved squad, Pochettino didn't get any more points per game.

 

He worked with the same players and certainly made us harder to beat and the pressing game was integral in he City and Liverpool wins.

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I guess you forget about the goals v City, both came from quick counter attacks with men flowing forward. Against Utd, we worked the ball forward, got it wide and got 2 great crosses in for 2 goals.

 

We played some good attacking football, we were just stupidly naive and poor defensively. Plus some of the subs NA made didn't help the cause at all but we wont go there,

 

No I didnt though we could have been 5-6 down by the stage. We didn't get it wide against united - the goals came from pedestrian buildup play with one of Lambert's trademark backpost headers and a gift from an evra slip. With the exception of Villa and City, we really weren't that good going forward, at least in open play. The Fulham and Wigan games epitomised our huff and puff approach.

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He worked with the same players and certainly made us harder to beat and the pressing game was integral in he City and Liverpool wins.

 

Nil sum game now anyway. Points were about the same for both managers, but I enjoyed watching us more under NA.

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Friendlies are just as much about players playing themselves OUT of the reckoning as INTO it.

 

For me, Jos must be fourth (or lower) on the CB depth chart, or we've still got a big problem.

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Just tuned in to see Mayuka's goal. Well taken but keeper could have done better I think. Still, great to see.

 

How's the game been generally?

 

Crap

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Just tuned in to see Mayuka's goal. Well taken but keeper could have done better I think. Still, great to see.

 

How's the game been generally?

 

Crap for 70 minutes.

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Just played better when Lambert added a focal point to the attack and Punch and Isgrove injected some movement and energy out wide. In the first half JWP and Guly didn't look capable of creating a chance.

 

Decent win against a good side but overall performance patchy.

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