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Will AVB be given the time he needs or will doubts creep in if the results don't come?

 

Will Rodgers perform the same magic with Liverpool and convert mediocre championship players into a fluent, high quality passing side?

 

Will Wenger yet again confound expectations and deliver another CL qualification?

 

Will Pardew start on a 4th official for getting time added on incorrect?

 

Early days as you say Dave.

 

Started getting visions of Batfink for a second there :lol:

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Spurs' new tiki-taka philosophy had a stunted start because of our dominant midfield, in my opinion. Our passing was so confident that, with the heat, tired Spurs quickly and made their hard pressing game impossible to sustain. As they began to sit-off, Ba struck. Great stuff, and Spurs need to work out how and when they need to press. You can read a full tactical analysis of the game if you like, here:

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On FourFourTwos opta iPhone app it has like player influence, with everyone's name on a pitch and the bigger the name the more influential he was. Anyway Tiote is the largest name on it, how do they decide that?

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Tiote's passing wasn't abysmal though. He tried a couple of more adventurous balls and they didn't come off, but in his core role - sat in front of the back four - he was always there. Perch's 100% pass completion ratio is in no small part down to the availability of a pass to Tiote.

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Tiote's passing often looks off in home games when the pressure is on us, the reason I think for that is when we aren't winning he's not playing his natural game but due to the character he is he's trying to take responsibility and make things happen when others around him aren't. Fuck all wrong with that iyam.

 

Although I wish he wouldn't shoot all the time.

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Tiote's passing wasn't abysmal though. He tried a couple of more adventurous balls and they didn't come off, but in his core role - sat in front of the back four - he was always there. Perch's 100% pass completion ratio is in no small part down to the availability of a pass to Tiote.

 

Literally every pass he tried longer than 5 yards went to the opposition. And there were a lot of them! It was a relief seeing Anita come on and hold onto the ball for a bit. Half decent teams in Europe will punish us for stray balls in our own half

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