Money mercenaries to a side that plays for the shirt
Mauricio Pochettino does his own thing, he isn't swayed by fans with a set notion of what Spurs need, brought about by tradition and how the fan plays the game on a park on a Sunday morning.
Fans have had to get used to understanding that teams no longer play to cross the ball to a bulldozing traditional English centre-forward or indeed play with two strikers. The modern game is all about possession and having one striker that everyone plays around and off of. He must, therefore, be a technically good player, again not your traditional English centre-forward.
Squads now don't have four strikers as they used to, now the modern way is three with wingers inverted so they provide a consistent goal threat. A wide man who doesn't offer goals now is likely to find himself replaced. Our weak points in attack have been from the right and centrally. Chadli scored his quota from the left and while Eriksen got double figures, some were from free-kicks and some when he started on the left.
Son Heung-min and Clinton Njie have been brought with the versatility in mind. Sonny is a player of proven goalscoring ability and we have already seen that he is a useful addition to the squad. Clinton Njie is raw with plenty of potential, he has come on to play on the left, created a goal from the right and played centrally while Erik Lamela seems to have got his head sorted. the Argentinian now gives us an option to Eriksen centrally and does Son.
The key for Pochettino is that all four attacking players can interchange and be a genuine goal threat, that makes us more difficult to defend against. When working correctly it does mean the goal are shared around and you are not relying on 25 goals from one player. It helps to overcome injury, loss of form and suspension by minimizing the effect.
As Gary Neville points pout the foundations of a successful side have been laid, out have gone the players who were doing us a favour playing and in have come players who want to play for the club, for the shirt, for the fans. Sure beats having the bunch of money mercenaries others are advocating.
As ever with an international break and much as we English want England to do well, one can't wait for the Premier League to start again. It was much better when internationals didn't disturb the season as much as they do now, the next game against Liverpool seems a mile away.
Fans have had to get used to understanding that teams no longer play to cross the ball to a bulldozing traditional English centre-forward or indeed play with two strikers. The modern game is all about possession and having one striker that everyone plays around and off of. He must, therefore, be a technically good player, again not your traditional English centre-forward.
Squads now don't have four strikers as they used to, now the modern way is three with wingers inverted so they provide a consistent goal threat. A wide man who doesn't offer goals now is likely to find himself replaced. Our weak points in attack have been from the right and centrally. Chadli scored his quota from the left and while Eriksen got double figures, some were from free-kicks and some when he started on the left.
Son Heung-min and Clinton Njie have been brought with the versatility in mind. Sonny is a player of proven goalscoring ability and we have already seen that he is a useful addition to the squad. Clinton Njie is raw with plenty of potential, he has come on to play on the left, created a goal from the right and played centrally while Erik Lamela seems to have got his head sorted. the Argentinian now gives us an option to Eriksen centrally and does Son.
The key for Pochettino is that all four attacking players can interchange and be a genuine goal threat, that makes us more difficult to defend against. When working correctly it does mean the goal are shared around and you are not relying on 25 goals from one player. It helps to overcome injury, loss of form and suspension by minimizing the effect.
As Gary Neville points pout the foundations of a successful side have been laid, out have gone the players who were doing us a favour playing and in have come players who want to play for the club, for the shirt, for the fans. Sure beats having the bunch of money mercenaries others are advocating.
As ever with an international break and much as we English want England to do well, one can't wait for the Premier League to start again. It was much better when internationals didn't disturb the season as much as they do now, the next game against Liverpool seems a mile away.
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