Did Dele Alli cement a Europa League place?
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We lost the training exercise 2-0 with the defenders not knowing what each other was doing for the first goal and Bentaleb with a wayward pass for the second goal tucked home by Gareth Bale.
Happy to have made my first start for the club today against Real Madrid..Shame it couldn't come with a win
It was only tucked home though thanks to Michel Vorm who demonstrated why I was writing that he simply doesn't impress and leaves you concerned every time he plays. He gets beaten too easily and too regularly.
I thought we were a bit static which meant we didn't have enough forward passes on resulting in us passing backwards and sideways too much. The commentator even remarked on Dembele when he beat two men and passed without gaining a yard, it was all sideways. Some things may look insignificant, but they aren't and shout laziness.
There was one pint where he engineered room to pass backwards diagonally from the right to a player in a central defensive position. It was an easy pass, but Dembele played it so that it went behind the players and he had to waste time going back towards his own goal to collect the ball and start going forward again. Even in a game like this one that should not happen, that is just laziness which sums up Dembele passes really.
Kyle Walker and Danny Rose will no doubt be rested tomorrow for Saturday, it looks like they are the first choice full-backs so Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies can get 90 minutes under their belts. Dele Alli must be enjoying himself, he has gone from playing for MK Dons to playing against the MLS All-Stars and Real Madrid.
Not a lot to draw from the game with players playing within themselves allowing the youngsters to provide the energy. The main plus was probably Dele Alli, as suspected he looks as if he should be playing in the UEFA Europa League right away. I know the idea is not to rush him, but he looks like a player who may well develop fast with game time. Protecting him may stunt his development, we need him developing at the same rate as Bentaleb has and he developed by playing regularly.
There was plenty of talk in the commentary about the step up for him being more mental than anything else, how does he cope with big crowds, a big stadium and that every mistake gets more heavily punished. Playing in the Europa League and having to travel to some of the destinations we have had in recent years will get him accustomed to dealing with a lot of different situations.
Paulinho seemed to be wandering about last year, slowly, you can't see Dele Alli doing that, but he'll need to learn discipline playing away, when to go forward and when not to. If he is played regularly in the Europa League I'm sure he'll handle it, it will certainly add something to the group games.
Further Tottenham Reading
A motivated team is a successful team
Spurs could learn from Winston Churchill
Former golf pros explained what Spurs need
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Happy to have made my first start for the club today against Real Madrid..Shame it couldn't come with a winIt was only tucked home though thanks to Michel Vorm who demonstrated why I was writing that he simply doesn't impress and leaves you concerned every time he plays. He gets beaten too easily and too regularly.
I thought we were a bit static which meant we didn't have enough forward passes on resulting in us passing backwards and sideways too much. The commentator even remarked on Dembele when he beat two men and passed without gaining a yard, it was all sideways. Some things may look insignificant, but they aren't and shout laziness.
There was one pint where he engineered room to pass backwards diagonally from the right to a player in a central defensive position. It was an easy pass, but Dembele played it so that it went behind the players and he had to waste time going back towards his own goal to collect the ball and start going forward again. Even in a game like this one that should not happen, that is just laziness which sums up Dembele passes really.
Kyle Walker and Danny Rose will no doubt be rested tomorrow for Saturday, it looks like they are the first choice full-backs so Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies can get 90 minutes under their belts. Dele Alli must be enjoying himself, he has gone from playing for MK Dons to playing against the MLS All-Stars and Real Madrid.
Not a lot to draw from the game with players playing within themselves allowing the youngsters to provide the energy. The main plus was probably Dele Alli, as suspected he looks as if he should be playing in the UEFA Europa League right away. I know the idea is not to rush him, but he looks like a player who may well develop fast with game time. Protecting him may stunt his development, we need him developing at the same rate as Bentaleb has and he developed by playing regularly.
There was plenty of talk in the commentary about the step up for him being more mental than anything else, how does he cope with big crowds, a big stadium and that every mistake gets more heavily punished. Playing in the Europa League and having to travel to some of the destinations we have had in recent years will get him accustomed to dealing with a lot of different situations.
Paulinho seemed to be wandering about last year, slowly, you can't see Dele Alli doing that, but he'll need to learn discipline playing away, when to go forward and when not to. If he is played regularly in the Europa League I'm sure he'll handle it, it will certainly add something to the group games.
Further Tottenham Reading
A motivated team is a successful team
Spurs could learn from Winston Churchill
Former golf pros explained what Spurs need
You can help support THBN by buying your sporting goods through the following links.
If you need football boots for the new season try the SALE NOW ON at Lovell Soccer
If you need a new Tottenham shirt or sportswear try Kitbag Ltd
If you want an authentic autographed shirt or memorabilia try Icons
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