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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Those fokkers have a couple of potentially great

> players.


Indeed, especially Tim F-M. I don't think there's any coincidence that our best performance is when we play 4-3-3 for the first time this season. The same formation that we used last season when comfortably beating Spurs, Liverpool and City on the bounce. For some reason LvG totally abandoned it. Muppet...

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Good grief! 25 years ago to the day since Gazza

> did this to the Wanderers.

>

>



Makes me feel so old as I was listening on the radio on the way up to Villa Park for our semi-final vs Forest (another FA Cup heartbreak :( )

red devil Wrote:

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I don't think there's

> any coincidence that our best performance is when

> we play 4-3-3 for the first time this season... For some reason LvG totally abandoned

> it. Muppet...


Never mind, this result may be the turning point.......


That sees him* offered a new contract!? :)



*LVG

I didn't see the match but it sounded an amazing game.

One thing that has impressed me about Klopp is that he has been working with Rodgers' squad, and hasn't once used it as an excuse when results have gone against him. It's going to be a really important summer transfer window for him and a few other managers...

titch juicy Wrote:

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> I wonder if Origi fancies joining his Belgian pals

> in the Champions league at Tottenham next season.

> Poch's kind of player.


They've still got Danny Ings to come back as well. Either of those two would do me to play alongside Harry Kane.


While I'm here this is a very good article on the dearth of defenders being nominated for Player of the Year awards. Toby Alderweireld is definitely my Player of the Year, not just at Tottenham either.


http://www.football365.com/news/toby-alderweireld-the-other-player-of-the-year

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> titch juicy Wrote:

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> -----

>

> > I wonder if Origi fancies joining his Belgian

> pals

> > in the Champions league at Tottenham next

> season.

> > Poch's kind of player.

>

> They've still got Danny Ings to come back as well.

> Either of those two would do me to play alongside

> Harry Kane.

>

> While I'm here this is a very good article on the

> dearth of defenders being nominated for Player of

> the Year awards. Toby Alderweireld is definitely

> my Player of the Year, not just at Tottenham

> either.

>

> http://www.football365.com/news/toby-alderweireld-

> the-other-player-of-the-year



I don't think it's a co-incidence that we've gone from having one of the worst goals conceded records in the top half of the top flight (consistently year after year) to having the best (by a distance) this year. Last season we conceded 53 goals in 38 games, so far this year we've conceded 25.


Alderweireld and to a degree Eric Dier & Lloris have easily been as important as Kane and Alli.

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