stormi wrote:Honestly Spurs were extremely languid for the better part of that match, but you have to add in the context of their injury crisis and how badly it's impacted their attacking prowess. Solanke is a good PL striker, James Maddison is one of the better creators you'll find in England, Kulusevski is a high level RW. All out for some time now.
Build-up patterns at times it feels like lump it to Kudus and hope he can samba his way out of trouble and they didn't really start playing through the middle until the very end. Xavi looked bright when he came on. Constantly probing in dangerous zones willing to receive the ball and make something happen. I still think he'll be a very integral player for them.
Was a techy game on both sides, felt like the pen was harsh but Newcastle probably carried play slightly better. The draw seems fair in the end lmao.
That's a fair analysis. We have huge problems when teams press us man-to-man, as when we do try to get the ball up the pitch, the opposition push up to force errors and turnovers. We lack technicians and natural ball carriers so, yeah, we often try to get the ball to Kudus and he needs to somehow hold his man off, turn and then beat players on his own. Or he lays it off to Porro, to lump in an inaccurate cross.
We're still trying to figure out the balance of our midfield. Personally, I don't like Bentancur/Sarr/Bergvall as the midfield trio. Xavi simply needs to play, as without Kulu and Maddison we don't have any creativity outside of Kudus. Let him play through his mistakes and get a feel for the PL pace, as right now the coaching staff are fumbling his development hard.
