532 . . . where did that come from?

**Hamenaglar** · 12-01-2009, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by Pitseleh

by the way, with regard to the title of this thread we played a 4-4-2 today. king was a sitting midfielder. were becoming like the ****in england team, trying to cram on all of our best players, even if it means playing them out of position. id rather see king at LB ffs

I actually think King did very well as a holding midfielder, at least in defensive parts, he did lose posession a few times, but IMO he is a beter holding midfielder than Zokora.

**Pitseleh** · 12-01-2009, 01:03 AM

yea, King is a good holding midfielder, but when we have Zakora in there ASWELL, whats the point, neither him OR Ledley are going to create a single thing going forward, so why have both. what i meant was if u were gonna play him out of position and still play zakora id rather see king at LB isntead of bale and play zakora in his normal position, if not, then not atall.

**DanSpurs80** · 12-01-2009, 12:35 PM

I agree, why play King and Zokora in the same position. Would have made more sense to put Modric at the tip of the Diamond with King holding and Huddlestone sitting in the middle of the park pinging passes around and linking up play. We controlled the game well but had absolutely no cutting edge. 2 SHOTS ON TARGET IN 90 MINUTES!!!! Got to be a bit more positive with your attacking options Harry.

**Oldskool Yid** · 12-01-2009, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by thfcire

the whole formation was wrong ok it started ok because it was stopping them play but it also stopped us playing i mean zakora outside right come on also it totally neautrized modric who had no room to operate what so ever and unfairily on him it made him look ordinary which we all know he isnt pav and defoe had no chance all they seemed to be doing was chasing lost causes although pav didnt play well lads and im his biggest fan but he shouldnt have taken him off so earily in the second half also im not that happy with his interview after the game saying hes been dealt a bad hand he doesnt say it when were winning so dont use it as an excuse when we lose im very disappointed but this is how its going to be till the end of the season because were right in the s.hit so we better get used to it im afraid

As I live on the south coast I have seen a lot of Harry as manager of Pompey and Saints. When he joined Spurs I was happy because he is a good manager, yet I did say to people that he does tend to enjoy taking the credit when things go well but looks to pass the buck when things are not going so well. Claiming he won the cup for Pompey, but the players he inherited at Saints were rubbish....

**benetty** · 12-01-2009, 11:27 PM

just stick to the 4 4 2 arry, no need to complicate things and why zokora in the right??

**Tom The Yid** · 13-01-2009, 10:49 AM

We play 4-4-2 twice and beat wigan and burnley, admit first half against burnley were poor but still won so why change it. I knew as soon as saw team we werent going to win. Its spose to be 3-5-2 with wing backs but it always ends up being 5 in defensive and 3 midlfiders to central and no width. I like Harry alot but cant mess about with formations when were in bottom 3. Stick to 4-4-2 even if have to leave out so big names and win some games so we can get to mid table safety and crack on with next season.

**deivid** · 13-01-2009, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tom The Yid

We play 4-4-2 twice and beat wigan and burnley, admit first half against burnley were poor but still won so why change it. I knew as soon as saw team we werent going to win. Its spose to be 3-5-2 with wing backs but it always ends up being 5 in defensive and 3 midlfiders to central and no width. I like Harry alot but cant mess about with formations when were in bottom 3. Stick to 4-4-2 even if have to leave out so big names and win some games so we can get to mid table safety and crack on with next season.

I agree...first half against Burnley there was a problem (the problem for me is explain in English

) ...with Lennon and Bentley of wingers, 2 strikers and Modric...who defends?

Zokora had a lot of work, then he helped by Jamie (great match) and we played better...

I hope that you understand me

I not understand why we changed to 532

**Shark** · 14-01-2009, 12:18 AM

With the formation we played, we need Modric to be on. If he is off (and he was against Wigan), we have literally no creativity. Zokora does not provide it. He gets 10/10 for effort but he makes the wrong decision too often when going forward. His passing is average to poor, his shooting is awful, he's not particuarly skillful and he gets outmuscled too easily. Ironically, he only works as a good DM when playing against the so-called big four.

O'Hara is tenacious, links play well and I love the guy but is not going to create by himself. He is to us what Ji Sung Park is to United. Great engine, does the dirty work brilliantly, links up well but do not rely on him to create.

With Modric off form, this led to the strikers being isolated. Defoe simply wasn't in the game as he thrives on service from the midfield as he plays off the last defender. Pav came looking for the ball but couldn't make it stick as he wasn't getting the service and therefore, didn't have a great game.

When Lennon came on, I thought we might be more dangerous but we still looked toothless because he wasn't getting enough of the ball. We were trying to get Bent and Defoe through the middle and we were getting outmuscled by Cattermole and Palacios. We needed to stretch them and we didn't do it.

It didn't really work. We might as well have played a 3-5-2 if Harry wanted King and Dawson in.

Gomes

King
Dawson
Woodgate

Bentley
Huddlestone
O'Hara
Modric
Lennon

Pav
Defoe

That way, you would have Bentley's crossing, Lennon's pace to cut inside from the left and Hudd's range of passing should Modric have had an off day which he did.

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