Re: Barclay's Premier League '15-'16 discussion V6

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:21 am

I think they can keep it up, simply because this is not Poch's first season and they have been playing this way since December of last year. When it comes to mantaining a high work rate the pre-season is extremely important and they have had an entire pre-season with this manager and style.

by Pseudo Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:11 am

M99 wrote: I even nicknamed him Godsend

Barclay's Premier League '15-'16 discussion V6 - Page 6 Mjlol

by Socur Toxanarosa Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:29 am

RealGunner wrote:Pochettino is a very good manager tbf. He stuck with Lamela when most spurs fans gave up on him and now he is repaying the faith.

Still inconsistent but he is showing a lot more of his potential than he did before.

Another good thing Pochettino did was to stop those random purchases Tottenham have been making for years. He got rid of the scrubs and stuck with 1 defence and 1 midfield instead of changing it every 2 weeks.

With a proper balance and set up, tottenham are looking quite solid and will challenge Liverpool and Chelsea for 4th.

by Kick Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:32 am

Was never impressed with Townsend, called it back then, too :coffee:

by RealGunner Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:33 pm

Premier League team of the season: the best XI so far

Barclay's Premier League '15-'16 discussion V6 - Page 6 777

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/11/premier-league-team-season-so-far?CMP=share_btn_tw

Replace Van Dijk with Koscielny and Coquelin/Delle Alli with Fernandinho and it's a spot on team

by RealGunner Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:42 pm

@Lamela

Committed Lamela Finding His Feet After Slow Start at Spurs

http://www.whoscored.com/Articles/bk8c7nftbuuy63lhwxzzyg/Show/Player-Focus-Committed-Lamela-Finding-His-Feet-After-Slow-Start-at-Spurs

by futbol Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:07 pm

RealGunner wrote:Premier League team of the season: the best XI so far

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/11/premier-league-team-season-so-far?CMP=share_btn_tw

Replace Van Dijk with Koscielny and Coquelin/Delle Alli with Fernandinho and it's a spot on team

Very underwhelming team tbh.

by free_cat Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:09 pm

RealGunner wrote:Premier League team of the season: the best XI so far

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/11/premier-league-team-season-so-far?CMP=share_btn_tw

Replace Van Dijk with Koscielny and Coquelin/Delle Alli with Fernandinho and it's a spot on team

Vardy & Pelle. That world class strikeforce. Shocked

by RealGunner Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:12 pm

Yea somehow all the legit strikers have been either injured or underperforming.

can't take anything of Vardy though. 9 goals in a row is fantastic, specially if they also came against big teams.

by Art Morte Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:17 pm

RealGunner wrote:Premier League team of the season: the best XI so far

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/11/premier-league-team-season-so-far?CMP=share_btn_tw

Replace Van Dijk with Koscielny and Coquelin/Delle Alli with Fernandinho and it's a spot on team

I've seen Southampton just 2-3 times this season, but has Van Dijk really been this good? Koscielny, Skrtel or Kompany in his place, imo.

De Gea has had a solid defense in front of him, I think both Myhill and Butland have been more impressive when you consider the teams they play for.

Fernandinho has actually been great, deserves to be there.

Lukaku has been better than Pelle.

by RealGunner Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:09 pm

context

Spoiler:

I don't even

by El Gunner Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:58 pm

Hypothetical:
Let us say, just for argument's sake, not in anyway getting ahead of ourselves, let's just say we win the league and German Ozil is instrumental to that cause and ends the season with numbers of 7 goals and 20 assists. And Leicester secures themselves a Europa League spot with Englishman Vardy continuing his form more or less throughout the season, ending the season as top goal scorer with numbers of 30 goals and 7 assists.

a)Who would you personally choose as player of the season?

b)Who in your opinion would the BPL jury pick as the official player of the season?

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:07 am

Ozil all day long.

by CBarca Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:01 am

I mean if you just watch the games you can pretty confidently say Ozil.

He's been the best this season and it's an easy pick right now. Unplayable right now and everything good that Arsenal are doing is going through him.

by El Gunner Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:37 am

Yeah but I don't think you guys are seeing where I am coming from.

Considering how Hazard won it last season, I also think Ozil should actually win it in this scenario.

However, I know I asked with "a)" who you would pick, but the post is more for the question of whether you think Vardy would stand a chance of winning the actual honour at the end of the day with those numbers and him being an Englishmen.

by McAgger Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:01 am

City are top of the table and only got 1 player there, seems legit.

by CBarca Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:22 am

Don't call me James wrote:City are top of the table and only got 1 player there, seems legit.

Has anyone on their team actually played well enough to get in ahead of those other players, though?

by McAgger Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:25 am

If none of their players played well then why are they top of the league?

Why is Pelle even on there? He has like 5 goals and doesn't do much else. Aguero scored 5 in one game.

by Sri Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:05 am

El Gunner wrote:Hypothetical:
Let us say, just for argument's sake, not in anyway getting ahead of ourselves, let's just say we win the league and German Ozil is instrumental to that cause and ends the season with numbers of 7 goals and 20 assists. And Leicester secures themselves a Europa League spot with Englishman Vardy continuing his form more or less throughout the season, ending the season as top goal scorer with numbers of 30 goals and 7 assists.

a)Who would you personally choose as player of the season?

b)Who in your opinion would the BPL jury pick as the official player of the season?

Calling it hypothetically is a weak attempt at best to mitigate a GL Jinx.

#ÖzilInjuryIncoming

by El Gunner Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:07 am

Don't call me James wrote:If none of their players played well then why are they top of the league?

Why is Pelle even on there? He has like 5 goals and doesn't do much else. Aguero scored 5 in one game.

So just because of that he should in your opinion should be in the team. In truth, it just says the opposite, Pelle has been more consistent over the season. Sure we all know Aguero is a better player than Pelle overall, and that 5 goals in one game says it all, but this is Best XI of the season so far.

Although, I'm with Art, I think Lukaku has performed better than Pelle this year.