@2:15, we were not keeping Sarr fresh for the game. He had a yellow card. I too wanted him to start for his range on defense more than his creativity. He can check Onana in way Maddison is not able to keep up. Agreed on Bentancur although I wanted Bissouma, but it worked out because along with Richarlison being healthy. It made for better option instead of Bergvall and some creativity off the bench later in the game if needed. I think in a cheeky way without Van de Ven we were able to play deeper as a defensive unit with the fullbacks staying in longer as outlets playing out the back. We beat Villa because they believe in their system to stifle teams. We played through it with speed and precision.
I love how Ben Davies comes into the game, gets the defensive job done and makes an offensive contribution that helps turn the game around. Great man to have on the bench. Thanks for another thoughtful analysis.
I love Davies. He is so reliable, so selfless. Not every player can be a superstar talent like Kane, Bale, or Son. You need squad members like Ben Davies. He always puts in a shift. I hope he moves into coaching or a front office role with Spurs when his playing career is done.
Hes so fucking solid. Mourinho said once "Ben Davies is Ben Davies" like you know exactly what you'll get from him. Always so consistent, level headed, and makes great decisions
@@jeffthfcLevyIn the fact we can start that midfield and then bring on Maddison and Bissouma to see a game out is so good man 🤣 loved Biss coming on and just passing it around for a laugh
legend says that these lads are still running to this day. As a Korean, it reminds me of Park Ji Sung.. but its most of our team. Johnson was on his last legs but still kept going till the end. In previous games, he would have a defensive lapse here and there or start to decline physically later in the games. Now his fitness and everyone else's, are approaching top levels.
I can’t wait for Yan and later Vuscovich to arrive.These two can definitely go to the top.for their age they are already there when compared to similar aged players.COYS.
Spurs are starting to resemble the team Ange wants them to be. Its scary how dominant they could become...another 18 months, patience and the hard yards will pay off
Dont think we have a «best» midfield composition. Kulu and madders for less physical midfields and sarr bentancur/biss for more physical games. I think this versatility is so nice to have. And so equal in quality wich is nice for depth. And they can cover in games if one needs to rest
I think there are certainly good signs of progress under Ange, don't forget we've got a very young team that still have a lot of development in them. If we can improve our away form which is a must then we will be very well placed to challenge going forward. We've got to get behind Ange fully! COYS
Awesome to see our squads improvement to last season, you can just feel the difference and feel assured when the subs come on. Madders coming in as a sub for some games is just mental, love our team man.
I dont think you can say that we change from 1 6 to 2 6’s when we play sarr instead of maddison. We always have one player that occupies the centre and stays there to form the triangle with the cbs. When sarr plays its just that he tracks back more and covers slightly different spaces, but we always play with one dm.
Just in general it’s so refreshing to see Spurs play in this fashion, especially when you think of how we played under the three previous managers. It feels like this brand of football finally matches the state of the art stadium we have, as well as having players like Solanke, Son, Romero, VDV, Maddison and the rest. Quality players that are fluid on the ball. Things are looking up again for the first time since early Poch days, but we have to maintain patience as a fanbase. Back Ange. Ben, what do u reckon we need in January?🤔
I understand that you may have had concerns about Dom not scoring in 6, but I wasn't! He's pure class, and I'm so glad we've got him. 60million well spent!
Sean Butler has always talked about horses for courses. Sometimes we will need Madders and Kulu to start together. Other games will call for Kulu and Sarr or Madders and Sarr. Sometimes we need Bentancur in the 6 and some games call for BOSSuma. What I love is that we seem to have a complete squad for the first time in a decade. Those Kane, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Walker, Rose, Super Jan, Alderweireld, Lloris teams around 2017 were SO damn good but didn't have this type of depth. I think our current squad has the type of depth that would have won us a Premier League and/or Champions League in those days.
Dom Solanke led the league last year in pressures too btw. That's why when Ange wanted him in the summer I knew why. Then you add that up with the general position he gets his goals from....he's perfect. I never understood the Ivan Toney thing from some fans. Ivan Toney is a good finisher but he's not a hard worker and he comes with an attitude. He would butt heads with Ange and it would have never worked.🤷🏽♂️
Rumour has it that when big Dom got home yesterday he jumped out of the car, did 4 laps around the house then ran to the wardrobe and started pressing his suits
Sarr was our best player for sure but we have a great unity now that no matter the midfield he picks no combination really worries me like it did when I used to see sissoko Or winks or skipp. It’s also great to see ange getting the hard calls right depending on the opposition, instead of having a fixed 11 like we did last season we can keep the opposition guessing to some degree as too who they will be up against. I’m Buzzing for Ipswich
Totally disagree. We are playing much better than the first ten games last season. The only game that was ultra impressive in the first ten games last year was the Burnley game where we could have scored 8. There were plenty of games where we scored very late goals to get over the line, often deep in injury time. The only game which has been an outlier is the Palace game. They were not up to play any football, just to physically batter spurs. Every other game we could have and arguably should have won. The squad is sooo much deeper, we have similar injuries to last year after the Chelsea match yet it is not doomsday. We definitely need one more quality left centre back at Christmas though this team is already very good. Put two more years on the average age of the squad and it WILL be elite.
You remember that scene from Rocky 2 where Micky tells Balboa that the only way he can beat Apollo is with “dirty greasy fast speed”. I think Ange saw that and said “yes, this is the way” cause Sarr is the Van Der Ven of midfield, Solanke is the Van Der Ven of attack, and Micky Van Der Ven is the Van Der Ven of defense. You add in Son, Kuls, and Johnson and it’s not even fair to the other teams .
There's this saying, popularised by an Australian rugby league brain: "there's no counter, no replacement for speed. It's the once thing that can't be bought or taught"
I think Windy on the Extra Inch was right - the difference in the 2nd half was that we got the ball to Son more quickly, so Villa didn’t have time to drop and double team.
16:42 Think this is showing the depth and versatility of our squad. We can have sarr and Bentancur and Kulu. Or against teams that are going to sit back we can have Kulu and Maddison. We have options which I don’t think we have had before. We have had a 1 team and now we have a squad.
Hi Ben, I’ve seen George Scaife do a video rating the goals his team have conceded, and I believe he’ll do one on the goals they’ve scored. I’d love to see a spurs version and see your insight into how we score and concede. Love the vids mate 👍
The main issue from the corner which seems to be overlooked, is why Porro is the first man. Should have one of the tallest there to clear, yet it’s Porro who, without Maddison on the pitch is the shortest Spurs player by about 4 inches.
Some time big ange need to invite pressure from opponent to let's then break up their 6+1 back line..if spur keep adding pressure opponent will not step up from low block..low block situation will make spur hard to create change because spur don't have winger who able to cary ball through back line..
I think the idea was to use the full backs and Sarr centrally to tire out villa’s midfield in the 1st half. As soon as that was done, Ange switched the tactic, and bamb goals.
I feel much more comfortable and safer with Bentancur and Sarr with Kulu. Madders need to fight harder if he even want that 10 role back from Kulu. That free kick was nice but need to do much more, a pseudo redemption arc to say. Although never say never, we might need him alongside Kulu if we decided to go 2 CAM's in the future but that formation is just risky atm. If we can bring in another solid CDM and build a more robust, more framed in physicality and ball recovery of a back four then I'm confident.
Ben, I love your content. I’m a stat man, not so much a results man… (though I love great results)… You are tying the stats together with the outcome… something for the short termist doom mongers to ponder. Well done.
Ben, your audio is clipped and distorted. You really need to get a new mic and in the meantime at least export and declip your audio and remux it before uploading. As it stands right now your levels are very hot, your vocals are partially blown out, and I end up turning it off after a few seconds.
I don’t think Spurs have a “best” midfield. We have sufficient players with different skills that we can pick a midfield to match whatever is required for the opponent we are facing. And we can change it mid-match if needed. We will only get better as time goes on.
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Who should START for Tottenham - Pape Matar Sarr or James Maddison? 👀
Depends on the game
So far this season I feel like sarr and benta is the better duo
@2:15, we were not keeping Sarr fresh for the game. He had a yellow card. I too wanted him to start for his range on defense more than his creativity. He can check Onana in way Maddison is not able to keep up. Agreed on Bentancur although I wanted Bissouma, but it worked out because along with Richarlison being healthy. It made for better option instead of Bergvall and some creativity off the bench later in the game if needed.
I think in a cheeky way without Van de Ven we were able to play deeper as a defensive unit with the fullbacks staying in longer as outlets playing out the back. We beat Villa because they believe in their system to stifle teams. We played through it with speed and precision.
Sarr for 70 mins then Maddison for the rest 👍🏼
Hi Ben can you do a short video how Galas team set up and how Ange will break them down during the game !
Thank keep up great work
I love how Ben Davies comes into the game, gets the defensive job done and makes an offensive contribution that helps turn the game around. Great man to have on the bench. Thanks for another thoughtful analysis.
I love Davies. He is so reliable, so selfless. Not every player can be a superstar talent like Kane, Bale, or Son. You need squad members like Ben Davies. He always puts in a shift. I hope he moves into coaching or a front office role with Spurs when his playing career is done.
Ben for president (I wish
Hes so fucking solid. Mourinho said once "Ben Davies is Ben Davies" like you know exactly what you'll get from him. Always so consistent, level headed, and makes great decisions
Fast becoming my favourite spurs content creator, your analysis is excellent. Calm and realistic takes, it’s such a refreshing change. UP THE SPURS
I know like he genuinely loves football analysis like a sports nerd
That engine room of Solanke, Sarr, Bentancur and Kulusevski 😍
Wow wow wow wow wow wow. Physical monsters. We are so good on transition.
Don't forget Bissouma
@@jeffthfcLevyIn the fact we can start that midfield and then bring on Maddison and Bissouma to see a game out is so good man 🤣 loved Biss coming on and just passing it around for a laugh
Johnson ran himself into the ground yesterday
legend says that these lads are still running to this day. As a Korean, it reminds me of Park Ji Sung.. but its most of our team. Johnson was on his last legs but still kept going till the end. In previous games, he would have a defensive lapse here and there or start to decline physically later in the games. Now his fitness and everyone else's, are approaching top levels.
I’m Jamaican and I don’t really listen these but the way u talk about football it better than the popular analysts
I can’t wait for Yan and later Vuscovich to arrive.These two can definitely go to the top.for their age they are already there when compared to similar aged players.COYS.
Always look forward to these vids Ben, great work as usual.
Thank you mate!
Spurs are starting to resemble the team Ange wants them to be. Its scary how dominant they could become...another 18 months, patience and the hard yards will pay off
Another 18 months and we will be up there with the best in Europe COYS
Football won, not the dark arts. A very true statement.
Very satisfying victory 🤌🏻
Dont think we have a «best» midfield composition. Kulu and madders for less physical midfields and sarr bentancur/biss for more physical games. I think this versatility is so nice to have. And so equal in quality wich is nice for depth. And they can cover in games if one needs to rest
Spot on
I think there are certainly good signs of progress under Ange, don't forget we've got a very young team that still have a lot of development in them. If we can improve our away form which is a must then we will be very well placed to challenge going forward. We've got to get behind Ange fully! COYS
Awesome to see our squads improvement to last season, you can just feel the difference and feel assured when the subs come on. Madders coming in as a sub for some games is just mental, love our team man.
I dont think you can say that we change from 1 6 to 2 6’s when we play sarr instead of maddison. We always have one player that occupies the centre and stays there to form the triangle with the cbs. When sarr plays its just that he tracks back more and covers slightly different spaces, but we always play with one dm.
Very true - that was a complete midfield performance from Pape
Big ups for a quality analysis mate on what was an epic win. COYS!!!
Thanks mate!
Just in general it’s so refreshing to see Spurs play in this fashion, especially when you think of how we played under the three previous managers. It feels like this brand of football finally matches the state of the art stadium we have, as well as having players like Solanke, Son, Romero, VDV, Maddison and the rest. Quality players that are fluid on the ball. Things are looking up again for the first time since early Poch days, but we have to maintain patience as a fanbase. Back Ange.
Ben, what do u reckon we need in January?🤔
I know I'm not Ben but we definitely need another center back to cover for all the injuries cuz just Radu and Ben Davies are not enough
@ Agreed, definitely need another left footed defender that can cover the Lb/Lcb positions. We’re too light in that area.
I understand that you may have had concerns about Dom not scoring in 6, but I wasn't! He's pure class, and I'm so glad we've got him. 60million well spent!
I've not had any concerns about Solanke since he's been here - he's mustard
Sean Butler has always talked about horses for courses. Sometimes we will need Madders and Kulu to start together. Other games will call for Kulu and Sarr or Madders and Sarr. Sometimes we need Bentancur in the 6 and some games call for BOSSuma. What I love is that we seem to have a complete squad for the first time in a decade. Those Kane, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Walker, Rose, Super Jan, Alderweireld, Lloris teams around 2017 were SO damn good but didn't have this type of depth. I think our current squad has the type of depth that would have won us a Premier League and/or Champions League in those days.
Dom Solanke led the league last year in pressures too btw.
That's why when Ange wanted him in the summer I knew why.
Then you add that up with the general position he gets his goals from....he's perfect.
I never understood the Ivan Toney thing from some fans.
Ivan Toney is a good finisher but he's not a hard worker and he comes with an attitude. He would butt heads with Ange and it would have never worked.🤷🏽♂️
Totally agree - he’s a top player
Rumour has it that when big Dom got home yesterday he jumped out of the car, did 4 laps around the house then ran to the wardrobe and started pressing his suits
Spot on with Ivan Toney
Sarr was our best player for sure but we have a great unity now that no matter the midfield he picks no combination really worries me like it did when I used to see sissoko
Or winks or skipp. It’s also great to see ange getting the hard calls right depending on the opposition, instead of having a fixed 11 like we did last season we can keep the opposition guessing to some degree as too who they will be up against. I’m
Buzzing for Ipswich
Ange is slowly bringing us back to the level we saw in his first 10 games good times are ahead
Totally disagree. We are playing much better than the first ten games last season. The only game that was ultra impressive in the first ten games last year was the Burnley game where we could have scored 8.
There were plenty of games where we scored very late goals to get over the line, often deep in injury time.
The only game which has been an outlier is the Palace game. They were not up to play any football, just to physically batter spurs. Every other game we could have and arguably should have won.
The squad is sooo much deeper, we have similar injuries to last year after the Chelsea match yet it is not doomsday. We definitely need one more quality left centre back at Christmas though this team is already very good. Put two more years on the average age of the squad and it WILL be elite.
Facts long may it continue
I love the way that you always name the true man of the match, who isn’t necessarily the one that is named on TV
Great video Ben⭐️
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Content level really gone up this season keep up the good work
Thanks bro
Cheers Ben! Love your analyses
My pleasure!
thanks for another great review/analysis!
You remember that scene from Rocky 2 where Micky tells Balboa that the only way he can beat Apollo is with “dirty greasy fast speed”. I think Ange saw that and said “yes, this is the way” cause Sarr is the Van Der Ven of midfield, Solanke is the Van Der Ven of attack, and Micky Van Der Ven is the Van Der Ven of defense.
You add in Son, Kuls, and Johnson and it’s not even fair to the other teams .
There's this saying, popularised by an Australian rugby league brain: "there's no counter, no replacement for speed. It's the once thing that can't be bought or taught"
I think Windy on the Extra Inch was right - the difference in the 2nd half was that we got the ball to Son more quickly, so Villa didn’t have time to drop and double team.
What was interesting about the lineup was it was similar to the “old” Tottenham prior to Ange.
16:42 Think this is showing the depth and versatility of our squad. We can have sarr and Bentancur and Kulu. Or against teams that are going to sit back we can have Kulu and Maddison. We have options which I don’t think we have had before. We have had a 1 team and now we have a squad.
That comment about pau been press resistant is really true so calm
Hi Ben, I’ve seen George Scaife do a video rating the goals his team have conceded, and I believe he’ll do one on the goals they’ve scored. I’d love to see a spurs version and see your insight into how we score and concede. Love the vids mate 👍
The main issue from the corner which seems to be overlooked, is why Porro is the first man. Should have one of the tallest there to clear, yet it’s Porro who, without Maddison on the pitch is the shortest Spurs player by about 4 inches.
Some time big ange need to invite pressure from opponent to let's then break up their 6+1 back line..if spur keep adding pressure opponent will not step up from low block..low block situation will make spur hard to create change because spur don't have winger who able to cary ball through back line..
I think the idea was to use the full backs and Sarr centrally to tire out villa’s midfield in the 1st half. As soon as that was done, Ange switched the tactic, and bamb goals.
We have ourselves an elite manager, finally.
Fully agree, love him
I feel much more comfortable and safer with Bentancur and Sarr with Kulu. Madders need to fight harder if he even want that 10 role back from Kulu. That free kick was nice but need to do much more, a pseudo redemption arc to say. Although never say never, we might need him alongside Kulu if we decided to go 2 CAM's in the future but that formation is just risky atm. If we can bring in another solid CDM and build a more robust, more framed in physicality and ball recovery of a back four then I'm confident.
I don't like to speak ill of old players, but the "we made him look like Davidson Sanchez" cracked me up :)
Ben, I love your content. I’m a stat man, not so much a results man… (though I love great results)… You are tying the stats together with the outcome… something for the short termist doom mongers to ponder. Well done.
Thank you mate appreciate that! Not much the doom mongers could be annoyed about yesterday but they’ll try 😅
Standing in the goal is fine but as soon as you interfere, put your arms out to stop the goalie moving as what happened, should be a foul.
Where have i heard that opening line before?🤔
👀
So true. I say we just copy what arsenal does on corners n use Romero as Gabriel role.
Sarr… what is the word you are using? An absolute “Chico!” Please clarify. Love it.
Cheatcode, it’s literally on the thumbnail 😂
Ben, your audio is clipped and distorted. You really need to get a new mic and in the meantime at least export and declip your audio and remux it before uploading. As it stands right now your levels are very hot, your vocals are partially blown out, and I end up turning it off after a few seconds.
If maddison started that game we would of most probably lost
Whatever happened to Sean Butler... ? ?
I am here ,, trying to get of from dental pain 💔
I don’t think Spurs have a “best” midfield. We have sufficient players with different skills that we can pick a midfield to match whatever is required for the opponent we are facing. And we can change it mid-match if needed. We will only get better as time goes on.
Dark arts ?Football won?Bentancour crippled Rogers-twice
Ironic… Matty Cash?
By the way, what’s happened to Spence?
groin...injured
Because Ange believes we dont need training in set pieces. Arsenal got in someone and it improved them majorly 🤷🏻♂️
Big fan of the analysis Ben! Listen to the Fighting Cock and loving The Daring & Doing Podcast too. Keep up the good work and COYS 🤍
Legend mate UP THE SPURSSSS