“It hasn’t been easy for us to try and break in behind but we will persist as this is the way we want to move forward," he said.
“Hopefully we can one day manage to do more combinations that will lead to more goals being created.
“It is very, very difficult for a team to hold on defensively due to the amount of time we have the ball.
“They have to make a great physical effort that eventually you manage to get in. It happened again against Sheriff, we had so much of the ball in the first half and created so much that I think in the second half they tired and we got in to more space to score the goals.
“It is not easy to find the spaces, you need people to start taking on opponents to start unlocking them. We need to take risks, unlocking defences is probably a part of our game where we have to work."
...I think he now recognises that he needs to encourage players to take on their opposite men. we have the talent so why not. This is exactly what our 'inverted' wingers should be doing. If they are not going to cross it then they must beat a man.
http://www.london24.com/sport/tottenham_boss_believes_spurs_are_learning_how_to_break_teams_down_1_2982146
Insight into AVBs mind...
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posted on 8/11/13
I think it's largely down to tempo. At home we need to start games like we want to score. Make life uncomfortable for opposition teams. If nothing happens in the first 10-15 mins then we can settle down to our formulaic approach.
I feel we start games with the 'Keep the ball and wait' mentality.
At home we should be 'Park your bus and watch us 'trash it' from the first minute.'
posted on 8/11/13
I think we need to encourage our full backs to get down the line more as well, like Marcelo or Lahm do. We need width to create space for our creative boys to do the business. Walker does it to a certain extent but it's non existent down the left now Rose is out. We definitely need a left back in the window.
posted on 8/11/13
Agreed, Left back of any sort would transform our play. at the moment teams can double up on there left flank and leave their right because we always cut into a congested space. Naughton and Siggs practically play CMs
posted on 8/11/13
To be fair to Sheriff they worked very well as a unit with 10 men behind the ball. It's the ugly but necessary side of football for many teams who know they are inferior but not very many are actually that good at it; but when it works well people tend to remember i.e. Greece in the Euros.
posted on 8/11/13
"To be fair to Sheriff they worked very well as a unit with 10 men behind the ball. It's the ugly but necessary side of football for many teams who know they are inferior"
Yet their speed of counter and good positioning/passing showed they were anything but.
If anything their own fear has been their undoing.
posted on 8/11/13
I don't think AVB is a negative coach, in the past he's stressed that he likes to play an attacking style.
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Actually I think the exact opposite... AVB is currently a negative coach. His track record in England proves that.
He's a young coach and no doubt still forming an identity of his own... Hope he eventually evolves into a more progressive (by that I mean attacking) coach
posted on 8/11/13
Teams don't get tired from not having the ball if they're just sat back deep and allowing us to have possession in places we can't hurt them. Everton were soooo tired from their first half exertions that they actually improved and saw more of the ball in the 2nd half
posted on 8/11/13
I feel that he's a bit of a surly character and it's manifesting in the style of football he plays., dullish.
posted on 8/11/13
The more he talks, the more he's getting on my nerves tbh, because none of it makes any sense whatsoever. Clear flaws in his gameplan, keeps repeating the same mistake over and over again yet he's trying to convince us (or himself) otherwise.