Lloris
Walker Chiriches Vertonghen Davies
Capoue Dembele/Holtby
Eriksen Lamela Chadli
Soldado/Ade

Sign a good CB to provide actual competition and a winger to start ahead of Chadli and I'll be happy with the window

So you boys reckon Lamela is ready to be first team regular now?

Yes

no idea what holtby has done to warrant a starting first team place?

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Have a feeling we'ĺl see this so long as we sign no one new.

LLoris
Walker Kaboul Vertonghen Davies
Capoue DEmbele
Lennon Lamela Eriksen
Soldado

I would like to see a 4-2-3-1 this season.

Lloris

Walker
Davies
Verts
Kaboul or new cb

Cappue
Sandro or Dembele

Lamela
Eriksen Am
Chadli

Soldado

comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
no idea what holtby has done to warrant a starting first team place?
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Could say the same from the whole starting XI except Lloris tbh!

>>>>>>>> Lloris
Walker Kaboul Vertonghen Davies
>>>>>>>>> Capoue
>>>>>> Eriksen Holtby
Lamela >>>>>>>>>>> Chadli
>>>>>>>> Adebayor

comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
no idea what holtby has done to warrant a starting first team place?
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Especially as a holding midfielder..

Agree with the OP - CB and striker please

comment by Mauricio's smile (U3582)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
no idea what holtby has done to warrant a starting first team place?
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Especially as a holding midfielder..

Agree with the OP - CB and striker please
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He doesn't say he's a holding midfielder tbf

He could just be a CM with Sandro as the DM

Could be Hengy, but I haven't seen him play as a deep lying/box to box mid at all. He's been at his best feeding the forwards and hassling the back four.. I'm not doubting he could do a job there but I'm curious as to why anyone would start him in a position he's barely played.

He done it in the last friendly next to Carroll but yea he's better abit further forward.

Would really like to see Lamela Eriksen & Holtby all start together behind the forward!!
They are our most technically gifted players and with them all interchanging it would cause alot of damage to the other teams defence IMO

Guys that was the position he played at schackle which gained him recognition. Got converted to an AM in his final season there so he only player in that position for around 4 to 5 months before he came to us so i think we can safely say he's got experience as a cm.

He only played as a CM at Schalke because they had Raul. As soon as he left Lewis was back to playing behind the striker, his performances in the league and CL earned him a move to Spurs.

I don't think he's got the discipline to be a holding mid, imo he's far more suited to playing in a front 3 that presses high and moves the ball quickly..

All about opinions

http://bundesligafanatic.com/lewis-holtby-germanys-most-versatile-footballer/

One season at CM.. obviously he can play there but we've got Sandro, Capoue, Dembele, Bentaleb, Carroll..

comment by Mauricio's smile (U3582)
posted 44 minutes ago
He only played as a CM at Schalke because they had Raul. As soon as he left Lewis was back to playing behind the striker, his performances in the league and CL earned him a move to Spurs.

I don't think he's got the discipline to be a holding mid, imo he's far more suited to playing in a front 3 that presses high and moves the ball quickly..

All about opinions
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I agree with this

For me holtby would be brilliant at am or cm . Infact hengy you've made me change my mind an attacking 3 of:

eriksen holtby lamela

Would bring a lot of creativity and goals.

With maybe dembele coming into partner sandro or possibly capoue.

Super

Thankyou hengy for showing me your wisdom

I feel dembele and sandro formed such a strong partnership in the first half of the 2012/2013 season which allowed us to play some brilliant counter attacling football. If they can get back to their form in that season and with far more creative options ahead of them in eriksen, lamela and holtby aswell as an improved soldado or bony willing to bang in the goals we could have a succesful season if we can sort out the defence

Is Sandro healthy now?
And can he last the season?
Otherwise we will need a strong DM.