Parky

Why not play RT at right back? Just a thought like.

Play everybody anywhere. Total football.

If he's invisible then what is Raylor and Obertan? Ryan Taylor has had a better season that Ben Arfa by a considerable distance. I wish people could view things more objectively. He's played at left back for 90% of it yet you say he should be on the right wing. Krul's had a better season too, better hoy him in midfield. Looney tunes. That wouldn't work Wullie cause it would nullify his hoofs.

Rosicky plays well once a year.

He played as one last week against Sunderland and was abysmal. Just warming up. Arsenal fans have been saying for 3 years they want Walcott playing more as a forward. He's better up top. Can use his pace much better there and he isn't a bad finisher. He can't cross, so playing him on the wing is daft. I agree. But, but...But Wenger is da tactical King Kong of all time of all football anywhere.

Won't finish in the top 4.

He played as one last week against Sunderland and was abysmal. Yeah but that's what happened today. Arsenal fans have been saying for 3 years they want Walcott playing more as a forward.

He is cause he let walcott play (for the first time this season) where he should have been playing all season (narrower and nearer rvp)

All that really happenned is that for the first time in a million years Wenga let Walcott play as a 2nd forward. (at 0-2)

buh buh he plugs gaps, englerland bulldog spirit blah blah blah playah of da year

Spurs play pretty much as orthodox a 4-4-2 as you will see, Man United have also returned to it in the last two seasons after a few years of playing with 1 up. 4-4-2 is not "dead" as some people will have you believe but it depends very much on the quality of the wide players, it doesn't work with players who are there to be functional and defensive, nor with full backs who can't get forward on the overlap. Think Bale strays a lot from the left though. Often popping up down the middle and the right. When that happens Ski Kotto (as you infer) morphs into a wingback. When VDV starts he drifts around a lot as well (but often picking up the ball right side mf and cutting in). Think Spurs vary it and it isn't as rigid as it appears. As you say ours is very rigid (although there was a patch when Obertan was being encouraged to drift inside a bit).

You'll find the same on Southampton forums, I checked them out when he came here and they said what we're saying now. No plan B is probably the most popular comment about him. Keeping the ole powder dry till this thread goes 'to the next level'.

Arsenal are gonna get murdered today.

I don't want to have to get into the google time machine and start quoting from old WestHam forums. Don't make me. Don't.

Cognitive dissonance.

"Strengths: Possessing unwavering self-confidence, Pardew's belief in his own ability has carried him a long way thus far in his managerial career. He also has a deep belief in the merits of a psychological and motivational approach to football, and his successes at Reading, West Ham and Southampton prove that his approach can bear fruit. Weaknesses: Despite priding himself on being a good man-manager, Pardew struggled to handle the big personalities of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano at West Ham. After his sacking by the Hammers, Tevez said: "I don't think he had a clear idea about my game or what to do. He was a good football man but more suited to coaching English teams without foreigners with big reputations." The likes of Andy Carroll and Joey Barton should provide an interesting challenge for him. Career high: Taking West Ham to within moments of a first major trophy since 1980, before Steven Gerrard shattered that dream in the 2006 FA Cup final. Had the Hammers won, Pardew's managerial stock would have soared and who knows what he could have gone on to achieve. Career low: Failing to keep Charlton in the Premier League in 2007 and then also failing to mount a serious challenge for promotion the following season, resulting in his dismissal. Tactics: Pardew has previously used the phrase "Tenacity, Spirit and Flair" to describe his teams' approach and he will certainly attempt to bring Magpies' the brand attacking football that they have craved over the years. Quotes: Pardew got himself in hot water for the following comments on Match of the Day about Michael Essien's physicality against Ched Evans: "He [Essien] knocks him off like he ain't there, he absolutely rapes him and then plays into the striker." Trivia: Pardew's love for all things motivational led to him pinning excerpts from speeches by Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King to the walls of the changing room at Reading's training ground. " Stoke are renowned for bombarding the opposition with the long throw of Rory Delap and making the most of set-pieces, a policy which has led them to the FA Cup semi-finals. And while Pulis is famous for spats with rival Premier League bosses such as Mark Hughes and Arsene Wenger, who he has refused to shake hands with on occasion, Pardew is full of praise for the Potters boss. He told the Chronicle: “Tony Pulis is a good friend of mine. “I know him well, I’ve been to see him a few times this season and I speak him regularly." Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/03/18/alan-pardew-defends-tony-pulis-style-of-play-72703-28359732/#ixzz1nUW5MzAs

That's what happens when the midfield have no contact with the forwards.

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Rotating striker with chips.

Sometimes football breaks out in mixed play when we overturn posesssion or summink.

We have nobody in the the top 30 assists in the PL.

Who plays a rigid 442 in the PL?

Prozone sickness. I've seen it before.