Just out of interest.
What was it people were so excited about with De Zerbi and some of the players being signed?
No right or wrong, just interested to know what most people thought about stuff and what it was based on.
Not tryna take the piss i’m just literally speaking from experience with my own club: i can’t emphasise enough just how bad this window was from Spurs. Ending it with Tosin (mediocre is generous) & Mudryk (RDZ politics even more) makes it laughable. Terrible board + average coach
Roberto De Zerbi is the WORST Manager I have ever seen.
People who appreciated him after Mr. Pep Guardiola told he is a genius, get youbanalyses together.
Playing from the back, this and that blah blah...
Most people in football Twitter suffer from new toy syndrome,But fail to call out poor performances from said new toy!! Appeasing your transfer dopamine is more important than being patient 👀👀#justobserving
Bentancur #6, Tonali #8, Gallagher #10?
Mateus Fernandes benched.
Spurs have a problem, and it’s a De Zerbi issue.
He seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding as to how to get the best out of the team HE built.
Tonali #6, Fernandes #8, Marmoush second-striker, Solanke #9.
It’s the ONLY way.
Anything else is wrong.
Tonali is better facing the play with the ball.
Fernandes is the most dynamic of the lot. He’s also more nimble and more mobile than Tonali over short distances so he’s better suited to go and hunt defensively. Tonali more robust physically and although he’s rapid when he gets going, he’s slow off the mark. That’s why he’s more suited to the #6 with Fernandes higher. Let Fernandes roam and Tonali patrol.
That dynamic makes the most sense with AND without the ball. We have to remember that Mateus is the real star in the midfield. Tonali is the one who has to learn to master the #6 role under De Zerbi. Fernandes is more of a ‘let him play’ type #8 because of how special and well-rounded he is. That’s not Tonali.
And then ahead of them you need a #10 who can take the ball into feet, otherwise you get a repeat of what happened with Richarlison against Brentford. Both Solanke and Marmoush work well together here.
De Zerbi is currently failing to give Spurs the best possible chance of winning.
Very concerning.
No doubt that the game today will be much more of a fight than it should be because of De Zerbi’s subpar selection. Forest are a proper team under Glasner.
It’s time to be very harsh on De Zerbi because this is HIS squad. He has been given the keys and quality is no longer an issue. It’s on him to get this team in and around the top 6 otherwise it’s a massive failure this season.