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After seeing Tottenham fall into a cycle of draws after the big win in the opening game and continue to slip down the league standings, many media and pundits who had been glorifying Tottenham before began to turn their guns and lash out at George and Tottenham as if the people who had been touting Tottenham had nothing to do with them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the media shifted gear, Tottenham fans were worried about the team's results this season. After all, although the media reports are often taken out of context or generalized, one thing they are always correct is that compared to the same period last season, Tottenham's results this season have indeed dropped a lot - you know, Tottenham Hotspur won three and drew one in the first four rounds of the Premier League in the 02-03 season, which is not much better than the current record of one win and three draws in the first four rounds.

The reason for such a stark gap was mainly because Tottenham did not have a strong opponent in the first four rounds at the time, and Hoddle was already a mature team in charge of Tottenham at the time. Tottenham this season is very different, not only is the entire team re-formed, but the first four opponents are former powerhouses such as Leeds United and Liverpool, a top giant, and the difficulty coefficient is not at the same level as last season.

Don't look at Leeds United's serious blood loss in the summer transfer market, the youth team that reached the semi-finals of the Champions Cup has now gone its separate ways, but in fact, Leeds United in the previous life performed quite well at the beginning of the 03-04 season, until it encountered the devil's schedule of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool's three top teams and ushered in a wave of consecutive defeats, which fell into the relegation zone and never had a chance to turn over. Therefore, it is quite commendable that George can lead Tottenham, which is in the rebuilding period, to achieve an unbeaten record of one win and three draws.

Despite this, the media has no intention of letting Tottenham go. Thanks to their tireless efforts, they have only suffered three consecutive draws, and Tottenham, who are higher in the league than Liverpool, have been described as a team that is more likely to be relegated than Leeds United!

......At the same time, in the face of the unfavorable situation of the team's recent consecutive draws and the general decline of the media, George could only sigh helplessly and did not make any response to it. Because George knows that until he comes up with a convincing enough result, whatever he says now will only attract more ridicule from the media. Therefore, what George needs to do most now is to do a good job of reassuring the players, keep them away from the interference and influence of public opinion as much as possible, and grind the team into shape as soon as possible, so that the players can form enough tacit understanding between them, instead of running to do some verbal disputes with the media.

You know, in the two previous draws with Leeds United and Liverpool, Tottenham's goals were inextricably linked to the lack of tacit understanding between the players. Against Leeds United, when Viduka and Alan Smith were staring after Vidic, if Speed and Heinze had been able to help Vidic in the first place and help Vidic relieve the defensive pressure, Tottenham would not have been two goals behind in the first half and had to fight back in the second half, and Gerrard's equaliser against Liverpool at Anfield was also due to Mascherano's defensive misalignment.

However, although George has been trying to get the players to get together as quickly as possible since the start of the summer training camp, this kind of thing is still in a hurry. After all, everything is in moderation, and it is too much. Although the speed of formation can be accelerated through training and games, if the practice is too violent, it will lead to non-combat attrition in the team or provoke the rebellious psychology of the players, it will not be worth the loss.

"We have to come up with a solution, it's not a matter of waiting......" However, just as George was thinking about how to get the team out of the cycle of consecutive draws, a knock on the door woke him up from his deep thought, "Who's outside? ”

"Boss, it's me. As soon as George's words fell, a blonde man with a parted hair walked into the room, his expression was very serious, "I'm sorry to disturb you at this time." However, I have some ideas for the current state of the first team, so I wanted to discuss it with you as soon as possible and see if there is anything I can do better. I don't know, do you have this time now?"

'Oh, no problem, Coach Tuchel. Hearing Tuchel say this, George realized that the sun had set and the time was already pointing to 7pm, but he agreed to the request: "So what do you want to discuss with me about Tottenham?"

"Boss, I think the team is putting too much emphasis on defense in their daily training right now. Tuchel's first words caught George off guard: 'I admit it's really important for Tottenham, an almost completely rebuilt team, to build a mature defensive system as quickly as possible. But that doesn't mean we have to sacrifice the offense. Especially when the new season has begun and the team's defensive system has begun to take shape, there is no reason for us to continue to neglect the building of the offensive system. ”

While Tuchel's main role at Tottenham is currently managing the Tottenham youth squad, he also has a job to do in the first team, which is to assist Charlie Johnson in developing Tottenham's attacking tactics – and for the future football manager, George is aware of Tuchel's talent in fine-tuning the attack.

Tuchel's words forced George to confront what he has been deliberately avoiding in his team's training at the moment, which is that the emphasis on defence is far greater than that of attack. Although this made Tottenham's defensive system begin to take shape in just one month after the team was assembled, it also led to the fact that Tottenham's attack had some layers and changes in rapid counter-attacks, and once it fell into positional warfare, it was basically only left with in-cut shots or crosses from both wings. With such a monotonous lack of variation in attacking tactics, Tottenham's players were left to no avail in the face of Fulham's highly targeted defence, and ultimately had to draw a blank at the opposition.

However, George did not immediately respond to Tuchel's suggestion. Because George is still weighing whether there is a need to increase the proportion of offensive training when the defense is not solid enough. After all, in George's mind, the weight of defense is still heavier.

Seeing that George was silent, Tuchel, who felt that there was a play, hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, adding: "So boss, I sincerely hope that in the future, the proportion of attack can be appropriately increased in the arrangement of training programs." Otherwise, more and more teams will follow Fulham's example and use their tactics against us...... Therefore, if we don't find a way to get out of the passive situation of lack of offensive skills as soon as possible, then even if the team's defense is good and solid, it will be difficult to find a win. ”

"Well, you do have a point. George nodded approvingly. Clearly, he was already impressed by Tuchel's words. Or rather, Tuchel's words reminded him of the final fate of Argentine Cooper's Inter Milan side: "So Coach Tuchel, what would you do if I put you in charge of the team's attack?"

George knew in his heart that Tuchel would come to him to discuss these things, on the one hand, he was thinking about Tottenham and hoping that the team could perform better and better, and on the other hand, he was also suggesting that he could take on more responsibility, like Allegri, in charge of a certain aspect of the first-team training task, rather than just being the head coach of Tottenham's youth team.

"If I were to be in charge of the offensive tactics, I would break it down into two parts. Hearing George's question, Tuchel, who had been prepared for a while, organized his language a little and shared his thoughts, "The first part is the attacking tactics used by the team to launch a quick counter-attack, but I don't think I need to make too many changes to this part because the team's attacking routine in this area is mature enough to do anything more than I need to add to it, and the other part is how to create scoring opportunities when we and our opponents are in a positional battle." ”

'We have the likes of Michael Carrick and Redknapp, but we don't have the same level of skill as Arsenal and Barcelona to tear apart the opposition defence with a flurry of crosses. So, my idea is to adopt a high pressing tactic, let the players in the midfield strengthen their running and interception ability, and force the opponent to make more mistakes in the possession and passing process of the middle and back court, so as to turn the positional battle that was not conducive to our performance into a counterattack battle that is more beneficial to us!"

"Well, you're thinking a lot. Hearing Tuchel offer to use high pressing to solve the team's attacking problems in positional battles, George nodded and then shook his head and said, "Coach Tuchel, though. I don't know if you have ever wondered if Tottenham's current player configuration has the ability to realize your tactics?"

Tuchel was quick to answer George's question, "There must be no problem", but the German reacted immediately, realising that the question raised by his boss was the biggest problem that Tottenham would face when implementing this tactic within Tottenham!

'It seems that Tuchel has finally realised you. Seeing Tuchel's expression, George still didn't know what the other party was thinking at this time, "Actually, you were not wrong at all. Increasing the distance of the midfielders, strengthening their motivation to press, and adopting the tactics of pressing up front to force the opponent to be unable to control the ball comfortably in the midfield and backfield, so that the team can get more opportunities to score on the counter-attack, is indeed a clever move. But Tuchel, don't forget, how many of these players in Tottenham's midfield do you think would be willing to play like a defender in the opposition's midfield?

While the likes of Robbie Keane and Luka Toney up front were diligent enough and willing to obey George's tactical arrangements, Bierovka and Darren Anderton, who started on both wings, were outright weak defensively. If they had to force them to engage in some high-level pressing, it is estimated that either these two guys were worn out of aura under this tactical system, or under the drag of the two, Tottenham's front-court pressing tactics could not achieve the expected effect.

Therefore, if Tuchel's tactical theory is to be officially implemented at Tottenham, it will need to be finely adjusted to make it in line with the actual situation in the Tottenham team.