Although George is aware of the team's shortcomings, how to deal with them properly still needs to be carefully considered. Don't forget, Tottenham's first team is now full, which means it's hard for George to solve these problems in the most straightforward and simple way to bring in players from the transfer market!

At this time, George couldn't help but regret his previous decision to let Kompany leave. If the Belgian youngster, who can play both central defender and midfielder, is still playing for Tottenham at this time, then George will not have to worry about Mascherano as a substitute now!

But there are no ifs. Since it was his decision to let Kompany go, George had to bear all the consequences of that decision. What's more, Kompany left Tottenham because he didn't want to sit on the bench and wait for an opportunity to play. So, the regret didn't last long, and George quickly returned to normal and returned to the intense pre-season preparation!

Although George has already provided Mascherano with two substitutes, Speed and Phil Neville, judging by the Community Shield final that has just ended and a series of warm-up matches before, the aged Speed is more than capable of the job against teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, but against a team of Chelsea's level, the Welsh veteran will be a little weak!

Although Phil Neville is in the prime of his professional career and has a lot of experience in the game, his problems are the same as Speed's, and he cannot completely replace Mascherano's role with his limited strength. In other words, if Mascherano is unavailable for some reason and Tottenham's opponent is a first-class team, then there is a good chance that Tottenham's defensive system will be as porous as this Community Shield final, which will bury the team's efforts throughout the game or even the whole season!

After some careful consideration, George finally found an ideal solution, which was to let Edgar Davis make a cameo in this position!

As the youngest of Tottenham's three midfielders, Mascherano is tasked with sweeping the midfield, preventing opposition strikers from hitting the backline and serving as an important point of play to assist Alonso in grooming the midfield. It just so happened that Davies was responsible for these jobs when he played for Juventus and the Dutch national team. Therefore, for this position of Mascherano, the Dutch wild boar can be said to be no stranger, and even quite familiar!

The only problem is that Davis has rarely played as a lone midfielder in his career. Whether at Juventus or the Orange, Davies has a player at his side to form a back two (Tacinadi for Juventus and Cocu for the Dutch national team). Therefore, letting Davis play as a single midfielder in Mascherano's absence is only a preliminary idea for George, and the specific effect still needs to be tested in actual combat.

However, George is confident about it. Because Davies played a similar role in the half season when he was loaned to Barcelona, and the achievements of the Catalan legion after acquiring Davies are also obvious to all. So, after confirming that Davies was the first choice in the midfield position when Mascherano was absent and Tottenham was about to play against a strong team, the relieved George began to turn his main energy to helping Gerrard integrate into the team!

Gerrard, who is known for his all-round ability, has been unable to integrate into Tottenham's tactical system after moving to White Hart Lane, and his performance in the Community Shield final can only be described as unsatisfactory. I have to say that such a situation is really beyond George's expectations. He didn't expect that Gerrard, the most versatile of the English players, would encounter such an embarrassing situation!

When you think about it, it doesn't seem surprising that this is the case. You must know that under Houllier and Benitez, Gerrard enjoys the treatment of the core of the team's midfield, and everyone must obey his command, with Gerrard as the leader. After coming to Tottenham, Gerrard's ability and competitive state have not declined in any way, but he has lost his core treatment, and naturally needs a certain amount of time to adapt to such a gap.

What George needs to do now is to help Steven Gerrard get through this adaptation period as soon as possible and build up his fighting power, so that Tottenham can remain competitive enough to compete for the title with other top teams in the new season!

In this way, the time quickly came to August 13, which is the opening day of the 05-06 Premier League season. As runners-up last season, Tottenham Hotspur will face Portsmouth in the first round of the league against Portsmouth, who have undergone a major change in the summer!

Portsmouth have made a big move in the transfer market this summer. After a failed 04-05 season (finishing 16th in the table and narrowly missing relegation from the Premier League), Portsmouth boss Mandridge has learned the hard way and brought in a number of well-known stars to improve his squad. Former Dutch international Westerved, Newcastle defender O'Brien and winger Laurent Robert, Glasgow Rangers' main left-back Vignall, and Jermaine Defoe, among others, have all become part of the Pompeii Army this summer!

The reason why a local striker of Defoe's level chose to join the relegation team of Portsmouth is naturally inseparable from George. He left the team as soon as he was relegated from West Ham and failed to join Tottenham as he did in his previous life, and as a result, he lost this opportunity and his performance in the past two seasons was average, so he came to Portsmouth, who promised him a main position, and planned to find the feeling of scoring goals here!

Although Portsmouth's overall strength is much stronger than in previous generations, George does not take this opponent too seriously. The reason is very simple, one soldier will bear a nest. Portsmouth's head coach is Perran, a guy with mediocre ability, let him lead this team with good strength, but a serious lack of tacit understanding to deal with Tottenham, whose morale is flourishing after winning the Community Shield, is already burning incense if it is not collapsed!

No, just eight minutes into the game, Robben, who switched to the right side, caught the Portsmouth defender's negligence in a dribbling cut and suddenly kicked the door to score Tottenham's first league goal of the new season!

Robben's goal completely bankrupted Perrin's pre-match counter-attacking strategy, forcing Portsmouth, who were trailing in the scoreline, to take the initiative. And their move naturally gave Tottenham more chances to score!

In the end, when the whistle sounded to announce the end of the game, the away Tottenham Hotspur defeated Portsmouth at Fratton Park with a score of 3-0 and won the new Premier League season!

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