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Last season's surprise relegation from the Premier League was a devastating blow to West Ham. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info Over the summer, countless teams wielded checkbooks to dig into the corners of the Hammers, taking away one familiar star after another from Upton Park, leaving West Ham with only a meager transfer income. The Hammers sold a full starting line-up for around £40 million in transfer funds, while Leeds United, who barely stayed in the Premier League, have earned almost as much from the transfers of Rio Ferdinand and Colwill, which is enough to show how much West Ham have suffered in the summer transfer market!

George's Tottenham Hotspur are naturally part of the poaching force. However, compared with the previous life, Tottenham's actions this time are obviously much more low-key, not taking the opportunity to attack the main forward combination of Defoe and Canute, West Ham United, and West Ham United, but only taking Michael Carrick for a conscience price of 9 million pounds.

You know, when Joe Cole, who is more famous than Carrick and has more promising development prospects than experts, moved to Chelsea this summer, West Ham United only received a transfer fee of 6.6 million pounds. It can be seen from this that Tottenham has a conscience in Carrick's transfer!

It was with such a stark contrast that West Ham fans were milder towards Tottenham and Michael Carrick before the game, not as fierce as they were with Defoe. (Note: Defoe submitted a transfer request to the club less than 24 hours after West Ham's relegation was confirmed, making him one of the most hated players by West Ham fans.) ）

However, with this meeting with West Ham United in the Carabao Cup, George will not need to worry about whether Carrick will be absent-minded or out of form against his former club today...... Because he had no intention of putting Carrick on the roster at all!

Incidentally, in order to give the players enough motivation to pursue victory in the League Cup and FA Cup, and to improve the quality of the players on the bench and keep them competitive, George recently made a public commitment to the players at the team meeting - unless there is force majeure such as player injury, he will start all domestic cup games of Tottenham Hotspur this season with non-main players as starters for these competitions!

George's commitment has been a big boost to Tottenham players who have not been able to play much in the league. Although Tottenham have treated their players with a little more humanity and a much higher level of cohesion than they did last season since George's arrival, wasting time on the bench is not something for any ambitious player to accept. Therefore, for George's decision, these players are naturally extremely in favor.

Although it is not uncommon to encounter teams from the lower leagues in the FA Cup and League Cup than in the Premier League, which is of a higher standard overall, it is better to have games to play than to sit on the bench, not to mention, if they play well enough to reach the semi-finals or even the semi-finals, then there is a chance to compete with the main players of the top clubs.

And so, with a simple commitment, George managed to get the players motivated. Next, as long as George can keep his promise and don't do anything he says he can't keep his word, then George won't have to worry about Tottenham's motivation in domestic cup competitions this season.

Therefore, in this Carabao Cup third round match with West Ham United, George made good on his promise to the players - goalkeeper Kathy Keller, right-back Phil Neville, central defenders Vermaelen and Dawson, left-back Matthew Taylor, Mascherano and Kompany as a double midfielder, Basturke in the middle, Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo on the wings, Luca Toney as a lone arrow up front!

However, unlike most Tottenham players who are happy to be given a starting role in the Carabao Cup. For the fact that he was able to start for the team in the Carabao Cup, Basturk can be said to have mixed feelings. After all, starting in the Carabao Cup naturally means that in the league, the manager will give priority to Carrick!

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that Carrick controlled the main position and he could only start when the opponent was resting, Basturk did not tell anyone about it, let alone express his dissatisfaction to the media, but still trained diligently, intending to prove to George through practical actions that he also has the qualifications to become the main force of the team!

Of course, another reason why Basturk didn't ask George for advice was that he needed some time to get used to the pace of play and the football environment in England. After all, although they are both Europe's top five leagues, there are still differences between the Bundesliga and the Premier League in many aspects, which makes Basturk have to make targeted adjustments to his playing habits according to the Premier League's playing environment. Therefore, in order to avoid his position in the team being affected, Basturk did not immediately attack Carrick's position.

Although it is not clear what the Turks are thinking, George is still extremely satisfied with Basturk's hard-working attitude. Anyone who has such a player with an extremely good training attitude, excellent ability and no trouble will have the same idea as George. Therefore, George is considering rotating Basturk and Carrick in the league during this time, so that these resources in his hands can be used more fully!

What's more, for Tottenham, who rely on high-intensity frontcourt pressing and a lot of off-ball movement to ensure defensive quality, Carrick, as the core of the team's organization, is too burdensome. If he is overloaded with back-to-back games, it will inevitably become another Redknapp and Irving-esque tragedy. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to allocate the playing time of Basturk and Carrick reasonably.

Some people may ask, although Basturk and Carrick are both playmaking midfielders, their playing styles are quite complementary, the former is used to organizing the attack through the breakaway ball, and the latter is more suitable for playing as the core of the playmaker on the field, why can't they both play together?

The reason is simple, not the least of which is Robbie Keane, the current top scorer in the Tottenham spurs. The presence of the leading Irish national team striker forced George to put one of Carrick and Basturk on the bench when he was in the line-up!

It has been analyzed before that in order to fully exert Robbie Keane's energy, it is necessary to equip him with a teammate with enough aura and a wingman who can escort him at any time. In Tottenham, it takes two players to do both, so as long as Robbie Keane is in the starting line-up, it will be difficult for Tottenham to change the 4-4-2 formation they are currently using, and Basturk, who overlaps Carrick's position, will naturally have to share playing time with the former.

Although George also wanted to liberate Bierovka and make him a free man in the front court like Ronaldo and Bale in his previous life, it was found that after many actual combat exercises, the Germans could barely cope with it once in a while, and after a long time, they would unconsciously return to the left side, and at that time, Tottenham's right attack could only be supported by Stephen Carr alone. Therefore, in order to ensure Tottenham's attacking power on the right flank, George had to set up a right wing-back (or right winger). As a result, George could only place two players in the middle of the midfield.

This, combined with the lingering illness of Redknapp Jr. in the early part of the season, has left Tottenham with only two players available in the playmaking midfield position. Therefore, with the combined effect of these two factors, George had to let Basturk and Carrick play separately to ensure that the team's central defense would not have too many holes, and at the same time avoid the irrational use of resources.

Facing West Ham United, which is not as strong as before, although Tottenham Hotspur is playing away from home and playing with a full bench lineup, after 90 minutes of hard fighting, the players finally relied on Villa, who substituted Luca Toney, to steal a point in front of the Hammers in the second half of injury time, and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup, winning eight consecutive victories!

However, despite extending his winning streak to eight, George couldn't be happier. Because in this game, Jamie Redknapp, who had only recovered from his injury, fell on the pitch again - in a simple confrontation with West Ham players, Redknapp Jr., who had been on the bench for less than ten minutes, was injured again and carried off the field on a stretcher by paramedics. According to the preliminary diagnosis, Redknapp, who has a knee ligament strain, will be out for at least a month!

After learning that Redknapp Jr. would be out for another month due to injury, George also felt extremely helpless. George also didn't expect that he would finally wait for Xiao Lei to return from injury, but as a result, his first appearance this season brought the goods back to the sickbed to continue to recuperate, resulting in only two playmakers under him, Carrick and Basturk.

The day after the game, George received two more pieces of bad news - the main right-back Stephen Carr strained his thigh muscle in training and needed to be out for about two weeks, and Ribery also found a muscle strain in the post-match medical examination, and he will definitely not be able to represent Tottenham in the next two games!

In this way, with the injury and absence of three players including Redknapp Jr., Tottenham Hotspur, which has won eight consecutive victories in all competitions, has cast a shadow.