The Texan Gets His Spurs: Dempsey at Tottenham [R]

Yes, I'm sure Clint is following the SFS cheese blintz and vodka training routine.

Yes, Michael Vick is the perfect analogy. You should try to get Twellman's gig.

 

I don't know. I think clearly for club Demps is not having last year's killer season. Neither is Adebayor. Defoe is not having his killer season of, what, 3 seasons ago? Cause the fact is, for most "really good" players killer seasons only come once or twice in a career.

And I'll admit Demps does not look as good as his top form, but I will also argue he looks pretty darn good, particularly at doing what Demps does best - being active when goals happen. Just thinking back to, say, the Guat quali where his header got to Boca for the first goal and Demp had a great, fast back post run for the second and scored a third. When was that, Oct? He drew the foul that Gomez netted v. Jamaica. Of course, the goal off the chip from Jones. what does he have, 4 goals in our last 4 qualies? Plus an assist and a foul to set up a goal? 7 goals in our last 9 qualies, plus an assist. Has he ever put up number like that before for us?

I think part of what Clint suffers from around here is that thing that used to happen to my Grandpa - where the entire 50's had a better highlight reel than 1961. No ship, it was a whole decade.

going back to look at Clint's actual production over the past 8 months, he is putting up good numbers, esp for the US. I still think all the BS bs is overwrought. They guy is not Pele. He's just a very freaking good footballer.

 

Yeah, I agree about Dempsey's stats. His production for Spurs is where I predicted it would be considering the minutes he is getting. It's just I'm seeing stuff that I've never see happen in Dempsey's career, like constantly being caught on the ball, sometimes with no pressure. He's got to fix that.

 

It might just be coaching. There are long stretches where Defoe and Dempsey are doing the same things, negating each other. Ade doesnt know what to do half the time either. No team chemistry. At this point they all just give it to Bale and he shoots or they release lennon on the wing and watch him either scamper to the flag and lose the ball, scamper to the flag and get a corner, scamper to the flag and take a shotcross.

Out of everyone on this team the only guy looking to play football is Verto. Dempsey sometimes, such as against chelsea finds himself surrounded by 5 players and zero outlet pass available. It is a very frustrating team to watch.

 

Give me a break. We're apparently now using a snowstorm and a game played a mile and a half in the sky to draw conclusions now?

 

Not in the 18 today.....

 

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Brad Friedel is starting though.

 

Virus huh? Almost like it's terrible for your body to go from freezing snowy conditions to hot Mexico followed by a long flight haha

 

Yep. Or from drinking/eating something in Mexico that you shouldn't have...which I've personally experienced.

 

New thread: Clint Dempsey's Gristle

 

Maybe this virus will make him lose all of this "weight" since he's so "heavy". BS at its finest.

 

Looks like a bunch of folks we know are stuck with a virus post-Mexico:

https://twitter.com/DougMacESPN/status/318018905262157824

 

Mexican chicas carry lots of viruses.

 

They must have all visited the same sidewalk hostess.

 

I picked up some virus Wed before last. I'm still not right. It's the worst thing I've had in my adult life.

 

Oh, you too, eh?

 

I always look at food poisoning as a great diet opportunity. Just make sure you get an IV. I always come out for the best, plus 5 or 10 pounds lighter. Drop the Deuce!

 

there's no dropping of deuces with food poisoning...just slow leaks punctuated by furious pressure filled explosions. for the uninformed, your body will do things you never thought possible.

 

She swore she was clean.

 

He wouldn't be sick now if he drank vodka.

I forwarded my resume to John Skipper ... said Freisland recommended I call. He said something unprintable about you. Oh, well, maybe I should shoot for the Cowherd gig or something.

It's actually easier to sprint at high altitudes. And, if one drops the US tinted glasses, some frailties are easy to spot.

Spurs are not a tiki-taka team for sure. But whatever works.

 

If anything, Spurs are the antithesis of a tiki-taka team. Their approach only works if they can take advantage of their overall speed; especially Bale. Too bad Dempsey does not have the pace the "ideal" Tottenham attacking player needs to have to keep up with Bale/Lennon/Defoe. I keep hoping AvB succeeds in getting these players to learn to pass a bit more, especially in the attacking third if the plan "A" direct attack is not producing.

They let Swansea run circles around them after Tottenham got a 2 goal lead; that tactic almost backfired.

 

Virus, whatever.
Time to get the hell back on the field Clint.
Siggy and Adebayor were useless today.
This is the business end of the season, as they say.

 

They always do my friend...

 

That's how 'arry liked it - a traditional English style with speed wide and size in the middle.

Of course, Redknapp was smart enough to also buy (with a lot of credit going to Levy as well) Modric and van der Vaart to maintain the ball control in the middle of the field.

But that's not needed for those players either. Much like the US, Spurs operate better in the open formation with fast transition between defense and attack. They're a running team and that's all there's to it.

Of the middle-tier teams that can't afford the superstar talent, Swansea and West Brom are the most European with a lot of movement and ball control. Southampton, under Pocchetino, might be joining them. Fulham was like that under Hodgson and Hughes but they play differently under Jol now. Dempsey fits the pass&move Euro style a lot more. On the other hand, run&gun is more suitable to a Landon Donovan type, which is one of the reasons he did so well at Everton.