Tottenham Preseason Tactics Under De Zerbi | A Coach's View

What has De Zerbi's Tottenham shown us in preseason? A Licence Coach JJ breaks down the tactical patterns already emerging from Spurs' first two friendlies — with tactics-board register throughout.

The diamonds and triangles. The bounce-pass buildup. The "swing pivot" midfield with Sandro Tonali and Matias Fernandes rotating between 6, 8 and 10. The touchline-winger case for signing Savinho. Whether Dominic Solanke can physically hold up against the top-level centre backs Spurs will face, and JJ's honest read on why a new striker is coming — Krupi or otherwise.

Also: Sean's question on whether inverted fullbacks are actually good preparation for central midfield. The vision-coachable-or-innate debate with a Kevin Keegan callback. Jim's defence of Matisse Tell. And Les's closing question on Tottenham's aerial-defence vulnerability against teams like Woolwich who load balls into the box on set pieces.

Considered, nuanced tactical analysis — for the OhSo33 crew who stay to the end. A Coach's View.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:27 The diamonds, triangles and drawing the opposition in
04:09 Centre-back rotation and playing two 10s
06:18 Tonali and Fernandes
07:30 Number 9 Hold up play
11:39 "We know we need a striker"
12:40 Hybrid 8-10, and a floating 10
14:34 Swing Pivot
14:54 Inverted Full backs
18:02 Is vision coachable
22:40 Strikers
23:24 Savinho
25:43 Mathys Tel
26:38 Tottenham's aerial defensive vulnerability
28:26 The OhSo33 crew

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