There is a Big Weekend of football ahead of us...
Big Weekend: Chelsea v Tottenham, Erik ten Hag, Villa, Youri Tielemans, BarcelonaThe pressure is already on Erik ten Hag and Steven Gerrard. Tottenham’s trip to Chelsea should be a doozy, while we all wait to see the state of Barca.The first big-six clash of the new season sees Tottenham go to Chelsea hoping for only a second win at Stamford Bridge in 32 and a half years. Spurs fans will be entitled to think this time might be different to all-but-one of their last 36 shleps across London.
The temptation to highlight how far his coaching has brought ‘the older players’ may be too much to resist, but the biggest difference with Spurs this season is the depth Conte has at his disposal. Of the six new faces, Ivan Perisic and Yves Bissouma look best placed to come in, with the latter’s aggression perhaps required to cause havoc in Thomas Tuchel’s engine room.
Perhaps so early in the season it is too much to expect that Gerrard knows his best XI, but he appears a lot further from an answer than Villa fans might hope. In pre-season, the manager identified the volume of individual errors as the area most ripe for improvement. There are also structural faults with the Villans that Gerrard needs to rectify – and quick.
In the meantime, Tielemans will be gasping to show Mikel Arteta what he can offer while highlighting why Arsenal need him by picking holes in a midfield still ripe for improvement.It’s been a chastening first week in the Premier League for Ten Hag.
If we are being optimistic – very f***ing optimistic – then maybe another week on the training ground might help plug some of the gaping holes in his side but under their previous managers these individuals have already proven themselves to be incapable of playing how Ten Hag wants.
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