Combining my <3 of rosterbation and the ease with which I can be pressured into doing stuff, there was no chance I would avoid wasting my time, and probably yours, with this hopelessly hypothetical piece. There are so many moving factors that could make this entire post irrelevant, and, because it is only April 4th, all of this could be irrelevant before the transfer window even picks up. In writing this I'm going to make three necessary assumptions to provide some framework to clear up the uncertainty. 1) Tottenham finish 3rd and have guaranteed Champions League Group Stage Football. 2) Neither Modric or Bale demand a move away. 3) Harry isn't our manager on August 1. For the purposes of this discussion 3 isn't as important. Still Harry plays favorites, and that necessarily affects our roster construction. I'm selfish and want more freedom, so Harry's gone.

Editor's note: Read this morning's post before continuing if you haven't done so yet.

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The Tevez thread combined with our constant complaints about Harry's lack of imagination* got me thinking about ways we could accommodate our best players and somehow incorporate Tevez, or a similar false 9 player, or our in-form striker at the time, Defoe for right now.  Van der Vaart, as much as I love the guy, is a complete defensive liability if he's played outside of an AM/CF role.  So here are a couple of ideas I came up with to use outside of the standard 4-2-3-1 that a lot of us have been begging for this year.

*plus being extremely bored in chemistry with my computer

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