Jermain Defoe

You know, Dele and Jesse are creative.

They want the ball.

They want to do what they need to do on it.

But I think with the ball that they did have, there was moments where you could see, you know, Jesse was still making those runs in behind and Trips was nearly finding him.

And...

you know once you get around the box it's in the question we need to try and be as creative as possible and and be more clinical in those areas so i could see so you know i know what these boys are trying to do out there so i can see them doing the things that they're being asked to do and that's good and then you know with experience and with more game time and playing together these things should start coming off hopefully learning big lessons like tonight as well do you think the formation is a problem jamie

That's obviously something you've always got to be ready for, and we work on different formations.

See, the 4-3-3 that Jamie's mentioned, that's always, at the moment, seems the most conventional one for everyone to play.

So you've got to be able to adapt to that, and we have done that.

Even when the manager sets the team out, a lot of the time the opposition teams or the rest of the lads that aren't starting will be set up in a 4-3-3, playing a 4-3-3.

So we're all experienced at playing 4-3-3s at our club side.

That's...

pretty standard in the Premier League these days.

So we all know how to play it and, you know, it's just for the manager and then for us as players in the middle of the game, if that's the way we're going to go, we've got to be able to adapt to that quickly and it's all about finding solutions, like Cara said.

I think he would have really liked it.

It seems like a lot of our good stuff came around him.

I know how good he is as a talent.

He's got everything he needs to be absolutely top quality.

He's already a top player, but to go and fulfil his potential, I have no doubt he can.

He's confident on the ball.