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The "winks love" among a segment of supporters is the same as the "Livermore love" many years ago. Same arguments too.. "he can do a job for us in the midfield" "he is spurs through and through"..
Can't wait to see his exit announcement
The most ENIC player ever - mediocre and cowardlyThe "winks love" among a segment of supporters is the same as the "Livermore love" many years ago. Same arguments too.. "he can do a job for us in the midfield" "he is spurs through and through"..
Can't wait to see his exit announcement
From Winks' point of view, this may as well be an Woolwich forum for all the support he gets from the usual cunts.
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That’s true, but on the other hand it’s hard to praise him.
The "winks love" among a segment of supporters is the same as the "Livermore love" many years ago. Same arguments too.. "he can do a job for us in the midfield" "he is spurs through and through"..
Can't wait to see his exit announcement
Thing is... Hoddle & Perryman spoilt us. We were never gonna find anyone as good as them in our lifetimes...Here's my thoughts on Winks
He's one of our own . He's an academy player. 4 seasons ago he bossed the midfield against Real Madrid. The season after that he was probably our best player in the Champions league final.
For whatever reason however he hasn't got better after that Champions league final. He gets the occasional injury but I believe he's just a very limited player.
Good passer of the ball but wants far too long on the ball. Doesn't do enough aside from the passing. Too easy to get past etc..
He's quite average and he doesn't fit this team for sure.
He's not shit but when he plays sometimes he looks very poor and last season he was simply not good enough.
No need to abuse him. He loves this club but perhaps he's got a bit complacent and is happy to just be a squad player. Time for both him and club to move on.
My only irk I have with him is that if its true that he was the one who went leaking to the press and he caused squad disunity. (Just rumours so Idk)
Indeed, we can see him as being underwhelming, but no need to get excessive.So he's either praise-worthy or a "rat", "wanker" etc?
......Such excessive, black and white thinking is very much part of the problem.
He’s been playing like his gooner agent mates Doherty, Sissoko and Aurier - that’s for sureFrom Spurs supporters point of view Winks might as well be a Woolwich player for all the "good" he does for us on the field.
Pretty sure Livermore only had a career because of threats from his thug family.The "winks love" among a segment of supporters is the same as the "Livermore love" many years ago. Same arguments too.. "he can do a job for us in the midfield" "he is spurs through and through"..
Can't wait to see his exit announcement
Pretty sure Livermore only had a career because of threats from his thug family.
Curiously enough, the Spurs player Skipp most reminds me of is Stevie Perryman when he was a midfielder.Thing is... Hoddle & Perryman spoilt us. We were never gonna find anyone as good as them in our lifetimes...
But since then, we've consistently produced very similar midfielders who are neither one thing or the other....
Decent enough, but limited. Neither creative enough to provide a constant goal threat like Hoddle, nor defensive enough to offer proper protection like Perryman (although he did play at Full back and in defence at various stages of his Spurs career.... I still think of him as a cultured midfielder).
I could cite the likes of Ian Culverhouse, Samways, Howells, Paul Moran , Mark Robson... then later, Stephen Clemence, Jake Livermore, Andros Townsend, Tom Carroll, Ryan Mason, and now Harry Winks.... (I've probably missed a few) but you know the type of player I mean: all academy products, all (probably) Spurs fans.... initial promise shown, which buys them time... but ultimately, that only got them so far when consistency became key to a successful career.
Maybe/hopefully Skipp finally breaks the mould.... but right now, he is essentially fulfilling THAT role of 'almost/maybe/not quite' Spurs midfielder!
Almost all of the 'fans' giving Winks abuse will not have heard of any of those names.Thing is... Hoddle & Perryman spoilt us. We were never gonna find anyone as good as them in our lifetimes...
But since then, we've consistently produced very similar midfielders who are neither one thing or the other....
Decent enough, but limited. Neither creative enough to provide a constant goal threat like Hoddle, nor defensive enough to offer proper protection like Perryman (although he did play at Full back and in defence at various stages of his Spurs career.... I still think of him as a cultured midfielder).
I could cite the likes of Ian Culverhouse, Samways, Howells, Paul Moran , Mark Robson... then later, Stephen Clemence, Jake Livermore, Andros Townsend, Tom Carroll, Ryan Mason, and now Harry Winks.... (I've probably missed a few) but you know the type of player I mean: all academy products, all (probably) Spurs fans.... initial promise shown, which buys them time... but ultimately, that only got them so far when consistency became key to a successful career.
Maybe/hopefully Skipp finally breaks the mould.... but right now, he is essentially fulfilling THAT role of 'almost/maybe/not quite' Spurs midfielder!
Mate, I was talking about HOME GROWN players only!We had Gaza after Hoddle and Ardiles
I wouldn’t call them limited
I agree about Skipp and have high hopes for him
Why’s that?Almost all of the 'fans' giving Winks abuse will not have heard of any of those names.
Why do people call Winks a rat? I must have missed something, where does this come from?
I don't rate him as a player and I think he should be replaced. I've said before, I think he looked better when we had better players overall at the club. The likes of Dembele, Eriksen, Dele either went, regressed or a combination of both and Winks is just shown to be a fairly average player, in my opinion.
But yeah, why do some of you call him a rat? lol
Fair enoughMate, I was talking about HOME GROWN players only!
....we also had Ricky Villa, Carrick, Modric, Davids, VDV, Berbatov, and Bale.... and they were all great! But we BOUGHT them!
The point being, the HOME GROWN talent, unless outstanding (like Hoddle & Perryman) will eventually get dogs abuse if they're NOT as good as the players,we pay a fee for!
....and will also think the new away kit is da schnizzle! (Or whatever the 'woke cats' are saying ironically these days!!!)Almost all of the 'fans' giving Winks abuse will not have heard of any of those names.
Well you shoulda read the REST!Fair enough
I only read your first paragraph!