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Ex-Spurs Player Eric Dier
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Still think there would be takers for Dier at 20m.
Everton if they stay up, West Ham if they stay up, Villa...
Wrong. Its because Conte doesn't have Spurs DNA and managers teams to play anti football.
I’m pretty certain this useless cunt will be here next season once again pulling the wool over the eyes of another manager
I would sell him for free.
Yes, but can Spurs afford to pay them that much to take him?
But it’s strange how the same people that leap to the defence of Winks and Dier used to slag off players like Sissoko!
I know who I’d prefer out of the three!
The contract renewal he got under Mourinho was a real headscratcher. What on earth was Levy thinking?
I'm sure a club like Everton, Southampton, or even West Ham would like to have him. Just hope his wages aren't too high for him to be sold without us having to take a brutal hit.
Sean dyche wouldn’t have him. He requires defensive players who don’t shuffle backwards with their hands behind their back like a crab every week allowing any fool to shoot.
I don’t think it’s fair on Dier. He gives his all but he isn’t a top 6 defender. Other clubs have players like Dier but they are on the bench.
We as a club ask bench players to be the leaders. This is where the club needs to take responsibility, I do feel the likes of Dier are hung out to dry. We know there are a good few players not at the level we need and yet they are still here.
We as a club ask bench players to be the leaders. This is where the club needs to take responsibility, I do feel the likes of Dier are hung out to dry. We know there are a good few players not at the level we need and yet they are still here.
What the stats determine as an error that leads to a goal is flaky at best.
Do they count the considerable number of occasions whereby a team scores after he backed off and didn't tackle when he had a chance?
Do the stats count the considerable number of times whereby he could step up a yard and intercept a pass before it goes to an oppo attacker?
Do the stats count the considerable number of times he tries a hollywood pass, when he's the last defender, and the ball and 3 attackers come straight back at him?
And most importantly - and this one i know for sure - the stat's don't count the number of times he fucks up but the ball doesn't go in the back of the net. Be that a save from the keeper, or a miss from the attacker.
That shit happens every single match. And he's not getting a black mark next to his name. And MoTD fans see we kept a clean sheet and Dier get's a pat on the back. Drives me bonkers.
And then when you get into the more complex effects of donkey defenders, having one, two, sometimes 3 in our case, on the pitch, causes the entire team to play worse football than it could.
One day, fans will realise that our problems, our decline, they started when our utterly wonderful back 4 of Walker, Rose, Toby and Jan were split up.
15/16 - goals against 35 (league best)
16/17 - goals against 26 (league best)
17/18 - goals against 36 (3rd best - Walker gone)
18/19 - goals against 39 (3rd best - declines of Jan and Toby and Rose)
19/20 - goals against 47 - no Jan, Toby, Rose or Walker now
20/21 - goals against 45
21/22 - goals against 40 - seemed to be half a season of bounce
22/23 - Lol 40 - worst in top 12 teams. Even WHU at 3rd bottom have conceded less.
I think so many people underestimate how a solid, reliable defence can allow everyone ahead of them to play football.
And yes, I do fully appreciate the value Dembele and Wanyama added at times. But even they used to play on the halfway line, rather than the edge of the penalty box like most of our team these days.
No, it doesn't.
I was wondering who you would turn to/on after Winks left.
If you are looking for a culprit for many of our goals conceded you have picked the wrong guy.
Again - not all of his brain farts end up in the back of the net, but he has them.
I'm there, almost every single game. I can see with my own eyes how often he fucks up.
Are you there every game?
I have watched every Spurs game that Eric has played in since he joined the club. Maybe missed one or two that had no stream.
Dier has been consistently good.
Horrible choice to have to make.
(Used to be on board with Dier but he needs to go after this season)
Would ya be well?