Its not necessary to know the truth or understand what you are talking about when condemning Spurs players, managers or managerial level employees
you just need an agenda and a reasonable level of accumulated invective
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Manager Antonio Conte
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you just need an agenda and a reasonable level of accumulated invective
Rom can't deal with high balls. Ben can't play under pressure. Dier's always had a brain fart in him. That's hardly comfy.
Personally, I wish we weren't obligated to sign Rom, especially for 42 mil. I'd rather spend that on someone else & better.
Davies as a backup to play garbage mins in the PL and Cup games, I'm fine with that.
Dier was hated by loads on here not that long ago for being bang average on the pitch and having an oversized ego off it...but now he's a fan fave cause those around him are shite
If we wanna win titles, you don't start Dier, unless you got two monsters with him, so not Rom & Dav.
"The match is secondary to everything else"
A-fucking-men.
......Even during the damn match!
Whilst your point about levels is valid: whether or not Skipp comes from the academy or not (every club wants Rice atm..... Every player comes from an academy..... Harry Kane?) or B'cur falling out of favour at Juve (KDB & Salah were Chav "rejects" once) is irrelevant .
......Why would we sell Kane at a "discount"?
If Conte is genuinely ready to leave after 2/3 months then it speaks badly of all parties (board, manager and players).
He should absolutely not change his system. Poch didn't do that when he took over, Klopp didn't do it when he took over Liverpool and Pep didn't do it when he took over City. Contes system is one of the best in world football, it's the players fault for being lazy and abject time and time again. If I'm sick of anyone it's them. They couldn't be bothered at the end of Pochs time, couldn't be bothered under Mourinho, Nuno and now Conte.
Really look at our squad and tell me how many of our players would start for a Wolves or even Southampton?
I see what you're doing, pal, but with all due respect, it doesn't matter how good it looks on paper and what they achieved elsewhere in the past, it's all about how they do at Spurs.
Reguilon really hasn't justified the big investment, he's been mostly average. Sess has been a flop and Davies ain't ageing well.
Loads are all wet when talking about Romero, but I really don't see what the fuss is about. Aside from the early attitude problems and injury troubles, how many goals have we conceded because of his ineptitude at dealing with high balls? He's not a 42 mil player. Period. And Sanchez? My oh my, where do I even start?!
Dier is a good player, but he's never been and likely never will be any more than that. He sure ain't elite...he's miles away from that. He's looking a lot better these days, but that's also (mainly?) because the players around him are garbage. Rodon, we just don't know what we've got cause he never plays.
Japh is a decent young player, but he's still very raw and has cost us a fair few goals already. But I'm fine to give him time. He won't turn into a Ledley, but could still become a solid contributor. Royal, on the other end, is a major bust. Yes, he did well at Betis, but La Liga is a lot easier than the PL. If he was that good, Barca would've found a way to keep him despite their financial troubles...but no, they preferred to keep always-injured Umtiti, error-prone Lenglet, and very average Mingueza. You didn't even mention Matt Doherty, but then again...
Just because that formation worked for him before means nothing. He had the players to get the most out of that system. He had better wing-backs. I ca understand the need to play a back three and not a back two as it helps to mask the averageness of players like Davies, Sanchez and Dier to an extent. But we're so relient on players like Reguilon, Emerson, Sessegnon and Doherty game after game. And some wonder why we barely create chances in many games.
Wonder what mood our manager is in today.
We know it will be different by 14:30 tomorrow that's for sure.
We know it will be different by 14:30 tomorrow that's for sure.
I'm with you, pal.
Rod is good, has decent pedigree from his time at Juve (where he wasn't a reserve, though) and with Uruguay, and he's still young enough to develop into a very good player...but as of now, he's nowhere near KDB, Gundo, Fabinho, Kante & co.
I really like Skippy, he had a brilliant loan at Norwich and he's been good this season whenever he's played. That said, many fans need to calm the eff down talking about him as if he's been around for years and playing like Iniesta. He's only a 21yo kid with 30 odd PL games under his belt...0 goal, 0 assist. Is he an exciting prospect? Sure. But are some putting way too much pressure on his shoulders? Fuck yeah.
But mainly, it comes down to the fact that neither of them is a creator, that MF able to take the ball from our defense to run at the opposing team's, splitting their tight rearguard with clever passes. It's just not how them two play. Hence the major need for a Modric/Eriksen-type MF maestro.
Apparently agreed to stay till the end off season. Going to walk away then. He don't want to walk now as it will make future jobs look bad for him. That's why he was urging the club to sack him Wednesday night
Criticizing your coach is legitimate. And I say it as an Italian
Bentancur at Juventus was not a reserve: we had (and do have) a problem of uncovered or overly covered roles but he was not the problem. Our cross were Ramsey and Rabiot. Benta left because he had a much lower salary than Rabiot (€ 7 million a year) and therefore with more market.
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And now problems are kicking in.
Our manager is becoming a sideshow, regardless who he is and what he's done. I don't want someone whose words and actions are of far more note than the squad and the results.
Tomorrow's game isn't about whetherwe win, lose or draw. It's about, "What way will Conte react"
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That paragraph right there. No he doesn't. He wants the budget that the top clubs have.
I mean if he wants to show he's a wonderful developer of mediocre talent he'd be in Heaven right now.
Mate, 100 fcuking per cent.
Many will disagree with me but if this carries on until the end of the season we should get rid.
Top manager but too bloody volatile and for me, playing to the media.
He should rein in his expectation, stop with any hyperbole and add more value than he has in totality.
He is beginning to sound like he is making excuses in my book, which aren't necessary.
Add a top class RWB & CM to our first XI and it is elevated significantly.
Add a top class LCB too and we're cooking.
Hugo
XXX / Rom / Dier / XXX / Reg
B'cur / XXX(*) / Skipp
Kane / Son
(*Can Kulu be evolved into that guy? That would be awesome.....)XXX / Rom / Dier / XXX / Reg
B'cur / XXX(*) / Skipp
Kane / Son
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Oh yeah I agree with you, pal. He wasn't reserve, that's why I was correcting the guy I was replying to.
I've more of a soft spot for AC Milan, but I wish Juve had sacked Rabiot as opposed to Bentancur. And I'm not saying that because I wanted that French twat at Spurs! No way, I can't stand him and his mom.