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Player Archie Gray
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Yeah, there was a bit in the second half, where he was a bit slow to turn around in the box with the attacker going past him. Should get a rest now with the new signing and defenders coming back.
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I accidentally posted this in the match thread for ya
Whilst you make a valid point the best way approach Archie’s Spurs career is thus
He's frankly amazing but I'm no longer sure what the hell he is. Is he quick enough for midfield? Any way I love him.
View: https://x.com/spursofficial/status/1886120148362252407?s=46
Looking at the ground in an interview. This means we can't like him or something...
Only start worrying when he starts the annoying little cough .
Once we get most of our CB's back from injury, I would like to see Archie play as a 6 in midfield
I agree but with the signing of our new CB it seems much more viable now.
If it does transpire that he doesn’t possess the quickness of thought to play the 6
Id like to suggest he does but until that moment
It’s easy to see a filled out Archie dominating his opposite number, winning tackles and expertly marshalling defences
Then stepping out to showcase his ability with the ball being the first playmaker
To be outperforming in that position with all the responsibility that comes with it aged 18 speaks to what a talent he is
I’d pick Archie over the recent edition of Romero
We currently have 2 sets of 2 CBs fit (VDV permitting & inc. Gray) we should keep it that way so that we can rotate properly again (Cups and EPL).
Fair, but assuming that we do get back to full fitness at CB certainly we'll then we should have enough to safely give Gray a start in CDM.
View: https://x.com/HCfootball01/status/1762993598100885853?t=VwP0dwMsXPa2eAumEiN5vg&s=09
Good time to repost this, as we haven't seen much of him in midfield. Dominated Caicedo away from home aged 17.
Hopefully we start to see him in our midfield as Romero/VDV/Danso come back in to defence.
Thing is once Romero is back he will be starting with vdv most games. I think natural cm is an area we are currently light in so if he keeps playing how he is I can't see why he can't carry on playing just further up the pitch. There's been a lot of inconsistency in the middle this year and he seems pretty reliable in terms of level of performance week in week out.
The thing is I think he's so good and composed with the ball I think he can play pretty much anywhere now whereas at the start I thought he was poor at full back he's just grown and grown as the season has gone on.
I can't remember who said it but the poster said "what evidence do we have that gray would be good in CM at all". That person apparently has not seen this vid.
Id keep him, Biss and Bent next season if they want to stay and exit the weakest one as things progress. This season has been odd for Bent and Biss has actually improved as the season has gone on. Tho remains inconsistent
Romero isn't back.
Don't lose sight of his age and relative inexperience.......... A little consistency (in terms of position and what he's being asked to do) will go a long way.... Until we decide that he's not needed at CB any longer then (imo) we should just have him do that.
Am i the only one that doesn't think he's been "fantastic" this season?
I think he's generally been fine/decent but nothing more and nothing less. He's got a high ceiling but i do think we are overpraising him quite substantially and if it was an academy kid putting in these performances we would be saying he's been decent but would still prefer someone better was starting in that position. Posts about call ups for England are weird.
I think he's generally been fine/decent but nothing more and nothing less. He's got a high ceiling but i do think we are overpraising him quite substantially and if it was an academy kid putting in these performances we would be saying he's been decent but would still prefer someone better was starting in that position. Posts about call ups for England are weird.