Maybe that Foyth performance wrecked their confidence so they are now a shell of themselves languishing at 14th.
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I rated foyth early on but he hasn’t developed at all. As someone has mentioned earlier, Skipp is doing well at Norwich, why we would play Foyth in midfield ahead of him is baffling
Is this a wind up this bloke will never play for Spurs again.
Didn't watch the game, but from highlights, looks like he got a yellow for a BS close range handball penalty, and then was taken off at half time.
His average whoscored rating has been okay though. I liked watching him on the ball when he was at Spurs.
The Brexit thread is way worse
You do know Sivasspor are 14th in Turkish league (a long way from a top 5 European league), beaten home and away by the likes of Maccha Tel Aviv in Europa League.
So no way to judge how good a player is.
The mark of a great player is to check whether he can perform on a cold Tuesday night in Sivasspor.
Corrected that for you
Another way of putting it is that Juan Foyth is almost 3 years older than Oliver Skipp.
Yet Oliver Skipp is looking better and better starting in 21 consecutive games at Norwich playing much better sides in a league which is probably 5th or 6 th best in Europe.
Whilst Foyth has been pulled off at half time against 2nd rate sides in EL who are way below Championship standard
And this was Foyth's playing record up to a week ago :
La Liga - 1 start (subbed at HT) and 1 off bench, total 50 minutes
Europa League - 4 starts and one goal, total 360 minutes
Copa Del Rey - 1 start, total 78 minutes
So Foyth has a long way to catch Skipp up.........and yet almost 3 years older........
Good evening.
Unai Emery may be about to sustain his track record of putting smiles on the faces of Spurs fans with a revelatory move as the manager of Villarreal.
He has made a brave decision to play Juan Foyth at CDM.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/335107/Show/Juan-Foyth
Foyth has started the last few games in that position, and is averaging a solid 6.23 there. Villarreal are now 5th in the table, thanks in part to Juan's incisive tackling and passing at CDM.
I believe we should recall Foyth from loan in January. He can be a remedy to our strategic problems. Alderweireld and Dier have the tendency to opt for ambitious long balls, which means we bypass our midfield and don't retain much possession. Whether at CDM, or at CB in a back 3, Foyth can help us build from our third.
He can primarily replace Sissoko from the current first XI. He is not as strong as Sissoko, but has better timing on tackles, so is probably on par defensively. Furthermore, since his injury earlier this year, Sissoko is not making the marauding runs which used to compensate for his lack of technique.
In other news, with our Jan transfer window expenditure likely to be limited, I think we should just throw in the kitchen sink and recall Skipp and Sessegnon from loan too. Both are playing well, and current first squad options such as Bale, Lucas, and Winks have disappointed.
Unai Emery may be about to sustain his track record of putting smiles on the faces of Spurs fans with a revelatory move as the manager of Villarreal.
He has made a brave decision to play Juan Foyth at CDM.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/335107/Show/Juan-Foyth
Foyth has started the last few games in that position, and is averaging a solid 6.23 there. Villarreal are now 5th in the table, thanks in part to Juan's incisive tackling and passing at CDM.
I believe we should recall Foyth from loan in January. He can be a remedy to our strategic problems. Alderweireld and Dier have the tendency to opt for ambitious long balls, which means we bypass our midfield and don't retain much possession. Whether at CDM, or at CB in a back 3, Foyth can help us build from our third.
He can primarily replace Sissoko from the current first XI. He is not as strong as Sissoko, but has better timing on tackles, so is probably on par defensively. Furthermore, since his injury earlier this year, Sissoko is not making the marauding runs which used to compensate for his lack of technique.
In other news, with our Jan transfer window expenditure likely to be limited, I think we should just throw in the kitchen sink and recall Skipp and Sessegnon from loan too. Both are playing well, and current first squad options such as Bale, Lucas, and Winks have disappointed.
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multi.When you aren’t playing Barca, real or athletico in Spain the league is a complete farmer league, not a chance he could do it in midfield in the premiership
Foyth hasn't shown any indication that he can play as a DM in the PL in the past. Not sure that a few mediocre games in La Liga in the role, which he "earned" by the other guy getting injured not by his great play, would do much to change that.
Skipp is doing well in Norwich, he is a key part to their team having a successful season, why would we want to mess with that? Especially when there is a good chance if he comes back he doesn't make a smooth transition to our club or isn't played by Jose. Makes way more sense to keep him where he is having success.
Foyth doesn't help us at all because he is not an upgrade. He panics way to much and will not help us move the ball up the pitch, The risk of stunting Skipps development is not worth the risk that he might improve us in the MF. Keep him developing so that when he comes back he is ready to go, has a proper pre-season to re-integrate with the team and is a key player for us for 5+ years not 4 months.
There is no reason we can't bring in players this window to fix our MF.
So Foyth, Skipp and Sess in.
Bale, Lucas and Winks out.
That should fix our woes.
