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Ok he’s not utter shite but he’s miles away from being decent with us. I’ve said before I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt but if players who are getting bought for £60 million can’t control the ball,hold it up,lay it off and find a team mate then the jury has to be well and truly out. I really hope to fuck he comes good and proves a lot of us wrong. Football is weird that way and players can turn careers around. For some it’s not ok to criticise him but can slaughter Dier,Lenglet and Porro. It can’t work both ways. If they are consistently poor they deserve criticism and we shouldn’t pick and choose. Richi earns obscene money and should be better. As I said I hope he finds himself here but while Kane is here he’ll be a bit part because he won’t play wide of the front three as he’s not quick or technical enough.You can't just write him off as 'shite' either. Nobody can. Our entire squad was mainly shit last season, bar one or two.
So if you're tellingSpiderSpurs that 'you can't say he's very good', then the same applies to calling him shite.
You don't get to be Brazil's number 9 by being uber shit though.
Obviously he still needs to prove himself with us, and he deserves another season, no matter what the more fickle amongst us say.
End of story.
Ok he’s not utter shite but he’s miles away from being decent with us. I’ve said before I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt but if players who are getting bought for £60 million can’t control the ball,hold it up,lay it off and find a team mate then the jury has to be well and truly out. I really hope to fuck he comes good and proves a lot of us wrong. Football is weird that way and players can turn careers around. For some it’s not ok to criticise him but can slaughter Dier,Lenglet and Porro. It can’t work both ways. If they are consistently poor they deserve criticism and we shouldn’t pick and choose. Richi earns obscene money and should be better. As I said I hope he finds himself here but while Kane is here he’ll be a bit part because he won’t play wide of the front three as he’s not quick or technical enough.
Porro will be class for us. I’m not against lenglet either because he’s the only defender we have that plays the forward pass quickly. He ups the tempo more than any of the others. His defending was suspect because he’s terrified of pace in behind him. Hard one with him.I think there is a fundamental difference between criticising him and just out and out calling him shit.
He's not a shit player. He had a bad season like most of our squad.
Deserves another full season to 'come good'. If it doesn't work out, then fair enough.
Some on here don't seem prepared to, or want to give him that chance. I do.
For the record, I don't mind Lenglet although I don't think he's good enough, I would give him a chance if we did sign him. I think Porro is a good player who will be very good for us.
Dier...he has had more than enough chances. Certainly way more than Richarlison has had!
Stevie Nichols on ESPN FC said tonight that Maddison will fit right in at Spurs because he is the kind of mid player who looks good when things are going well but disappears when things aren't.... just like the rest of the Spurs players. And that's why no big clubs like City or Liverpool went for him. He's fundamentally not a winner and that's why Leicester got relegated and mid-table Spurs are his level.
this is the kind of shit media we have to put up with over here
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Yes but the goals against count as wellWell, hopefully we have brought 12-15 goals and 10 assists.
Kane - 30
Son - 20
Maddison - 12 to 15
Kulu - 8-10
Richy - 10 -to 15
Get's us close to the magic 90-100 goals needed to win the EPL
What couple possibly go wrong?
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Solomon, not a wise move.the show has two Scottish ex-players in the studio, Steve Nicol (got his name wrong earlier) and Craig Burley and both are ruthlessly anti-Spurs. Always a mocking smirk on their face when Spurs are discussed. The other story was Bayern's offer for Kane and they both can't wait until Kane escapes Spurs to a "bigger club" and if he doesn't there's something wrong with him and he'll never be world class.
To your point about Maddison, I myself wasn't a huge fan but I think it was more that he looks like a prick haha. But he does check a lot of boxes, Ange wants him, the set pieces, the creativity, etc. So I'm in.
Now get 2 fucking CBs and Solomon and...
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Certainly a better deal than the one for Rice.An absolute brilliant piece of business by the club. £40 million for a player whose numbers guarantee creativity and goals is incredible in today’s market. Just him alone brings at least another 15 points minimum over the season and we know where that will put us so well done to the club for getting this done. Winks going the other way makes it even better.
We’ve been crying out for this type of player. It’s been a while since we’ve had that Eriksen or Van Der Vaart type that will just play that special pass.
Stevie Nichols on ESPN FC said tonight that Maddison will fit right in at Spurs because he is the kind of mid player who looks good when things are going well but disappears when things aren't.... just like the rest of the Spurs players. And that's why no big clubs like City or Liverpool went for him. He's fundamentally not a winner and that's why Leicester got relegated and mid-table Spurs are his level.
this is the kind of shit media we have to put up with over here
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That’s always an issue. We will have more possession than we did under Conte’s negative counter attack pish so hopefully that helps with conceding. Our centre back signings are massive for us.
What a player he was. He used to have a Mars bar and a bottle of irn bru at half time and get up and down the pitch all game. He’s a total cunt though and hates us. Same with that prick Burley.He once set a team mates wife’s head on fire as he “wondered what would happen”.
Screams out I’m a stupid alcoholic…….
If he hadn’t been a footballer probably would have just been another drunk Scottish bloke drinking Super T at kings x.
Agree. It seems a very good deal if you look at the price other players are going for. £65m for Havertz, £105m for Rice etc etc.That is the best signing of the summer so far , I was gutted he we never went for him when he left Norwich for 20m .
I think he oozes class and at 40m he is a steal
If I was offered those 2 or Maddison all at the same price I would take MaddisonAgree. It seems a very good deal if you look at the price other players are going for. £65m for Havertz, £105m for Rice etc etc.
I'm still not sure how we got him for that price.
Agree. It seems a very good deal if you look at the price other players are going for. £65m for Havertz, £105m for Rice etc etc.
I'm still not sure how we got him for that price.