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Player James Maddison

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I don't think we should write him off. I think he's fallen out of with the bellend at the helm.
The only player in the whole squad I'm sort of verging on thinking just can't cut it is Son due to age, wear and tear. But even he might have a turn around under a real football coach.

I think we should reserve judgement on the players for now.
 
I don't think we should write him off. I think he's fallen out of with the bellend at the helm.
The only player in the whole squad I'm sort of verging on thinking just can't cut it is Son due to age, wear and tear. But even he might have a turn around under a real football coach.

I think we should reserve judgement on the players for now.
son is done. maddison was clearly the first in the squad to see this clown for what he is.
 
I don't think we should write him off. I think he's fallen out of with the bellend at the helm.
The only player in the whole squad I'm sort of verging on thinking just can't cut it is Son due to age, wear and tear. But even he might have a turn around under a real football coach.

I think we should reserve judgement on the players for now.
The only player in our squad that you are sort of verging on thinking they can't cut it is Son... fuck me!!!
Ask yourself this question. Who from our squad would Liverpool, Woolwich, City or even Forest want that would improve them.
If I was made coach and we had new owners with bottomless pockets I would rip this squad up and start again. The only survivors would be Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Kulu (depth)... that is it... the rest are not good enough, never will be good enough and can fuck off.
 
I suspect there is more to get out of Maddison. I remember thinking he looked like a classic Tottenham flair player at the start of last season, that was trying to make a new system work.

He strikes me as an intelligent football player and was probably one of the first to suss out Ange, and probably tried to get some sort of constructive dialogue on it. When he found out Ange was just vibes and no substance I think his mentality went with it. He's been poor this season but I'm convinced for now that there is still a good Spurs player for a new manager to work with.

If I had to summarise, I think he is the player that has suffered most under Ange's so-called management. I do think he cares as well.
 
The only player in our squad that you are sort of verging on thinking they can't cut it is Son... fuck me!!!
Ask yourself this question. Who from our squad would Liverpool, Woolwich, City or even Forest want that would improve them.
If I was made coach and we had new owners with bottomless pockets I would rip this squad up and start again. The only survivors would be Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Kulu (depth)... that is it... the rest are not good enough, never will be good enough and can fuck off.
All you're doing is rating how you've seen them perform under Ange.
I'm saying we should at least see how they do with a real coach.

But to answer your question, Romero is going to one of the Madrid clubs. Vicario could replace Alison if he left Liverpool. Van De Ven could easily replace VVD at Liverpool if he leaves on a free. Fcuk, they could even look at Porro to replace Trent.
And that's with them all underperforming under Ange.

Son at his age is beyond just being poorly coached. He's lost pace and without that he's just not effective anymore.
The likes of Tel, Johnson, Odobert are all so young that there is still plenty of room to improve.
They might not. But I'd rather ditch Ange and try than ditch them and give him more players who will fail under him.
 
But to answer your question, Romero is going to one of the Madrid clubs. Vicario could replace Alison if he left Liverpool. Van De Ven could easily replace VVD at Liverpool if he leaves on a free. Fcuk, they could even look at Porro to replace Trent.
And that's with them all underperforming under Ange.

I would not be bothered if all three of these players leave Spurs.

All of them are error prone and have weakness regarding the defensive side of the game.

If Spurs got more than their money back for all three it wouldn't be bad business in my opinion.
 
The Croatian kid on loan is Romero's replacement, with Danso as back up, and Spence is already better than Pedro Porno.
We can't replace a world cup winner with a teenage boy who's never kicked a ball at elite level.
If Arse sold one of their CB's and pinned their hopes on a kid that doesn't shave, you'd ridicule them.
CB is crucial. For ever Romero there's a string of Sanche's, Diers, Gardiners etc who are utter donkies.
 
We can't replace a world cup winner with a teenage boy who's never kicked a ball at elite level.
If Arse sold one of their CB's and pinned their hopes on a kid that doesn't shave, you'd ridicule them.
CB is crucial. For ever Romero there's a string of Sanche's, Diers, Gardiners etc who are utter donkies.
I am only speculating but I expect Walker Peters on a free and Porro to be sold.

I also expect Romero to be sold and The Croatian kid rotated with Danso, Gray and VDV.

It's the direction of travel.

The plan is kids and free transfers on low wages.

Levy's wet dream is taking shape.
 
All you're doing is rating how you've seen them perform under Ange.
I'm saying we should at least see how they do with a real coach.

But to answer your question, Romero is going to one of the Madrid clubs. Vicario could replace Alison if he left Liverpool. Van De Ven could easily replace VVD at Liverpool if he leaves on a free. Fcuk, they could even look at Porro to replace Trent.
And that's with them all underperforming under Ange.

Son at his age is beyond just being poorly coached. He's lost pace and without that he's just not effective anymore.
The likes of Tel, Johnson, Odobert are all so young that there is still plenty of room to improve.
They might not. But I'd rather ditch Ange and try than ditch them and give him more players who will fail under him.
Sorry mate, I have to disagree... Romero might end up at one of the Madrid clubs but he is not world class... Vicario could replace Alison... give your head a wobble... can you imagine Vicario in that game at PSG... it would have been five or six... he is chaotic and throws in the odd good save... don't think he's even that good with his feet... I like Micky but there is no universe where he replaces VVD... he's quick but he lacks awareness and isn't dominant in the air... and now I know you're taking the piss when you say Porro (who can't get a game for us now) could replace Trent... we all want to ditch Ange but if you or anyone thinks this squad is top six or seven with a proper coach then I'll have some of whatever you're smoking...
 
I am only speculating but I expect Walker Peters on a free and Porro to be sold.

I also expect Romero to be sold and The Croatian kid rotated with Danso, Gray and VDV.

It's the direction of travel.

The plan is kids and free transfers on low wages.

Levy's wet dream is taking shape.
That would be the biggest indicator yet that Levy has fully pivoted to non-football as the main agenda.
 
Sorry mate, I have to disagree... Romero might end up at one of the Madrid clubs but he is not world class... Vicario could replace Alison... give your head a wobble... can you imagine Vicario in that game at PSG... it would have been five or six... he is chaotic and throws in the odd good save... don't think he's even that good with his feet... I like Micky but there is no universe where he replaces VVD... he's quick but he lacks awareness and isn't dominant in the air... and now I know you're taking the piss when you say Porro (who can't get a game for us now) could replace Trent... we all want to ditch Ange but if you or anyone thinks this squad is top six or seven with a proper coach then I'll have some of whatever you're smoking...
Again, you're rating these players on their performances for a shockingly under-coached team.
Vicaro is a brilliant shot stopper / last man for a high press team. Issues with him defending corners could be coached out of him...with a coach.
He's saved us from total embarrassment time and time again.
I guarantee Romero goes on to legend status wherever he goes.
You need to switch off from how these players are currently performing. They've all shown they can perform, but they've all gotten progressively worse the longer this fraud is in charge.
 
That would be the biggest indicator yet that Levy has fully pivoted to non-football as the main agenda.
I have been studying Levy for the duration and everything that is happening now seems to be a shock to many while a few of us are not surprised.

ENIC and Levy have always been about the financial aspect of THFC.

They needed the supporters onside to demolish WHL and build the Levydome.

It's now a multi purpose venue.

My son keeps telling me Levy will still want Champions League football but my feeling is that Levy has never been comfortable with the idea of having a Champions League wage bill and needing to qualify every season.

Levy has always demonstrated a capacity to not carry passengers.

The club will not subsidise senior concessions in respect of tickets so why would Levy shift funds from the other activities at the Levydome to subsidise an inflated wage bill should Spurs fail to gain top 4?

ENIC and Levy will not want relegation but mid table will be fine for the core business if they can exploit every other avenue the Levydome offers them.

It's quite naive to think anything else in my opinion.

ENIC and Levy will not want to go anywhere in my further opinion. The rumours of investment and takeovers are exactly that.

The game now is to lower the expectations back to what they were when ENIC arrived.

Poch's team was as good as it gets under this lot.
 
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