And sprinkle a few Wharton and Olises in too
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Player Luka Vuskovic
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Romero, VDV, Danso, Dragusin and we meant to be in for Zabarnyi. Where is he going to fit in unless we play 3 at the back.
TBH our best formation is probably 343
.......Tel....Solanke...Kudus
Udogie...Benten..Bergval..Porro
........VDV..Romero...Danso
.................Vicario
Draguson is injured and hopeless. He’s ahead of him
Hes not even played a single game in the premier league, thats premature to say the least.
Remember , you are basing this assessment on back of watching him for 1 game. He has never played other positions in his life. So there’s nothing to even suggest he will make a better no6. 6 is specialist position . CB always look forward when receiving ball. No6 not so. They need to have agility , presence of mind, positional sense - all the things aren’t easy skill to acquire
I didn’t typecast him.. I only talked of back3 because that’s the easiest & safest way to give him playing time & integrating into squad..
You have seen him for 1 game at CB - while we can appreciate his quality - don’t you think it’s actually going to other end of scale and saying he should change his position ?
I just can’t believe you think he’s hopelessly slow already.
We have been rolling the dice on potential elite youngsters, and succeeding in signing them often against competition from the likes of Barca, Bayern, & our PL rivals, much more frequently in recent seasons. Paratici's networks often seem to be involved in identifying these players, probably through his contacts with agents, as it must be harder for data analysis to accurately assess them.
Bergvall and Vuskovic look like inspired signings.
Udogie & Sarr are both probably worth double what we paid for them, and have the potential to become even better.
I think Kinsky is an outstanding signing, and Archie Gray, Tel, Odobert and Yang all have big seasons ahead of them.
But it is swing and miss. We rolled the dice on Bryan Gil and Veliz, and neither worked out for us. It's never going to be a 100% success rate.
It's also important t hat we continue giving opportunities to our best young players like Mikey Moore, and developing the likes of Donley, Devine, Phillips & Abbott so they can maximise their potential.
He played 16 PL games in 2024/25 season, starting 14 of them, before getting injured.
Enough to see he's a decent defender who is not good on the ball - and its passing ability which is what Spurs want out of CB's
Respectfully let's just let him develop in the position we bought him for and go get a proper DM
Where did I say that ? I never commented on his pace.
You have some problems reading ?
May be go check your eyes or your brain not interpreting what your eyes see ?
I don't think "where would he fit in" is a problem.
The problem is, IF we are in for Zabarnyi, Romero is most definitely going.
Where did I say that ? I never commented on his pace.
You have some problems reading ?
May be go check your eyes or your brain not interpreting what your eyes see ?
You said it was the safest way to integrate him- I guess you must have some reason to think he can’t play in a 2. Or maybe you think he’s too inexperienced tactically to keep up? Either way he did great, and Frank confidently played him in a back 2. Seems Vusk just might disappoint a bunch of doubters by being too good too soon.
Didn't he mean Vuscovic? (...hasn't played a single game in the Premier League)
I like the idea of playing a 4-2-3-1 with VdV at LB, and switching to a 3-2-4-1 in possession, e.g.
GK
Porro ---- Vuskovic ----Romero-- VdV
Gibbs-White --- Bentancur
Kudus ------- Maddison -------Tel
Solanke
Becomes ...
GK
Vuskovic ---- Romero ---- VdV
Gibbs-White --- Bentancur
Porro ---- Kudus ---- Maddison ----Tel
Solanke
Porro ---- Vuskovic ----Romero-- VdV
Gibbs-White --- Bentancur
Kudus ------- Maddison -------Tel
Solanke
Becomes ...
GK
Vuskovic ---- Romero ---- VdV
Gibbs-White --- Bentancur
Porro ---- Kudus ---- Maddison ----Tel
Solanke
Dragusin has though and clearly ill suited to a side that play from the back (which Frank does).