Played ok vs Wolves.
This manager wanted to keep him around for his system despite us getting offers.
Do you not want him to perform or something? Why does it bother you so much? It's not like we have much choice.
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Played ok vs Wolves.
This manager wanted to keep him around for his system despite us getting offers.
Do you not want him to perform or something? Why does it bother you so much? It's not like we have much choice.
It's not fair to refer to it as blind faith, I'm quite sure that 99% of those begging for Phillips to start over Dier are accepting of the fact that he could be an utter disaster, just they'd rather take the chance that he could be a revelation, as opposed to the known quality of Dier...
It's a desperation measure rather than a rock solid plan.
Fuck me.... State of this place...
The international break really HAS taken its' toll...
Is there any point us even turning up on Sunday??
Not according to some!!!
what is a trequerista?Apparently PEH at trequerista is the only way...
Their pace does worry me, but it also provides opportunity for us to exploit space if they commit forward. Not sure the same extremely high line will work, but then again dropping back 10m doesn't help either - when you're beat for pace, you're beat. Might as well just play on the front foot.
It’s on the tv you fruit loop.
It's a kind of hat.
Pierre-Emille Hatberg
P E Homberg, actually.
That like Scrooge at Christman Pierre-Emile Humbug
Yes we have choice.
No we did not have real offers. Bag of peanuts and half dozen eggs is not a real offer. If there would be any club stupid enough to pay real money for that imposter, we would have sold and got rid of this massive liability.
I want the club to perform and move forward. Lo Celso who has been the biggest flop in club history (yes, bigger than Sanchez who had decent periods, and yes, worse then Ndombele who has turned out catastrophic but actually had some ability when he joined, unfortunately he was lazy sclacker) and has literally used us as suggar-daddy to pay for his recovery between international football-breaks.
I want this club to cut losses where there is absolutely nothing to take. I want actual footballers get a chance (like Donley). Or if not attacking players then at least EPL level players.
Not someone who was supposed to be "an attacking midfielder" and has majestically let us down year over year over year and never contributed to clubs success.
As I said before - I always want Spurs to do well. And I support the players who are picked to play. But I've seen too many times Lo Celso play not to see that having him on is like playing with 10 men.
Very good question.
OFC there is a point.
Only please leave empty spaces and definition of uselesness that is Lo Celso out of the side, and we might have more even playing field
.And even worse take...Yes. He really won us the game.
Despite coming on 1:0 and game finishing 1:2.
Wait, or maybe... if we could have played this poor football until the end and won it 1:0 it would have been better? Would you.. well agree. That actually winning the game instead of losing would have in fact been a better result?
Christ
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Dier is not as slow as you would like to convince yourself.
Vdv is 8.67% quicker.
He's exceptionally good at defending aerial threats and set pieces, moves at 32.44 km/h (similar to Emerson) and will position himself with experience.
For me he lacks the confidence and ability to actually engage attackers. Pace and movement is an exaggerated myth.
He absolutely does hide if he’s taking the ball off the CB’s - not against playing him but no chance he should play DM. Can’t turn on the ball, boots the ball back in the direction it came from. He handicaps us massively there
Why not start him though? Gets a full warm up and then take him off on 45 or 60. Less risky than a short 2 min jog down the touch line then on, IMO and playing the last 40
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We don't have much of a sample size of Dier playing in Anges system.
It's blind faith because they literally haven't seen Phillips play.
IfAnge likes what he has seen for the youth side and in training, so be it and I would be convinced he made the right call.
If Dier starts (as I would expect as more likely) I also will be convinced Ange made the right decision, even if we lose in injury time.