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Not hitting the goddamn goalpost 3 times would also cure that ill.
And I can just imagine Daniel Levy drooling and fondling himself as he reads through posts just like this one
Ummm... to be fair, no one wants their money so far.
Shortsighted opinion.
We were a couple short last season and every team every must add a couple of quality additions. That means we need 4 players.
Anything less and your words will be the embodimemt of hyperbole because my friend you are playing to the easy view.
Our squad is good but nothing more as it stands.
Just page after page of the same pointless arguments - even if we do sign Janssen that won't be the end of it......we'll be missing out on beating West Ham and Palace to a blind goalkeeper for £20m
And I can just imagine Daniel Levy drooling and fondling himself as he reads through posts just like this one
If only he'd been smart enough to trademark this phrase....
...and he'd have cornered both polar ends of the market on here
You've gone too far, it's time to pack it in, how people still crow after a big name signing. It's incomprihensible (sp)
They had me at beklonken.
By google image search, I'm disappointed to concede that it probably means 'deal'.
Nothing to do with badonkadonk
After Wanyama and Janssen I think all we need is a pacey dribbler to play in the attacking three behind the striker.
It's the one dimension we miss in attack and I think we'd be devastating with that in our team. We thought Lamela and Son could do it when we signed them but neither can and we don't have anyone who can beat a man.
N'Jie is supposed to be lightening quick but I haven't seen enough to judge what he can do in possession as well as off it.
Someone of the ilk of Martial, Mahrez, Sanchez, Hazard is all we need to have all bases covered in attack imo. We're linked with Gini Wijnaldum at the moment and I have to say I've always been impressed when I've watched him for Newcastle and I think he'd be an upgrade on any of the sub options we have at present.
It's the one dimension we miss in attack and I think we'd be devastating with that in our team. We thought Lamela and Son could do it when we signed them but neither can and we don't have anyone who can beat a man.
N'Jie is supposed to be lightening quick but I haven't seen enough to judge what he can do in possession as well as off it.
Someone of the ilk of Martial, Mahrez, Sanchez, Hazard is all we need to have all bases covered in attack imo. We're linked with Gini Wijnaldum at the moment and I have to say I've always been impressed when I've watched him for Newcastle and I think he'd be an upgrade on any of the sub options we have at present.
They may not be the definition of pacey, but saying that our three behind in Alli, Lamela and Eriksen are not driblers and cannot beat a man, is very harsh indeed.
Imho you're looking at it the wrong way. And you give it away by making the statement about Lamela and Son. You're assuming that they can't because they don't very often. Our play isn't really set up that way. Given a choice between skill we need passing, movement off the ball, pressing and stamina before dribling. Might not be sexy but that's the reality imo.
The times when the opposition is camped in their own box - which for us is the majority of games - we need special skills to unlock defences.
One of those is dribbling and as it stands we have no one who can consistently beat a defender with skill and pace. Even a player like Willian who can threaten defenders and force them to retreat is so useful in those scenarios and creates spaces for the likes of Kane, Eriksen and Alli to make key passes or take shots.
Don't talk shite about Lamela or Son being able to beat a defender one on one... it simply isn't true.
One of those is dribbling and as it stands we have no one who can consistently beat a defender with skill and pace. Even a player like Willian who can threaten defenders and force them to retreat is so useful in those scenarios and creates spaces for the likes of Kane, Eriksen and Alli to make key passes or take shots.
Don't talk shite about Lamela or Son being able to beat a defender one on one... it simply isn't true.
If you want to try to simplify football tactics to "we don't have this, let's go get it", be my guest. Does show you don't really understand how football tactics work in generel and specifically how Poch is setting up our attacks.
We don't have a big lump up front either for when the opponents are camped in. Andy Carroll might be available. Or Benteke.
Not melting is the easy view?
Fascinating.
We could've done with a couple more? We would've had them, too, if only Pritchard and N'Jie hadn't both been lost for basically the entire season.
The reality is that we have an excellent squad, compared to the competition. It can be improved, and we're trying to, but to claim that we are doomed and not good enough without massive change is ridiculous.
To claim things are a disaster because we haven't signed x by now is likewise ridiculous. This isn't football manager, this is real life. Things are actually complicated and involve real human beings.
So, if we struggled so much at unlocking these defences because we lacked dribbling and pace, how'd we score the second most goals in the league and carve open the best defences in the league quite regularly?
Or did you not actually watch the games so you missed how our offence worked?
It's about improving. Yes we had a great season last time, do we just sit around and pat ourselves on the back?
No we look to improve and you do that by adding to areas in the squad which are deficient. One such area is having a different option when plan A isn't working.
Having someone who can come off the bench and offer something different is vital and could have turned some of those games we dominated but drew, into wins.
Lets look at it this way:
Woolwich : Sanchez
Man United: Martial
Chelsea: Hazard
Man City : Aguero
Liverpool: Sturridge
Leicester : Mahrez
All our rivals have players that are great in one-on-one duels and we simply do not. There are very slight improvements needed for this Spurs team but that is one of them and if you can't see that then I don't know what to say.
Someone of the ilk of Boufal or even Berahino would be great.
We have midfield sorted with Wanyama and Janssen will provide the striking cover.
All that's left is an injection of pace and dribbling ability.
No we look to improve and you do that by adding to areas in the squad which are deficient. One such area is having a different option when plan A isn't working.
Having someone who can come off the bench and offer something different is vital and could have turned some of those games we dominated but drew, into wins.
Lets look at it this way:
Woolwich : Sanchez
Man United: Martial
Chelsea: Hazard
Man City : Aguero
Liverpool: Sturridge
Leicester : Mahrez
All our rivals have players that are great in one-on-one duels and we simply do not. There are very slight improvements needed for this Spurs team but that is one of them and if you can't see that then I don't know what to say.
Someone of the ilk of Boufal or even Berahino would be great.
We have midfield sorted with Wanyama and Janssen will provide the striking cover.
All that's left is an injection of pace and dribbling ability.