Hey, if what he posts works for you then it's all good. He's not my cup of tea and I find his football commentary facile and vacuous, and his ubiquity annoying.
Less is more, as the old saying goes.
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Transfers Summer 2019 transfer thread
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Less is more, as the old saying goes.
I almost got excited by those odds until I saw Perisic.
Then again, 6/1 ain't so hot so I'm guessing we're 'favourites' only by virtue of no other club looking in for him either.
Precisely that.
A bit like us also being favourites for Grealish too.
I only put Perisic in there as it was interesting that his odds to sign for us are better than Fernandes'
I'll bet you judge players on their YouTube compilations as well, eh?
Goals like that are great but too many people use that goal as the yardstick to beat him with, instead of a metric to judge him by.
Not everything in football is goal of the season shit, some of the most telling football played never gets a mention.
I get what
todd1882
is saying with Alli, (although the "one step ahead of Sissoko" was harsh) but also understand the incredulity of some at a criticism of his technical ability. The truth is he is cabable of moments of supreme technical quality, the problem is, they are interspersed with a shit load of poor first touches, bumbling, wastage - brought about by technical failings or bad decision making.
And after three years of constant high level coaching, PL and CL football, you would expect the ratio of good/bad to have shifted heavily toward the good, not just in better touch and less bumbling away possession but in terms of decision making - ie when to try the highly improbable and when to just put your foot on it and play someone in a better position in - and toward the end of last season I thought it had, but the balance of this season would suggest not.
I think one of the problems may be that Poch has heavily indulged him, never really given him the kick up the arse he needed, when he really needed it, he's been allowed to churn out some really poor performances constantly at various times in his three years with us, without facing the bench for a week or two like others would.
Before we signed him, I watched him for MK a few times and questioned where he'd play for a top4 PL side as he lacked the dynamism to play in a CM2 which we played entirely back then, and the true technical ability to play as a ACM. The truth is Poch has shoehorned formats around to accommodate him and Eriksen into the same side at times and it's not always worked, the CL final being a great example.
todd1882
is saying with Alli, (although the "one step ahead of Sissoko" was harsh) but also understand the incredulity of some at a criticism of his technical ability. The truth is he is cabable of moments of supreme technical quality, the problem is, they are interspersed with a shit load of poor first touches, bumbling, wastage - brought about by technical failings or bad decision making.And after three years of constant high level coaching, PL and CL football, you would expect the ratio of good/bad to have shifted heavily toward the good, not just in better touch and less bumbling away possession but in terms of decision making - ie when to try the highly improbable and when to just put your foot on it and play someone in a better position in - and toward the end of last season I thought it had, but the balance of this season would suggest not.
I think one of the problems may be that Poch has heavily indulged him, never really given him the kick up the arse he needed, when he really needed it, he's been allowed to churn out some really poor performances constantly at various times in his three years with us, without facing the bench for a week or two like others would.
Before we signed him, I watched him for MK a few times and questioned where he'd play for a top4 PL side as he lacked the dynamism to play in a CM2 which we played entirely back then, and the true technical ability to play as a ACM. The truth is Poch has shoehorned formats around to accommodate him and Eriksen into the same side at times and it's not always worked, the CL final being a great example.
No one on my wish list hadn't been linked? None of them were outrageous. Which do you think were ?
Is Nigel Farage coming over?
I get what
And after three years of constant high level coaching, PL and CL football, you would expect the ratio of good/bad to have shifted heavily toward the good, not just in better touch and less bumbling away possession but in terms of decision making - ie when to try the highly improbable and when to just put your foot on it and play someone in a better position in - and toward the end of last season I thought it had, but the balance of this season would suggest not.
I think one of the problems may be that Poch has heavily indulged him, never really given him the kick up the arse he needed, when he really needed it, he's been allowed to churn out some really poor performances constantly at various times in his three years with us, without facing the bench for a week or two like others would.
Before we signed him, I watched him for MK a few times and questioned where he'd play for a top4 PL side as he lacked the dynamism to play in a CM2 which we played entirely back then, and the true technical ability to play as a ACM. The truth is Poch has shoehorned formats around to accommodate him and Eriksen into the same side at times and it's not always worked, the CL final being a great example.
Forget the rest of the post, the highlighted bit is the most pertinent.
1. Many managers try to squeeze the best players into a team, Poch is no different
2. Eriksen usually plays no 10 (Dele's best natural role ) whilst Dele is playing as LAM, yet Dele has scored more than Lampard and Gerrard COMBINED at the same age despite being played out of position etc.
Just wash your mouth out before spouting some of your opinions !
Why post ones who haven't been linked ? Why be selective and omit Messi ?
Boris (or Farage lite as he's often known) might
I take your point but any Spurs fan has that as a redeeming quality. The thread provides so many different points of view for all of us to read and analyze but ultimately we all want the same thing. For Spurs to fulfill their destiny.
Oh no....Bozo the clown
600 years, huh? Bless your heart.
Again, I didn't, that's my point. Which players did I suggest that haven't been linked?
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Don't forget the ones who write long exhausting paragraphs just to prove a they're right.
I don't know why youre bringing Brandt into this when Julian Brandt is the same age and has scored less than Dele in an inferior league, and scored less in arguably a better national side. I doubt he's offered more defensively either.
Claiming you could pick holes in any of his games means fuck all. You could do the same with virtually any player. Some dicks are digging out Messi for he anfield fuck up.
Get a grip and stop creating a daft narrative about one of our best young players, it makes you sound like a twat.
Bit OTT?
1. Doesn't make it right.
2. Alli has also played further forward for most of his career so far than Gerrard and Lampard did at similar ages/stages. Alli has started once as an ALM this season in the league. 20 times as an ACM. They would be the 20 times that Eriksen has played CM8 in our stupid diamond I would imagine.
The question is would we actually be better balanced as a team with a proper 8 type player as that "8" and Eriksen as the ACM and Alli on the bench ?
And the highlighted bit wasn't the most pertinent. The point is, as others have said, Alli hasn't really developed any particular facet of his game in the last three years. I don't hate the fella, can see he brings a presence and is capable of good things, but at some point it's got to stop being caveated with a "but a lot of fucking about" too. Especially when he is producing much less goals/assists to balance that off.
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