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Ndombele is lazy, surely thats beyond dispute? He's had 4 or 5 chances with us under 4 different managers. He hasnt pulled up any trees with his loans to Lyon and Napoli and yet we're now putting him into first teams? The video was simply a reminder.
He obviously can’t play 90 minutes and probably even 60. We should be looking at using him as an impact sub if we can’t sell him.

At this point, we have to forget he’s our record signing and just get whatever use we can out of him. There’s no point in holding his wages or transfer fee against him; it just doesn’t do any good.
 
Why do we think Ange's version of pressing and attacking would be any less solid?

What I originally said:

"If the only string Ange has to his bow is gung-ho Bielsa-ball, he'll quickly find himself in a world of trouble."

You disagreed... Not sure why. I never proffessed to know if he had or not, but all I've heard him speak of so far is goals and entertainment.

Furthermore what about our Poch team makes you deem it "gung-ho"?
 

Yves Bissouma’s form for Brighton & Hove Albion during the 2021/22 season convinced Tottenham Hotspur to reportedly invest £30m to buy him last summer.


He struggled to impress and finished his debut season at Spurs with 28 appearances [10 league starts]. An ankle injury forced him to miss a chunk of the season.

The midfielder could have an option to leave Tottenham in the summer window as Akşam state Fenerbahçe have identified him as a target.


The Turkish club have been active in this window and have already made seven additions to their squad.
They have no intention to stop and the Yellow Canaries have set their sights on the Tottenham player. The report states ‘work has started’ and an ‘offer will be made’ to bring the 26-year-old to Istanbul in this window.

It’s claimed Fenerbahçe are looking to sign the Mali international on a loan deal with an option to buy. The report adds they have already established contact with his agent and ‘talks are ongoing’ for a potential deal this summer.

Akşam don’t mention if Fenerbahçe have initiated talks with Ange Postecoglou’s side over a deal for Bissouma.
 
My previous name is ‘The Ghost’. It reflects my father’s favorite player.
I am leaning toward ‘Spursy McSpursface’ for the next one.
A username makes you uncomfortable but posters who are cheerleaders for Woolwich, who openly want Spurs to lose and the hate for Spurs players here — Wankberg, ffs — doesn’t?
Now I find that altogether weird.
Are you hard of learning ??? We’ve had a similar conversation where you took an age to finally grasp the nettle

The posts you mention some posters are guilty of do get called out …. Some are comfortable doing it some feel strongly to argue against this behaviour….. And certainly do not claim to know my opinion on this

To use this as a yardstick to justify why you’d choose to use the handle George Graham is 1 flawed and 2 like I say weird that you’d want a justification in the first place

Stop arguing any reason to use it …. This is a spurs forum and not a single poster appreciates it

The ghost or that other one … or… radical I know … a spurs hero will be welcome

But seriously give up this pricks name and give up your paltry excuses for keeping it
 
July 17th. We've appointed a HC none of us (be honest) had as their 1st or 2nd...or 5th choice. We've signed no CB, which has been a major priority for at least 4 seasons. We've made permanent two dudes for big, big money...knowing one of them lads was very good for 3-4 months but then rubbish for 12, and the other comes with substantial question marks. We've signed a guy who had a few good games for Fulham & Shakthar...ripping the latter off in the process (on the surface). We've only waived one piece of our massive stockpile of deadwood. But yeaaaaaaaah we've signed Vicario & Madders.

But still, one must be pleased and positive cause the opposite is poo poo...negative people are bad people, no room for them on TFC.
It's not mutually exclusive mate. You can be happy with the signings to date, but unhappy with the fact we don't have at least one CB yet.

Personally, I'm not happy that VDV at least isn't done, I'm not seeing any valid reason why that hasn't happened yet.

But then I don't place the same importance on them attending the preseason tour as others do, so I'm a bit more chilled at the situation. Neither do I put any stock in Twitter rumours. About the only twitter's that I take any note of are the 'here we go' tweets.

The time for anger is at the end of the window, if anger is indeed merited. For me, the anger will only be merited if we don't address the areas of need. At this point in time it's the 2 CB positions, and possibly a striker should Kane leave. If we achieve that then it's all about how we start.
 

Yves Bissouma’s form for Brighton & Hove Albion during the 2021/22 season convinced Tottenham Hotspur to reportedly invest £30m to buy him last summer.


He struggled to impress and finished his debut season at Spurs with 28 appearances [10 league starts]. An ankle injury forced him to miss a chunk of the season.

The midfielder could have an option to leave Tottenham in the summer window as Akşam state Fenerbahçe have identified him as a target.


The Turkish club have been active in this window and have already made seven additions to their squad.
They have no intention to stop and the Yellow Canaries have set their sights on the Tottenham player. The report states ‘work has started’ and an ‘offer will be made’ to bring the 26-year-old to Istanbul in this window.

It’s claimed Fenerbahçe are looking to sign the Mali international on a loan deal with an option to buy. The report adds they have already established contact with his agent and ‘talks are ongoing’ for a potential deal this summer.

Akşam don’t mention if Fenerbahçe have initiated talks with Ange Postecoglou’s side over a deal for Bissouma.
Why post such shite?
 
It’s amazing he was here five and a half years and some fans can think this. Poch was all about controlling the football. Measured possession, physical dominance in midfield, and then when losing the ball winning it back quickly.
Was his version of Bielsa ball.

Pressing and winning the ball back.

Attacking FBs, 4-2-3-1

possession football.

the foundations are the same.

Bielsa just did it with much less talent and much less depth in his Leeds squad.
 
What I originally said:

"If the only string Ange has to his bow is gung-ho Bielsa-ball, he'll quickly find himself in a world of trouble."

You disagreed... Not sure why. I never proffessed to know if he had or not, but all I've heard him speak of so far is goals and entertainment.

Furthermore what about our Poch team makes you deem it "gung-ho"?
Fair enough.

Poch was attacking and gung-ho in comparison to Conte.

Pep is Gung-Ho is Ange Ball is Gung-Ho...
 
July 17th. We've appointed a HC none of us (be honest) had as their 1st or 2nd...or 5th choice. We've signed no CB, which has been a major priority for at least 4 seasons. We've made permanent two dudes for big, big money...knowing one of them lads was very good for 3-4 months but then rubbish for 12, and the other comes with substantial question marks. We've signed a guy who had a few good games for Fulham & Shakthar...ripping the latter off in the process (on the surface). We've only waived one piece of our massive stockpile of deadwood. But yeaaaaaaaah we've signed Vicario & Madders.

But still, one must be pleased and positive cause the opposite is poo poo...negative people are bad people, no room for them on TFC.
Glass half empty??
 
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