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Player Timo Werner
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Agreed plus Werner is on big bucks and they want the wages on a more equal level. ( from what I read)
£165k a week.
Was so disappointed with Durie. Used to cause us all sorts of problems when playing for Chelsea but didn’t perform at all for us. Waste of spaceI hated him with a passion.
bar his 1st couple of games he was terrible and I was told by someone in the club that he feigned injuries as he never wanted to be here.
to think that them lot paid the same for Ian Wright around the same time bugs me still.
You’re not allowed to be honest about how you rate a joining player otherwise you want him to fail according to brainboxes like Will … who are apparently the most incredible fans on earth.
It’s not like there is a space where you can hope to be surprised by how good he is but not expecting much because you know .. we’ve seen this guy play.
Everyone would be laughing if Woolwich had just signed him
| 1 | Tanguy Ndombele | £10,400,000 | £200,000 |
| 2 | Heung-Min Son | £9,880,000 | £190,000 |
| 3 | Ivan Perisic | £9,360,000 | £180,000 |
| 4 | James Maddison | £8,840,000 | £170,000 |
| 5 | Cristian Romero | £8,580,000 | £165,000 |
| 6 | Timo Werner | £8,580,000 | £165,000 |
| 7 | Dejan Kulusevski | £5,720,000 | £110,000 |
| 8 | Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg | £5,252,000 | £101,000 |
| 9 | Richarlison de Andrade | £4,680,000 | £90,000 |
| 10 | Eric Dier | £4,420,000 | £85,000 |
One thing I'll add about Werner.
He scored 10 goals and provided 9 assists in 56 matches for Chelsea, that's 1 G/A every three games. Which matches many of our attacking players this season.
But in terms of minutes, he's 0.44 G/A per 90. Almost 1 in 2. For a team in which he was derided.
In the right system he has the tools to cook. A loan to buy is practically no-risk.
He scored 10 goals and provided 9 assists in 56 matches for Chelsea, that's 1 G/A every three games. Which matches many of our attacking players this season.
But in terms of minutes, he's 0.44 G/A per 90. Almost 1 in 2. For a team in which he was derided.
In the right system he has the tools to cook. A loan to buy is practically no-risk.
Have you ever considered going into motivational speaking??
The only risk is of we missed out on a better player whilst signing him instead but tbh I doubt we see a better striker move this January.
Maybe that Marcus Leonardo that went to Benfica but he would have been a punt as well and probably wanted even bigger guarantees of game time.
In true Spurs fans tradition a section of the "cheerful" Spurs fans do not want to give any new player a chance before they've even arrived at the club.
And they will keep on condemning and ripping into that concerning player just to prove themselves right no matter how well that player plays. Because all that matters is that they are "right".
But, as I've stated before in this case.... only Timo will tell...
And they will keep on condemning and ripping into that concerning player just to prove themselves right no matter how well that player plays. Because all that matters is that they are "right".
But, as I've stated before in this case.... only Timo will tell...
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I think if anything, his pace (unlike Richie) will help with being not caught offside, as he can start his runs from slightly deeper and still make up the ground...
Richie is always level with the defender, so timing is everything (seeing as he isn't lightening quick) he's easier to catch offside as all the defenders have to do is hold their line, and Richie does the rest for them...
Unfortunately, Richie doesn't seem to have learnt the art of staying onside, so keeps getting caught.
I'm not saying I could do any better, but I'm not being paid a sqillion a year to at least adapt my technique!
Good grief, I could actually punch Ndombele, fucking wage thief
It’s posts like this that make me wonder if people have ever watched Timo Werner. He was born offside.
View: https://x.com/goal/status/1394745493163429890?s=20
I think that's exactly it... There is no one else available in Jan...
A 6 month loan buys us time to properly scout the market in the Summer, and IF Werner does well, then we've already got our solution at the club!
Will be interesting to see how Richie does from now... As he'll either have Werner as support, or will have to up his game to keep him out of the team... Once Sonny comes back, Richie might well have proved one way or the other whether he's worthy of keeping beyond the end of the season... My hunch is, if there's better out there, Richie might be off in the Summer...
...then there's Dane & Veliz of course!!!!
You'll have to catch him first!Good grief, I could actually punch Ndombele, fucking wage thief
DAMMIT and your proof to back up your point!!!!
Here's hoping the Chelsea system he played in didn't utilise him like an Ange team will....
I know, I'm clutching at straws here!!
Just crazy when players with good pace can't actually use that advantage to ensure they stay onside. You see it a lot.
I'm not cheering against him. All I said is I'm not getting my hopes up and hopefully he proves me wrong.
Unlike other recent signings, Timo has been so bad we have all openly mocked him. It doesn't make you any less of a fan to have hesitations over him. If anything, it makes you delusional if you're all in thinking he's going to be great for us.