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It was a really tough game, especially for him. They had 5 in midfield and they stuck Gibbs-White on him to do a man marking job. They rightly identified that he's the guy that takes the ball from the defenders and turns. With no Maddison, there was no alternative (we've seen Maddison drop deeper and help us play out earlier in the season). Up until his sending off we'd still had 75% possession and they'd not had a single shot on target.
He's still absolutely vital to the way we play. He's the pivot. He makes mistakes, but he makes them because Ange wants us/him to play that way, to take risks to break the press etc.
Outside of Rodri he's the second highest passing midfielder per 90 in this league, whilst also being the third tackler p90. You will rarely get a player who does so much of both. he's also in the top 10% for carries.
What he's doing, at this level, is pretty rare. It's fucking staggering that there are people advocating hot potato tanks like fucking Hojbjerg over one of the best midfielders we've seen in a spurs shirt for a long time.
First time this has been raised today tbf
He seems to be buzzing in all the club vids atm too.....
It's your season, Biss.... Go out there and smash it!!!!
Hojbjerg is a boss midfielder and it's a great shame how underrated he is by some on here.
Lol this blokes ridiculous. Please come home in perfect nick.
Absolutely cracking up reading SC.
Hercules dismissed this very recently as ‘no chance’.
He has now said ‘things change quickly guys, as I’ve explained to you all so many times’
Meanwhile, Hotspur88 appears from a dark corner to say ‘he will check now with his sources if this is true. He fits the profile of the person due at the Lodge’.
Now we can look forward to 100s of SC members thanking them for their amazing work, whilst they reach for their PayPal details to send a donation.
Hercules dismissed this very recently as ‘no chance’.
He has now said ‘things change quickly guys, as I’ve explained to you all so many times’
Meanwhile, Hotspur88 appears from a dark corner to say ‘he will check now with his sources if this is true. He fits the profile of the person due at the Lodge’.
Now we can look forward to 100s of SC members thanking them for their amazing work, whilst they reach for their PayPal details to send a donation.
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The fundamental difference between a player like Bissouma and a player like Hojbjerg is that Hojbjerg is always positioning himself to receive the ball in a pocket of space between defenders and pick his head up to assess his options, he's trying to maximize the time he's allowed once the ball comes to him. A lot of his pointy shit is trying to generate that distance.
Solid, safe, schoolboy fundamentals football. Great for the pass completion stats as you're always affording yourself a thoughtful decision. But it always means that once he's in receipt the defense is in their shape and in their numbers and can recover and constrict the options available to the attack. Both teams benefit from the moment of thought his positioning creates.
Bissouma is like Dembele was, he stays close to his markers, he is naturally always feeling for leverage, so when the ball comes his first thought and first move is to play the defender. He's beaten a man and split the lines by the time he's touched the ball, he's created an overload just by the way he receives the ball.
If your coaching commitment is to holding a shape, you'll appreciate Hojbjerg's positional caution. His interaction with the play never breaks the structure Conte or Mourinho (or, pretty please, Simeone) would have drawn up in the dressing room. But if you want to create danger and put the defense under pressure, Hojbjerg stops that momentum with every touch, whereas Bissouma sparks it.
Solid, safe, schoolboy fundamentals football. Great for the pass completion stats as you're always affording yourself a thoughtful decision. But it always means that once he's in receipt the defense is in their shape and in their numbers and can recover and constrict the options available to the attack. Both teams benefit from the moment of thought his positioning creates.
Bissouma is like Dembele was, he stays close to his markers, he is naturally always feeling for leverage, so when the ball comes his first thought and first move is to play the defender. He's beaten a man and split the lines by the time he's touched the ball, he's created an overload just by the way he receives the ball.
If your coaching commitment is to holding a shape, you'll appreciate Hojbjerg's positional caution. His interaction with the play never breaks the structure Conte or Mourinho (or, pretty please, Simeone) would have drawn up in the dressing room. But if you want to create danger and put the defense under pressure, Hojbjerg stops that momentum with every touch, whereas Bissouma sparks it.
Hotspur88
Well-Known Member
Today at 10:29 AM
- Message back from my guy, reports are true and Bissouma is agreed. Player very keen to come. Not groundbreaking as reports already out there but this is a serious piece of business
This then got about 150 ‘likes’
Where would we be without all this amazing ITK? We would have to rely on journalists to break stories before we knew anything about them!
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