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£100m player in this market.
Wilted to exhaustion and nervous fatigue, now blooming like a beautiful Lotus.
He’s much better than Dembele tbf - power, strength, silky ball skills and doesn’t panic when he gets near the box and run into the corner. Love him. He’s Bissouma 1.0.
yep, and the third man aint bad either! all 3 are well rounded footballers that can do a bit of everything, its powerful.Upgrades which is even better!
I didn’t get onboard the Dembele hype train personally - always thought he was overrated. Bissouma feels like he has more in his locker but agree we’ll wait and see. It’s just nice to be excited about players again after the disconnect of the last few years.People have ludicrously short memories in football. Much better than Dembele? Give it a rest.
He’s great. Playing brilliantly. Why these hyperbolic statements are needed I don’t know.
Ask almost any Spurs player in the last ten years and it would appear many would say Dembele is the best player they've played with.I didn’t get onboard the Dembele hype train personally - always thought he was overrated. Bissouma feels like he has more in his locker but agree we’ll wait and see. It’s just nice to be excited about players again after the disconnect of the last few years.
Yeah I get that. But I’m commenting on what I felt I saw week in week out. Always felt disappointed by him - particularly given what the players all said.Ask almost any Spurs player in the last ten years and it would appear many would say Dembele is the best player they've played with.
For me he didn't score or assist enough, but the players would know, wouldn't they?
its because they couldnt get the ball off him in training. thats all well and good but there has to be some end product after, otherwise its just keeping the ball...Ask almost any Spurs player in the last ten years and it would appear many would say Dembele is the best player they've played with.
For me he didn't score or assist enough, but the players would know, wouldn't they?
That wasn't his job though.its because they couldnt get the ball off him in training. thats all well and good but there has to be some end product after, otherwise its just keeping the ball...
Dembele has been the best we have had, short memories lads!He’s much better than Dembele tbf - power, strength, silky ball skills and doesn’t panic when he gets near the box and run into the corner. Love him. He’s Bissouma 1.0.
Don’t want to derail the Bissouma thread but my initial comment was mostly about calling a player 2.0. Much prefer to judge them on their own strengths/weaknesses.Dembele has been the best we have had, short memories lads!
He’s much better than Dembele tbf - power, strength, silky ball skills and doesn’t panic when he gets near the box and run into the corner. Love him. He’s Bissouma 1.0.
I wouldn't say Makelele had the same job. Dembele was an 8 not a 6, his main job was carrying the ball, for Makelele it was shielding the backline.That wasn't his job though.
His job was to win the ball, break the press and then give it to others.
16 goals 17 assists in 600 games
Similarly Claude Makelele had the same job.
24 goals and 28 assists in 807 games.
Ask almost any Spurs player in the last ten years and it would appear many would say Dembele is the best player they've played with.
For me he didn't score or assist enough, but the players would know, wouldn't they?
Yeah I get that. But I’m commenting on what I felt I saw week in week out. Always felt disappointed by him - particularly given what the players all said.