- Jun 4, 2005
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The lad who owned Barca & Real yet can't have 1 single assist in 3/4 of a season starting almost every game?
If the rest of the pieces are clicking Winks will look fine, but if the rest of the team is down I have yet to see him lift up his level and make a real difference.
So if we’re playing well it’s not down to Winks, because everyone is playing well, but if we’re not playing well, it’s Winks’ fault that he can’t lift everyone else around him and take the game by the scruff of the neck? Only a handful of players over the years can do the latter, Roy Keane & the likes.
Even with that said, he has produced a couple of stunning performances over the last few weeks and in my opinion has been one of our most consistent performers alongside Son, Jan and possibly Sissoko. Dortmund second half he outplayed their whole midfield and I can’t remember which league game it was but it was one of the Kaneless games (maybe Newcastle?) - the whole match he was excellent. And he scored a crucial goal against Fulham too. He doesn’t need to assist, assisting the assister is sometimes just as important. Carrick didn’t assist much and he was alright. But yeah I do agree that he definitely could do with improving in the final 3rd.
I don’t get the dislike for him. Even forgetting the fact that he’s young and Spurs, he’s still a very good player and will get better and better. We’re lucky to have him and he will be a big player for us and England in my opinion.