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Bipolar Spurs in one thread. One minute he's the lionel Messi of MF and the next he's Stambouli reincarnate.
Based on what we assumed he was going to be or what he has actually been showing for us? On the evidence of games he’s played for us he doesn’t really get the ball deep and drive effectively, he falls over more often than not. He isn’t reading the game in front of him, he seems very much an instinctual player. Those instincts maybe better suited higher up where he doesn’t have to read the game and he doesn’t have to have as much defensive responsibility (I’d go as far as saying he is the worst defender of any midfielder we’ve played in the last 3 years based on what he has shown so far)
I always liked Stambouli tbh.Bipolar Spurs in one thread. One minute he's the lionel Messi of MF and the next he's Stambouli reincarnate.
I posted a chart a few pages back which says he has the highest successful dribbles ratio per 90 this season which suggests that he is driving forward and beating players. Haven't seen much of the evidence of him falling over when he has the ball.
It was every time he had the ball on Saturday. He just went to ground over and over again. He might have beat the first man but then a guy would brush him and he’d go down.
He can definitely dribble, he can definitely pass, it’s all of the other parts of his game that seem to be way off.
One match...so more often that not then
There's definitely a player in there, as I keep mentioning he needs to up his mentality, I didn't like what I saw on Saturday, kept going to ground too easily and just didn't fancy it - he needs to toughen up if he wants to become a star.
Well he’s been doing it in other games too and every time he gets up he appears to be hurt. Sure there is a player in there but he’s not playing well enough to play in the centre of midfield. Maybe if he was higher up his ability to pick up free kicks would be more valuable or the players wouldn’t hack him so much because of the danger of giving away a goal scoring opportunity. Turn his weakness into a strength?
Fat, thin, fit or otherwise, he's earning 200k a week.
He's taking the piss is what he's doing.
Love him when he's on the ball, he's got that rare ability to get you off your seat, even as a midfielder and always looks like he'll do something positive... For 20 mins. That's not good enough I'm afraid.
Let's give him more time, including another pre season, but if you asked me now if I'd swap with Grealish?... Tough decision
You act as if he's doing it on purpose...
It's not his fault he played really well to capture the attention of Europe's biggest clubs and it's not his fault that we gave him £200k a week, it's our own fault that we didn't do our due diligence...he is obviously a player who needs time to settle, isn't the first and won't be the last, he's our problem now so we just got to deal with him and help him out as much as possible.
I'm sorry, but Grealish goes down so easily.Time to settle is one thing, being physically fit is another. He's been here for nearly 7 months. That's enough for anybody to get fit. I refuse to believe we've not given him sufficient time to get himself in a condition to play 90 minutes.
Of course nobody wants to be a failure and if nothing else, that's what baffles me about it all. If that was me, I'd be doing EVERYTHING I could to ensure I succeeded.
The fact he's being put on special diets, fitness regimes etc shows he's not living correctly. He's got top class strength and conditioning coaches, as well as nutritionists and all sorts of help.
Sissoko is the ultimate example. He was shit for 2 years when he joined us, but you could never fault his effort, and he got his rewards. Hopefully we'll see the same.
Grealish gets kicked basically for 90 mins game after game after game. Tanguy gets a little tap and he's down for 5 minutes. He needs to toughen up (and I accept that this side of his game may take some time to adapt).
Fat, thin, fit or otherwise, he's earning 200k a week.
He's taking the piss is what he's doing.
Love him when he's on the ball, he's got that rare ability to get you off your seat, even as a midfielder and always looks like he'll do something positive... For 20 mins. That's not good enough I'm afraid.
Let's give him more time, including another pre season, but if you asked me now if I'd swap with Grealish?... Tough decision
Anyone else think we’ll look to offload early and recoup as much as possible for a rebuild/players Jose does want?
I hope we don’t but I can see Jose ever falling in love with him unless he suddenly improves his fitness and physicality.