Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

delawarespur said:

Getting him firing could be the difference from an average season and a special one. Love him or hate him, when he’s operating at full capacity, he’s the best midfielder in the squad on the ball by a mile and is one of the best ball progressors in the world in his position, which is the huge hole we have right now. If Nuno or he himself or any other outside factors can get him going, it would be the biggest influence on our success this season. Not for one second defending his attitude or supposed lack of hard work. He needs to earn it, and it’s really frustrating because he is really that important when at his best.

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agrdavidsfan said:

Doesn’t matter how good a natural footballer you are, hard work always beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard and sadly this prick doesn’t have the work hard gene in him he was born with so much natural talent he’s been able to coast through life, getting the move to Spurs has ended up with him having silly wages and no motivation.

players like him are 10 a penny over the years we’ve had

Ben Arfa
Sofiane Boufal
Taarabt
Robinho
Denilson
Bentley
Bojan
Anderson
Morrison
Adriano
Pato
Ballotelli


the problem is flair players in their own right are enigmas they always have been over the years they have that obtrusive attitude see Cantona etc they know they are unbelievably good from a young age this results in them never really trying so much because everything comes so easy and natural they then end up getting caught out when the players who weren’t as naturally talent start out working them.

Theres a reason why players we produce from our youth team

e.g Carroll,O’Hara,Winks,Tanganga all end up getting their chance over the flair players like edwards,bostock,roles,oduwa’s it’s simply because you don’t have to carry them as they always train and play at 100% despite that lack of sheer natural talent.

Sometimes players can be to good for their own good, he’s one of them he’s so good he thinks he can just do what he wants but in the premier league you don’t get away with it.

you have to be 8/10 on everything you can’t be

10/10 dribbling
10/10 Talent
10/10 Shooting then 6/10 fitness as that little drop off just means you won’t ever quite be good enough!

if he ends up in Spain,Italy,France he will always look a world beater but not in this country will he ever be one unless his attitude drastically changes.

it may even be the case of his body just doesn’t hold the stamina levels or natural fitness levels to ever be at a level good enough for the premier league consistently.

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Roberts84 said:

A very good post. Add Kane to the list of players that made it - wasn’t the greatest technically in the youth set up but worked hard at every weakness until it wasn’t, add the mental strength he has and now he’s one of the best in the world. Tarrabt and Tungay have everything talent wise but it’s not the 1970s when every team had 9 outfield workers and one maverick.

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dtxspurs said:

Surely going to start tomorrow right?

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agrdavidsfan said:

Doesn’t matter how good a natural footballer you are, hard work always beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard and sadly this prick doesn’t have the work hard gene in him he was born with so much natural talent he’s been able to coast through life, getting the move to Spurs has ended up with him having silly wages and no motivation.

players like him are 10 a penny over the years we’ve had

Ben Arfa
Sofiane Boufal
Taarabt
Robinho
Denilson
Bentley
Bojan
Anderson
Morrison
Adriano
Pato
Ballotelli


the problem is flair players in their own right are enigmas they always have been over the years they have that obtrusive attitude see Cantona etc they know they are unbelievably good from a young age this results in them never really trying so much because everything comes so easy and natural they then end up getting caught out when the players who weren’t as naturally talent start out working them.

Theres a reason why players we produce from our youth team

e.g Carroll,O’Hara,Winks,Tanganga all end up getting their chance over the flair players like edwards,bostock,roles,oduwa’s it’s simply because you don’t have to carry them as they always train and play at 100% despite that lack of sheer natural talent.

Sometimes players can be to good for their own good, he’s one of them he’s so good he thinks he can just do what he wants but in the premier league you don’t get away with it.

you have to be 8/10 on everything you can’t be

10/10 dribbling
10/10 Talent
10/10 Shooting then 6/10 fitness as that little drop off just means you won’t ever quite be good enough!

if he ends up in Spain,Italy,France he will always look a world beater but not in this country will he ever be one unless his attitude drastically changes.

it may even be the case of his body just doesn’t hold the stamina levels or natural fitness levels to ever be at a level good enough for the premier league consistently.

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DiVaio said:

Most of the players you said as example by every move they have made they were going to worse clubs/were playing much less and/or worse.

Since supposed Ndombele bad mentality/laziness/not working hard he went 4th or 5th tier in France->2nd tier in France->Lyon->Tottenham for 60m, which is pretty much the opposite of the previous examples? And if he leaves Spurs he won't be going for a worse clubs.

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mightyspur said:

Thought he was looking pretty trim in the training pics

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dtxspurs said:

Surely going to start tomorrow right?

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DiVaio said:

And if he leaves Spurs he won't be going for a worse clubs

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beats1 said:

Ive seen Mason play since he was 16, Ive literally seen this kid grow despite being only a couple years younger than me

However he was pathetic as caretaker, he was worse than Sherwood

Sherwood, gave players a chance and they went on to be huge for us.

Mason on the other hand, dropped our most promising CB for his former teammate despite Rodon earning that chance under Mourinho
Dropped Ndombele after one poor match despite stats showing he still did a lot of good stuff for us
Didn't give one player from the academy a minute off the bench

At least with Sherwood he was brave and dropped Soldado for Kane

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alpha said:

Could we see Ndombele play like this for 90mins? Please. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fscOMIt-B/ combine with Gil managing to live up to potential the midfield starts have some creative spark well needed. Would take pressure of PEH too and defence. Could be world class. Let's hope....

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DannyNZ said:

If we are to progress Football wise then Nuno has to find the bravery and way to integrate Ndombele, GLC and Gil. A midfield of Skipp, Dele and PEH is not Going to produce quality football consistently and feels like a mid table midfield. PEH with GLC and Ndombele has a real footballing sense about it, with Gil combining with Son and Kane. Juno just has to find GLC, motivate Ndombele, and more importantly find the will within himself to be brave.

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guy said:

What a team that could be:

Lloris
Royal sanchez Romero reguilon
Hojbjerg
Ndombele LoCelso
Gil Kane Son​

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