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Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

Spurs_Bear

Spurs_Bear

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nicdic said:
It’s not a disgrace. You’re going way too over the top. As others keep pointing out. He’s had injuries, adapting to a much faster game, learning the language etc. All these things play a part, and the injuries and pace of the game will have a direct effect on how fit he is. If he hadn’t had any injuries or time out and was from the PL then yeah maybe you could say it was a disgrace, but even then it’s a tad over dramatic.
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I'm not going over the top, I could argue you're treating him like an 18 year old unknown kid that we signed for 10m. He's our record signing, we should expect more. He's a world class CM with a reputation everywhere, most clubs probably looking at him currently and thinking bullet dodged.

So far, it's been awful, we're half way through the season and he still cant complete a game. There's nothing wrong with being objective on an internet forum, I'm not booing him at the ground or throwing things at him. If this was one of our rivals we'd be pissing ourselves laughing.

Anyway, lets just hope he sharpens up and doesn't fall foul of Jose, need him in the centre of the park doing what he did against the likes of City last year.
 
Shadydan

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Spurs_Bear said:
I'm not going over the top, I could argue you're treating him like an 18 year old unknown kid that we signed for 10m. He's our record signing, we should expect more. He's a world class CM with a reputation everywhere, most clubs probably looking at him currently and thinking bullet dodged.

So far, it's been awful, we're half way through the season and he still cant complete a game. There's nothing wrong with being objective on an internet forum, I'm not booing him at the ground or throwing things at him. If this was one of our rivals we'd be pissing ourselves laughing.

Anyway, lets just hope he sharpens up and doesn't fall foul of Jose, need him in the centre of the park doing what he did against the likes of City last year.
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You are going way OTT - we signed him for 5 years not 5 months, players from foreign leagues take time to settle into the Premier League, we've seen it before many times it's hardly a new thing, bit of patience wouldn't go amiss, if you don't have any patience set your expectations a bit lower.
 
Spurs_Bear

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Shadydan said:
You are going way OTT - we signed him for 5 years not 5 months, players from foreign leagues take time to settle into the Premier League, we've seen it before many times it's hardly a new thing, bit of patience wouldn't go amiss, if you don't have any patience set your expectations a bit lower.
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You're misreading the whole thing, whether he's come from the same league or a different league, I expect him to be fit enough to complete 90 mins. Simple.
 
Haddock

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We football fans have short memories don't we? This happens constantly. Talented player signs for club ---> Fans go nuts ----> The player doesn't hit it off immediately ----> Fans go nuts in the opposite way.

Very few players are a major success in their first season at a new club, even fewer when coming to the PL from France, Spain etc. Son and Lucas are just two players that springs to mind.
 
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philll

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Ndombele has featured 17 times so far and played 90 minutes 4 times. To say he "can't complete a game" is hyperbolic nonsense. He's played more than an hour 10 times out of those 17, in fact he's averaged just shy of an hour on the pitch for every match he's featured in. He was out for 3 weeks earlier in the season with a groin injury which demands a slow, careful rehabilitation and for all we know he's got the same problem again.
 
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