Anderson Talisca

[Dharmabum]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/566736/Tottenham-triple-swoop-transfer-news

http://www.futhead.com/15/players/31581/anderson-talisca/

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

Yes please

 

[spursfan77]

unfortunately its in The Express

 

[mill]

Not a hope in he'll of Levy agreeing a deal with benfica unless there's a release clause or expiring contract imo

 

[PrettyColors]

Reminds me of a left-footed Paulinho playing AM.

 

[Flobadob]

We don't need him. Pritchard is more than good enough to be back up to Eriksen at CAM. We need better wingers!

 

[Col_M]

Reminds me of a left-footed Paulinho playing AM.

And for that reason it's a NO from me.

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

We don't need him. Pritchard is more than good enough to be back up to Eriksen at CAM. We need better wingers!

Rafa Silva looks like he may be worth a punt, looks like he could play on the same wavelength as Eriksen.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

How can you compare Pritchard who has only performed in the championship with Talisca who is one of the hottest and most sort after properties in world football? I guess the likes of Mourinho are useless at talent spotting

 

[Bofbro]

Pritchard is so underrated it's scary, Talisca is a beast though i'd love us to sign him, but i cannot see it tbh.

 

[Flobadob]

How can you compare Pritchard who has only performed in the championship with Talisca who is one of the hottest and most sort after properties in world football? I guess the likes of Mourinho are useless at talent spotting

I'm not comparing him to Talisca. I'm just saying why buy Talisca who plays CAM when we already have Eriksen who is one of the best young players in the world and Pritchard ready to play a role as back up. I think we need to improve our wingers before we start spending money on back up No. 10's

 

[TEESSIDE1]

I'm not comparing him to Talisca. I'm just saying why buy Talisca who plays CAM when we already have Eriksen who is one of the best young players in the world and Pritchard ready to play a role as back up. I think we need to improve our wingers before we start spending money on back up No. 10's

Talisca can play as either an attacking mid or a striker. He's extremely quick and can finish. Our team is desperately short of pace and an alternative to Kane and/or a quick, goal scoring wide forward. Neither Eriksen or Pritchard have any pace and the latter hasn't been tested at the highest level and it's therefore unfair to expect him to follow in Kane, Bentaleb's and Masons footsteps. Talisca is ineffect a replacement for our useless wide players and an alternative to the injury ravaged Rodriguez.

 

[allatsea]

We don't need him. Pritchard is more than good enough to be back up to Eriksen at CAM. We need better wingers!

A youngster that has never played in the PL is more than good enough to cover for Eriksen at CAM ? How can you possibly know ? He has done reasonably well at Brentford and may make a good PL player but until he is tried in the PL no one can possibly know for sure.

 

[mill]

A youngster that has never played in the PL is more than good enough to cover for Eriksen at CAM ? How can you possibly know ? He has done reasonably well at Brentford and may make a good PL player but until he is tried in the PL no one can possibly know for sure.

I agree with this and I'm a massive Pritchard fan. No one knows for sure what we'll get from him until he plays pl. That goes for every player, otherwise we wouldn't have wasted the bale money.

I'll more than happily have him as back up to cam or lw next season but no one knows for sure how good he'll be

 

[Flobadob]

A youngster that has never played in the PL is more than good enough to cover for Eriksen at CAM ? How can you possibly know ? He has done reasonably well at Brentford and may make a good PL player but until he is tried in the PL no one can possibly know for sure.

I'd rather give him the chance than spend stupid money on another player that has never played in the PL either. Pritchard has cost us nothing and deserves a fair chance as at least a regular back up across the AM3. He's a very good talent, we'd be stupid not to give him a proper chance

 

[TEESSIDE1]

I agree with this and I'm a massive Pritchard fan. No one knows for sure what we'll get from him until he plays pl. That goes for every player, otherwise we wouldn't have wasted the bale money.

I'll more than happily have him as back up to cam or lw next season but no one knows for sure how good he'll be

He's clearly an excellent set piece taker but he's small in stature and doesn't have any pace. Eriksen alike is exceptionally talented but he disappears way too often. The difference between the two is Eriksen has already played at the top level and is an established international. Pritchard is a relative unknown entity.

I'm all for adding him to the 1st team squad and if he does well in preseason, gradually introduce him or play him in the expected Europa league games next season. If Poch deems him not ready then look to get him a premiership loan.

I think people are getting carried away with how well the youngsters have done this season. People are taking the view they've all been great when this clearly isn't the case. There's no doubting Kane has been exceptional but if you look at the others there's both good and bad points to each of them, and as a team we've been poor in the areas they play (defence - leaked goals for fun, central midfield - overrun, and wide players - bloody awful).

Dier - one for the future but error prone.
Walker - disasterous since his return from injury.
Rose - vastly improved this season but not of the required standard for a team with top 4 aspirations.
Bentaleb - maturity beyond his years and very talented but looks knackered (injured, straight into the 1st team, ACN, then back into a hectic schedule).
Mason - can't doubt his energy and enthusiasm but his passing is wayward and he's a decent squad player but not a 1st teamer. We lack a Schneiderlin or Modric type player and the one to make way would be Mason.
Eriksen - Exceptionally talented and contributed key goals but both the Danish coach and us fans have noticed his tendency to go MIA.
Townsend - eurgh, other than penalties he doesn't create or score goals and is easily bullied off the ball/doesn't track back. For the love of God he's a left winger and doesn't have the brains to play as an inverted right winger.
Lamela - Dos Santos/Taarabt Mark 2, bundles of talent but not suited to the Premiership.

It's great seeing younger players given a chance but there needs to be a balance of youth and experience. Our defence is a shambles and they get little cover from our often overrun central midfield, whereas our wide players don't track back or offer anything going forward.

 

[allatsea]

I'd rather give him the chance than spend stupid money on another player that has never played in the PL either. Pritchard has cost us nothing and deserves a fair chance as at least a regular back up across the AM3. He's a very good talent, we'd be stupid not to give him a proper chance

Totally agree with your post quoted above but that isn't what you said in your earlier post. Let's give him ago and see how he does but let's not just assume he is going to be a success. He is on the small side and has lots to learn before we can be sure just how he will develop.

 

[Flobadob]

Totally agree with your post quoted above but that isn't what you said in your earlier post. Let's give him ago and see how he does but let's not just assume he is going to be a success. He is on the small side and has lots to learn before we can be sure just how he will develop.

What i was trying to say is that I don't see the point in giving the chance to play in our AM3 to another foreign youngster, who we will have to pay big money for, when we already have the likes of Pritchard on our books. We should continue our good work of giving our academy players a proper chance

 

[DaSpurs]

He's clearly an excellent set piece taker but he's small in stature and doesn't have any pace. Eriksen alike is exceptionally talented but he disappears way too often. The difference between the two is Eriksen has already played at the top level and is an established international. Pritchard is a relative unknown entity.

I'm all for adding him to the 1st team squad and if he does well in preseason, gradually introduce him or play him in the expected Europa league games next season. If Poch deems him not ready then look to get him a premiership loan.

I think people are getting carried away with how well the youngsters have done this season. People are taking the view they've all been great when this clearly isn't the case. There's no doubting Kane has been exceptional but if you look at the others there's both good and bad points to each of them, and as a team we've been poor in the areas they play (defence - leaked goals for fun, central midfield - overrun, and wide players - bloody awful).

Dier - one for the future but error prone.
Walker - disasterous since his return from injury.
Rose - vastly improved this season but not of the required standard for a team with top 4 aspirations.
Bentaleb - maturity beyond his years and very talented but looks knackered (injured, straight into the 1st team, ACN, then back into a hectic schedule).
Mason - can't doubt his energy and enthusiasm but his passing is wayward and he's a decent squad player but not a 1st teamer. We lack a Schneiderlin or Modric type player and the one to make way would be Mason.
Eriksen - Exceptionally talented and contributed key goals but both the Danish coach and us fans have noticed his tendency to go MIA.
Townsend - eurgh, other than penalties he doesn't create or score goals and is easily bullied off the ball/doesn't track back. For the love of God he's a left winger and doesn't have the brains to play as an inverted right winger.
Lamela - Dos Santos/Taarabt Mark 2, bundles of talent but not suited to the Premiership.

It's great seeing younger players given a chance but there needs to be a balance of youth and experience. Our defence is a shambles and they get little cover from our often overrun central midfield, whereas our wide players don't track back or offer anything going forward.

I do think we need more experience, but is a Brazilian playing in the Portuguese league really solving that problem? Haven't we learned from Soldado, Paulinho, and Lamela to be more wary of such acquisitions in general, let alone providing experience?

I do partially agree that some are getting a bit carried away with supplying the team with more youth, but Pritch is the real deal. No one in this thread is saying he's going to be our salvation and personally drag us into the top four, but he would be an extremely valuable backup No 10 in this system, no doubt in my mind. In fact, I think his skillset is even more suited to the position in this congested as all fuck system than Eriksen's. Also, it's his lack of size (@allpaths) which is actually to his advantage in this system because his agility, low center of gravity, and quick feet are more conducive to maneuvering through the tight spaces this system prompts.

So I agree with Flobbadidbibbitybob on this one, Pritchard is a perfectly good alternate to Eriksen, and if we're to spend any money on our AM3 situation this summer it absolutely must be on our dire as fuck winger situation. As we saw with Arsenal, we've got to pay off that stadium as soon as possible, so we shouldn't be wasting money when we view one of our own academy products as a viable alternative. There's a massive difference between seeing Onomah's performances for the U-21's and saying he's a viable backup to Eriksen or Mason, to seeing Prithcard tearing up the Championship and being nominated for London's "young player of the year" and saying he'd be a viable backup.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

I do think we need more experience, but is a Brazilian playing in the Portuguese league really solving that problem? Haven't we learned from Soldado, Paulinho, and Lamela to be more wary of such acquisitions in general, let alone providing experience?

I do partially agree that some are getting a bit carried away with supplying the team with more youth, but Pritch is the real deal. No one in this thread is saying he's going to be our salvation and personally drag us into the top four, but he would be an extremely valuable backup No 10 in this system, no doubt in my mind. In fact, I think his skillset is even more suited to the position in this congested as all fuck system than Eriksen's. Also, it's his lack of size (@allpaths) which is actually to his advantage in this system because his agility, low center of gravity, and quick feet are more conducive to maneuvering through the tight spaces this system prompts.

So I agree with Flobbadidbibbitybob on this one, Pritchard is a perfectly good alternate to Eriksen, and if we're to spend any money on our AM3 situation this summer it absolutely must be on our dire as fuck winger situation. As we saw with Arsenal, we've got to pay off that stadium as soon as possible, so we shouldn't be wasting money when we view one of our own academy products as a viable alternative. There's a massive difference between seeing Onomah's performances for the U-21's and saying he's a viable backup to Eriksen or Mason, to seeing Prithcard tearing up the Championship and being nominated for London's "young player of the year" and saying he'd be a viable backup.

Several quality players have left Benfica for top European clubs over the years, the latest being Matic who's been outstanding for Chelsea.

Talisca wouldn't threaten Pritchard's development as he plays in the front 3. We desperately lack pace and Talisca would give us this. In saying that he's out of our league since the likes of Chelsea have been courting him for 2 years and reportedly willing to pay around £35m for him.