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Player Watch: Davinson Sanchez

allatsea

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People need to calm down. Sanchez made a few poor passes but was still our best defender by a country mile. Alderweireld made more useless diagonal passes against United and didn't bring the ball out once...Alderweireld and Vertonghen are finished imo

I feel for Pochettinho really because Levy still has to get the cheque book out.. Our midfield is now shocking I've been defending certain players for a while but when you're being dominated by McTom and Fred we need to look squarely in the mirror.
Strange I thought Vertonghen put up a good display as am attacking Left Back whilst combining that role with the job of a left CD.
 

double0

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Strange I thought Vertonghen put up a good display as am attacking Left Back whilst combining that role with the job of a left CD.
Vertonghen is the best left back at the club no doubts in my mind on that however I thought his crosses were way off also I found him very frustrating at throw in complaining of no movement when he took an age to make his mind
 

Haddock

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Still have faith him in. He's still young for a CB and he's obviously very talented. We need a settled back four and a midfield that's capable of shielding the defence and play past the opponents. It's a shame that Davies got injured because his defensive discipline would help in structuring the defence.
 

southlondonyiddo

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Vertonghen is the best left back at the club no doubts in my mind on that however I thought his crosses were way off also I found him very frustrating at throw in complaining of no movement when he took an age to make his mind

To be fair to Jan on several occasions when he was taking a throw in there was zero movement from the front 4
 

yido_number1

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Jun 8, 2004
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So putting a proper CM pairing in front of him will make Sanchez a good player, could you explain that one please.
Are you being facetious or do you generally not know the difference between a good defender with a good screen or a good defender with no screen? Our best years we had Wanyama and Dier with Dembele. Muscle and some guile and we broke up a lot of play and stopped the free passing in behind we are currently suffering. If you give the opposition time and space in front of our defence or allow players to run straight through no good defender can do much about it.
 

cookiemonster

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People need to calm down. Sanchez made a few poor passes but was still our best defender by a country mile. Alderweireld made more useless diagonal passes against United and didn't bring the ball out once...Alderweireld and Vertonghen are finished imo

I feel for Pochettinho really because Levy still has to get the cheque book out.. Our midfield is now shocking I've been defending certain players for a while but when you're being dominated by McTom and Fred we need to look squarely in the mirror.

Stop reading at Sanchez best defender
 

Ronwol196061

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I liked Sanchez when he came to Tottenham.He looked liked he would be the next Ledley,but Ive grown to mistrust his choices. He sometimes does great life saving tackles but his positioning is terrible at times and on those bouncing balls he has a hard time. When he has the ball its even worse. He is not calm,he either makes a rash decision or he simply gives it to Toby or Verts. I think he can come back from that and get more assured but if a centre back is iffy,its a risky game
 

dagraham

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Was poor wednesday and very nervous. Yet was good in the last two games.

He’a always been a bit jittery. He was pretty good in his first season considering his age and lack of PL experience, but he always struggled with the ball at his feet and when he was closed down.

Unfortunately that’s one aspect that is very difficult to coach. You can improve general defending, but normally defenders either have that composure or don’t.
 

rio bryan

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Are you being facetious or do you generally not know the difference between a good defender with a good screen or a good defender with no screen? Our best years we had Wanyama and Dier with Dembele. Muscle and some guile and we broke up a lot of play and stopped the free passing in behind we are currently suffering. If you give the opposition time and space in front of our defence or allow players to run straight through no good defender can do much about it.
What are you getting all excited for and read again what i wrote ? i know exactly what a screen does, i was just making the point that having a screen in front of a CB doesn't make him a good player, it might make him look a better player and the team might concede less goals but it doesn't actually make him a good player.
 
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double0

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Sanchez Davies/Tanganga/Foyth as a pair interests me. I’m done with Alderweireld and Vertonghen at the heart of our defence
 

Marauder

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Was poor wednesday and very nervous. Yet was good in the last two games.
Umm that was against Bournemouth and Olympiakos... At home.... Even Ricardo Rocha should appear like a van Dijk in those circumstances. And we still conceded two in both!

The sooner Sanchez is consigned to domestic cups duty the better. A new CB just can't come quick enough....
 

Shadydan

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Umm that was against Bournemouth and Olympiakos... At home.... Even Ricardo Rocha should appear like a van Dijk in those circumstances. And we still conceded two in both!

The sooner Sanchez is consigned to domestic cups duty the better. A new CB just can't come quick enough....

And yet he's been our best defender this season...
 

Ronwol196061

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And yet he's been our best defender this season...

Seeing as Verts was injured,the right backs were a mess and the left backs not that much better its possible maybe he was our best defender,its no criterion for me though. Its a critical role and on top of that we payed 42 mil for him. Its feast or famine with him all in the same game,world class tackles and bad positioning,hesitant kicking
 
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