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Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko

George94

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Sissoko will be played as a defensive winger, as he was on Saturday when introduced.

I very much doubt we'll see him in the middle again for us.
 

spursfan77

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Let's see if he plays as much.

One thing I will say is that his new contract was quite recent, Poch did say it wasn't his choice (or words to that effect) which we found strange at the time. I wonder if Mourinho had a role in that. It's not like the new contract was a necessity.
 

Shadydan

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Let's see if he plays as much.

One thing I will say is that his new contract was quite recent, Poch did say it wasn't his choice (or words to that effect) which we found strange at the time. I wonder if Mourinho had a role in that. It's not like the new contract was a necessity.

In light of what's happened to Toby and Eriksen I'm pretty sure Levy is on high alert over players running their contracts down.
 

DJS

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Dec 9, 2006
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Mourinho did love Fellani through so does have a thing for weird players lol...

(although I think Fellani has a lot more ability than Sissoko tbh, he’s just not your typical pretty footballer in his style).
 

thelak

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Aug 31, 2012
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Just one game but seems quite clear this is the beginning of the end for Sissoko as a starter

As much as he improved Winks / Sissoko as a regular midfield, no specialist DM and our drop in form and defensive stability seems too close together to be a coincidence
 

dagraham

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Mourinho did love Fellani through so does have a thing for weird players lol...

(although I think Fellani has a lot more ability than Sissoko tbh, he’s just not your typical pretty footballer in his style).

Fellani scores goals though.

One thing is for sure, if Jose can get Sissoko not to forget how to be a professional footballer when he gets near the oppositions goal then he really is a genius.
 

Gassin's finest

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May 12, 2010
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Just one game but seems quite clear this is the beginning of the end for Sissoko as a starter

As much as he improved Winks / Sissoko as a regular midfield, no specialist DM and our drop in form and defensive stability seems too close together to be a coincidence
If the last 6 months, never mind last 30 years, has demonstrated... nothing is ever remotely clear with Spurs :LOL:
 

Gassin's finest

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Possibly, but Winks and Ndombele complicate that. Especially if we invest in a CDM, which I think is likely; then we’ll have cover for all three midfield positions: CDM-Dier/New player, CM- Ndombele/Winks, CAM- Dele/GLC.

I think he’ll get some game time off the bench but I wouldn’t be surprised if we sell him in the summer window. If he can make himself indispensable then great, his ability to cover ground, disrupt play and bulldoze through the lines are great when they work well. But I’d be surprised
Well yes, but I see Sissoko being a popular option for Jose. The Fellaini "carnage" option.
 

jonnyp

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Possibly, but Winks and Ndombele complicate that. Especially if we invest in a CDM, which I think is likely; then we’ll have cover for all three midfield positions: CDM-Dier/New player, CM- Ndombele/Winks, CAM- Dele/GLC.

I think he’ll get some game time off the bench but I wouldn’t be surprised if we sell him in the summer window. If he can make himself indispensable then great, his ability to cover ground, disrupt play and bulldoze through the lines are great when they work well. But I’d be surprised

Hope we are looking at Florentino Luis for DM, reminds me of prime Sandro.
 

Colonel_Klinck

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Can't see Sissoko making it in a Jose squad. Fortunately his progression means we should get good money for him. He is an amazing athlete but technically he is nowhere near good enough. Personally although he turned me around with his effort I will be glad to see more talented footballers in our team. 10/10 for effort though.
 

Hazelton

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No idea if it'd work but i would still love to see Sissoko given an extended run at rightback while our options are limited.
 

rsmith

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No idea if it'd work but i would still love to see Sissoko given an extended run at rightback while our options are limited.

All of our RB options have flaws. However in their first match under Jose, Aurier seriously upped his game whilst Sissoko was embarrassingly bad, including constantly losing possession and getting skinned on the right flank. He does everything too slowly to be able to compete with the likes of Mane.
 

Strikeb4ck

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All of our RB options have flaws. However in their first match under Jose, Aurier seriously upped his game whilst Sissoko was embarrassingly bad, including constantly losing possession and getting skinned on the right flank. He does everything too slowly to be able to compete with the likes of Mane.
He had a bad first 20 minutes under Jose, but let's not allow that to discredit the work he has done defensively on that right flank over the past year and a half covering for the likes of Trippier and Aurier in their [often suicidal] runs forward. Sissoko is, if nothing else, an athlete. It's very rare you see him get beat like he did in that one instance on Saturday, and regardless of what you say, no winger is going to have an easy time physically getting around an athlete like him. He is very strong and quick, and knows how to use his body pretty well.
 

Windwarden

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Mourinho did love Fellani through so does have a thing for weird players lol...

(although I think Fellani has a lot more ability than Sissoko tbh, he’s just not your typical pretty footballer in his style).

he likes big slowdefensive mids who lack mobility and have next to no footballing ability. Good thing we don’t have ay of them...:cautious:
 

ChristianBaler

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Aug 13, 2010
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Surprised nobody has posted this today....sounds like we wont be seeing him much, that new deal is looking great now.

"When I see Moussa, he is a very good player, but he is very different than my needs. I need that stability from Dier and the kid to move the ball faster, also positionally and also to find the attacking players in the positions we want."

 

ohtottenham!

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Mourinho did love Fellani through so does have a thing for weird players lol...

(although I think Fellani has a lot more ability than Sissoko tbh, he’s just not your typical pretty footballer in his style).

Fellani scores goals though.

One thing is for sure, if Jose can get Sissoko not to forget how to be a professional footballer when he gets near the oppositions goal then he really is a genius.
Fellaini was a solid, versatile, hold-up player with aerial abilty and an attacking threat. Mourinho used Fellaini's versatility to both chase games when Utd needed a goal in an attacking sense, or defensively, to close games down with an aerial outlet that could also protect and distribute the ball effectively. Fellaini's aerial strength gave Utd attacking and defensive options.

Think Sissoko has a role to play, and definite strengths to his game, which he showed plenty of times last season when he was pretty much our only ever-present CM. I think he is defensively under-rated. With Poch's insistence on the diamond, he was mopping up opposition attacks in CM and on both flanks. I thought he was our best defender in many of those games.

One-on_one, he isn't often beaten for speed or strength by any attacker, and he's hard to stop when he's surging forward....unless he comically trips himself.

I get the criticism of his positional sense/awareness to cut it as a holding DM, but still there's enough to do the job if need be.
 
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