Player Watch: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

[allatsea]

Under rated on SC but top professional who had several important displays coming on in the second of games last season.

 

[Rosco1984]

top professional but for me he is just too synonymous with a period of time under two managers where we played the most awful cowardly football you can imagine so I am not sad to see him go but that's probably not his fault more following team instructions.

 

[The Long Suffering One]

Mostly agree, but surely not never. He had a flash of elegance every once in a while.

Edit: maybe that’s just a manner of speaking?

Yup I stood corrected. Will miss him nonetheless.

 

[Japhet]

I don't think he was used enough in his best role which was winning the ball back higher up the pitch. He was good at getting in the oppositions' faces but more often than not was played much deeper where he usually looked uncomfortable and cumbersome. Anyway, best of luck in France Pierre. I think he'll do great over there.

 

[Thenewcat]

Lol I didn't make that video.

I also supported him when he wore the shirt and respect his professionalism. But the fact is that he wasnt a good player at this level for Spurs

He’s definitely a good player at this level. He just doesn’t suit us because he isn’t press resistant. Players like Hojbjerg and royal were bought for a completely different manager and system, it’s our fault not theirs they don’t fit.

 

[Pellshek]

Hojbjerg was our best player under Nuno, when nobody else gave much of a shit, and/or everyone else was feeling sorry for themselves as we waited for the guillotine to fall on the manager. Easiest thing in the world to go missing during a miserable spell like that, because nobody really notices either way, and nobody really cares because we're all blaming the doomed manager anyway. But PEH didn't go missing because that's not how he's built. I'd be shocked if he isn't the Marseille fans' POTS next year.

 

[Hazelton]

Looked Denmark's best player at the Euros. In the right team and system he's a very good player, but he was just a square peg in a round hole here.

 

[Coolpudge]

He’s definitely a good player at this level. He just doesn’t suit us because he isn’t press resistant. Players like Hojbjerg and royal were bought for a completely different manager and system, it’s our fault not theirs they don’t fit.

If he was brought in for a different manager I'm not sure it is anybody's fault, except maybe Mourinho for getting sacked

 

[Thenewcat]

If he was brought in for a different manager I'm not sure it is anybody's fault, except maybe Mourinho for getting sacked

By ‘fault’ I’m just saying we haven’t had a consistent philosophy of what we want in a manager, and so have ended up with players like Hojbjerg, Royal, Dier etc who are good players but totally unsuited to what we are trying to do. Maybe a better way to put it is it’s a result of our decisions rather than a failing on behalf of the player - a lot of our fans can’t seem to tell that difference