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He’d get crucified here, mainly because he’s not good enough on the ball and also a bit suspicious of his defensive numbers on the basis of who he plays for and the way they play.
Can anyone describe how Southampton play? I haven’t really paid much attention to there style or setup. If they’re a counter-attacking side, then based on the games we played in 2020, he’ll fit right in, especially against the bigger teams. Remember the games against Liverpool and City at home? We defended our 18 and looked to spring quick counters.He’d get crucified here, mainly because he’s not good enough on the ball and also a bit suspicious of his defensive numbers on the basis of who he plays for and the way they play.
Can you imagine how many ways people will find to misspell his name, though? The ø is one thing. I'm just as worried about that nasty jbj sequence that I imagine no more than 10% of us will get right. Then there's that double barrelled first name. I guess he'll become PEH rather quickly.A small show of appreciation, if I may, for @THFCSPURS19 who showed far more care in spelling Højbjerg correctly in the thread title than did the Times in their article.
A bit wasted on that half of the forum who never learned how to spell Eriksen, but, hey, appreciated all the same.
If we sign him, he'll be only our second ever player to have an Ø in his name after Øyvind Leonhardsen. The great thing about Leo is that we never lost when he scored. The slightly less great thing about him is that, given he only got seven in three years, that wasn't quite as impressive as it might have been.
Anyway, all things considered, I've been a sucker for weird letters in Spurs' players' names since the days of Guðni Bergsson, so count me in for Højbjerg.
To be fair I can see how they would think that on recent viewing but it's obviously not the whole storyYesterday on Twitter I saw Southampton fans saying that Wanyama flopped for us and currently they would happily swap him with Hojbjerg
Yesterday on Twitter I saw Southampton fans saying that Wanyama flopped for us and currently they would happily swap him with Hojbjerg
I don't think he's a dedicated DM though. He's more of an 8, box to box type. Would possibly be good in a double 6, but not sure if he's better than what we have for a double 8 in a midfield 3.
Dependable player for the squad mind.
I agree that in an ideal world it would be better to spend big on a top quality DM than half-arsing it on someone who doesn't quite fit.that’s what worries me most. We have an abundance of 8s and no 6s. I think we’re going to spend 30 here where 45-50 would get us one of the best 3 DMs in the world in Zakaria.
I agree that in an ideal world it would be better to spend big on a top quality DM than half-arsing it on someone who doesn't quite fit.
However it would take a minor miracle for us to spend 40-50m this summer. If we do go for Hojbjerg I'd be utterly amazed if we went as high as 30 - far more likely that it will be around 15-20 or a part-exchange deal for KWP.
And ultimately Hojbjerg, even if he's not a pure DM, would be a fuckton better than buying no-one or sticking with our current options.
Of our currently 8s and 6s the only ones with any defensive nous are Skipp and, oddly enough, Lo Celso. Winks, Fernandes and Ndombele are average at best defensively while Sissoko should never be played in a midfield 2 (IMO) and Dier is apparently now a CB. We need someone to come in who is at least defensively minded, even if they aren't a pure DM.
100% agree. I do think we need to bring in someone else, though, as there's no way we can rely on Skipp to be our primary DM for the entire season. I think Hojbjerg with Skipp in rotation would be a good compromise.I think Skipp deserves a shot, especially since I think he's got a better defensive game than Hojbjerg. He got bugger all chances last season though even though it was blatantly obvious we needed somebody to sit and hold. It seems though that Mourinho will sacrifice midfield solidity to get Dele on the pitch but it was a shite tactic that saw us repeatedly overrun in midfield while the players up top stood around holding their dicks.
100% agree. I do think we need to bring in someone else, though, as there's no way we can rely on Skipp to be our primary DM for the entire season. I think Hojbjerg with Skipp in rotation would be a good compromise.
Agree with all of this.I don't think he has any weakness in his game. Seems many are underestimating his technical quality. Lets be clear - he spent 4 years at Bayern getting his pro contract to representing their senior team under Pep. Its a complete myth he is not technically good or not good on the ball.
At Southampton , it's been chaos for last 4 years - constant change of managers and change in style from Puel to Pelligrino to Hughes to Hassenhuttl. Player quality in them have gone down in last few years. He has seen it all and is now the club captain at 24.
I believe, with better players around him, he will get better and show his quality