Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele

[Stoof]

That ball to Kane in the build up to our second was so filthy I had to have a shower afterwards.

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

It's so satisfying to watch Ndombele turn around the naysayers, he just needed time to settle and get to grips with what was expected of him. Starting to flourish now and even rival fans are appreciating him.

Even when his fitness wasn't there, you could see his talent in the opportunities at the beginning under Poch. He was one of the few bright sparks when it was going wrong.

 

[kursaal]

NDomPele he is described elsewhere.

 

[Shadydan]

It's so satisfying to watch Ndombele turn around the naysayers, he just needed time to settle and get to grips with what was expected of him. Starting to flourish now and even rival fans are appreciating him.

I was one of them - I thought he'd never make it in this league with this manager because of his mentality, I knew he always had the ability but didn't think he had the required mental strength to succeed, glad I was wrong though.

 

[rossdapep]

Tanguy, Bergwijn & Bale are going to be very important players in this second half of the season.

If Tanguy continues to chip in with goals and put in performances similar to Sheff Utd, if Bergwijn continues to have an effect/start scoring and if Bale can build on his performance last night, I believe we will finally have the firepower required to get involved in the title fight. Perhaps not win it but it's what we are lacking at the moment.

I would add Lo Celso to this list but we need to see him for more than a month before we can count him in.

 

[Nayim60yards]

I actually think his first goal was slightly the better of the two. There aren't many players in the league that would've finished that first time with their right foot, it wasn't natural but it was so, so clever.

The keeper and the defenders had all their weight completely the wrong side as the obvious strike was to go across the goal from there and that's what they expected him to do. Brilliant.

 

[Partizan]

Reminds me of

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Reminds me of

Funny, not sure everyone is aware of this - but he's become a holding mid/deep distributor type of player at Benfica! Pretty amazing considering the one thing that held him back all during his career and certainly his time here was the work rate and positional discipline.

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Dembele's perfromance away at Juventus in Turin was probably the best CM performance I have ever seen from a Spurs CM. Total mastery of the game.

Yeah, I remember that game. What struck me about Dembele was that he played even BETTER in big games. Even at Fulham, he absolutely ran the show at Old Trafford multiple times. Did the same for us.

Funnily enough, I think the single best CM performance I've ever seen actually comes from another Spurs CM - Modric vs Spain at Euro 2012. Bossed the Xavi/Iniesta/Busquets combo by himself. The outside of the boot pass/cross he played that should have been put away is one of the best passes of all time.

Two unbelievably good players. Two of the best we'll ever see. Dembele certainly doesn't, but maybe not even Modric at RM fully get the credit they deserve.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

NDomPele he is described elsewhere.

Well those people are assholes...

makes note of name related wordplay to steal for later and claim as my own

 

[dtxspurs]

Yeah, I remember that game. What struck me about Dembele was that he played even BETTER in big games. Even at Fulham, he absolutely ran the show at Old Trafford multiple times. Did the same for us.

Funnily enough, I think the single best CM performance I've ever seen actually comes from another Spurs CM - Modric vs Spain at Euro 2012. Bossed the Xavi/Iniesta/Busquets combo by himself. The outside of the boot pass/cross he played that should have been put away is one of the best passes of all time.

Two unbelievably good players. Two of the best we'll ever see. Dembele certainly doesn't, but maybe not even Modric at RM fully get the credit they deserve.

Eh, I mean he's won a Balon D'or & the Golden Ball for best player at the world cup. He's very decorated on an individual level.

 

[PCozzie]

I've just named my son Tanguy! Not sure how this will go down with him as he's 13 and called Lucas...

I'm assuming he's only been called Lucas since May 2018 anyway, so it shouldn't be too tricky for him. What was he called before that?

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I'm assuming he's only been called Lucas since May 2018 anyway, so it shouldn't be too tricky for him. What was he called before that?

Unless he’s referring to Modric... who we signed almost 13 years ago...

 

[EQP]

I hope that "pass the ball and move into a space" move he does catches on with some of our players.

 

[GMI]

NDomPele he is described elsewhere.

It certainly works better than the 'Underbelly' offering from the previous page..

 

[Gassin's finest]

Reminds me of

Who dat?

 

[TheTanguy]

Who dat?

Taarabt

 

[ohtottenham!]

Pointless because it's produced 3 pages of an absolute nothing argument

It’s only natural that there will be comparisons with other players, especially our own players throughout our history when discussing Ndombele. They will only increase, because he is one hell of a talent.

I’m an older fan in my sixties. Watching Tanguy against Sheff Utd., with the vision he had, and the passes into space that no-one else saw or were ready for, and I’m talking Kane and Son levels of ability, I saw Glen Hoddle flashbacks trying to feed Archibald and Crooks often with the same result.

For the close control, and getting out of impossible situations, the turns and dribbling forward, I saw Gascoigne. For the lobbed goal from that crazy angle and the pressure he was under, I also saw Gascoigne.

Comparisons will be inevitable with a talent like Tanguy. I will say, there’s stuff he does that confounds me in a good way, and where I struggle to find comparison with any ex-Spurs player. I really hope he continues to realize his potential with us. It’s off the charts!

 

[Gassin's finest]

I think Underbelly can be better than Moussa Dembelle , he doesn't like running though

Only your second post in 8 years, and it's an absolute belter.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Taarabt

Lol, nah... Tanguy shits all over him.