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I think PEH would look better in a better team where he isn't asked to do so much beyond his capabilities. But he definitely is a bit overrated by Spurs fans. He wouldn't get a regular game for the top 4 bar maybe United at times but then DM is their by far weakest area. Like comically bad.Hojbjerg is a bit overrated on here but the one thing he appears to have that our other midfielders don't is a bit of urgency to go with his commitment. In that sense, you can see why we rate him highly while fans outside of Spurs don't think too much of him.
He realises we must battle but also hurry along more in possession. We play far too comfortably in the middle and at the back, with way too many square passes and not enough movement off the ball. The tempo of our passing is terrible - the ball is trundling along among our back line, often a half-yard behind the receiving player. One touch passing to get up to the final third more quickly is rare.
Decent teams do these basic things well, almost to the point you don't notice them because the focus is much more on their attackers, who see a lot more of the ball in good situations. And by decent teams, I mean Wolves and Palace did this better than we did.
Least of our problems but it says alot when our best CM is genuinely someone we wouldn't have looked twice at in some previous spurs eras.
I love his commitment and work ethic though and for that he has my full respect.