The Official Tottenham Hotspud thread [Vol 12]

[jammy-git]

48k said:

jammy-git said:

A front three of Son, Alli and Lucas is easily top four, possibly even title challenging worthy depending on the players behind them.

Problem is, a front three of Son Alli and Lucas is at least 2 of the 3 same players making the same runs trying to do the same things.

I think the right manager could have those three set up in the same way as Mane, Firmino and Salah.

[BrabusMog]

jammy-git said:

48k said:

jammy-git said:

A front three of Son, Alli and Lucas is easily top four, possibly even title challenging worthy depending on the players behind them.

Problem is, a front three of Son Alli and Lucas is at least 2 of the 3 same players making the same runs trying to do the same things.

I think the right manager could have those three set up in the same way as Mane, Firmino and Salah.

He could but if they don't have Bang Average Bob threading the balls from upper midfield then they will just come a cropper. I think people at Spurs got far too distracted with the stadium, it's a bit of a shambles in Seven Sisters right now.

[48k]

Fittster said:

When Kane has been out previously, it was Llorente acting as a backup.

Nope, when Kane has been out previously, Son and Moura have covered. Llorente was the cover for the cover. Even with Llorente gone we're not exactly short of options for attacking players. If Levy is going to splash any cash this window it needs to be on the defensive side. And this isn't suddenly a new problem, we've been hemorrhaging goals all season.

[Fittster]

48k said:

Fittster said:

When Kane has been out previously, it was Llorente acting as a backup.

Nope, when Kane has been out previously, Son and Moura have covered. Llorente was the cover for the cover. Even with Llorente gone we're not exactly short of options for attacking players. If Levy is going to splash any cash this window it needs to be on the defensive side. And this isn't suddenly a new problem, we've been hemorrhaging goals all season.

Over the last couple of seasons Llorente played 66 games for us, that's a lot of minutes to be picked up by other players. As for priorities, well we have bad players in a number of positions but no player as a cover for Kane. I think a non-existing player is a worse scenario than a bad player.

However without a strong director of football and Levy taking a step back from recruitment this kind of problem isn't going to go be resolved.

[TEKNOPUG]

Llorente was never cover for Kane, he was plan B when all other attempts to score has failed. To that end, he (or an alternative) was still worth a place in the squad.

RB is an immediate priority as Aurier is a bigger liability than Trippier was. And a midfield grafting leader in midfield to protect the defence.

But as we have never addressed the second striker role, that has now also become essential. Sounds like we are buying this Polish bloke from Milan. I was hoping for the Kosovan lad as he looked a quality player against England.

[48k]

Unfortunately Piatek would be a sticking plaster and hoofing the ball up to him isn't going to address the most urgent problem of badly leaking goals.

[TEKNOPUG]

48k said:

Unfortunately Piatek would be a sticking plaster and hoofing the ball up to him isn't going to address the most urgent problem of badly leaking goals.

RB is an immediate priority as Aurier is a bigger liability than Trippier was. And a grafting leader in midfield to protect the defence.

[Guvernator]

48k said:

Unfortunately Piatek would be a sticking plaster and hoofing the ball up to him isn't going to address the most urgent problem of badly leaking goals.

Yeah but he does do this




Worth the price of admission alone IMO.

[Adam B]

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[48k]

Son wins December goal of the month for "that goal".

[48k]

More from Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "If the boss arrives with the solution for these difficult months then so be it.

"But if we don’t don't find the right opportunity or the right solution we are going to wait until summer to make decision for the evolution of the team"

[Guvernator]

I keep telling people the problem is Levy but he built a shiny new stadium so seems he can do no wrong in some people's eyes.

[m3sye]

Guvernator said:

I keep telling people the problem is Levy but he built a shiny new stadium so seems he can do no wrong in some people's eyes.

Does he control the budget? Or is there people telling him what he can spend?

[jammy-git]

Regardless of budget, what has happened to your scouting? I felt 5-10 years ago you guys were unearthing gems all over the place, but only Lucas and maybe N'dombele have been decent signings in the last few years.

[Fittster]

jammy-git said:

Regardless of budget, what has happened to your scouting? I felt 5-10 years ago you guys were unearthing gems all over the place, but only Lucas and maybe N'dombele have been decent signings in the last few years.

Who was scouted in the extended period when we didn't sign anyone? Without knowing why no purchase were made it's hard to know what's going on with the scouting.

The players we have signed have generally been OK, the exception being Sissoko. Some didn't work out but looked good enough to risk when evaluating their history. Who was saying Janssen was terrible before we signed him?

There has been a lack of activity, but no one really knows why. Could be Poch wanted a small, tight squad, maybe we have no money because of the stadium, maybe the scouting network can't identify targets.

[Willmass]

You can have the best scouts in the world & have the best scouting system in the world but if you don’t pay the wages they ain’t gonna come ,

It’s not rocket science .

[Leicester Loyal]

Willmass said:

You can have the best scouts in the world & have the best scouting system in the world but if you don’t pay the wages they ain’t gonna come ,

It’s not rocket science .

You're telling me you won't pay the wages of young upcoming talents? That's bks. Fair enough you won't pay 150k+ a week for superstars, but talents coming from the Championship and any other top division will certainly not be on silly money, so they'd be affordable. Look at Leicester, players like Ricardo, Maddison and Ndidi aren't on more than 50k a week, yet they're some of the top players in the division which we've obtained through our good scouting network.

[Cie]

Willmass said:

You can have the best scouts in the world & have the best scouting system in the world but if you don’t pay the wages they ain’t gonna come ,

It’s not rocket science .

Very wise old chap ,

[m3sye]

Pretty sure you pay Dembele 200k a week? And Kane

[Cie]

m3sye said:

Pretty sure you pay Dembele 200k a week? And Kane

Got a link for us Sye?