Nabil Bentaleb

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So glad all the haters now can see what others have been seeing, the kids got a great all round game and a lot of heart he could become a proper DM. Big thanks to Sherwood for playing him but the curse of Sherwood has hung on Bentaleb's neck that's now gone thankfully.

Capoue, Demebele and Stambouli are not the defensive midfielders we need, they are too slow, a proper DM like Parker or Sandro have the most energy on the pitch of any player, they cover runners, snap into tackles, provide the cover our CB's need. Bentaleb has the speed, work rate and aggression to develop into a really great defensive midfieder and give our back four the cover it's been missing for a while.

I am not slighting Capoue, Dembele or Stambouli but I think they are competing perhaps for Mason's position or another position in the team, we need our DM to be a fast/high energy player IMO and Bentaleb fits the profile.

Respect for Poch for having the balls the play Bentaleb and Mason, didn't think it would happen.
 
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He and Mason seem to compliment each other really well in the way that they track and defend as a unit but also provide that energy and running between the lines going forward.

As if our CM dilemma wasn't bad enough we've now got Mason and Bentaleb looking like they can't really be dropped after that performance. Good luck Poch!
 
Great display from Nabil. Really think his partnership with Mason could be something to get excited about. I know Mason was out on loan for a long time but they must have played together a lot through the academy anyway and know each others game in side out: Each others strengths and weaknesses, when to hold and when to go forward etc. That would take a long time for a CM pairing to understand so to have that from the off is a major bonus.

You can also say the same with Kane. In retrospect its no surprise that when the 3 of them played together at the spine of our team, we gave the most cohesive display of the season full of hunger and high quality interchanges between them. Must remember to not get too excited though as they are all young and it will take time for them to perform to those levels consistently.
 
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I think it was obvious to everyone that he preferred Holtby.

It was Sherwood who put that right and got slated to shit for it.
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There's a difference between rating someone and preferring someone else. He was an inexperienced manager who wasn't experienced in using inexperienced players (if that makes sense).

The advantage Sherwood had was that he knew the younger players and how to implement them, but AVB also rated Kane - his downfall perhaps being that he wanted to rely on him at a stage where he wasn't ready for first team football.

Bentaleb will hopefully take on board the experience in much the same way Kane has, and hopefully Mason will follow suit with a few others.

Irony is, we'll probably be pretty strong with predominantly Sherwood's old youth team before long!
 
AVB rating Bentaleb because he put him on the bench for one game is absolutely terrible logic.

Sherwood may have been an absolutely unrepentant cunt of a man but that doesn't mean he didn't have a few successes in his tenure here. Bentaleb, Kane and selective use of 4-4-2 being perhaps the best long term examples.

If you can't give credit to Sherwood for the couple things he did right, it says a lot more about you than it does about Tim.
 
CJJ said:
There's a difference between rating someone and preferring someone else. He was an inexperienced manager who wasn't experienced in using inexperienced players (if that makes sense).

The advantage Sherwood had was that he knew the younger players and how to implement them, but AVB also rated Kane - his downfall perhaps being that he wanted to rely on him at a stage where he wasn't ready for first team football.

Bentaleb will hopefully take on board the experience in much the same way Kane has, and hopefully Mason will follow suit with a few others.

Irony is, we'll probably be pretty strong with predominantly Sherwood's old youth team before long!
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Makes you wonder how much of a fool Levy must feel when half the players he's bought have been superceded by the Sherwood youth team.
:paulinhofacepalm::levyeyes::sherwoodlol:
 
JDK said:
AVB rating Bentaleb because he put him on the bench for one game is absolutely terrible logic.

Sherwood may have been an absolutely unrepentant cunt of a man but that doesn't mean he didn't have a few successes in his tenure here. Bentaleb, Kane and selective use of 4-4-2 being perhaps the best examples.

If you can't give credit to Sherwood for the couple things he did right, it says a lot more about you than it does about Tim.
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Agree Tim was never gonna work out but like AVB with how he used Bale you have to give credit were credit is due. Sherwood did the youth team for years and I thank him for that considering how it's been going, if he could just be a little bit less a penis.
 
JDK said:
AVB rating Bentaleb because he put him on the bench for one game is absolutely terrible logic.

Sherwood may have been an absolutely unrepentant cunt of a man but that doesn't mean he didn't have a few successes in his tenure here. Bentaleb, Kane and selective use of 4-4-2 being perhaps the best long term examples.

If you can't give credit to Sherwood for the couple things he did right, it says a lot more about you than it does about Tim.
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If you're referring to me, you obviously didn't read my post correctly.
 
JDK said:
AVB rating Bentaleb because he put him on the bench for one game is absolutely terrible logic.

Sherwood may have been an absolutely unrepentant cunt of a man but that doesn't mean he didn't have a few successes in his tenure here. Bentaleb, Kane and selective use of 4-4-2 being perhaps the best long term examples.

If you can't give credit to Sherwood for the couple things he did right, it says a lot more about you than it does about Tim.
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Did you even read his post?
 
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TOMO said:
Respect for Poch for having the balls the play Bentaleb and Mason, didn't think it would happen.
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And Kane.

Really, it's amazing how much trust he's put into the youngsters given the pressure he's been under to get points. It could have backfired tremendously and he'd look like a fool for putting academy graduates straight into the starting 11, but instead they're the ones that are providing the class that we've been missing these past couple of seasons.

Let's just hope that it's not over-performance based on a small sample size and that they don't start reverting to the dreaded mean.
 
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TOMO said:
Makes you wonder how much of a fool Levy must feel when half the players he's bought have been superceded by the Sherwood youth team.
:paulinhofacepalm::levyeyes::sherwoodlol:
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I know It means absolutely nothing but in Mason's and Bentaleb's post match interview (on Spurs website) it was interesting to hear both of them make specific reference to John McDermot when referencing the academy.
 
He probably had the single most excellent game I can remember a Spurs player having at Newcastle earlier in the year. Was simply outstanding. He may not hit those heights all the time but rarely has a bad game.

In a way he was unfortunate to be 'Sherwoods boy' last season because he didn't deserve the flak he got.
 
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