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Have you heard of seen anything of Gbamin at Mainz, a young defensive midfielder who is starting to attract attention
The myth of Zaha perseveres.
Absolute dogshit showpony. Andros Townsend has a better final product.
Think about that.
Don't tend to watch Mainz - so haven't heard of him.
His numbers aren't particularly impressive but might tune into Mainz/Hoffenheim at the weekend if he's playing to see what he's about.
hmmmmmm no.
Oh dear
I trust poch not to go anywhere near the Rondons of this world, I’m just a bit flummoxed by the talk of him on here.
What if Poch considers someone like Rondon to have the right personality and humility to be back up to Harry and that he will fit in with the Tottenham family that Poch has built over the last five years?
Our squad has quite a few players who would flummox a number of fans but look where we are now. Everyone has played a role
Zaha is a good player but I can't believe he's being mentioned when we already have Son and Moura in his position.
Surely we've got to be discussing defensive midfielders and fullbacks before we turn our attention to forwards.
Surely we've got to be discussing defensive midfielders and fullbacks before we turn our attention to forwards.
Zaha at Spurs not for me for what he'd likely cost but he's a good player better than Townsend across the board and a threat who could would be a decent option for most sides , dogshit show pony is a poor description of a decent player.
then he'll end up being filed away in the "wtf" drawer along with half of Poch's other signings.
Look, i love Poch, and whoever he buys i'll support 100%, but lets not kid oursleves here. Poch may well decide Rondon has a lovely personality, but he's still the same Rondon that has been a 'decent-ish' PL player. WBA and Newcastle are about his level, we are not.
Who actually puts forward the targets at Spurs? Is it Poch or is it someone recommending players to Poch and if he agrees we buy them and if not, we don't.
Because it seems a lot of last season's problems were caused by the club going for players Poch didn't really want, and not getting the players Poch was after.
To me, Poch wants Van De Beek, last season he wanted De Jong. When the club didn't get De Jong they pushed towards the much cheaper option (so they thought) Grealish. I really don't think Poch wants Grealish, he hasn't commented once on him directly.
Because it seems a lot of last season's problems were caused by the club going for players Poch didn't really want, and not getting the players Poch was after.
To me, Poch wants Van De Beek, last season he wanted De Jong. When the club didn't get De Jong they pushed towards the much cheaper option (so they thought) Grealish. I really don't think Poch wants Grealish, he hasn't commented once on him directly.
Attempt at comparing some midfielders
Note 1: Diawara didn't have a lot of minutes
Note 2: I added MS because of all the hype he got last year, not as a realistic target
I'm not a fan of stats but looking at those it seems Gomes would be a decent buy at 25 mill
Squad players are always going to be decent-ish. You are not going to get a top player who is going to happily sit around waiting for Harry Kane to get injured. Rondon will be like Llorente, someone who is going to have to sit around twiddling his thumbs for 3/4s of a season and not kick up a fuss. Whether you like it or not Poch wants a harmonious squad, not a bunch of cunts knocking on his door every five minutes demanding to get a game.
Who would you suggest then? Icardi? Dybala? Mitrovic? Cavani? Mandzukic?
because i don't want rondon it means I'm after the worlds top strikers? there's a whole world to explore between Rondon and the likes of Dybala.
Theres a reason he's spent his career at sides like WBA, Malaga, Zenit and Newcastle.
I didn't get to watch the game yesterday, because my freaking kid's team decided to make a final. How inconsiderate... anyway how did Gomes look?
I didn't expect a lot when he came on, but he surprised me a little bit. Looked like he could add something to our squad, but I'm not sure he could add something to our strongest XI though.
Came on and played deep midfield. Willing to take the ball off of his centre halves and distribute. A bit like how Winks does for us.
Everton scored two goals within 10 minutes of his arrival and he also fouled Lamela which lead to Eriksens goal, so all in all an okay substitute appearance.
Don't like the idea of him (or Winks) as our defensive midfield options though. We need someone who can tackle and intercept.