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Dafuq dude.
How did you know.
I literally woke up from my post-work-pre-training nap!!! Writing this post while still in bed, for real
“Good tackler” ?
He averages 0.5 tackles a game. Less than Son who’s the worst tackler in our team. 0.3 interceptions per 90. Also pretty shit.
Having watched him 4/5 times for Holland and PSV including against us, I’d say his work rate without the ball is pretty poor.
That was pretty much wijnaldum of Newcastle before pool
He's also just turned 22 years of age a couple of weeks ago so plenty of scope to improve in a Spurs team where he will get rotated a fair old amount. As a 20/21 year old he got 14 goals and 12 assists last season. If he can develop further and enhance his abilities both offensively and defensively I think he could become a very dangerous player.
It's all hear say as we don't know how he'll do but I doubt that there were many 20/21 year olds that contributed double digits in goals and assists last season and if he stayed in Holland he'd probably replicate double digits in both again this season. Already has 10 assists to his name this year in an apparently troubled PSV side. He has room to develop and grow.
You'll know more about his abilities than we do I think it's safe to say. On a scale of 1-10 where do you see his ability as a footballer right now and on a scale of 1-10 where do you see his ability to take his game to better levels playing in the Premier League?
I’ve seen him play once. I can’t pronounce his name. I’m not sure what position he plays.
But I can categorically tell you that he’s the best talent in Europe and will help us win the league.
If by "fuck it" you mean sign him without negotiation before he's even had a medical then....
Fuck it up, "Baldy".
Agree. Plus add those to
Winks (23)
Dele (23)
Tanganga (20)
hopefully Foyth (22)
That's not too bad.
I absolutely think that Bergwijn is definitely not what need most right now, but given the potential upside (age/potential/sell-on/Bridge gap if Son loses his speed) he's the kind of player we should be going after. I think this is opportunistic and well worth the punt.
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All about what's available. The quality available at centre forward, for example, doesn't look great. We could end up signing another Grzegorz Raziak if we aren't careful.
This guy has a lot of talent and is available for a good price. Prioritising quality over the short term needs of the squad is fine with me.
he’s no where near fat enough.
Christ. Dele seems to have been around for ages and it's super easy to forget that he's still only 23.
The reason our squad became weaker is because we didn't sign enough quality in a pro-active way in the past. We tried for Grealish who clearly was earmarked as an Eriksen replacement but we left ourselves short with signing enough quality ready to walk in in too many areas.
Foyth and Sanchez were admirable signings in that sense but they haven't really kicked on, Sessegnon and Clarke shrewd for similar reasons so I've got no issues with us seeing an opportunity in Bergwijn and exploiting it. It shouldn't come at the expense of the needs of first XI TLC though which ultimately keeps you in the chasing pack. A big boy DM next on the agenda for me come the summertime.
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With a top-notch DM we can start to play again, have control in more games than we have now, it's the most important signing we can make. The way Jose set's up his teams we also need a striker as a focal target.
I think Sanchez, bar a couple of games has been our best and most consistent CB this season, both him and Aurier the only genuine contenders for player of the year so far.
I bet he has a massive plate with him.
I’m happy because hopefully it means an improvement on our impotent AMs