Is he any good anymore? Maybe we killed his form by a very weak association.
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Is he any good anymore? Maybe we killed his form by a very weak association.
19-20 season I watched a fair bit of Martinez and I was pretty underwhelmed, baring in mind the hype. I get he's got some moves and whatnot, and he produced slight better numbers last season, but he was very very dependent on Lukaku to do the heavy lifting - he very much seems like a guy who needs someone like Lukaku up there next to him to thrive.
So either we keep Kane and play them as a pair 442/352 - and then what happens to Son and also the AM's (Gill for example) or we sell Kane and play Martinez and who ?
Maybe we (Paratici/Nuno) see him as an inverted wide forward left forward in the 433, and I'd be ok with that notion, but that's pretty much where Son plays, who we've just given a bumper new contract to?
I just think we have the Martinez remit pretty much covered by Son don’t we? Surely we could spend this kind of money better, on a position where we have s bigger issue.
Martinez would make more sense to me if we were selling Son?
So either we keep Kane and play them as a pair 442/352 - and then what happens to Son and also the AM's (Gill for example) or we sell Kane and play Martinez and who ?
Maybe we (Paratici/Nuno) see him as an inverted wide forward left forward in the 433, and I'd be ok with that notion, but that's pretty much where Son plays, who we've just given a bumper new contract to?
I just think we have the Martinez remit pretty much covered by Son don’t we? Surely we could spend this kind of money better, on a position where we have s bigger issue.
Martinez would make more sense to me if we were selling Son?
It’s been rumored since we hired Nuno that he wants to play 442. I think signing Martinez would be evidence of that. He’d partner well with Kane and thrive off Harry’s creativity. Lukaku is a superb striker, but he obviously doesn’t have the all around game that Kane does.
If we sell Kane, we’ll almost certainly buy another striker like Vlahovic to play with Martinez.
Tammy Abraham anyone?
If we sell Kane is there a position that we would need more than striker though?
If we go with 2 up front where does Son play, especially if it is a 4-4-2? It seems like another case of our better players not fitting with the potential formation we would play.
If we sold Kane and stuck with the 4-3-3 I was hoping that Martinez could work in a Firmino like role where his passing to two goal scoring wings would be as key to his finishing as well. Not sure if that would work for him but if we sell Kane the chances that we are going to be able to score enough with just bringing in one striker and not improving the goal scoring from another position is basically zero.
Going with a two up front with Martinez and Vlahovic seems like a massive waste of the Kane money and way too much spent on strikers.
Fans like who , clearly not you, so stop the righteous indignation
I wonder if Weller remembers it as fondlyI also had a curry at the next table to Paul Weller once.... He was sat behind me and was close enough to smell my farts!
Of course he does he named his band after that evening
The Jam {tarts)
I believe his record label made him drop the bit in brackets as they thought it was a shit name
Mate, people are putting stories about other clubs signing players we're not on for daily. And people are relentlessly calling for Spurs to sign players that are above us..
I mean, I think some people actually believed there was a chance with Messi...
Counts for nothing if you don't get a thank you letter...
Because they panicked. Then got La Liga to allow them to be a special case and sign him a couple of days after the transfer window closed while not allowing Leganés, who don't have two céntimos to rub together, to sign replacements. It was a shocking piece of favouritism which predictably condemned a small, unfashionable club to relegation so that Mess of a Club could have him warm their bench in his first season there.
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Don't ever post a lineup in your first message again.
Just teasing mate. Welcome.
Excellent first post. Welcome.
Firstly, welcome to TFC. Always nice to see a new face. Good first post.
As much as I like the transfers in you have suggested, even as the biggest Kane fan going, we aren't getting £120m plus 2 players worth £60-70m each included. It would either be £50m plus both or £100m and one of them.
Laporte and/or Silva instantly solve 2 problem areas. Add Martinez, a creative mid, another striker and a right back on to that and we're definitely a stronger team on paper, and genuinely have a team that should be pushing for the top 4 if not higher.
But I agree in the sense that if he is so desperate to leave, then make a deal for him. Kane is the best player I have ever seen for Spurs in my lifetime, but no one is bigger than the club. If (big if considering Bale money) we spend it right, then we could be a better team for it (Liverpool selling Coutinho almost) and with Patrici in charge of transfers then there is every chance that does happen.
However if the scattered reports of him signing a new deal are true then I'll be right behind him again!
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