Especially valuable member of the squad because he’s the only club-trained outfield player. We can have up to 4 of them in the squad for Europe next year. If as likely we only have Skipp and 3rd choice GK, our squad size shrinks from max 25 to 23. If we sell Skipp, it shrinks to max 22.
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He is best when he has freedom to get around the park and less good when he is the deeper player picking up the ball from the defence. Yesterday suited him because he has the energy to put pressure on opponents further up the pitch.
Thought he did well yesterday. Great energy getting round the pitch and some nice touches. Hopefully he benefits from a few matches now with the lack of options.
Very good.
I really like Skipp, he probably will never become good enough for our starting 11, but as a back up he's great.
Young ,homegrown, great mentality and tenacity.
If he can get rid of his nervousness and gain some more confidence he'll be a terrific player, and confidence might be gained from just getting older and more experienced. Especially under someone as fatherly demanding as Postecoglu.
Greetings from Sweden by the way! Been lurking here since pretty much the inception of the forum.
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He worked hard pressed hard. Ange be happy with hom as a gap filler but i noticed a lot his defensive positioning was terrible at times. Seemed to ball watch a lot. Good ball for werner but wont unlock too many defences which we need when teams sit back.
We can have as many club trained players as we want. All 25 if we had a magic academy. It's not "up to" 4, it's a minimum of 4.
The only restriction on squad composition applies to foreigners really. As long as you have the minimum 4 club trained and 4 homegrown non-club trained you're golden. Could be 17 more club trained and home grown if you like.
I know. But assuming we use our 17 Johnny Foreigner allowance and have 4 other home-grown but not club trained (Sess, Forster, Davies, Maddison, Johnson, who am I missing?) then that’s 21. So Whiteman and Skipp are on top + supported by the kids.
Skipp had a decent game yesterday, including his involvement in Bentancur's goal which included a run and pass in the build up and then his run into the ManU box which took a defender out of position and opening up the space from which Bentancur scored.
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Part of the issue is not playing regularly - his last run of games was when on loan at Norwich as Conte ignored him. Yesterday was a lot more reminiscent of Skipp playing at Norwich or before that in Spurs youth - he's primarily a DM who has a decent range of long range passing (which will suite Ange as Skipp can ping long balls to a full back going forward or to a forward) and he's quite happy to get into advanced positions when Spurs are in possession where Spurs have got another player in the DM spot.
Hojbjerg is clearly moving on at some stage, his contract runs out in June 2025, as much because when he first came to Spurs he was our main midfielder but we've now got better players so he's no longer a guaranteed starter. Hopefully Skipp can get some of his starts in the next month before Sarr and Bissouma come back from AFCON so he can get more confidence to become a reliable member of the squad.
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Part of the issue is not playing regularly - his last run of games was when on loan at Norwich as Conte ignored him. Yesterday was a lot more reminiscent of Skipp playing at Norwich or before that in Spurs youth - he's primarily a DM who has a decent range of long range passing (which will suite Ange as Skipp can ping long balls to a full back going forward or to a forward) and he's quite happy to get into advanced positions when Spurs are in possession where Spurs have got another player in the DM spot.
Hojbjerg is clearly moving on at some stage, his contract runs out in June 2025, as much because when he first came to Spurs he was our main midfielder but we've now got better players so he's no longer a guaranteed starter. Hopefully Skipp can get some of his starts in the next month before Sarr and Bissouma come back from AFCON so he can get more confidence to become a reliable member of the squad.
Looked a different player yesterday. Well done Skippy. Hopefully something to build on.
Happy for him yday, his best game since Milan probably. He's looked poor in many appearances this season. Looked better recieving the ball and looked for it a bit more often than he has been recently. That pass to
Werner was delicious, need more moments of quality from him throughout games if he's to
be a part of things going forward.
Werner was delicious, need more moments of quality from him throughout games if he's to
be a part of things going forward.
Looked good when he came on against City. Very positive play.
Does he have a future at this club? I think given a run he would be fantastic at the base of a 433
Rumours are he’s been seen on a Yacht in the Caribbean with Princess Kate…
Why would you think that out of curiosity?
Now that Ange has a higher number of fit players, all chomping at the bit, I reckon Skippy's found himself sitting just below 'substitute level'? I've not heard of any injury, but of course he could have had a knock or a strain - and nobody's asked the question?
