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This is all merely a reflection on the position, the individual's stye of play and the way the balance of our games are.....
It took years for Kane to establish universal acclaim as being amongst the elite in his position.
Romero simply hasn't played enough for us to be getting the kind of accolades you're showing him with.
You literally just said:
"I saw him in a back 4 for Argentina, he was still top notch. I was still hesitent cos it was copa America, which isn't on the level of the PL, but he's proving that it's not an outlier."
You acknowledge he was playing back 4 at a lower level..... How does playing in a 3 prove that said lower level wasn't a significant factor?
(I'm not gonna explain the obvious benefits of an additional CB is in this context..... I fear that would just be patronising.)
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That's a fair point, but even though the quality is a little lower, it's the general style and individual decisions and execution (things I mentioned like touch, consistency/accuracy of passing, 1v1s etc) that was still top level, which gives me the confidence that he can do it in the PL in a back 4 too. It's no exggeration to say that he (and De Paul, and the keeper) were the key to that copa America final victory.
It's not guaranteed, but given how he translated his play from a central role in a back 3 to a RCB, and a back 4 for Argentina, I don't see a reason to worry about at a "back 3 tax". Like I said, his current role at Spurs is probably the most conservative out of the three. He started super aggressive at Spurs too and collected yellows at his typical prodigious rate, but has completely sorted that out too.
So rather than greater freedom and defensive cover as a RCB in a back 3, he's getting less chances to maraude forward, and having to cover for Dier and Emerson, but still managing to replicate a lot of the aggression higher up the pitch that he has for Argentina.
I think over time you and others will come around to the idea that he's on the level of a VVD if not close to it.
I don't need to "come round" to the idea of him becoming a top player...... Just think he needs a far bigger body of work behind him to warrant the "best in the world" tag that you've bestowed upon him tonight.
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We missed him today
Then we better hope Lenglet hits the ground running or we buy a new LCB.
With Rodon and perhaps Tanganga out of the door, Sanchez may get quite a lot of playing time this season. I’m pessimistic about him.
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Pre-season this pre-season that but watching Real-Juve right now and Barca-Juve and City-Liv recently, they're several levels above what we've shown so far.
Much more crisp and accurate passing, more movement and combination plays, moment of individual quality, pace of play etc.
Night and day.
Much more crisp and accurate passing, more movement and combination plays, moment of individual quality, pace of play etc.
Night and day.
Watching the game now and saw clear improvement with Perisic over Sessegnon, also Doherty was our best RWB in pre season. It's hard not to get pissed with the loss but I think the team is doing well and we shouldn't be trying our best now tbh, let's avoid injuries and ovetraining and be on top form next week. COYS!
No problem with him playing CB or RCB if needed, he was good there last season. But as LCB he's a pain to watch.
Meh, nothing we haven’t seen before. We couldn’t beat teams that parked the bus last over the last several seasons and we still can’t. We still haven’t properly replaced Eriksen FFS
Maybe The branding arguement stands up for Korea and the USA... But isreal with its population of 10 mil... Not..
'twas hell. with humidity it was like 34c in the stadium, one of the hottest nights in the year. I was sweating like a hog just watching.
The match was crap. but who cares in pre-season. Bissouma and Perisic looked good. Sanchez had better days.
The matchday itself was pleasant. I was surprised with how many spurs faithful turned up. we had 2-3K behind the goal. I think the players were quite surprised and didn't get why there are spurs flags behind the goal.
I usually don't like the meetups with the local spurs supporters (part for my group of veterans) and a bit snobby dealing with them. But yesterday was ok I suppose because of the surprising amount of British Jews that turned up. The rumours of a silent immigration wave seem apt. I even saw Jewish chavs, that was a first anywhere for me.
Nearly kicked off with the Italians outside. low class pricks.
The match was crap. but who cares in pre-season. Bissouma and Perisic looked good. Sanchez had better days.
The matchday itself was pleasant. I was surprised with how many spurs faithful turned up. we had 2-3K behind the goal. I think the players were quite surprised and didn't get why there are spurs flags behind the goal.
I usually don't like the meetups with the local spurs supporters (part for my group of veterans) and a bit snobby dealing with them. But yesterday was ok I suppose because of the surprising amount of British Jews that turned up. The rumours of a silent immigration wave seem apt. I even saw Jewish chavs, that was a first anywhere for me.
Nearly kicked off with the Italians outside. low class pricks.
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I can't speak for anyone else, but personally I'm a bit depressed. We played a decent team last night and we just seemed to be the same-old-same-old. Reality returned to haunt me.
Perisic was nice and sparky though. Romero was good again. Richarlison looks like he's up for it and I'm clinging to the hope that some of the other new signings will show creativity when they've settled in, because too many of the current first team squad are unimaginative cloggers (for example, Royal, Doherty, Sessegnon and Sanchez can actually just go, as far as I'm concerned). Can't wait for Skippy to get back, too.
Knowing Spurs, I'm not holding my breath for the coming season.
Not panicking, but a long way from calm, too.
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Yeah, but Eriksen played in quite a few of those games over the years...just saying...
Totally agree! Relying on WBs for creativity is worrying. Don’t know what happened with Erickson but we should have gone all out to get him even if wages were high. We paid relative peanuts for nearly 7 seasons.
Alternative really now is Maddison. £50M plus winks or anyone else Leicester want. Problem is getting this type of player into contes system. Who even in the friendlies has rigidly stick to 5 at the back and 2 CM holders. Really does limi our attacking options.
Too late I was advocating that last season but conte doesn’t want him and it seems like he doesn’t trust these types of player. Although not sure if he is pushing for a play maker. We seem to have spent all summer chasing defenders and we got richarlison and the jury is out on him.
May be stick kulu as a 10?
Drop a bloody defender then and play 433