Lloris - Very lucky to have him, superb buy, top 3 GK in the league
Vorm - Decent back up
Friedel - Irrelevant, too old now anyway
Walker - He's ok, used to think he was average but he's not too bad, a decent fullback. Pace gets him out of situations but nevertheless he often doesn't get beat 1 v 1 and he's an attacking outlet
Yedlin - Haven't seen him enough, hope he's not a pace merchant and can actually defend and play, seems to spend more time in the gym than on the pitch
Vertonghen - Frustratingly inconsistent. On his day he's superb, on others he is lacklustre. Decent in the air with a reasonable reading of the game, he can't defend the wide areas well at all when he has to cover across. He's still the best we've got at CB, and we rely on him a lot in our build up play
Dier - I think he looks quite promising at CB, don't want to see him play FB again where he looks exposed, but seems to have a lot of good attributes, have high hopes tbh
Fazio - Slow and always seems to make at least one error per game. Good option against the physical teams though, as he's a unit
Chiriches - Has some qualities and looked promising at first, but for a prem CB he's too weak, small and over-confident, he'd do well in Italy or somewhere like that
Kaboul - Bit of a disaster, couldn't believe how overrated he was by Spurs fans during his injury, the guy is constantly out of position
Rose - Improved as of late, still a bit too reckless for me, not a fan of the 'type' of fullback he is
Davies - Underwhelming imo, started poorly, improved, and then went back to how he started. Young and I think he has the qualities to become a good LB, but his concentration is poor and his positioning needs to improve
Bentaleb - Our best CM by far. Decent under pressure, a crisp passer, keeps the ball well, good physically/defensively, and is more forward thinking recently
Mason - Very overrated by our fans, imo he's an average workhorse. He passes forward and is energetic which made a difference to our team at first, but the more you watch him, the poorer he looks. At least 3/4 times he's played a simple sideways pass off the pitch
Stambouli - Another average player at the club, a workhorse
Capoue - Decent player but doesn't suit Poch's style, too slow in everything he does
Dembele - I've always liked Dembele. Our second best CM although we need an improvement in the summer. Keeps the ball, good dribbler, vital in big matches where he allows us to retain possession. Shame that he lacks vision
Paulinho - Disgrace of a footballer, shocking how he's made it as a Brazilian international and a premiership player
Eriksen - Our most talented player. Needs to dominate games more, especially the big ones, but he finds space so well, clinical finisher, expert free-kick taker
Lamela - Talented but that's not enough and I don't think he'll make it here, especially as a winger, he's just too weak and slow. Seems to be allergic to making runs in behind or down the line
Townsend - Don't rate him, poor touch, one dimensional
Chadli - Decent player, eye for goal, strong lad with reasonable skill. In an ideal world he would be a great squad player but we're so poor atm that he's our best wide player
Kane- Meteoric rise really, didn't expect this at all. Apparently he's worked so so hard on his game the past 18 months and hopefully he continues to do so. Expert finisher, can take people on, holds it up better, decent link up, and I really hope this isn't a one off season for him
Soldado - Decent 'footballer', utterly useless striker
Adebayor - No time for him, turns up whenever he wants and when he does he's a good striker, but 90% of the time he's a waste of space
Lennon - Really not sure why we loaned him out unless he was disrupting harmony in the camp, regressed over the years but nevertheless our second best wide player
Holtby - Average player, literally in all areas
Carroll - Doubt he'll make it here, tidy player but too weak physically, hopefully he'll carve himself a prem career at Swansea or somewhere
Onomah > Dele Alli
An Honest Assesment Of Our Players
posted on 3/2/15
Using Ledleys way above
posted 16 minutes ago
My view:
Players who I'm happy with:
Lloris, Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane, Vorm.
Players who I'm "meh" about:
Davies, Rose, Stambouli, Capoue, Lamela, Soldado, Townsend, Mason, Fazio, Dembele
Players I'd happily sell/boot out:
Kaboul, Chiriches, Paulinho, Adebayor
posted on 3/2/15
This sharticle - awful, way too negative, try writing something positive for a change.
posted on 3/2/15
It's an opinion... Agree or not everyone allowed one!
( just needs to change his one on alli though )
posted on 3/2/15
comment by Billy The Yidd (U3924)
posted 26 minutes ago
This sharticle - awful, way too negative, try writing something positive for a change.
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Bit harsh, this article is far better than your numerous Liverpool ones IMO.
posted on 4/2/15
Lol....Honest = Negative.... what a negative article.
wasn't honest at all..you forget anything good about our players.
We have captain winners of Europa league, French League, Dutch League, players with Champions league experience. Recognised English players with bright futures, Top scoring midfielder in the league. Top scoring Englishman in all comps...etc.
All this and we don't pay over 100K a week
We don't have a stadium that seats over 40K
and weldon't have Champions League football....
I really don't know what you expect...
We may not be Barcelona in your eyes but we are not as bad as you make the players out to be.
posted on 4/2/15
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posted on 4/2/15
comment by Weare the Famous THFC .. Wembley here we come (U19211)
posted 31 seconds ago
Spot on Loavirgo
We just smashed 5 past Chelsea and got to a cup final and people just want to moan how average we are
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Yup.....No player is perfect...fast players usually are not strong, Defenders can't dribble. That's life. A team i combining the strengths of all the players and protecting the weaknesses. Thats the job of the manager.
I think we have a decent squad we are just 2 players away from being genuine Top 3 contenders.
Top Striker to share the load with Kane and a Top midfielder to unlock stubborn defences from deep in his half.
If we got those two players this team would raise their level a couple of notches.
posted on 4/2/15
Harsh on Mason, and a real case of not being able to see the wood for the trees IMO
Mason may not be world class but he has had a major impact on how we play and that should be commended in his first full season. We were slow and ponderous without him and Kane....looking at it from a team perspective instead of at an individual level, he's exactly what we need right now. He's one of those players who will rarely grab the limelight but makes a significant difference to the team.
Dembele I struggle with...the guy has all the talent in the world until he gets in a position where he can do some damage. Technically he's fantastic, but he needs to start taking the bull by the horns to show just how good he is.
Lamela I've defended for ages, having seen how good he was at Roma I always thought he would come good. Now I'm not so sure, he seems to need more time than he will get in the PL and that restricts him to flashes of brilliance mixed with running into blind alleys. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not sure that he will prove himself in this league.
posted on 4/2/15
Oh, and Yedlin...from what I've seen and read he has pace to burn but is very raw. The defensive side of his game appears to be a long way from what we need, I wouldn't be surprised to see him playing on the wing instead.
posted on 4/2/15
I t would be good to look at the squad and identify who can improve and who looks like they are on the decline..for me that would be a better reflection of our team and Poch
Decline for me is:
Kaboul
Friedel (can we really count him as a squad member?)
Ade
Possibly Soldado
Every other player in our squad has potential to improve.
With us sitting 5 points off 3rd, Cup final and knockout of Europa league. I would say the future seems decent.
My only fear is losing Eriksen in summer. That means trying to find 3 new players not just 2.
For once it seems to me we don't have a squad that can be easily ripped apart. I don't see many decent prospects (Kane, Mason, Bentaleb, Davies, Walker, Yedlin, Dier) in our team leaving any time soon.
Theres a good spread of players in Attack, Midfield and Defence which gives our club some degree of stability in personnel.