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  1. BigChiv9

    Archie Gray

    I think Gary says that Phil was the more talented and natural footballer capable of playing in more than one position. He suggests that this meant that Phil never got to specialise in one position which affected his development. It is also perhaps true that Gary had an unusually high dedication...
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    Djed Spence

    Indeed. He played at RB for Leeds when the regular RB was injured and did well enough to retain his place. I saw him play in midfield a few times in his last season at Leeds and was less convincing.
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    Fan Advisory Board

    I'll be interested to (hopefully) see what the changes to the first-team environment in the training centre actually entail and perhaps understand the thinking behind them.
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    Lucas Bergvall

    If anyone is interested, here is the link to the 'Football Critic' data. Despite my scepticism about what they show, it's interesting to compare Tonali and Bruno Guimares for passing, tackling etc. Football Critic
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Having spent a good few working years interpreting statistics to suit my agenda (or more correctly my boss' agenda) I tend to be sceptical of the value of football statistics. This one about errors leading to goals seems fairly clear cut but is it? I haven't seen anything which expresses the...
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    Djed Spence

    I thought Spence was okay. Certainly not the worst player in the England team. Clearly and understandably he had been instructed to come inside Gordon rather than to overlap. I think Shearer focused on him to avoid having to criticise the rather hopeless Anthony Gordon - didn't hear similar...
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    Cristian Romero

    I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but would we be looking to sign wide players like Savinho if RDZ is planning to play a back three, presumably with wing-backs providing the width?
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    Lucas Bergvall

    He was offered that option but instead asked to go on loan so that he could play regularly. I know, I know we're their employer and they'll do what we say whether they like it or not - that always works in football
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    Lucas Bergvall

    So ... what? Do we make them go out on loan even if they don't want to (can we even do that?) or simply ignore their wishes? We've seen nothing substantive to suggest that RDZ wants rid of Vuskovic or Bergvall (or anyone else for that matter). One of the things really makes me laugh is that one...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    The fact that he never seems to have been tested in a back four is enough for me to have severe reservations about his readiness for PL
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    Lucas Bergvall

    That might well be our preference but it seems clear that Vuskovic doesn't want to go out on loan again and it's quite possible that Bergvall won't either.
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    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I seem to remember it being generally accepted that Spurs had adopted a "Brighton - type" recruitment strategy, signing young players with potential to develop or sell on for a profit. Clearly that didn't work because the players signed under that strategy were mostly not good enough to cover...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    I wonder what is the source of the rumours that clubs such as Bayern, Dortmund, Barca etc. would like to sign him? "agent Pini Zahavi is encouraging Barcelona to pursue a deal for Tottenham center back Luka Vušković" "According to Florian Plettenberg, the agent of Tottenham defender Luka...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    That's exactly what I feel too. In fact since he went to Hamburg I've seen nothing that suggests that he (and by 'he' I mean him and his 'team') has any interest in Spurs. Now he expects us to guarantee him a starting place to allow him to build his profile and secure a move to one of the 'top'...
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    Daniel Levy - Former Chairman

    Potentially almost any signing might turn out to be a bad decision. I don't think that Van Hecke is inferior to what we already have, especially if Romero goes. Potentially I could be wrong.
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    Luka Vuskovic

    The key issue is does he want to slow down and let himself develop? I read that his international manager has said "He will decide his career himself with the people that manage him but it's important for him to find a club where he will play in the starting XI". I don't think he's going to get...
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    Ingerlund

    Well the start of the second half was much better but I felt that the longer the half went on, the more cautious we got. I had noticed that we had all 11 players about 30 yards from our goal just before the second equaliser and we were doing that again just before we broke for the 4th goal. I...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    I think the key thing is that he was playing in a back 3, as I believe he did at Hamburg. I know we've speculated that RDZ might want to do that but I think it's doubtful if we're looking to sign wingers. I'd need to be convinced that Vuskovic is capable of playing well in a back 4 before I'd be...
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    The Overlap - some interesting comments from Ange

    Not a huge fan of Postocoglu and particularly his revisionism and self justification. However, I saw the feature about Poch and Harry Kane on the ITV WC programme and was pleased to see how he immediately jumped in to refute Laura Woods suggestion that Kane had improved after going to Bayern...
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    Luka Vuskovic

    Millions of words have been written about how we have failed over the last ten years and who is to blame for it. Does anyone seriously think that we are currently 'deemed a top club'? Come to that when were we a really top club? Now we're miles away. Even if we are able to bridge that gap, it...
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