Kingdawson
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Re: Next Spurs Manager v.2
Not to partner Vertonghen as they're both left sided cb's.
I'd take Lescott
Not to partner Vertonghen as they're both left sided cb's.
I'd take Lescott
Well I want Garay, but alongside Vertonghen not instead of him. I don't see why we're all obsessed with replacing our best/good players on this board, why can't we keep them and replace the poor ones? I don't think any of those are quicker than Vertonghen by the way and I don't see it as a critical quality as long as the team is set up right. The likes of Cahill, Terry and Mertesacker have been amongst the best in the league this season but none are quicker than Vertonghen imo.
I'd take Lescott
I would take Lescott and Milner if they were both available. I tell you this, if we signed those two and got Garay to play CB and Bony in as well then the squad would be infinitely more balanced than it currently is and in a very good position to push on from this wreck of a season.
A bit of a winners experience and pedigree with those two and Garay would do us the world of good.
He asked who a good right sided cb was.
Sell Kaboul or Daws. Get in Garay or Lescott. Or if someone knows a good right sided central defender
Sell Siggy, go for Konoplyanka.
Sell Soldado, get Lukaku or Bony
Need a left back too. Shaw is prob too much
Yeah and I answered.
No defender will look good with this chocolate teapot midfield in front of them. No idea where this Lescott love in has come from either, have any of you lot seen him lately? No? Well there's a reason for that.
Indeed, he's at a club that has spent billions.
Yet Lescott cost more than their other three CBs combined so that argument doesn't really wash. In the few games he's actually played this season he's looked like bambi so was quickly dropped again. I think people underestimate systems, Chelsea played some kid today who'd never played a PL game before in his life, away to rampant Liverpool and he puts in a solid performance, not because he's better than all of our defenders, but because he's in a setup that doesn't leave their defenders woefully exposed like ours.
Yet Lescott cost more than their other three CBs combined so that argument doesn't really wash. In the few games he's actually played this season he's looked like bambi so was quickly dropped again. I think people underestimate systems, Chelsea played some kid today who'd never played a PL game before in his life, away to rampant Liverpool and he puts in a solid performance, not because he's better than all of our defenders, but because he's in a setup that doesn't leave their defenders woefully exposed like ours.
Who would you look to move on to make space for them?
I would move on Vertonghen and still take both Garay and Lescott. Dawson is someone would play in Europa Group stages and certain league games but certainly wouldn't be first choice. Kaboul would still be in my plans but needs a consistent run of fitness so depth is important.
Lescott can cover LB as well as CB so I would sell Rose and Naughton and bring Ekotto back unless we could secure a really decent option at LB.
I would probably look to move on one of Holtby/Sigurdsson in order to make space for Milner. Milner can play central or wide in a 4 or 3 so I quite like his versatility and work ethic. That will bring us something different to what we have at the moment. I also would move on Capoue as well, not sure he is good enough and not just another replica of what we already have.
I wouldn't sell anyone up top to accomodate Bony, I think we need 3-4 forwards and this season has proved it where we have been on a knife egde with Adebayor being an injury away from us dropping much further down the table.
Bit of an assumption that all us people underestimate systems. In fact most people bang on about it all the time, that we're not as bad as we look sometimes.