Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
But he goes LB in a back 4, not CB?
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Piero Hincapié
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But he goes LB in a back 4, not CB?
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Yes
But they play a 3
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Ok, thanks.
I'm just thinking of it in the context of where he'd end up in a more standard system, now the three CBs fad seems on the wane most places.
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
left centre back
Kandi1977
Tony Galvin
They definitely played 4 at the back yesterday, with Hincapie as LB. Looked like they sometimes did what City does, and pushed one of the defenders into midfield when they attacked, leaving 3 behind, with Hincapie again the one to the left.
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Every time I’ve seen them it’s been a back 3
And he does exactly what describe
I was randomly reading an article on the job that Alonso has done
Frimpong been flying at wing back
They have had some injuries though
Sure he had tah playing CCB
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Could work in a wonky back 4, say:
Porro---Romero--Dier/Ndicka--Hincapie?
Could also go wonky the other way with Royal and Udogie
Kandi1977
Tony Galvin
Denmark Spur
Alf Ramsey
BrentwoodSpur
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Terms would make sense
BrentwoodSpur
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Was more an observation on how we’ve been doing business recently and Romano’s apparent lack of credibility at the minute. I’m not sure he’s needed either
braineclipse
George Hunt
Left footed, natural left sided CB. Has also played quite a bit as a left back. And is really highly rated.
May not be our biggest priority, but a hybrid LB/CB player is a player we've needed for some time. Essentially a Ben Davies upgrade while also making us less reliable on VDV going into a season with a bunch of games.
If he's quality (I think he is) and capable of playing well both as a LB and CB (I think he can) it's a signing that makes all kinds of sense.
spurspinter1
John Lacy
A strong option in a back 3 and a first backup if VDV needs a rest. Let's say Porro picks up a knock and Spence is needed for a couple of games at RB, suddenly no genuine LB cover becomes a problem when we've got two big games a week. Frank spoke about wanting to be competitive across all fronts..
It's also future planning for Davies who can do a job in these positions, but realistically isn't going to be around much longer (not withstanding a potential coaching / staff involvement in the future). We want left footed players on that side of the pitch and this keeps us on the right shaped pegs for important games - I think a signing like this is to keep the consistent quality across the first XI that will have games thick and fast, plus inevitable flimflam with injuries because it's Spurs.
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Huge fee
Assume will want quite big wages
Agree we have a lack of left side options
Will mean we sell Philips and Dorrington I assume so another HG issue may emerge
I think it’s mad to not give Dragusin an opportunity but who knows there
I think we are one quality player short defensively. If we can get in someone of his quality then we have very good backup in all defensive positions as VDV can play LB aswell as Spence and Udogie and Spence can of course also play RB.
Always makes me laugh people on here complaining about quality additions, as if we have a whole squad full of quality in depth....
JerusalemMan
Christian Ziege
THis is bang on the money.
If we really are aiming to compete in multiple competitions, this is precisely the sort of signing and squad depth we need. Especially if defence is to be a strong base.
Hotspur75
Nicola Berti
Seven top quality players (Romero, VDV, Danso, Porro, Spence, Udogie, Hincapié) for four (or five) positions sounds pretty good, with lots of flexibility. Vuskovic to go out on loan - makes sense. But you wonder why we hold on to Davies, and why we signed Takai. And what the future will be for Dragusin.
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
And Vuskovic arrived as a LCB.
We'd be much better spending half that money on a specialist LB to rotate with Udogie.
Or perhaps because Hincapie is small, we'd only see him as a LB in this league? Although that's a lot of money for a rotation LB.