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[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Yep. If anything, all the grappling, pulling and holding in the box shows that footballers are quite able to adapt. They will quickly adjust their game to new and improved refereeing as well.

Their managers would not want to lose games or players in games because of this type of foul play.

 

[parklane1]

Very

Last season was one of the hardest watches quality (or lack of) I have known

I have no doubt that the lesser teams have got better, but the better teams are undoubtedly getting worse. I would also argue the bang for buck in terms of quality versus spend is really poor. Chelsea, United, Liverpool for example should be much much better given their spending, regardless

The PL is a dreadful watch

N ail on the head. I love the game and Spurs but

 

[Ace Face]

Seem to remember reading that Brighton target strikers who are good in all metrics except finishing. They will be undervalued and they have a belief that is the area of a forwards game that can be developed with expirience.

So the fact he is already an elite finisher is huge.

Yes. Think Nicholas Jackson with finishing.

He could be a 120-150mil player by the end of the season.

 

[Finney Is Back]

The quality of football across the board has dropped. There are fewer flair players around, less improvisation and more mechanised play. There is more focus now on g/an and subtle play play is much less appreciated than it was.

There is more mechanised play yes but the quality of players has improved significantly. I know a fair few coaches who have been I. The game a long while and they say that previously you had footballers and athletes. Now you have to be both a great footballer and a great athlete to succeed. Player ball mastery has improved significantly but tactics and counter patterns develop so quickly that the defensive side of the game tends to outperform the attacking side.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

There is more mechanised play yes but the quality of players has improved significantly. I know a fair few coaches who have been I. The game a long while and they say that previously you had footballers and athletes. Now you have to be both a great footballer and a great athlete to succeed. Player ball mastery has improved significantly but tactics and counter patterns develop so quickly that the defensive side of the game tends to outperform the attacking side.

The "footballing" side has most definitely dropped off in place of athletics, there is much less emphasis on mastery with the ball at feet, range of passing, range of shooting, individual x factor and skill. Its a game built on stats and %'s. Thats why most coaches now all follow the same range of tactics and play the whole...........get the ball to the edge of the 6 yards box and buzz the ball across into the danger zone which creates the most chances statistically.

There is absolutely no mystery to why having 2 strikers and subsequently the lack of real depth globally on quality strikers. Its also one of the main reasons two of the top 6/7 players in this world cup, being lauded for turning up, are in their 40s

 

[Gutter Boy]

This could be relevant: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c93239v347qo

 

[SpurMeUp]

There is more mechanised play yes but the quality of players has improved significantly. I know a fair few coaches who have been I. The game a long while and they say that previously you had footballers and athletes. Now you have to be both a great footballer and a great athlete to succeed. Player ball mastery has improved significantly but tactics and counter patterns develop so quickly that the defensive side of the game tends to outperform the attacking side.

I don't think we got worse than we were, but the rest of the league improved massively, and we plateaued. Teams like Brighton trasported back 10 years, would be in contention to win the league. The quality of the midtable sides has drastically improved.

Yet we the PL is missing some flare players. The Ginolas etc - there are fewer skilled maverick players now.

 

[Bullet]

This could be relevant: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c93239v347qo

£25m is a LOT for Bournemouth to spend on Rodriguez. Their turnover is only a third of ours. That is like us spending £75m.
And this striker only got 7 goals last year, for Elche.

You guys say "we need to take gambles like Bournemouth do, we need to sign Kroupi before he becomes Kroupi" so put your money where your mouth is... would you rather we sign Kroupi for 75 or Rodriguez for 25?

 

[clownfoot]

I’m up for players not being allowed to go in to the six yard box until the ball has been kicked on corners.

I like the idea of this but it would just mean VAR checks to see if someone’s toe is on the line as the ball is kicked

 

[Gutter Boy]

I like the idea of this but it would just mean VAR checks to see if someone’s toe is on the line as the ball is kicked

Why not just give a foul if any part of the hand touches another player? Nice and simple to abide by and enforce.

 

[parklane1]

Why not just give a foul if any part of the hand touches another player? Nice and simple to abide by and enforce.

I do not disagree with you, however VAR will get that wrong as often as the do everything else

 

[metalgear]

kroupi is a smallish guy that has high mobility that operates between the lines and behind the defenders - not great at headers but defiinitely a specialist with the ball on the ground, i think its a risk we can take especially if we can bring the price down and tie it to performance outcomes

 

[Gutter Boy]

kroupi is a smallish guy that has high mobility that operates between the lines and behind the defenders - not great at headers but defiinitely a specialist with the ball on the ground, i think its a risk we can take especially if we can bring the price down and tie it to performance outcomes

He reminds me a bit of Robbie Keane style wise

 

[Push and run]

Why not just give a foul if any part of the hand touches another player? Nice and simple to abide by and enforce.

I think the no hands idea is good, given where the game is at the moment. Alternatively, refs could just apply the laws of the game and stop players using their body to block others unless the ball is within playing distance.

 

[Bullet]

£25m is a LOT for Bournemouth to spend on Rodriguez. Their turnover is only a third of ours. That is like us spending £75m.
And this striker only got 7 goals last year, for Elche.

You guys say "we need to take gambles like Bournemouth do, we need to sign Kroupi before he becomes Kroupi" so put your money where your mouth is... would you rather we sign Kroupi for 75 or Rodriguez for 25?

Anybody going to take this option for Rodriguez? Anyone still want Spurs to purchase players BEFORE they have a stellar season in the Prem?

 

[Raziel]

Anybody going to take this option for Rodriguez? Anyone still want Spurs to purchase players BEFORE they have a stellar season in the Prem?

No, top 6 clubs don't take punts or buy players that require 2 years to develop in certain positions (you can rotate in wide players, or give midfielders short runs)

If we want to be an elite club, 90M is where it's at now, and accept that some won't work out (People can point at how well United spent last summer for front line, but forget Anthony, Mount and a lot of others)

 

[mudshark]

He reminds me a bit of Robbie Keane style wise

But has he got the raggedy-cartwheel-and-forward-roll-then-get-up-and-smack-myself-in-the-face-with-a-longbow goal celebration? I'll bet he hasn't.

 

[Bishop]

Anybody going to take this option for Rodriguez? Anyone still want Spurs to purchase players BEFORE they have a stellar season in the Prem?

I don't know Rodriguez's game but yes I still want signings from abroad that haven't played in the PL before, because the signings we have made this summer are unsustainable in the long run and why should we be the only team buying solely from other PL teams? Arsenal and Emirates Marketing Project don't do that, neither did Liverpool and those 3 teams have won the last 10 leagues.

We should be buying the best and most suited player no matter where they are sourced from because it's only fear that stops us from identifying great potential outside of the league and bringing them in. If we stuck with the PL only mantra we would have never signed Modric, Son, Berbatov, Dier, Eriksen, Lloris, Kulu, VDVx2 etc, etc, etc. that doesn't even include the non PL British based players we've bought from the championship.

What you're suggesting will just raises our costs across the board constantly and eventually we would run out of the ability to actually compete for the PL signings. Sometimes you do actually need to identify and sign lesser heralded but future greats.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I don't know Rodriguez's game but yes I still want signings from abroad that haven't played in the PL before, because the signings we have made this summer are unsustainable in the long run and why should we be the only team buying solely from other PL teams? Arsenal and Emirates Marketing Project don't do that, neither did Liverpool and those 3 teams have won the last 10 leagues.

We should be buying the best and most suited player no matter where they are sourced from because it's only fear that stops us from identifying great potential outside of the league and bringing them in. If we stuck with the PL only mantra we would have never signed Modric, Son, Berbatov, Dier, Eriksen, Lloris, Kulu, VDVx2 etc, etc, etc. that doesn't even include the non PL British based players we've bought from the championship.

What you're suggesting will just raises our costs across the board constantly and eventually we would run out of the ability to actually compete for the PL signings. Sometimes you do actually need to identify and sign lesser heralded but future greats.

Woolwich had 6 players in their side they bought from PL clubs that have just won the league.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I don't know Rodriguez's game but yes I still want signings from abroad that haven't played in the PL before, because the signings we have made this summer are unsustainable in the long run and why should we be the only team buying solely from other PL teams? Arsenal and Emirates Marketing Project don't do that, neither did Liverpool and those 3 teams have won the last 10 leagues.

We should be buying the best and most suited player no matter where they are sourced from because it's only fear that stops us from identifying great potential outside of the league and bringing them in. If we stuck with the PL only mantra we would have never signed Modric, Son, Berbatov, Dier, Eriksen, Lloris, Kulu, VDVx2 etc, etc, etc. that doesn't even include the non PL British based players we've bought from the championship.

What you're suggesting will just raises our costs across the board constantly and eventually we would run out of the ability to actually compete for the PL signings. Sometimes you do actually need to identify and sign lesser heralded but future greats.

Some of the rhetoric and blanket statements for buying from abroad make me laugh, not PL proven, only done it in a farmers league, German League Tax, French players don't do it etc etc etc. If we worked to some of the rationale on here we wouldn't sign anyone ever