Sandro Tonali Official

[Lilbaz]

Just one question, is Tonali world class?

What do we mean by world class? If could he play for the best teams in the world? Dunno yet.

 

[Mikey10]

I would take that with a massive pinch of salt.

A friend of nearly 40 years with no axe to grind (he actually likes Tottenham - feels there is a lot of parallels between us and them).

Not to say he can’t be a much more consistent player with us. Here’s hoping…

 

[metalgear]

I'm surprised some of his simple passing is so off. I'm not expecting Xavi Alonso stuff...but c'mon

I'm imagining he's a cog in a machine type player. He had the midfield support at Saudi Sportswashing Machine with Guimares and JoeLinton taking on other skill sets and I think he'll get that here once everyone is settled.

I was hoping he'd be a player that would really impose himself and standout in games (I think Bentancur is more likely to be that tbh) but maybe that's a misjudgement on my part?

no he was an all action midfielder in italy, not just a system player, good first touch, great engine and burst of speed. we will see it in time i am confident

 

[robp135]

Just one question, is Tonali world class?

Not by my definition.

 

[robp135]

Pal who is a Toon season ticket holder is not surprised; said there was a massive drop off in Tonali’s performance anytime he didn’t have Bruno G alongside him; that he was a player for them who either performed well or terribly (no middle ground); and that he was prone to sulking/letting his head drop.

On his day brilliant, but don’t expect those days to come around too often in a season, according to him.

Fernandes can bring to the table what Bruno G does.

 

[Mikey10]

Fernandes can bring to the table what Bruno G does.

 

[Bishop]

Just one question, is Tonali world class?

No.

But then we have no world class players anyway.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Just one question, is Tonali world class?

No
He was and is better than what we had
He is very comparable to the CMs at a lot of the sides we want to compete with though
The fee reflected that and the prem tax

 

[Dicko]

He doesn't look fit yet. Our preseason was a bit of a mess in hindsight

 

[SteveAWOL]

No.

But then we have no world class players anyway.

Matheus Fernandes will become world class in the next couple of years, if we don’t hinder his development with our seemingly never ending negative spiral of course!!

 

[Roland Beurre]

The same Gary Neville who talks tactics but failed miserably as a manager? Can’t take that idiot seriously.

There's more to management than tactics, of course, but it's evident that Neville is a much better pundit than manager, particularly if you take the view that a pundit's main role is to generate engaging content rather than actually be "right".

 

[metalgear]

tonali still looked unfit losing so many duels today. how long before we see a fully fit tonali at his best?

 

[Mikey10]

tonali still looked unfit losing so many duels today. how long before we see a fully fit tonali at his best?

Looked dead on his feet for the last 30 minutes. I still haven’t heard a reason for this which washes.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Looked dead on his feet for the last 30 minutes. I still haven’t heard a reason for this which washes.

It’s odd
Because at Saudi Sportswashing Machine his role was the running

 

[billyiddo]

It’s odd
Because at Saudi Sportswashing Machine his role was the running

Finished last season really strongly too

 

[Rorschach]

It’s odd
Because at Saudi Sportswashing Machine his role was the running

He's been on the tinkle all summer

 

[Bedfordspurs]

He's been on the tinkle all summer

Why not
He is in the 100 club now

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

I thought he was much better today but yea he did seem to gas out in the second half.