braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Did you guys think he was much, if any, worse than Mason in the first half and overall today?
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Benjamin Stambouli - Sold to PSG
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LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
I don't think he can be good enough to ever be a top 4 player. In my opinion. But a good squad player. If he is happy with that.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
whats a "top 4 player" ?
LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
Somebody who will improve us. We have players that can take us to a top 6 finish. But we need some real talent to propel us. I don't think Benjamin is one of those from what I have seen of him. Early days though and I am happy to be proven wrong by him.
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
So was Crouch a top 4 player when at was at spurs?
Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
He's one of those players I just don't "get". Not really sure what he is or what he's supposed to be bringing to the team, I don't like the idea of bringing players to this club unless we think they're going to be a big part of our future(short, medium or long term), otherwise all they serve to do is block our kids from coming through. I'm pretty confident Veljkovic could do what Stambouli has done so far but it's still early days.
LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
Maybe the term top 4 player wasn't right. I suppose what I was trying to say was that he is not an improvement on what we have and isn't what we need to propel us back in to top 4 as far as our best 11 is concerned.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Met him today and had a drunken conversation
He is loving it at spurs
Incredibly humble by normal players standards
Really enjoyed the second half today but felt in the first half we couldmt get a foothold in the game
Eriksen and Lamella were either with sisters or have very young girlfriends
Lamellas warm down was more intense than most players warm up
Cochise
Steve Carr
Players that we have taken off us as opposed to ones we keep for years or sell.
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
poor ledley king
Rorschach
Ricky Villa
He was absolutely awful in the first half and really should have been hooked at half time. He was a lot better in the 2nd half but nothing special either, just better than the first half. I just think he's going to struggle with his lack of mobility in this league. Hopefully he proves me wrong and adapts but I'm not sure Spurs can give him the time and platform he will need to do this.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
Poor first half with no support from the other midfielders
Very good second half when we got to strips with United system and our superior fitness shine through
He needs game and time and let see how he settles
Very good second half when we got to strips with United system and our superior fitness shine through
He needs game and time and let see how he settles
Cochise
Steve Carr
I guess King is an exception as he came up through the academy and loved the club. However let's not pretend that nearly every player we have had in the last few years that has been of top four quality has left. Keane and Berba both ditched us, Modric, Carrick and ofc Bale also went to title chasing teams. We could go further back and talk about Sheringham and Judas.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
By that definition, how many "top 4 players" have we had in our squads the years we've actually finished in the top 4?
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Important to remember with Stambouli that yesterday was only his second league start. Thought he did well in the second half after a rather poor first half. Still adapting I think and our team was far from settled. Looks decent and will probably improve.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
I really hope so, we have to find a player who will give cover to our CB's and he looks like he could be the man.
metalgear
Luka Modric
i like stambouli and thought him and mason were the best cb pairing we have. mind you this is one of his rare starts and against a very good man u midfield-attack. maybe there wasn't a youtube moment for him , but i thought man U looked unable to get things going in the midfield, opting to slide it out wide.
btw that high tackle on carrick - do you think it deserved a red ?
btw that high tackle on carrick - do you think it deserved a red ?
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Stambouli's lack of pace still concerns me, and I don't think I'll be reconciled to the bargain-bin nature of his signing for quite a while. However, I will happily admit that he seems like a great bloke, and that even though he's slow and does make defensive errors at times, he's probably still better than all our current CDM options for the role on the pitch he occupies, barring perhaps the Bentaleb-Mason duo.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Nice one. Stambouli has always come across well in interviews that I have seen/read.
Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
He came across as a really nice guy.
Spoke good English although he was texting in French
Security were trying to get us to move on but he was happy to pose for photos
We also met Mark Van Bommel before hand. His son is a spurs fan