Mrs Vert
Eidur Gudjohnsen
I agree, I only mean in giving Porro a rest sometimes
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Djed Spence
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I was laughing because I loved the guy and was a good shout, not because I disagreed with you
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SteveAWOL
Paul Stewart
Would be interesting but someone commented that almost all wide/wingers cut inside now, which mean when they turn in on Spence in the LB role, they turn in to his stronger side?
Either way, he should see plenty of game time, he's earned it.
Bedfordspurs
Terry Naylor
True
But Imagine if we had 2 right backs and 2 left backs
Instead we have him and a very very tired Porro
It catches up with players
No question .. all true
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Muttley
Neil Ruddock
Also, imagine an environment where a new manager comes in and makes wrong judgments some of the time.
What manager hasn't in the history of football?
Ange has definitely made his fair share.
Bedfordspurs
Terry Naylor
This isn’t about Ange
It’s about squad planning in the whole
Muttley
Neil Ruddock
It's about the utilisation of Djed by Ange over the manager's entire tenure. Some will think that Ange has managed the situation beautifully. I'm not one of those but do accept the Emerson Royal complexity. Ironically, Emerson barely played RB last season and had to do all his work for the team at centre half and left back. Davies has barely been seen at LB whereas Porro and Udogie have been pushed to lots of time in the red zone.
There was potentially another path to take leveraging Djed more.
Bedfordspurs
Terry Naylor
Muttley
Neil Ruddock
The payroll and the roster says 4, but I think it is OK to add the 5th when you can see an exit strategy for one. It would have been nice to bring one in for January. They could then assimilate between now and end of season and then hit the ground running next season. I reckon there is an adjustment period between joining and playing for a full-back because of Ange's system. Obviously, the upside is if they get the tactical system quickly and get involved.
We have 3 but Ange doesn't trust 1. We also have Gray and Davies who could play full back if needed.
Bedfordspurs
Terry Naylor
The roster doesn’t
The pay roll does.. assuming you mean Reggie, but he is not a player any manager here and wanted for 3 years so doesn’t count as an option IMO
He is a warm body and a training cone (like conte used to use players for)
Bedfordspurs
Terry Naylor
But that’s shifting the issue
Moving players out of position because of other issues is poor planning for the squad
ricky2tricky4city
Les Medley
I wouldn't mind some minutes with Porro playing ahead of Spence down the right tbh.
Especially with the lack of options there in the short term. We know Porro can deliver a ball in.
Plus those two are a bundle of energy.
Muttley
Neil Ruddock
Doesn't work that way for me. A Spurs managers job is to fully utilise the squad he is given between transfer windows. Because they often don't, it brings us so many issues over the years.
Most of the teams that we've played against in the EL and domestic cups, Reggie would walk into. He would also get into a lot of the bottom half PL teams. That means he's no liability. He was actually a very able deputy for Rico Henry last season.
He's definitely not elite though.