Harry Winks

[StephenH]

"he offers something completely different to our centre mids and Englands."

It's called mobility.

 

[Cochise]

After that turn, i was expecting to see him turn it on, but he had another tepid performance. Fair to say the whole team weren't at it yesterday though.

 

[StephenH]

After that turn, i was expecting to see him turn it on, but he had another tepid performance. Fair to say the whole team weren't at it yesterday though.

But he and Wanyama are both ‘coming back’ from big injuries so I’ll cut them some slack!

 

[parklane1]

But he and Wanyama are both ‘coming back’ from big injuries so I’ll cut them some slack!

To much sense in that for some.

 

[Robspur12]

loved this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1046146486256488453

That’s how you beat the press when you don’t have the strength of the Moose. Moves the ball quickly too when out of the turn. We need him back and fit.

 

[SteveAWOL]

That’s how you beat the press when you don’t have the strength of the Moose. Moves the ball quickly too when out of the turn. We need him back and fit.

Hopefully by the end of this season Winks will be fully fit and orchestrating our midfield like Modric used to.

 

[Rorschach]

That’s how you beat the press when you don’t have the strength of the Moose. Moves the ball quickly too when out of the turn. We need him back and fit.

Very Dembele like turn actually.

 

[the dza]

But he and Wanyama are both ‘coming back’ from big injuries so I’ll cut them some slack!

They both need an injury free run of games. Big Vic has been very poor lately, but maybe another 5-10 games under his belt and he'll return to his old self? I hope so.

 

[BrainOfLevy]

They both need an injury free run of games. Big Vic has been very poor lately, but maybe another 5-10 games under his belt and he'll return to his old self? I hope so.

I thought he looked like he was getting there vs Huddersfield. He had the tendency to completely dally on the ball and look way off the pace when he’s out of form, but when he’s had a run he’s dominant and hard to beat, and does the simple things well. Another player that had been written off as not much use in our squad but if we can get him injury free with a run of games...it wasn’t too long ago he wasn’t dominating the likes of Pep’s City in midfield.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Watched the game in the pub and people kept talking to me (who the hell do they think they are?!?!?), but did Winks get better as the game went on? First half he was a bit dodgy, but 2nd half I noticed he seemed to do a lot of good things when my attention wasn’t being rudely diverted away from the game!

Would be great if he returns to form / fitness.

 

[indospurs]

we need a fit and confident Winks, for now and the future - he had a serious injury last season, and is just coming back from another one recently

Time, the one thing we seems short on is the one thing players coming back needs

 

[Gutter Boy]

Watched the game in the pub and people kept talking to me (who the hell do they think they are?!?!?), but did Winks get better as the game went on? First half he was a bit dodgy, but 2nd half I noticed he seemed to do a lot of good things when my attention wasn’t being rudely diverted away from the game!

Would be great if he returns to form / fitness.

He really started bossing it in the last quarter. That kind of coincided with Dier replacing Wanyama next to him.

 

[Ade's folks are ok really]

He really started bossing it in the last quarter. That kind of coincided with Dier replacing Wanyama next to him.

Or was it it more that Barca knew they could drop off their pressing game a little which caused such panic amongst Winks and Wanyama in first half, afford us the ball more in midfield, all safe in the knowledge that we were leaving huge spaces by throwing everything at them, that they could easily use to pick us off.

Which they duly did.

 

[scaramanga]

Or was it it more that Barca knew they could drop off their pressing game a little which caused such panic amongst Winks and Wanyama in first half, afford us the ball more in midfield, all safe in the knowledge that we were leaving huge spaces by throwing everything at them, that they could easily use to pick us off.

Which they duly did.

No, it's because they got scared of being near the ball in our midfield:

 

[r-u-s-x]

Wheelchair has made a career off of a game like Winks had in the second half.

 

[Baleforce]

Dier is so hard the rat injured himself trying to bite him

 

[braineclipse]

Grew nicely into the game. Tough game defensively with our injuries and attacking setup, but he did about as well as can be expected given he's still returning from injury.

Needs more of those very good moments to be back to his best, but he's getting there. Hope he's fit enough to start regularly.

 

[r-u-s-x]

he has cracking acceleration, give him a run of games up to Christmas now and see if he can take the opportunity.

 

[mjc23]

There's a lot of potential there. He could be exactly what we're missing in midfield if he fulfils his promise. Hopefully he can get a good run of games and stay injury free.

 

[StephenH]

There's a lot of potential there. He could be exactly what I'm a missing in midfield if he fulfils his promise. Hopefully he can get a good run of games and stay injury free.

The important thing with Winksy is not to overplay him he must be allowed time to recover from the long layoff.

Bags of potential IF handled correctly needs a good young skilful partner similar to a midfielder at the skill levels of Dele.
Grealish would have been ideal IMHO