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Gus Poyet
What a cracking article on Winks Sissoko, and why it worked so well last night. Excellent perceptive writing.
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Bullet
Andy Thompson
Ha ha - love it. The Rolling Rock. Cheers.
JerusalemMan
Chris Perry
It's a great metaphor. And thinking of Sissoko's disruptive impact against Borussia, it's entirely accurate. They were panicked by him
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Personally, I think Sissoko is a ball winner and positionally disciplined, and Winks is Metronomic.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Winks is the definition of metronomic.
I'd say both are ball winners in a way - Winks in the Carrick/intercepting sense and Sissoko in the more aggressive sense.
And Winks' positioning is excellent. That night he single-handled anchored the midfield for us at the Bernabau - against Modric and Kroos - was incredible.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Compared to the best in his role Winks falls short, but he does play that role well. And he's better defensively than he gets credit for from some of the media.
Sissoko is a very good ball winner. Has improved his positioning and discipline greatly without losing that aggression and ability to charge around when needed/possible.
They're looking more and more like a very good partnership. Different skill sets, both offering different strengths, but without being too poor at anything.
Bullet
Andy Thompson
Well... which is it guys?
Can he outplay Modric and Kroos combined, or does he fall short at his tender age?
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
I agree with GB, he was brilliant in that game, and has been in others too. Still falls short compared to the best, but at 23 he can still improve and get more consistent.Well... which is it guys?
Can he outplay Modric and Kroos combined, or does he fall short at his tender age?
Well... which is it guys?
Can he outplay Modric and Kroos combined, or does he fall short at his tender age?
He played well in the Madrid game but that doesn't mean he dominated the midfield, we were over run for large spells and played on the counter for the most part
SteveAWOL
Chris Jones
Modric turned 23 during his his first season at Tottenham, so fingers crossed that Winks will improve as much over the next few seasons as the Croatian maestro did at the same age.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
tickle my balls with a feather, he has been held back by the injurys but there is a hell of a player there IF he can stay fit.
Robbo
Paul Walsh
Hope he didn't bump too hard.
yiddo37
Didier Zokora
So it turns out it was the dad who was fit for Wednesday!
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
I really thought this was the season he put his name on the map, now I think he is made of glass and sadly will be one of those players who only ever plays 15 games a season. Still like the lad but think we cant carry so many injury prone players in a squad.
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
He will be kept as he doesn't really take up a squad place with qualifying as homegrown.
We only are using 6 out of the 8 homegrown slots in our premier league squad and 5 out of 8 in the Champions League.
greatwhitenorf
Edgar Davids
That's so harsh. Have you always devoured the young?
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
He will be kept because he’s a brilliant player