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Les Ferdinand
He probably played the best football of his career during the World Cup and has not even been as half as good since then bar one free kick in the league
Keeps doing that floaty curvy ball giving the attackers no chance, instead of whipping it with pace.
Keeps doing that floaty curvy ball giving the attackers no chance, instead of whipping it with pace.
Confidence.So what has happened to Trippier's famed crossing? We have not seen much of it this so far this season.
Confidence.
All Spurs players are very good at football, all can cross a ball, but some of them don't have the confidence (arrogance/balls/cojones) to whip a cross in ... because if they mibrick it and it goes behind, they get pelters
Please explain to me the reason behind Trippier's loss of confidence. During the summer he arguably played the best football of his career and has been no better than rank average ever since
Confidence has been shredded by the mauling he's received in the press and on social media for a whole series of defensive howlers this season, including:
- vs City last October (meekly conceded possession to Sterling for City's winner)
- vs Wolves last November (attempted nutmeg near edge of box allowing them back into the game),
- vs United in January (intercepted pass that led to their winner)
- vs Chelsea in February (farcical backpass to Lloris that turned into an og
He has confessed to over confidence, complacency and even arrogance following his success at the WC.
And people wonder while Llorente does not score many goals. He thrives on whipped crosses and one thing we seem to struggle with are whipping crosses into the box
Interesting that Ancelotti was quoted as saying that Trippier is a player they are interested in (along with another right back). Hopefully we can shift him in the summer
Surely if he manages to do a deal with The Lev he should go up in your estimations?He will go down in my opinion if he tries to sign that waste of space chav Tripper.
Surely if he manages to do a deal with The Lev he should go up in your estimations?
I thought he had a decent game too, but if players are spending their time and energy at this time of the season on potential moves away, it's easier to understand our collapse. There are rumours about Eriksen having agreed terms with Real Madrid too. This is a huge period for the club, and players should be fully focussed on our remaining games. There's not an international tournament this summer, so you'd think these things could wait a few weeks.Thought he played ok yesterday. A rare bright spark.
Having said that, I have no idea how reliable these reports are.