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Radu Drăgușin

Obviously its early days here for him but he did what he needed to do and looked assured while doing it. It must not be easy for him coming into a game when the player he replaced is getting a reputation as one of the best CBs in the league.
 
parklane1 said:
Obviously its early days here for him but he did what he needed to do and looked assured while doing it. It must not be easy for him coming into a game when the player he replaced is getting a reputation as one of the best CBs in the league.
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You know, having seen a couple of interviews with Dragusin and seen how he (allegedly) conducted himself during his transfer, I suspect that he views that as a challenge -- to come in and do as well as VdV, maybe even take either his or Romero's place on merit.

As people have said, he had it relatively easy against a tired Villa side down to 10 men and with their heads down, but he did all that could be asked of him. The silver lining of VdV's injury (assuming it's more serious than just a slight knock) is that we'll get to see how Dragusin does.
 
I thought he outstanding
he passed really well and with control
he broke forward A few times and showed his pace
and he had every villa attacker in his pocket when they actually tried to attack
micky is class but with the aspirations we have we really need to be smart around what we do next season with the young CBs we have as we need 4 Hugh quality ones
 
FatBloke said:
You know, having seen a couple of interviews with Dragusin and seen how he (allegedly) conducted himself during his transfer, I suspect that he views that as a challenge -- to come in and do as well as VdV, maybe even take either his or Romero's place on merit.

As people have said, he had it relatively easy against a tired Villa side down to 10 men and with their heads down, but he did all that could be asked of him. The silver lining of VdV's injury (assuming it's more serious than just a slight knock) is that we'll get to see how Dragusin does.
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Tbf it was 0-0 and 11 v 11 when he came on.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Tbf it was 0-0 and 11 v 11 when he came on.
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Okay, I thought he was on just after the second goal, but it seems not. Subbed on at 49 minutes, 50 the first goal, 53 the second, 65 the McGinn red. Still, he'd have had a much tougher last half hour against 11 men.
 
A small excerpt from the Athletic re Dragusin. Emerson Royal level of professionalism and self-improvement. Looks like we have ourselves a gem of a player.

Even by the standard of modern footballers, Dragusin is a perfectionist with his physical condition. He weighs his own food, measures his own sleep, and likes to go to the gym before and after training if he can. When Dragusin, who has one year left on a degree course in Romania, is not playing, he likes to play chess — a passion he shares with Eric Dier, the man he effectively replaced in the January window when Dier left Spurs for Bayern.

He pores over footage of his own game, analysing his mistakes and finding areas to improve. From the very start of his career, when he left Romania for Juventus as a teenager, it was this relentless mentality that marked him out.
 
alekaras said:
A small excerpt from the Athletic re Dragusin. Emerson Royal level of professionalism and self-improvement. Looks like we have ourselves a gem of a player.

Even by the standard of modern footballers, Dragusin is a perfectionist with his physical condition. He weighs his own food, measures his own sleep, and likes to go to the gym before and after training if he can. When Dragusin, who has one year left on a degree course in Romania, is not playing, he likes to play chess — a passion he shares with Eric Dier, the man he effectively replaced in the January window when Dier left Spurs for Bayern.

He pores over footage of his own game, analysing his mistakes and finding areas to improve. From the very start of his career, when he left Romania for Juventus as a teenager, it was this relentless mentality that marked him out.
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Sounds really good. Looks likely that he'll get a start against Fulham. Will be good for him and nice for us to get another look at what he can do.

If that's his attitude and he keeps that up he could become a top class player.
 
alekaras said:
A small excerpt from the Athletic re Dragusin. Emerson Royal level of professionalism and self-improvement. Looks like we have ourselves a gem of a player.

Even by the standard of modern footballers, Dragusin is a perfectionist with his physical condition. He weighs his own food, measures his own sleep, and likes to go to the gym before and after training if he can. When Dragusin, who has one year left on a degree course in Romania, is not playing, he likes to play chess — a passion he shares with Eric Dier, the man he effectively replaced in the January window when Dier left Spurs for Bayern.

He pores over footage of his own game, analysing his mistakes and finding areas to improve. From the very start of his career, when he left Romania for Juventus as a teenager, it was this relentless mentality that marked him out.
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Weighs his own food and measures his own sleep? What does he do if it doesn't measure up? Goes back to bed with a bag of peanuts?
 
alekaras said:
A small excerpt from the Athletic re Dragusin. Emerson Royal level of professionalism and self-improvement. Looks like we have ourselves a gem of a player.

Even by the standard of modern footballers, Dragusin is a perfectionist with his physical condition. He weighs his own food, measures his own sleep, and likes to go to the gym before and after training if he can. When Dragusin, who has one year left on a degree course in Romania, is not playing, he likes to play chess — a passion he shares with Eric Dier, the man he effectively replaced in the January window when Dier left Spurs for Bayern.

He pores over footage of his own game, analysing his mistakes and finding areas to improve. From the very start of his career, when he left Romania for Juventus as a teenager, it was this relentless mentality that marked him out.
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Dier should have spent his time trying to become a better footballer.
 
"It's fair to say if we'd have had him for the first half of the season things would have been different" - Comment from Ange to the Spurs PR team post match.

I completely agree with this and have near enough said the same myself. Yesterday was an odd game / night but at least Dragusin has a positive performance, hopefully he gets another start and feels wanted moving in to next season. The quote from Ange definitely suggests that he is as well as possibly being a bit of a shot at the board. The whole game plan appeared to be just really hoping that VDV settled in quickly and consequently hoping that neither him nor Romero picked up an injury.

Dragusin can be a massive player for us next season, and although it isn't hugely consequential a couple of starts at the end might convince the slimy agent to stfu.
 
billyiddo said:
Put in a good performance i thought, showed himself to be pretty quick in a couple of instances running back as well.
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A few too many poor decisions/executions on the ball, other than that a solid performance. Hopefully he'll improve on the ball, but already looking like the best backup CB we've had in a long time and with a lot of room for further improvement.
 
spurspinter1 said:
"It's fair to say if we'd have had him for the first half of the season things would have been different" - Comment from Ange to the Spurs PR team post match.

I completely agree with this and have near enough said the same myself. Yesterday was an odd game / night but at least Dragusin has a positive performance, hopefully he gets another start and feels wanted moving in to next season. The quote from Ange definitely suggests that he is as well as possibly being a bit of a shot at the board. The whole game plan appeared to be just really hoping that VDV settled in quickly and consequently hoping that neither him nor Romero picked up an injury.

Dragusin can be a massive player for us next season, and although it isn't hugely consequential a couple of starts at the end might convince the slimy agent to stfu.
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Not sure I agree with that. When we signed him we had won pretty much every game and were top of the league.

Not Dragu’s fault the collapse since obviously, but our issues have been since the winter window.
 
I thought he played great yesterday.
After the Arsenal game i had been hoping we'd put VDV on the left and him in the middle to at least make us more solid in terms of defending set-pieces.

Hopefully he plays again on Sunday
 
If Romero and/or Dragusin can play right back, that would potentially mean a lot of options for flexibility and playing time - 4 from 5 of Porro, Romero, Dragusin, VdV, Udogie. And Davies to come in when required too.
 
glorygloryeze said:
I thought he played great yesterday.
After the Arsenal game i had been hoping we'd put VDV on the left and him in the middle to at least make us more solid in terms of defending set-pieces.

Hopefully he plays again on Sunday
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Yeah, though he played well. There were a couple of times he showed some real pace, and watching on my phone I thought it was VDV because of the speed. Had a couple of poor clearances, but overall, good game!
 
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