Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Over 100 games since he last scored, and that goal was against the same goalkeeper!Alderweireld must be thinking if only Eriksen could whip in corners like De Bruyne so he could get a few goals in a Tottenham shirt too!!
Over 100 games since he last scored, and that goal was against the same goalkeeper!Alderweireld must be thinking if only Eriksen could whip in corners like De Bruyne so he could get a few goals in a Tottenham shirt too!!
Apparently we're averaging 7 corners a game, so around one goal every 700 corners.Over 100 games since he last scored, and that goal was against the same goalkeeper!
Or play for a guy who knows how to corral old tortoises.Needs to fudge off
If you look at the financial drivers and aspects around the club at the moment, it’s clear Levy didn’t want to/couldn’t afford to just churn the whole playing staff over in a 12-18 month window.
Levy still sees value in the investments made in our squad, regardless of their (not ridiculous) ages.
Poch was fudged though with a squad with an average age of 28/29, not <24 as they can’t run like he demands (and they were already broken from doing it for 5 years for him). Compare Poch and Dembele, to Redknapps Indian summer from Ledley.
I have to believe that Mourinhos more reserved and tactically cuter way of playing appealed to Levy for the reasons above. Not flogging his players into the ground like carthorses, has to be an attractive proposition to the money men who don’t want a bag of broken bones thrown back at them.
Therefore, I totally see Jose utilising so many of the players who were burnt out under Poch.
Toby and Jan could do an amazing job still if they aren’t being stretched out, and do have a midfield shield which is tactically and positionaly astute - not missing in action or also running around like headless chickens. They are both brilliant footballers, passers and clever defenders - they just aren’t going to want to leave space in behind with a constant high line and be forced to get into many foot races against Daniel James for example!
Cant say I’m surprised, didn’t Dembele come out recently and say his body couldn’t cope anymore with Poch’s intensive training and asked for the transfer to China, a few of the older players probably feeling the same.
He did. Rode him like a Blackpool donkey until he couldn’t take anymore.Cant say I’m surprised, didn’t Dembele come out recently and say his body couldn’t cope anymore with Poch’s intensive training and asked for the transfer to China, a few of the older players probably feeling the same.
Jose Mourinho replaced the Tottenham boss last week and all of a sudden it would appear as if Alderweireld's future at Spurs is a lot less gloomy.
Speaking to Belgian outlet HLN, he said: "I am happy that I’m playing. I’m proud to work with a manager that has won it all. I am grateful that I can become a better player under him. I want to repay him for the faith he has shown in me."
Alderweireld really needs to improve to deserve an extension, as it stands Im quite "meh" on the idea of him staying.
Of the two I much prefer the idea of keeping Vertonghen, I think he still has more in the tank