We should get this guy to come to the opening of the new stadium!!hahaha.. got so carried away with the stadium I missed this.
Better late than never, but the little fella was doing his stuff in another thread
There is a reason i left out his last name...
Been thinking the same myself. Plus I would like to see Eric Dier the opportunity to push on. One of several young players who impressed me last season.Why do I have a feeling Toby will play more DM than CB...
Happy with this signing ! I think this is the first good signing by Pochettino for us. Normally will prefer us to sign players from big clubs. Even though we are signing him from Southampton but atleast Alderweireld has played for Ajax and Atletico Madrid. I think this is the sort of signing that will improve us as he is an established international. Hopefully Alderweireld and Vertonghen will improve our defence next season.
But regardless of how he will play, I think we will have problem spelling or pronouncing his name as Alderweireld ! Already looks like a difficult task !
We signed him from Atletico Madrid!
I mean the club he last played for !
When we were originally linked with getting this guy many questioned the logic saying that we were well stocked in CBs and that the issue was the midfield as to why we looked so vulnerable at the back.
The fact is we conceded the most goals in the top 13 last season in the PL (according to a stat I heard yesterday) and I don't accept this was just down to the midfield - none of our CBs and I include Verts in this performed that well at all. TA is a very good CB and will walk into our first team and will strengthen at the back.
If we'd had his solidity last season Id suggest our goals against column would have been a hell of a lot better, and would have been seriously looking at top 4....
vertonghen and alderweireld win percentage as partners... 70.7%
vertonghen and fazio win percentage as partners.. 69%
IMPROVEMENT!
Very pleased with signing...welcome toby!
Now we just need to tie up James, Gordon and Thomas the tank...
Fat controller anyone?
You cant seriously use Eredivisie stats. You might well mention how many goals Steffen Freund scored for his school team.
I think Alder should be the new Verts or Pav
We managed to go with Poch, rather than Soton's 'MoPo', so hopefully we can be a bit more classy than their overfamiliar 'Toby' too.