Spurs also miss pace up front as, which make Spurs less effective on counter attacks. Lamela can dribble and so can Eriksen and, for a CF, Kane ain't a bad dribbler either.
But most of all Spurs need some added goals up front. Lacazette seem the be a combination somehow of Boufal and Ousmane.
Dembele just has that appreciation of space that very few players have - like Alli he knows where to be and when to arrive there. He could be 15 plus goals a season player. I'm just not sure Boufal would do that in the PL, even though I like him.
.. .I don't believe we will get dembele though
One of the ones that arrived on a free?Swansea's got players on £100k a week
Top news all around.http://www.squawka.com/news/batshuayis-priority-is-to-join-tottenham/657341?
Greg Stobart (who now works for Squawka) did a Q&A today, which involved discussion about our transfer plans. We want 3 players apparently.
He says Batshuayi is 'very, very close'.
Apparently Poch came to the realisation that our midfield options weren't good enough after the Dortmund game- Stobart says we want another 'powerful' midfielder. Also says that Bentaleb will leave
He also says we want another attacking player- I guess that is someone like Boufal or Dembele.
On contracts, he says Hugo, Kane, Jan, Eriksen and Lamela are all in discussions over new contracts- Eriksen has 'verbally agreed' a new one and he reckons now that Poch is staying, he will sign it very soon.
Disagree. I think we are great on the counter. Not only we do great on counters, but we do it the right way. We get to the other goal in 2 or 3 passes. It's more effective this way than what you want, with a pacy player running all the way. The ball moves faster than a player.
Lamela, Eriksen can dribble but they are not dribblers. A dribbler is someone like Robben, like Mahrez. Boufal is someone like that, and we don't have that characteristic on our squad.
Dembele is more like Onomah, Oduwa. A pacy player that dribbles with space. We need someone to unlock tight defenses.
Highly disagree with this. Thinking like this fails to understand any lessons from our previous failures or our current rise. It's about the collective, the group, the building of a team culture and ethos, and just ripping up the squad and adding loads of wonderkids from around the world isn't going to help.
Don't get me wrong, we have the perfect set up for a player like this, but we have been trumped many times before and the bigger boys still have a bigger sway despite our rise.In the past maybe, but we have a lot more to offer world class players now
here's hoping
So a midfield of Kroos and Gotze..
You meanie.@doctor stefan Freud and @thinktank
I wasn't trying to be informative, that's me being absolutely shocked that relegation battling Swansea have players on £100k a week.
@alexis has clarified it for me, but still a bit confused as to who that player is because I think their best player is Williams who I wouldn't mind as a backup but not on those wages.
@doctor stefan Freud and @thinktank
I wasn't trying to be informative, that's me being absolutely shocked that relegation battling Swansea have players on £100k a week.
@alexis has clarified it for me, but still a bit confused as to who that player is because I think their best player is Williams who I wouldn't mind as a backup but not on those wages.
Ayew will be on a lot, but they probably would have built a lot of it into a signing bonus, as they saved on a transfer fee.Spose Ayew is on a fair whack but doubt it's that much, Siggy likely on half that, nobody else I can think of...