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Harry Winks - Leicester City

Kiedis

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The bloke is getting all sorts of abuse on twitter. Deservedly so.

Even fans of our rivals are shitting all over him.
 

DJS

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Lol he's had to delete his twitter account.

Serves him right.

He'll probably sell his sob story to The Sun now on how he was hounded off of twitter and his life in ruins etc, blah blah etc etc...
 

DJS

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And The Sun never misses an opportunity to be shits either and try to sabotage things just to sell their paper.
 

theShiznit

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Looking fitter all the time and more assured with every game, much more to come from Harry Mk II(y)
 

allpaths

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Think there's still so much more to come from him. Would love to see against a bus parking a 433 with a mid 3 of Dembele-winks-Alli and an attacking three of Son-Kane-Eriksen
 

theShiznit

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Think there's still so much more to come from him. Would love to see against a bus parking a 433 with a mid 3 of Dembele-winks-Alli and an attacking three of Son-Kane-Eriksen
I think when he feels he is a fixture in our midfield the confidence that comes with that will make him even better.

First choice CM for me, for Spurs and (less importantly) England.

Now his stamina is returning I hope he is not rotated so much.
 

allpaths

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I think when he feels he is a fixture in our midfield the confidence that comes with that will make him even better.

First choice CM for me, for Spurs and (less importantly) England.

Now his stamina is returning I hope he is not rotated so much.
Yeah, feel like he's played within himself a tad bit because: that's what has been required of him when he's played as the deepest middle midfielder, since we've just come through a whrilwind of a run of fixtures and since his match fitness isnt quite as sharp as he'd like to be.
 

buttons

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Both games v Madrid and tonight he’s essentially played alone in central midfield and absolutely bossed it. Incredible. That isn’t to understate the work done by Dele and Eriksen etc by the way...
 

davidmatzdorf

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When I first saw Harry Kane play, I though "talented, great movement and game intelligence, but just too slow to make it at the top level". Well, that was perceptive. Mind you, I was in good company.

But when I first saw Harry Winks, in his debut and then subsequent cameos, I thought "wow, fuckin' hell, what have we here?" Pochettino's management of Winks' career to date has been masterful, because he was inserted into the side at precisely the right moment.

Right from his first few passes, it was plain to me that he has something that virtually no England midfielders have: precision in his passing touch. He makes life easier for the player on the receiving end. It isn't flash or inspired, but it makes a whole team tick, because it protects possession, controls tempo and, over the course of 90 minutes, it frustrates and knackers the opposition.

The comparisons with Iniesta are not misplaced, nor (pace Arsenal-haters) are the comparisons with the young, pre-crocked Wilshere. If Gareth Southgate has a shred of sense - and I think he does - he will be making plans to build the entire England midfield around Winks for the next 10 years. Perhaps with a fit-again Wilshere as his backup.

It's not just that Winks is good. It's the specific kind of good he is. He has what England do not have, what we have not had since Carrick started to get old: a calming influence in the centre, with vision, precision, unflappability and an understanding of tempo.
 

DCSPUR

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First choice central midfielder at the club for me now. Fit the rest around him.

agree but fitness etc. needs to be managed....glad Poch didn't risk him from the start against goons. If he is 100% fit he starts but remember he is young/ still growing into his body....protect this guy...priceless to be honest
 
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