Player Watch Player Watch: Son Heung-min

Coyboy · Dec 10, 2017

ChristianBaler said:
"South Korean men are required to complete at least 21 months of military service before they turn 28, meaning Son can play abroad until July 2019, although there have been examples of delays and exemptions being granted.

Current conscription laws stipulate that athletes and sportsmen who win medals in the Olympic Games or gold medals in the Asian Games are handed exemptions but are still required to do four weeks of basic training.

Son, however, was part of the South Korean football team that suffered a heartbreaking quarter-final defeat to Honduras at Rio 2016 and missed out on a medal.

That means the last chance for Son to earn a guaranteed exemption is to help South Korea win the 2018 Asian Games. The tournament runs from August 18 to September 2, meaning he would miss the move into Tottenham’s new stadium at the start of the 2018/19 season."

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Should Son be called to fulfil his military service, it is highly unlikely he would be a ‘soldier’ with most professional footballers instead playing for the military team.

Such is the sensitivity of the issue in South Korea that Son will not answer questions about military service and it is hard to get information from his home country where the laws regarding conscription constantly change.

It means that while Spurs are well aware of the rules, the club are largely in the dark over whether or not the military service is likely to be completed while he is their player."

How fucking Spursy would it be if North Korea initiates hositlities with the South right before we are supposed to play in the CL final?

SUIYHA · Dec 10, 2017

mark_2017 said:
And also this guy.

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Operation Yewtree should install panic buttons behind the desk of club merchandise shops. If a grown man comes in and asks for something like that the staff can press the button to alert the authorities immediately.

lol · Dec 10, 2017

DJS said:
Like how Bale bulked up and has been constantly injured?

bale could already outmuscle players and had a much better core strength compared to son. your argument of using bale is the same as me saying, "like how cr7 bulked up and became the ultimate physical specimen?"

danielneeds said:
The British answer to all footballing problems which has seen England conquer the world with five World Cups and four European Championships.

no one ever said anything about turning him into wanyama. him and lamela needs to improve their core strength

tiger666 · Dec 10, 2017

lol said:
him and lamela needs to improve their core strength

Funny how you can spot this and our coaches can't.

lol · Dec 10, 2017

tiger666 said:
Funny how you can spot this and our coaches can't.

and yet there's no improvement

Mr Pink · Dec 10, 2017

Son has to start most games now. Becoming more consistent and his status from Poch's point of view is surely increasing.

Hakkz · Dec 10, 2017

lol said:
bale could already outmuscle players and had a much better core strength compared to son. your argument of using bale is the same as me saying, "like how cr7 bulked up and became the ultimate physical specimen?"

no one ever said anything about turning him into wanyama. him and lamela needs to improve their core strength

Zlatan is another example. He used to be quite skinny, then he turned into a beast physically.

slartibartfast · Dec 10, 2017

mark_2017 said:
And also this guy.

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I think his mate wants to punch you lol.

Led's Zeppelin · Dec 10, 2017

lol said:
and yet there's no improvement

No improvement in what?

Their performances?

No, you can't mean that. So what do you mean?

Lemon · Dec 10, 2017

More muscle requires more oxygen to support. If you are looking at Bale/Ronaldo then you are not considering their roles allow explosive attacking play, by largely forgoing defensive oxygen depletion.

This is why Dele and Eriksen suit our style so well, they are low muscle but strong core (or muscle strength to weight). It makes me wonder how a Salah or Mane would actually do, if like Kane/Dele/Son they had to deplete as much as our players defending.

Think Son could add a bit more strength, but wouldn't want to see muscle mass increase to any significant extent.

Lemon · Dec 10, 2017

Plus, I do think summer bulking has caused a lot of our player injuries.

They come back expected to match or exceed their baselines from the year before, carrying 5kg extra muscle. Think this has affected Dele most visibly this season.

Need to spray some 3% H2O2 into their lungs to accommodate that (joke, kind of).

lol · Dec 10, 2017

Led's Zeppelin said:
No improvement in what?

Their performances?

No, you can't mean that. So what do you mean?

improvement in core strength so you dont get knocked off balance that easily

tiger666 · Dec 10, 2017

lol said:
improvement in core strength

Have you examined him regularly?

DJS · Dec 10, 2017

lol said:
bale could already outmuscle players and had a much better core strength compared to son. your argument of using bale is the same as me saying, "like how cr7 bulked up and became the ultimate physical specimen?"

no one ever said anything about turning him into wanyama. him and lamela needs to improve their core strength

Please dont call Ronaldo CR7 as that is just well...*cringe*

Cravenspurs · Dec 10, 2017

Sons an amazing teammate. His love for Wimmer is on another level.

Post match hug

Pre match “he’s my man glare”

Credit to Reddit for these finds.

agrdavidsfan · Dec 10, 2017

We need to really give him a new contract and start playing him more or he’s well within his right to ask for a move.

He’s arguably the most naturally talented player at the club

Still can’t work out what footed he is and his pace is and him overall is criminally underrated

If he wasn’t South Korean he would be sure superstar

IGSpur · Dec 10, 2017

Cravenspurs said:
Sons an amazing teammate. His love for Wimmer is on another level.

Post match hug

Pre match “he’s my man glare”

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Credit to Reddit for these finds.

Winks got his own handshake too now?

glacierSpurs · Dec 10, 2017

So nice to see Lamela, Winks and Dier staying and catch up with Wimmer.. Even Lamela, I'm surprised actually..

rambu · Dec 10, 2017

Cravenspurs said:
Sons an amazing teammate. His love for Wimmer is on another level.

Post match hug

Pre match “he’s my man glare”

View attachment 34577

Credit to Reddit for these finds.

The way he put his head into Wimmer’s shoulder’s like a teenage girl hugging her big teddy, wtf :ROFLMAO:

Good vid

JollyHappy · Dec 10, 2017

When will he get a song?

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