Nathan from The Extra Inch put out an analysis video on VdV (it’s behind their Patreon paywall which is well worth paying for if you like the data and tactics side of things) and seems to think that the bad in the air part might be more to do with how aerial duel wins and losses are counted...
Two years left of his deal and about to turn 28. He still has a decent level market value as well.
You really don't want any player who retains value to run down to their last year of contract so we've got to decide whether we see him as a long term member of Ange's iteration of Spurs or we...
It's a weird one this. For all his highlights I just don't think he's got much evidence that he can consistently put that together into being a high quality attacking player. Having had a looked through his data it's....really weird.
He dribbles loads (which is good) at a high success rate...
I think Maddison’s creativity is a little overrated. A lot of his chances created and assists come from set pieces - which is good because he’s a really good set piece taker - but doesn’t necessarily add an enormous amount to us. I don’t have the numbers to hand but say he monopolises set pieces...
He’s a really, really good fit for the system that Ange will want to play. Not quite an 8 not quite a 10 and with a knack of storming the box.
My concern is that even in his really good season at Palace his passing ain’t all that which limits his ceiling as a player.
If there’s a deal to be...
Unless I’ve missed something the only link is some guy on Twitter making it up as a joke. Nobody else has even referenced it? Couldn’t see anything in the ITK thread either?
Brentford did try to take Spence on loan in January tbf. Think they wanted an option though and we didn’t so not the wildest idea if we are going to let Spence go they’d be likely takers.
There’s something to be said of having players who understand the system they’re supposed to be playing even if they’re not of the very highest quality. Ryan Mason was never the best player but he immediately got what Pochettino asked him to do and that allowed him to do a job until we...
Would he not deserve credit for developing those players though? Not like they were prime established players. Sounds like the same argument that actually Poch didn’t do that good job with us because he had Kane, Dele, Dembele etc. when of course you never know what those players would have been...
I was very much up for Potter in summer 2021. Still think he’s a good coach who wants to play good modern football. Would not shock me to see him take Crystal Palace to 8th next season or similar.
But for a catalogue of reasons absolutely not for us this summer. We are a mess - he’s just failed...
But the Celtic job isn’t the only job Ange has had. I am not pretending to have watched any of it but he’s credited of doing a transformation in jobs in Japan and Australia and those were not the biggest teams in their league. Yes those were even lower level but it’s not like he’s just managed...
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