Nkoudou: Dembele has told me to 'work harder'

[mawspurs]

Georges-Kevin Nkoudou says Mousa Dembélé has been encouraging him to "work harder" to win a place in the Tottenham team.

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[kursaal]

Hopefully he will kick on next season.

 

[Col_M]

Little shit. Why is he using quotation marks?! No room for sarcasm or complacen at this stage of the season.

 

[gloryglory]

This is all good to hear, but on the rare occasions we've seen more than the briefest glimpse of him, it's not been the application that is the problem, it's the end product.

That said, we've seen so little that I'm definitely still reserving judgement. And we're not an easy team to break into. Maybe if his attitude was wrong but now it's improved, he might get the run in the team he needs to show his quality.

 

[longtimespur]

Great to hear he's making the effort required by Poch and co. Hope he continues to progress and add needed pace to our attack when we move to Wembley next season. Bigger pitch with more room for wide men. Team just needs to adapt to it.

 

[bubble07]

And when the best player you’ve played with, a guy who has everything, both feet, the physicality, the technique, tells you that, you listen.

 

[Roynie]

It's good that a senior player is taking an interest and telling the younger players that. It does show leadership and it's something we have been lacking on the pitch.

 

[JC-Rule]

Where would he be introduced and who realistically could be dropped to accommodate him.

Of course the players need rotation, but when i look at our strongest team line up this year, I can't see where he could break in.

He could only really replace Son, but even Son wouldn't make the strongest 11.

Oh well, it more like the League and FA cup games for now mate.

 

[Roynie]

Where would he be introduced and who realistically could be dropped to accommodate him.

Of course the players need rotation, but when i look at our strongest team line up this year, I can't see where he could break in.

He could only really replace Son, but even Son wouldn't make the strongest 11.

Oh well, it more like the League and FA cup games for now mate.

With a bit more playing time and, therefore, experience, he will increase our strength in depth and hopefully become a contender for a spot in the first eleven.

 

[diamondlight]

Where would he be introduced and who realistically could be dropped to accommodate him.

Of course the players need rotation, but when i look at our strongest team line up this year, I can't see where he could break in.

You're missing the point, I think. He's currently not working hard enough to break in. But if he works harder and improves, then he can break in. If NKoudou reaches the standard of, say, Hazard, then we'd drop any of our forward players to accommodate him.

 

[sak11]

It's good that a senior player is taking an interest and telling the younger players that. It does show leadership and it's something we have been lacking on the pitch.

I would say it even more relevant that Dembele was in the same position in the first year under Poch... he put in the hard yards and look at him now

 

[gloryglory]

And when the best player you’ve played with, a guy who has everything, both feet, the physicality, the technique, tells you that, you listen.

It's odd though that of all the qualities of Dembele he picks out "both feet". This is the man who JUST scored his first right footed goal in English football.