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mightyspur

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I like Son, but he needs to improve his decision making at times. He's often caught in possession when he's dilly-dallying on the ball and sometimes in dangerous positions. That might just come from a change in leagues though, but he certainly brings a lot of energy to the team.

Shame he didn't score from the 1-2 with Lamela. That was a great move.
 
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LexingtonSpurs

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Love what Son brings to the team - he makes some great off-the-ball runs, where eventually players are going to see him and anticipate those runs.
 

rabbikeane

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Mar 29, 2005
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Hasn't he only won it once?

Was thinking of the coming years before he turn 30,
also thought this was the same award he won a year ago.
Seems it's not the main asian player award. From the winner list it seems they tend to have more focus on football actually played in asia rather than their players' performance in Europe
 

spurs-r-us

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I like his flicks and interplay, but still think he has a bit to do to adjust to the movement and pace of the league. Has been largely disappointing since returning from injury, but will be given plenty of time and rightly so.
 

Donki

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I like his flicks and interplay, but still think he has a bit to do to adjust to the movement and pace of the league. Has been largely disappointing since returning from injury, but will be given plenty of time and rightly so.

Sorry I cannot agree with that, I thought he was good against West Ham and decent yesterday.
 

Wheeler Dealer

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Jul 29, 2011
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Still not totally convinced that he is a £20M+ player, but time will only tell and probably a bit more patience is required.
 

aliyid

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Still not totally convinced that he is a £20M+ player, but time will only tell and probably a bit more patience is required.
Agree that just on talent he wouldn't be worth £20M+ but we'll make that back just from fans in Korea.

One thing I do like about him (aside from his energy levels) is that he's got a great knack of being in the right place at the right time. I just don't have any confidence yet that he'll develop that killer instinct he desperately needs in front of goal.
 

TaoistMonkey

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Start him against west brom. If we can get an early lead we can then sub him for lamela to hassle the shit out of them.
 

danielneeds

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Agree that just on talent he wouldn't be worth £20M+ but we'll make that back just from fans in Korea.

One thing I do like about him (aside from his energy levels) is that he's got a great knack of being in the right place at the right time. I just don't have any confidence yet that he'll develop that killer instinct he desperately needs in front of goal.
Couldn't disagree less - young, genuinely two footed, pacey, hard worker, intelligent. If that's not a 20m player I don't know what is.
 

DanielT

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showing a lot of promise and will come good over time but wish he'd cut down some of the unnecessary flicks and trying skills to turn on the halfway line
 

aliyid

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Couldn't disagree less - young, genuinely two footed, pacey, hard worker, intelligent. If that's not a 20m player I don't know what is.
Guess I'm still stuck in values outside the premiership where £20m gets you a game changer like David Silva, Negredo, Schurle or Douglas Costa going to Bayern rather than the premiership values of Luke Shaw for £30m or £25 for Adam Lallana.

Guess it's all relative...
Eriksen cost us £11m
Dier cost us £4m
Alli cost us £5m

Admittedly I had never heard of Son before we signed him. I do like him as a squad player but I wouldn't say that his pre-Spurs record would justify a £22m price tag
 

GutBucket

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Guess I'm still stuck in values outside the premiership where £20m gets you a game changer like David Silva, Negredo, Schurle or Douglas Costa going to Bayern rather than the premiership values of Luke Shaw for £30m or £25 for Adam Lallana.

Guess it's all relative...
Eriksen cost us £11m
Dier cost us £4m
Alli cost us £5m

Admittedly I had never heard of Son before we signed him. I do like him as a squad player but I wouldn't say that his pre-Spurs record would justify a £22m price tag

But compare their wages to what Son is earning here. Big difference between 20m and ~50k wages and 20m and 150k.
 
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