Player Watch Player Watch: James Maddison

[Erm33]

He's been a huge huge miss. Welcome back Madders.

 

[Joshua shepherd]

You can't play that midfield against any PL side.

Arsenal play with rice, odegaard and havertz, not sure it’s too different. I think it would be fine if we were chasing a game or really up against a low block and needed extra width.

 

[Hotspur88]

Cojones back on the line re him starting, it's a certainty from my end!

 

[mil1lion]

Will he be captain though or will Romero keep the armband. I guess the latter but having 2 of the leaders back is going to be key.

 

[jordibwoy]

Will he be captain though or will Romero keep the armband. I guess the latter but having 2 of the leaders back is going to be key.

Based on the article from Ali Gold, I'd expect Romero to wear it

 

[GetKaned]

You can’t play that midfield against city ….

They also said you cant play that high line football against City

 

[oobaties]

Cojones back on the line re him starting, it's a certainty from my end!

 

[npearl4spurs]

Cojones back on the line re him starting, it's a certainty from my end!

God rest ye merry gentleman

 

[Hotspur88]

I'll miss them, cannot believe he hasn't started. Watched his press conference yesterday and it smacked of him starting tonight. Genuinely can't believe he hasn't gone with him from the start.

 

[markt]

Great to see him back on the team sheet even if only from the bench for now

 

[rossdapep]

I'll miss them, cannot believe he hasn't started. Watched his press conference yesterday and it smacked of him starting tonight. Genuinely can't believe he hasn't gone with him from the start.

Perhaps the thinking is that we need a boost off the bench with others out.

If Maddison started and we were drawing or losing and Maddison tired around 60mins, then we kinda have a big dip.

May be better to have him on the bench to unleash

 

[Thenewcat]

Cojones back on the line re him starting, it's a certainty from my end!

As anyone who’s ever tried to do a 5 home bankers acca will know, if you put your balls on the line too often they will go sooner or later

 

[mdharris]

Im sure we’ll see him soon after halftime, particularly if a goal is needed.

Also, RIP H88’s cojones

 

[Locotoro]

I think today was a bit too soon for him.

But also I don't think we had any other option

 

[Tucker]

I think today was a bit too soon for him.

But also I don't think we had any other option

Wasn’t in the game at all unfortunately. Probably needs another week to ten days if we are all being honest.

 

[thebenjamin]

Looked incredibly rusty, unsurprisingly.

 

[Goldman]

Wasn’t in the game at all unfortunately. Probably needs another week to ten days if we are all being honest.

It was a tough game for him to return for. City are a different animal.

Hopefully he should find more joy in easier games to come. Maybe 30 mins against Brentford and 60-70 mins against Everton.

 

[Locotoro]

Wasn’t in the game at all unfortunately. Probably needs another week to ten days if we are all being honest.

Say 7-10 days without saying 7-10days

 

[JAYSTAR]

You can’t play that midfield against city ….

I'm sure you know best. Skipp and Hojbjerg are not mobile enough generally, so I'm glad Hojbjerg did ok. But the reality is that both Skipp and Hojbjerg make terrible errors and gift the ball to the oppo in dangerous positions. I would have gone with those three.

 

[Erm33]

We barely had the ball when he came on. Hard to tell much from that game today. City were really on it.