Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko
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If you were a girl I'd be all over this
But from your username I suspect you don't have the requisite equipment grrr
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We really do need to cut our losses with Sissoko.
I understand why we went for him because he potentially offered something a bit different but he just isn't up to it. At least when other players have an off day they put the effort in or make up for it in the next game but Sissoko just looks mentally either weak or deliberately lazy.
Either way I don't see any hope for him at Spurs and hope someone comes in for him before we have to hand over any more money to Newcastle.
I understand why we went for him because he potentially offered something a bit different but he just isn't up to it. At least when other players have an off day they put the effort in or make up for it in the next game but Sissoko just looks mentally either weak or deliberately lazy.
Either way I don't see any hope for him at Spurs and hope someone comes in for him before we have to hand over any more money to Newcastle.
yido_number1
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Time is on our side for the two you mentioned and they are adapting to a new league. Sissoko has no excuse. Poch said he was bought for the first team and hasn't troubled the reserves.
I agree in principal re. time being on our side, but as we saw with N'Jie last summer there's a decent possibility that they will both be moved on and replaced in the summer too
Sissoko has just done what everyone thought he would, flop. We tried to be optimistic and put a positive spin on the signing in hope but I'm pretty sure everyone was a little dumbfounded when they found out we were signing him for £30m and all of us feared he would fail to produce like he had
I hoped he would be better than I expected him to be, I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and look for the positives but what scares me the most is our club got the recruitment so wrong with him and for so much money. It doesn't fill me with confidence that we really know what we are looking for sometimes
Chris Flynn
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Not attached to my body but thats another story for another time
am_yisrael_chai
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You mean the same guy who paid £27m for Bolasie ? Isn't it obvious ? Everton didn't hire Steve Walsh as DoF they hired @Spursking
YiddoTom90
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No suprise eh?, pointless signing reeks of desperation.
You mean the same guy who paid £27m for Bolasie ? Isn't it obvious ? Everton didn't hire Steve Walsh as DoF they hired @Spursking
We are in no position and can never ever hurl abuse at any other clubs signings... We deserve the trophy of the worst transfer dealings ever
Shadydan
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I think a lot of clubs would feel that way about their own clubs dealings
Arsenal fan tv video was posted on here somewhere the other day and that chavy neck tattoo guy was basically saying the same about their summer signings
We've not been as effective as someone like Southampton perhaps in recent windows but I think our hits and misses stack up reasonably well with the average EPL team
We've offset a lot of our terrible signings with some very effective ones
Don't forget for every Sissoko and Janssen there's an Alli and Toby
We have people who still may come good (again Janssen potentially) and we've at least been quite good at moving those who don't work out on quickly and trying again
My concern is more that I want us to get things right more often, get the big calls right like we did with Toby and even Wanyama. But that Sissoko money should have been all out to get Mane and if we couldn't beat Liverpool to his signature when we had CL football and they weren't even in Europe we should have looked for a viable younger alternative (I suppose NKG could have been such an effort) but how Sissoko came to be the answer for where to spend that money I have no clue
Fooled by one decent international tournament - a slower paced event where his skills set of power and pace enabled him to excel. Problem is his skills are nullified in a physical fast pace league like the EPL and he lacks the guile and touch to be consistently effective.....but our squads would or should have known that from his years at Newcastle
Let's just hope someone in China is watching footage of the European Championship final now and wants to break the bank to bring him there in the summer - complete flop, David Bentley, post Sherwood Adebayor style flop
Lots of clubs sign players who are duds. Not just us.
You're certainly correct and agree but what is infuriating is we are in no position to piss up not just the 30m on Sissoko but the 60m we had. Additionally when we are in the CL we need to grasp those opportunities to build on the squad. Both aspects we failed.
Also it seems we aren't learning lessons and whilst yes for every Sissoko and Janssen there is a Toby and Dele, ultimately we still wasted 47m on players who I genuinely don't believe will make it.
Dennism
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Need to get rid of Sissoko with the least possible financial pain. Will not be easy because he looks absolutely dire most times he plays. Our scouts need shooting. To buy that dollop and a centre forward who is totally unable to score is unbelievable. With the opportunities Janssen has had it must almost be harder not to score.
madroosta
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As with many players that come to Spurs, I will always give them a period of time to show what they can do before I decide that they are not up to the high Standards expected and now set by some others.
To me he looks like someone spotted him as a winger playing Rugby, thought to themselves "let's give him a go with a ball at his feet." Big, strong and fast.
He reminds me of a player you'd expect to see playing in the Soccer Aid team as a "Celebrity". The way he stutters whilst pondering his next attacking manouvre is disconcerting for a supposed top flight player. It's not his fault, in fact you have to take your hat off to him for fooling scouts, managerrs and DOF's in to splashing out big bucks on him.
I do feel now that he does need to move on to allow someone else to come through during Lamela's injury lay-off.
When i look at N'Koudou (another current fringe player) I see talent, you can tell he's a footballer and one I think should be starting more to see what he can offer for 70 mins or more.
Sissoko on the other hand.......he just doesn't look like a decisive footballer, let alone suited to our team.
To me he looks like someone spotted him as a winger playing Rugby, thought to themselves "let's give him a go with a ball at his feet." Big, strong and fast.
He reminds me of a player you'd expect to see playing in the Soccer Aid team as a "Celebrity". The way he stutters whilst pondering his next attacking manouvre is disconcerting for a supposed top flight player. It's not his fault, in fact you have to take your hat off to him for fooling scouts, managerrs and DOF's in to splashing out big bucks on him.
I do feel now that he does need to move on to allow someone else to come through during Lamela's injury lay-off.
When i look at N'Koudou (another current fringe player) I see talent, you can tell he's a footballer and one I think should be starting more to see what he can offer for 70 mins or more.
Sissoko on the other hand.......he just doesn't look like a decisive footballer, let alone suited to our team.
panoma
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Yes we would have lost if Sissoko didnt play yesterday, but he's completely useless as a fotballer regardless.
Should let him join our marketing deparment or maybe work in the Spurs shop or as a matchday vendor. I'm sure he would make a top steward as well. Probably many places he can contribute, but on the pitch as a footballer aren't one.
Should let him join our marketing deparment or maybe work in the Spurs shop or as a matchday vendor. I'm sure he would make a top steward as well. Probably many places he can contribute, but on the pitch as a footballer aren't one.
yido_number1
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Completely agree, he even runs like a rugby winger. N'koudou has nice technique and is quite economical with the ball. More game time and I think he could develop into a decent player. We definitely need to use his pace more with quicker transitions.
archiewasking
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I strongly object to the first word of this thread title.
the shelf
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I am at a bit of a loss as to how we have spent £30m on a player who looks completely uncomfortable as an attacking wide midfielder. He doesn't possess any 'tricks' or show any natural ability beyond the capacity to charge at people. I thought he was a central midfielder by trade (probably at his best in a 4-4-2 I would guess) which is probably more suited to his skill set (a VERY poor man's Patrick Viera - type player) - if we wanted to buy a wide player I would have strongly advised us to buy somebody who actually looks like that is his position.
Sp3akerboxxx
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I think it's quite clear that Mike Ashley managed to flog us a cashier from Sports Direct.
