Player Watch Player Watch: Son Heung-min

[Graysonti]

I will say it again

I’ve watched spurs nearly 40 years and this boy is right up there as one of the best - one of my favourite ever players both on ability, attitude and versatility.

He plays like why we love the beatiful game.

Pleasing on the eye but effective.

Look at the goals he scores - left, right, screamers, tap ins - and not even a striker.

As for Durham and TALKSPORT - joke station looking for hits not serious discussion

 

[Kiedis]

I saw a naked hobo writing "Arsenal > Spurs" using his own shit yesterday. In the following essay I will carefully put forward a list of arguments that can, if not completely deconstruct his claims, at least try to paint a somewhat more nuanced picture.

Or probably not. But for some reason guys like Durham, Savage and other professional trolls manage to wind people up with less informed opinions than my imaginary hobo friend. Why not just ignore it?

 

[davidmatzdorf]

I haven't checked whether this has already been posted, but here it is:

http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the...njured-harry-kane-has-saved-tottenhams-season

Remember the vigorous, even bitter debate when Son arrived about whether he was a striker who could play up front or solely a winger? You don't hear much of that anymore.

 

[Johnny J]

I haven't checked whether this has already been posted, but here it is:

http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the...njured-harry-kane-has-saved-tottenhams-season

Remember the vigorous, even bitter debate when Son arrived about whether he was a striker who could play up front or solely a winger? You don't hear much of that anymore.

Son is our MVP right now, and probably will be for a while, because Kane isn't going to come back firing on all cylinders.

Son has absolutely stepped up in the way that Moura absolutely has not. He delivers almost every time he plays. Fantastic player and amazing attitude and workrate. Very similar to Kane in that regard.

Also offers something noone else in the squad does.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

I haven't checked whether this has already been posted, but here it is:

http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the...njured-harry-kane-has-saved-tottenhams-season

Remember the vigorous, even bitter debate when Son arrived about whether he was a striker who could play up front or solely a winger? You don't hear much of that anymore.

I am a little surprised you, of all people, would post an article that starts:

"Until recently, the absence of Harry Kane prompted a full-on panic from Tottenham Hotspur supporters -- and with good reason."

That is simply lazy writing. Over the last three seasons - including this one - Kane has missed 13 league matches. Spurs have gone 9-3-1, picking up 30 points in those matches - with a +12 GD (21-9). And, Spurs won the two matches where Kane came on as a substitute.

I get the people are just now discovering that Son is a great attacking player - but its simply lazy writing to suggest that Spurs had "good reason" to panic - it plays into the one-man team stereotype...

 

[davidmatzdorf]

Son has absolutely stepped up in the way that Moura absolutely has not.

Son has been with us for several years and is in his fourth season. He has been steeped in Pochettino's tactics and training methods since he was 22.

Moura has had two half-seasons, in the first of which he scarcely played. He was already 25 when he arrived. Let's see how Lucas does next season and the season after.

For his first two seasons at Spurs, Son's first touch was totally inconsistent and unreliable. He'd receive the ball and, half the time, it would fly off in a random direction. In some matches, he would hare about in random directions, expending prodigious quantities of his prodigious energy racing off where the ball wasn't going to go. He was coached. He got better. No more random directions, no more booting the ball.

 

[Johnny J]

Son has been with us for several years and is in his fourth season. He has been steeped in Pochettino's tactics and training methods since he was 22.

Moura has had two half-seasons, in the first of which he scarcely played. He was already 25 when he arrived. Let's see how Lucas does next season and the season after.

For his first two seasons at Spurs, Son's first touch was totally inconsistent and unreliable. He'd receive the ball and, half the time, it would fly off in a random direction. In some matches, he would hare about in random directions, expending prodigious quantities of his prodigious energy racing off where the ball wasn't going to go. He was coached. He got better. No more random directions, no more booting the ball.

Fair points. I just expected a bit Moura.

 

[matthew.absurdum]

I still think son's biggest threat is two-footed. Cannot really tell which foot is his perferred one

 

[SlotBadger]

Cannot really tell which foot is his perferred one

I can. His right.

 

[kmk]

I can. His right.

Yes, he uses his right foot to take corners (for South Korea) and penalties.

 

[DJS]

I still think son's biggest threat is two-footed. Cannot really tell which foot is his perferred one

Yeah I was really excited when we got him to hear he was two footed as around time Poch playing inverted wide players (Townsend and Chadli) and was driving me a little nuts as felt they’d have been better other way around!

 

[Nine while nine]

I asked my Dortmund friend if he knew how many goals Sonny had put past them over the years.

He shook his head and said 'Nein'.

'Well done' I said.

 

[kmk]

Korean commentary of Son's goal against Dortmund.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

How the fuck does Son actually ever get anything done at training?

It'd take me 6 fucking months to learn & remember just 1 of his goal celebration handshakes. Seems to have a different one for any player who scores.

 

[Gassin's finest]

The boy is a fucking superstar. He's always had that next level in him, and he's hitting it with aplomb this season.

 

[Primativ]

Definitely become a truly world class player this season.

 

[King of Otters]

If the label means anything at all, he's approaching world class status now. Such a likeable player as well.

We're so lucky to have him.

 

[thebenjamin]

Not only a world class player, but also a great human being. Not dissimilar to Mr. Kane and a few others.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

Superstar... absolute gentleman, honoured to have him at our club.

 

[ilya]

Hopefully he gets a new contract soon!