Player watch: Toby Alderweireld

[thinktank]

He did surge forward a few times in the Cup game vs. Leicester.

Has he? Can't remember those. Good deal if he has, will come in handy.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

I think I remember reading these forums and seeing Alderweireld being linked to us before he went to Atletico Madrid. It make me wonder what would have happened if he and Jan were at Spurs from 2013 onwards?

Did we miss out majorly or did the journey to get here make him? Would Vertonghen's form have been at the level it is now a few seasons ago (I think he had a great first season and a bit but stagnated a little until teaming up with Alderweireld).

Anyway... I know the season's not over but for the price paid for him he's been a bargain buy.

I think he attributes the year under Simeone at Atletico as vital towards his growth as a player.

 

[simyid]

ok, but i don't agree. dier is better now and the gap will be even bigger in a few years time, he needs games, not time. i don't know what it is with this site thinking every southampton player would walk into our team, i sometimes wonder whether i'm living in an alternate universe where they didn't actually finish below us. dier is bigger, faster, stronger, more aggressive and much more comfortable on the ball. alderweireld and vertonghen is such a meek and feeble pairing, they won't last long. as @ILS said, there's a reason these two get shunted out to full back for the national team and that's because they can't cope physically. i'm not sure if alderweireld is even better than fazio either, the latter proved he could actually hack it in la liga for a start ... he's also captained a team to a european trophy, alderweireld hasn't done anything but as always he gets hyped up way beyond his ability because he's new and shiny.

sorry but just going through old stuff and saw this and found It hysterical.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

sorry but just going through old stuff and saw this and found It hysterical.

Some of the replies to this thread during the speculation were insanity. Genuinely had Alderweireld in my team of the season last year before we were even linked, and couldn't comprehend some of the opinions in here.

 

[Dharmabum]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld says side's mounting Premier League title assault is built on there being 'no heroes'

• Tottenham are now genuine contenders for a Champions League place
• Toby Alderweireld says there is growing confidence and belief in squad
• Defender feels Spurs can beat anyone but claims team are not arrogant
• Mauricio Pochettino's side have won four away games on the bounce
• Premier League 2015-16: See the latest table news, results and fixtures

By MATT BARLOW FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 23:48 GMT, 3 February 2016 | UPDATED: 02:19 GMT, 4 February 2016


Tottenham's stealthy rise into the top three is built on a philosophy without heroes, according to Toby Alderweireld.

Spurs have young England internationals like Harry Kane and Dele Alli scoring goals and making headlines.

But Mauricio Pochettino is proud of the unity which is a hallmark of his teams and it has transformed them into genuine contenders for a place in the Champions League next season.

'The most important thing is we have no heroes,' said Alderweireld. 'We have a team with a lot of quality that wants to improve. So it's important everybody works so hard for each other.

'When one makes a mistake, the other one picks it up. We have togetherness. We want to achieve something this season and I think you can see that on the pitch.

'There is a good confidence and self-belief – not arrogance – that we can beat everybody. If we work hard and put the effort in like we do every week, we are confident that we can beat every team.

'It is self-belief not arrogance. We know if we don't put the effort in, we are a normal team. Put that effort in and that can make a difference. We have quality and young guys who are eager to make the difference.'

This has been evident on their travels, and Tottenham are unbeaten away from home in the Premier League since the opening day of the Premier League campaign.

They have played four away games on the spin, winning them all and scoring 12, and Pochettino has made it clear that anyone failing to commit can move on.

'A lot of guys have left the club,' said Alderweireld. 'He only wants guys who work very hard. If you don't follow that path, you don't belong in Tottenham. Physically we are 100 per cent. We can run all game and that is the way we want to play.'

 

[Topeka]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld says side's mounting Premier League title assault is built on there being 'no heroes'

• Tottenham are now genuine contenders for a Champions League place
• Toby Alderweireld says there is growing confidence and belief in squad
• Defender feels Spurs can beat anyone but claims team are not arrogant
• Mauricio Pochettino's side have won four away games on the bounce
• Premier League 2015-16: See the latest table news, results and fixtures

By MATT BARLOW FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 23:48 GMT, 3 February 2016 | UPDATED: 02:19 GMT, 4 February 2016


Tottenham's stealthy rise into the top three is built on a philosophy without heroes, according to Toby Alderweireld.

Spurs have young England internationals like Harry Kane and Dele Alli scoring goals and making headlines.

But Mauricio Pochettino is proud of the unity which is a hallmark of his teams and it has transformed them into genuine contenders for a place in the Champions League next season.

'The most important thing is we have no heroes,' said Alderweireld. 'We have a team with a lot of quality that wants to improve. So it's important everybody works so hard for each other.

'When one makes a mistake, the other one picks it up. We have togetherness. We want to achieve something this season and I think you can see that on the pitch.

'There is a good confidence and self-belief – not arrogance – that we can beat everybody. If we work hard and put the effort in like we do every week, we are confident that we can beat every team.

'It is self-belief not arrogance. We know if we don't put the effort in, we are a normal team. Put that effort in and that can make a difference. We have quality and young guys who are eager to make the difference.'

This has been evident on their travels, and Tottenham are unbeaten away from home in the Premier League since the opening day of the Premier League campaign.

They have played four away games on the spin, winning them all and scoring 12, and Pochettino has made it clear that anyone failing to commit can move on.

'A lot of guys have left the club,' said Alderweireld. 'He only wants guys who work very hard. If you don't follow that path, you don't belong in Tottenham. Physically we are 100 per cent. We can run all game and that is the way we want to play.'

Love this guy he is the consummate professional and plays for the shirt and the guys!

 

[gregga]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld says side's mounting Premier League title assault is built on there being 'no heroes'

• Tottenham are now genuine contenders for a Champions League place
• Toby Alderweireld says there is growing confidence and belief in squad
• Defender feels Spurs can beat anyone but claims team are not arrogant
• Mauricio Pochettino's side have won four away games on the bounce
• Premier League 2015-16: See the latest table news, results and fixtures

By MATT BARLOW FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 23:48 GMT, 3 February 2016 | UPDATED: 02:19 GMT, 4 February 2016


Tottenham's stealthy rise into the top three is built on a philosophy without heroes, according to Toby Alderweireld.

Spurs have young England internationals like Harry Kane and Dele Alli scoring goals and making headlines.

But Mauricio Pochettino is proud of the unity which is a hallmark of his teams and it has transformed them into genuine contenders for a place in the Champions League next season.

'The most important thing is we have no heroes,' said Alderweireld. 'We have a team with a lot of quality that wants to improve. So it's important everybody works so hard for each other.

'When one makes a mistake, the other one picks it up. We have togetherness. We want to achieve something this season and I think you can see that on the pitch.

'There is a good confidence and self-belief – not arrogance – that we can beat everybody. If we work hard and put the effort in like we do every week, we are confident that we can beat every team.

'It is self-belief not arrogance. We know if we don't put the effort in, we are a normal team. Put that effort in and that can make a difference. We have quality and young guys who are eager to make the difference.'

This has been evident on their travels, and Tottenham are unbeaten away from home in the Premier League since the opening day of the Premier League campaign.

They have played four away games on the spin, winning them all and scoring 12, and Pochettino has made it clear that anyone failing to commit can move on.

'A lot of guys have left the club,' said Alderweireld. 'He only wants guys who work very hard. If you don't follow that path, you don't belong in Tottenham. Physically we are 100 per cent. We can run all game and that is the way we want to play.'

I hadn't actually appreciated this, and had to look up our results to check the journo hadn't got their facts wrong!

Winning all those games is very impressive. Just hoping that the team keeps their feet on the ground, as so many times in the last few years we've grown overconfident in the new year and our form has suffered. As one of the senior players Toby surely has a big part to play in that.

 

[mano-obe]

I can't help but love the bloke. He's just brilliant.

How would everyone compare him to King? Do we have a better defender on our hands?

 

[Mediocrates]

I can't help but love the bloke. He's just brilliant.

How would everyone compare him to King? Do we have a better defender on our hands?

Our best defender comfortably for me, I've never been SO wrong about a player. Still, There will be no second Ledley.

 

[balebalebalebale]

I can't help but love the bloke. He's just brilliant.

How would everyone compare him to King? Do we have a better defender on our hands?

King when fit is better, but only because he had incredible pace. Positionally and technically I would say they are about even. Toby may say there are no heroes in the squad but he's comfortably been the best CB in the PL this season.

 

[danielneeds]

Impossible to compare him to King. But my god what Pochettino could have done with a young King, he could have made Ledley even better.

 

[Pellshek]

£11.5m. If Interpol coming knocking, hide behind the couch Dan.

 

[Flashspur]

sorry but just going through old stuff and saw this and found It hysterical.
Blake Griffin said: ↑
ok, but i don't agree. dier is better now and the gap will be even bigger in a few years time, he needs games, not time. i don't know what it is with this site thinking every southampton player would walk into our team, i sometimes wonder whether i'm living in an alternate universe where they didn't actually finish below us. dier is bigger, faster, stronger, more aggressive and much more comfortable on the ball. alderweireld and vertonghen is such a meek and feeble pairing, they won't last long. as @ILS said, there's a reason these two get shunted out to full back for the national team and that's because they can't cope physically. i'm not sure if alderweireld is even better than fazio either, the latter proved he could actually hack it in la liga for a start ... he's also captained a team to a european trophy, alderweireld hasn't done anything but as always he gets hyped up way beyond his ability because he's new and shiny.

BlakeGriffin can obviously read them right the first time...but then I didn't want Alderweireld either. WTF do I know

 

[samsonlevi]

It is funny to have a look back at people's comments on page 1 of this thread.

No one wanted him.

Shows how much we (the fans) actually know.

In Poch we trust!!

 

[Anurag Jo]

The most funny one was 'he is very slow' bollocks.And this was the judgement from many years ago as well when we were first linked with him.

He is not at all slow.Right amount of pace for a defender.

 

[DeadleyLedley]

Best defender we've had since Ledley

 

[HildoSpur]

I had no idea how amazing he was tbh - he has been outstanding all season. Probably our most important signing in years.

 

[Danny1]

Fast becoming one of my favourite players. He reminds me so much of Sergio Ramos to be honest. He isn't a typical big lump of a centre back, but reads the game beautifully and could quite easily play in CM due to his ease on the ball. MOTD showed at the weekend how we essentially play with 3 CB's when we attack which allows our full backs to bomb forward, and with Toby as one of them we have the best defence in the league. Superb player.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

He is good. Almost as good as Vertonghen, who obviously is even better.

 

[ClintEastwould]

He is good. Almost as good as Vertonghen, who obviously is even better.

I love Vertonghen, but Toby is on another level. They are an almost perfect pairing though.