Pre-season discussion thread

[Mr Pink]

Apparently our Belgians are back in training on Tuesday and not 03/08 as we thought.

Kristof Terreur‏@HLNinEngeland
The Belgian internationals at #THFC return to training on Tuesday.

Surely Bentaleb and Lloris will have the same/similar date?

Paulinho maybe a little longer...

 

[spurs9]

Surely Bentaleb and Lloris will have the same/similar date?

Paulinho maybe a little longer...

I would say Bentaleb & BAE should definitely be, Lloris's wife said on Twitter a few days ago that her husband will soon be back at work, so that would suggest to me he will be as well. That means we will just be waiting on Paulinho and Vorm, who finished in the WC 1 week later, so maybe they will be next week.

If Poch thought his squad looked good before, having Lloris, Verts, Dembele, Chadli & Bentaleb back at the same time, he is going to be like a kid at Xmas.

 

[EQP]

I would say Bentaleb & BAE should definitely be, Lloris's wife said on Twitter a few days ago that her husband will soon be back at work, so that would suggest to me he will be as well. That means we will just be waiting on Paulinho and Vorm, who finished in the WC 1 week later, so maybe they will be next week.

If Poch thought his squad looked good before, having Lloris, Verts, Dembele, Chadli & Bentaleb back at the same time, he is going to be like a kid at Xmas.

Perfect! Definitely want to the Belgian lads to get a chance to bond with the other players during the trip to Finland. Then a full week at Spurs HQ to adapt/learn Poch's system.

 

[WiganSpur]

Good to know all but one back for Celtic game.

Will Paulinho be back for the Schalke game? And how long is Vlad from a return?

 

[ThorntonSpur]

I think Blatter is out to kill football.

I think he might kill some footballers in 2022

 

[Gbspurs]

Perfect! Definitely want to the Belgian lads to get a chance to bond with the other players during the trip to Finland. Then a full week at Spurs HQ to adapt/learn Poch's system.

Bond with who? Davies and Vorm?

 

[brasil_spur]

I'm a little worried about their only being 5 pre-season games for the senior team, I was hoping there would be closer to 6-7-8 pre season games,

5 is pretty close to 6

 

[LukeBB]

5 is pretty close to 6

I was never great at maths

 

[tottenmal]

Looking at the pictures on twitter of all the World Cup players being back makes me strangely happy. It feels like the family are back together again just before Christmas.

(Although West Ham Away will be either the best or worst joint present)

 

[gazzeh]

Im sure I saw Dembele in the photos.

 

[coyspurs18]

Im sure I saw Dembele in the photos.

Yea he's there. Only missing Vorm and Paulinho at this point I believe.

 

[Grapo2001]

Did anyone else see it as a strange decision not to include Paulinho, Vertonghen, Dembele and Chadli at the weekend?

They have had a lot of rest since the World Cup and unless they won't be considered for the wet ham game I thought they would need a bit of game time.

Also it would be disappointing to see a good result against west ham put in jeopardy by trying to include the World Cup late comers into the team for the next match.

Would have though the fit players in the squad would have taken part against Schalke regardless of the World Cup.

 

[dynamoSpurs]

Nothing has changed. Still have a VERY average squad, play stale, predictable football and have a Swiss cheese defense.

Another 6-7th place finish. At best.

 

[Khilari]

Did anyone else see it as a strange decision not to include Paulinho, Vertonghen, Dembele and Chadli at the weekend?

I was wondering the same thing. Since they're training, thought they may have been in for a 45min runout so MP could watch them in a semi-competitive fixture. I wonder if they will feature next weekend? Would seem strange for them to not be involved in the squad though I agree they may not start due to a lack of preseason training with the rest of the team.