Son Heung Min - signed

[Lilbaz]

I taught english at the university level for 8 years. he sounds very capable in english. his choice of vocabulary and fluency (a few pauses excepted) show that he's comfortable in english. i'd even say he spoke english while in germany for the most part.

He's korean. They actually learn stuff at school.

 

[Spurger King]

I taught english at the university level for 8 years. he sounds very capable in english. his choice of vocabulary and fluency (a few pauses excepted) show that he's comfortable in english. i'd even say he spoke english while in germany for the most part.

I hope you taught your students how to use capitals!

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

He's a better player than any of our current midfielders. Should be first midfielder on the team sheet and if poch delays his inclusion for some half arsed reason I'll be very annoyed. Straight in against Sunderland, please.

 

[matthew.absurdum]

Not sure why people aren't excited by this signing.

People need to forget about Berahino

 

[Lilbaz]

I hope you taught your students how to use capitals!

A Korean University teacher would have.

 

[Spurger King]

He's a better player than any of our current midfielders. Should be first midfielder on the team sheet and if poch delays his inclusion for some half arsed reason I'll be very annoyed. Straight in against Sunderland, please.

Agreed. If our attacking players were pulling up trees I could understand why he might have to wait, but none of them have contributed anything so far this season.

Doesn't matter because we all know he'll be on the bench for the next month regardless of how crap Chadli, Lamela, and whatever square peg Pochettino has chosen to make up the rest of our attack, play.

 

[wiggo24]

Clearly a very good player on his day, and I'm delighted with the signing.

However, is anyone else also a bit worried than all of Chadli, Eriksen and Son (our likely front 3) have a habit to disappear every few games or so.

If we have a game where they're all out of it, we'll be in trouble.

 

[taidgh]

I hope you taught your students how to use capitals!

only when writing for academic purposes

 

[tdk101]

i'd even say he spoke english while in germany for the most part.

I doubt it very much. He speaks German fluently. I mean quite fluently, almost native speaker level fluent.

 

[DJS]

Son is not going to be a bench warmer. He is not here to back up Kane. He is essentially our Jay Rodriguez.

I think in the near future our front four are Kane, Son, Eriksen and Chadli.

Eventually, I think Lamela comes in for Chadli. With Kane, Son, and Eriksen, we have three players who are not afraid to take a shot on goal, I think we will need a more creative player to mix in - and Lamela is more creative than Chadli.

You'd drop Chadli for Lamela? Seriously?

 

[Lilbaz]

He seems to think he can play as a striker.

“I don’t care where I play. The main thing is I’m in the game. I can play right, left, as a forward or behind it. What the coach says, I’ll do. I don’t have a favorite position. I’ll be anywhere and always on the throttle.”

This was before he joined us.

http://outsideoftheboot.com/2013/02/19/heung-min-son-scout-report/

 

[Vwbottom]

He seems to think he can play as a striker.

“I don’t care where I play. The main thing is I’m in the game. I can play right, left, as a forward or behind it. What the coach says, I’ll do. I don’t have a favorite position. I’ll be anywhere and always on the throttle.”

This was before he joined us.

http://outsideoftheboot.com/2013/02/19/heung-min-son-scout-report/

I'm sure he'll get his chance then this season lol.

 

[matthew.absurdum]

It seems that son will miss the wc quali. Match on tuesday because he needs to complete the transfer process (prehaps the work permit)

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

You'd drop Chadli for Lamela? Seriously?

Yes. Seriously.

Not that I think Lamela is better than Chadli, but its more about finding a good balance among the attacking unit.

Chadli does well to score goals, but most of his goals are a result of being on the end of a cross/pass - being in the right spot and converting. Not a criticism - all goals count the same. But when I look at grouping him with Kane, Eriksen and Son - I don't know where those passes are going to come from - all three seem to have a shoot first mentality around the box. Again, not a criticism, just an observation - you typically can't score if you don't shoot, so I am ok with players who shoot, so long as its accurate.

But, for Chadli - it means he may not be as useful in that group, if they are not passing as often. To be fair, Eriksen is probably 50-50 in terms of passing, looking for a shot - but as a group, its still too much shooting for Chadli to be really effective.

What Kane, Son and Eriksen need to balance out their shooting threats is a player like Lamela who is pass first, shoot second. Lamela can be very frustrating, but he is probably the best player we have to keep his head up and pick out a pass or a player's run. That allows the other three to work off the ball to get in position to score. With Chadli - there is too much going for goal, and not enough setting up a goal. We need a good balance of both.

I did not see Lamela's game with Argentina, reports seem to be that he grew into the game and generally played pretty well. If he can get his head out of his arse, and grow up a little, I think he can be a very good 10 for us, with Kane, Eriksen and Son as the other attackers.

 

[wiggo24]

Yes. Seriously.

Not that I think Lamela is better than Chadli, but its more about finding a good balance among the attacking unit.

Chadli does well to score goals, but most of his goals are a result of being on the end of a cross/pass - being in the right spot and converting. Not a criticism - all goals count the same. But when I look at grouping him with Kane, Eriksen and Son - I don't know where those passes are going to come from - all three seem to have a shoot first mentality around the box. Again, not a criticism, just an observation - you typically can't score if you don't shoot, so I am ok with players who shoot, so long as its accurate.

But, for Chadli - it means he may not be as useful in that group, if they are not passing as often. To be fair, Eriksen is probably 50-50 in terms of passing, looking for a shot - but as a group, its still too much shooting for Chadli to be really effective.

What Kane, Son and Eriksen need to balance out their shooting threats is a player like Lamela who is pass first, shoot second. Lamela can be very frustrating, but he is probably the best player we have to keep his head up and pick out a pass or a player's run. That allows the other three to work off the ball to get in position to score. With Chadli - there is too much going for goal, and not enough setting up a goal. We need a good balance of both.

I did not see Lamela's game with Argentina, reports seem to be that he grew into the game and generally played pretty well. If he can get his head out of his arse, and grow up a little, I think he can be a very good 10 for us, with Kane, Eriksen and Son as the other attackers.

Agree completely. If there's one thing Lamela has proven over the last few seasons, if nothing else, it's that he's capable of finding runners with through balls, something very few other members of our squad can do. (eg Chadli vs Arsenal, Soldado vs Fiorentina, Kane vs Newcastle)

With Son hopefully running in behind, and more movement ahead of him, I think Lamela could do really well.

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

You'd drop Chadli for Lamela? Seriously?

Chadli and lamela are both pretty mediocre players. Chadli does a little more sometimes but lamela probably has a little more potential. I wouldn't be too upset if you told me that neither would ever play for spurs again, however, and I certainly expecting Son to put both of them in the shade.

 

[dudu]

Chadli and lamela are both pretty mediocre players. Chadli does a little more sometimes but lamela probably has a little more potential. I wouldn't be too upset if you told me that neither would ever play for spurs again, however, and I certainly expecting Son to put both of them in the shade.

Chadli was the 4th highest scoring midfielder in the league last year - behind only Sanchez, Silva and Hazard. Had his season not been interrupted by the unfortunate death of his father last year I would have expected him to score and assist more than he did too.

he may go missing sometimes and is by no means world class but he is certainly not 'mediocre' - With the amount of games we hopefully will play this year I am actually quite grateful to have a player that has consistently scored and created goals at this level for us - especially having only one recognised 'striker' in our squad right now.

 

[double0]

Chadli and lamela are both pretty mediocre players. Chadli does a little more sometimes but lamela probably has a little more potential. I wouldn't be too upset if you told me that neither would ever play for spurs again, however, and I certainly expecting Son to put both of them in the shade.

Mediocre I don't think so. Since Levy came in apart from Bale Modric King Berbatov, how many players have we had better than Chadli or Lamela.

These are good players we have imo.

 

[Lilbaz]

Yes. Seriously.

Not that I think Lamela is better than Chadli, but its more about finding a good balance among the attacking unit.

Chadli does well to score goals, but most of his goals are a result of being on the end of a cross/pass - being in the right spot and converting. Not a criticism - all goals count the same. But when I look at grouping him with Kane, Eriksen and Son - I don't know where those passes are going to come from - all three seem to have a shoot first mentality around the box. Again, not a criticism, just an observation - you typically can't score if you don't shoot, so I am ok with players who shoot, so long as its accurate.

But, for Chadli - it means he may not be as useful in that group, if they are not passing as often. To be fair, Eriksen is probably 50-50 in terms of passing, looking for a shot - but as a group, its still too much shooting for Chadli to be really effective.

What Kane, Son and Eriksen need to balance out their shooting threats is a player like Lamela who is pass first, shoot second. Lamela can be very frustrating, but he is probably the best player we have to keep his head up and pick out a pass or a player's run. That allows the other three to work off the ball to get in position to score. With Chadli - there is too much going for goal, and not enough setting up a goal. We need a good balance of both.

I did not see Lamela's game with Argentina, reports seem to be that he grew into the game and generally played pretty well. If he can get his head out of his arse, and grow up a little, I think he can be a very good 10 for us, with Kane, Eriksen and Son as the other attackers.

Trippier and rose can supply crosses.

 

[Rout-Ledge]

Mediocre I don't think so. Since Levy came in apart from Bale Modric King Berbatov, how many players have we had better than Chadli or Lamela.

Seriously? Absolutely loads.