Tariq Lamptey

[Freddie]

Football isn't all about Speed.

One of our better attacking full backs in the past imo was Corluka.

You'd rather have it than not have it. Corluka was a better all round player than Kyle Walker, but Walker's pace constantly gets him out of trouble, and it's made Walker one of the most effective full backs of the last decade. I wouldn't say that about Corluka. Lamptey doesn't have the strength so there's still a big question mark over him, but the pace doesn't half excite me.

 

[kitchen]

Football isn't all about Speed.

One of our better attacking full backs in the past imo was Corluka.

Corluka played alongside Lennon so there was a balanced Right side with pace and technique. All good teams need pace. Liverpool have it in spades, City have lots. I'd argue that we need more currently, as besides Son, there's no-one that offers that real threat of pace in behind. Moura has pace but likes dribbling from deep too much, Bergwijn and Kulusevski seem to be quick without being rapid. Kulu does make some great runs though.

Our main areas for improvement in this Conte system seem to be the wing backs. If we can get top drawer ones in (and I'm not sure Lamptey is that, but I'll trust the recruitment after the last two Serie A purchases) then I think it will genuinely transform the team.

 

[Hotspur33]

Corluka played alongside Lennon so there was a balanced Right side with pace and technique. All good teams need pace. Liverpool have it in spades, City have lots. I'd argue that we need more currently, as besides Son, there's no-one that offers that real threat of pace in behind. Moura has pace but likes dribbling from deep too much, Bergwijn and Kulusevski seem to be quick without being rapid. Kulu does make some great runs though.

Our main areas for improvement in this Conte system seem to be the wing backs. If we can get top drawer ones in (and I'm not sure Lamptey is that, but I'll trust the recruitment after the last two Serie A purchases) then I think it will genuinely transform the team.

Further more, Corluka was playing as a RB, not a RWB.
I also agree that if an opportunity to improve either side of our Wing backs, we should grab it. Reggie and sess are Ok not great. Emerson isn't a wingback and Doherty is also OK.

 

[Hoopspur]

Corluka played alongside Lennon so there was a balanced Right side with pace and technique. All good teams need pace. Liverpool have it in spades, City have lots. I'd argue that we need more currently, as besides Son, there's no-one that offers that real threat of pace in behind. Moura has pace but likes dribbling from deep too much, Bergwijn and Kulusevski seem to be quick without being rapid. Kulu does make some great runs though.

Our main areas for improvement in this Conte system seem to be the wing backs. If we can get top drawer ones in (and I'm not sure Lamptey is that, but I'll trust the recruitment after the last two Serie A purchases) then I think it will genuinely transform the team.

With a lack of goals in the team other than the two main contenders, our system for next season will need goals as well as assists from our full backs. I don't know who these will be but it's a must in this system. Conte's teams in the past have provided this. We have to be scoring goals from other areas of the team and can't rely on just the front two.

 

[VoteMe4Prez]

Personally I would like to see us bring back Kyle Walker-Peters. I think him and Kulu would absolutely thrive. Keep Doherty too.

 

[Guntz]

Personally I would like to see us bring back Kyle Walker-Peters. I think him and Kulu would absolutely thrive. Keep Doherty too.

He's more of a conventional fullback rather than wingback, isn't he?

I'd rather we go for someone who has better attacking output.

Not saying KWP is bad by any means, though.

 

[djhotspur]

He's more of a conventional fullback rather than wingback, isn't he?

I'd rather we go for someone who has better attacking output.

Not saying KWP is bad by any means, though.

Hasnt kwp been scoring a lot of goals etc recently? Could easily move to a wing back role IMO, looks good going forward and hs HG.

 

[Montalbano]

He's more of a conventional fullback rather than wingback, isn't he?

I'd rather we go for someone who has better attacking output.

Not saying KWP is bad by any means, though.

He 100% has all the attributes to be an effective wingback in our system. His ability on the ball has always been the best part of his game imo.

I wouldn't be surprised if wingback is his preferred position as it gives him much greater freedom to express himself in the final 1/3.

 

[mr ashley]

Hasnt kwp been scoring a lot of goals etc recently? Could easily move to a wing back role IMO, looks good going forward and hs HG.

Not just hg- club trained.

 

[JCRD]

Football isn't all about Speed.

One of our better attacking full backs in the past imo was Corluka.

I think in our system it is imperitive that there is pace coupled with stamina.. Corluka was great but he was playing in a 442 with Lennon, one of the quickest about at the time, ahead of him. In our current system Corluka, and one with Corlukas 'pace' would not at all be suited.

 

[greavesy461]

KWP would be a good option but I think the psychology of returning would be difficult for him to overcome

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

KWP would be a good option but I think the psychology of returning would be difficult for him to overcome

Why? He didn't leave under a cloud, he just wanted to play regular football.

The lad was club trained for 7 years & reckoned he'd still be here if Mourinho wasn't brought in.

He only left after getting a call from Hassenhutl, explaining how he'd use him, and Dele (and his brother) advised him he'd be better served moving away because he needed to be playing at 20/21 years of age, not hanging around in the youth setup.

“The way [Hasenhuttl] wants us to play is very intense, high energy and that suits me really well.....

Sounds kind of familiar to what our current coach demands, no?..

“I am in a team where it really compliments me, so for that reason, I am improving every game and I feel like I am confident every game and hopefully that continues.”


I can see why there's calls for us to re-sign him.

Above quotes were taken from here.

Walker-Peters 'really happy' after opting to leave Spurs - Football365

Southampton defender Kyle Walker-Peters has admitted that he is "really happy" that he decided to leave Tottenham Hotspur.

www.football365.com

 

[DJS]

Football isn't all about Speed.

One of our better attacking full backs in the past imo was Corluka.

Corkula would never play wing back though.

He was more of a full back / centre back type player that would have been superb on right of Conte’s back three.

 

[DJS]

He only left after getting a call from Hassenhutl, explaining how he'd use him, and Dele (and his brother) advised him he'd be better served moving away because he needed to be playing at 20/21 years of age, not hanging around in the youth setup.

FFS Dele!

 

[mr ashley]

KWP would be a good option but I think the psychology of returning would be difficult for him to overcome

We get so many posts bemoaning journalists /Twitter aggregators for making things up.
we need to be as quick to call out our own posters too for their crazy imagination-based posts.
Would love love to know the rationale behind this viewpoint

 

[Tucker]

FFS Dele!

In fairness it was very good advice. Successive coaches stifled his development at Spurs. He has thrived by moving on.

 

[thelak]

KWP would be a good option but I think the psychology of returning would be difficult for him to overcome

He’s be overjoyed - spurs fan coming back

 

[Timberwolf]

The more I've seen of Lamptey the less convinced I am. He was electric for a spell last season prior to his injury, but he's not been brilliant when I've watched him this season.

He's obviously very quick and a has good technique, but he's absolutely miniature and very lightweight. For the kind of fee Brighton would want I don't think he'd be worth the risk: if Conte left and we changed systems he'd be too small to play in a back 4 and he still has the injury question mark hanging over him. He's also not Conte's profile at all: he'll accept us signing younger players if they're experienced and durable like Kulusevski, but no chance is he pushing for an overpriced 21 year old 5'5" injury prone wing back with barely 40 senior appearances under his belt.

I'd much prefer us to go back for KWP tbh. Real shame that we didn't keep him for 1 more season as I think he would've finally forced his way into the team under Nuno/Conte but the deal to Saints made sense at the time.

 

[dtxspurs]

Hasnt kwp been scoring a lot of goals etc recently? Could easily move to a wing back role IMO, looks good going forward and hs HG.

He's scored 2 goals this season. One a wondergoal vs Man City. The other in the first round of the EFL cup in August vs Newport county in which Southampton scored 8 goals.

I personally don't understand all the love for KWP. For me he's another academy product that's been overrated. Did Poch not utilize him, sure but I don't think he's a starting player at a top 4 club.

 

[Freddie]

He's scored 2 goals this season. One a wondergoal vs Man City. The other in the first round of the EFL cup in August vs Newport county in which Southampton scored 8 goals.

I personally don't understand all the love for KWP. For me he's another academy product that's been overrated. Did Poch not utilize him, sure but I don't think he's a starting player at a top 4 club.

Absolutely. Our error was in letting KWP go when he was ours. We barely used him for no good reason, despite the fact that he looked quite useful in his rare outings, and our starting full backs weren't good. He'd have been great cover for both sides. But to sign him back as a starter for big money would be another big error. He's quite good, but no more.