BringBack_leGin
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The emergence of Tanganga has made me a lot calmer about the prospect of Toby leaving for free next summer. Genuinely think the kid will be a star.
Player watch: Toby Alderweireld
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Northernspurs
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Completely agree with you
Japhet
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Eyoma is also highly thought of, and I think I'm right in saying he was probably ahead of Tanganga for pre season before he picked up a knock.
BringBack_leGin
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Timing is everything.
Could have saved us the £20 odd million we were looking at spending on Saliba as well ( although he obviously chose the scum over us for the good of his career
)Would love to find a way to get him and Eyoma some real minutes this season. Not sure that’s possible with us. Defenders need to play. These guys do seem to have a lot of potential.
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Tanganga was solid but none of our defenders is in Alderweireld's league.
No one, not even Jan can pass as well as Toby from the back. He is the best long range passer in the world.
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It becomes less of a need if we have NDombele Winks and Lo Celso in the midfield.
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Be that as it may, all good things come to an end, Alderweireld had to start somewhere too and while in an ideal world Toby has three years left on his deal, Tanganga is a year younger making his breakthrough and there’s all that time for one to learn from the other, that is not the situation we find ourselves in. The situation we find ourselves in is that Toby looks to be staying but not signing, leaving for free in a year, and Tanganga has just had an exceptional pre season. Now, we can be despondent, or we can use this year to give more time to Tanganga, more time to Foyth and more time to Sanchez alongside both Belgians so that they can learn and develop into the next great Spurs centre backs, taking a lot of stress out of having to replace Toby and maybe even Vertonghen this time next year.
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To my earlier post, his solid partnership with Vertonghen is one of the main reasons we have broken into the top 4 imo.
He has formed good partnerships with other CBs when Vertonghen has been injured, (LCB and RCB) so his record is not all down to telepathy with JV.
When you think we have put ManU out the CL once again, he is worth £25m to them just to mess with our season. And that goes for arsenal too.
And yet no bid was made.
As for his age, he is not of the traditional CB build. I don't think he, JV or even Dier are particularly good in the air (it is not how they defend). They are all hybrids.
So he isn't really swapping elbows with No 9s and his lighter frame should add to his years at the top. And yet there was no bid.
It is a real mystery as even if he perhaps doesn't stand out to the average non spurs fan, his fellow professionals must know how good he is.
He has formed good partnerships with other CBs when Vertonghen has been injured, (LCB and RCB) so his record is not all down to telepathy with JV.
When you think we have put ManU out the CL once again, he is worth £25m to them just to mess with our season. And that goes for arsenal too.
And yet no bid was made.
As for his age, he is not of the traditional CB build. I don't think he, JV or even Dier are particularly good in the air (it is not how they defend). They are all hybrids.
So he isn't really swapping elbows with No 9s and his lighter frame should add to his years at the top. And yet there was no bid.
It is a real mystery as even if he perhaps doesn't stand out to the average non spurs fan, his fellow professionals must know how good he is.
Maybe there had been bids which he turned down; or that all enquiries to his agent had been met with a firm no. He is waiting to run his contract down and join another team next year on a free, thus earning a massive signing-on fee.
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BILD are reporting that we are interested in signing Matthias Ginter from Monchengladbach - Toby replacement?
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That's a positive one which I like, but only if Toby is really going.
Japhet
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I call bullshit. He's average at best IMO.
daryl hannah
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Is Ginter any good? I seem to remember watching his highlights last year and he was awful.
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Compared to Toby, he’s just turd dust in the wind
Neon_Knight_
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Definitely!
Back in 2005, Routledge was great in preseason, but failed to win his place back from an 18 year old Lennon, after breaking his foot on his PL debut. Without Routledge's injury, Lennon's development may have been stunted. Ultimately, it was the better player who was successful for us.
King also got injured badly on his debut, but it didn't stop him becoming a club legend.
SandroClegane
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Or Laurie doesn't know what he's talking about. One of the two.
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I wonder if Levy put Utd off by saying if you want any chance of signing Eriksen this summer, then you do not take advantage of Alderweireld's £25m release clause. Taking 2 players off us within a few months would cause a meltdown.
I'm sure Toby's agent has reassured him that in just a few months he'll have a lucrative pre-contract deal lined up - possibly with Utd. Toby will be cool with that, but it is pretty disgraceful it has come to this.
I'm sure Toby's agent has reassured him that in just a few months he'll have a lucrative pre-contract deal lined up - possibly with Utd. Toby will be cool with that, but it is pretty disgraceful it has come to this.
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