David Brooks

razzmaster · Jul 28, 2020

wiggo24 said:
Like Brooks but would probably prefer McNeil from Burnley (unpopular opinion I'm sure).

I think Brooks, Eze, Cantwell and McNeil are all good young players, who are obtainable and have got potential to improve. The big question is which one will become the best player.

(I also think Louie Sibley at Derby could be included already as he looks a quality player)

Japhet · Jul 28, 2020

BringBack_leGin said:
I’m not sure Lamela is particularly shiftable.

As for Brooks, I think he’s class and if he’d not got injured Bournemouth wouldn’t be relegated. Quick decision maker with bags of technique. Whoever gets him will have signed a very good player. I hope it’s us.

Agree but don't think our budget will stretch far enough unless we can incorporate a couple of loans maybe.

emiley heskey · Jul 28, 2020

razzmaster said:
I think Brooks, Eze, Cantwell and McNeil are all good young players, who are obtainable and have got potential to improve. The big question is which one will become the best player.

(I also think Louie Sibley at Derby could be included already as he looks a quality player)

Eze will become the best.. Mcneil and Brooks are safe player. They will have good career but not spectacular.. Cantwell can go good or bad !!

dtxspurs · Jul 28, 2020

Lamela out Brooks in. Yes please.

joey55 · Jul 28, 2020

Brooks doesn't have the potential to be a special player. Eze does. I doubt Eze will be, but when you watch him play, there are moments when it looks as if he has the potential to be world class.

Cochise · Jul 28, 2020

Brooks in if we are selling off N'Dombele. I think he's better in the centre than out wide and it would likely mean that GLC and Winks would be our #8's going into next year.

I don't rate him particularly as a wide man. He's a good finisher but I don't think you get the most of him out there, whereas Grealish and Eze can still contribute out there.

BuckeyeSpurs11 · Jul 28, 2020

Cochise said:
Brooks in if we are selling off N'Dombele. I think he's better in the centre than out wide and it would likely mean that GLC and Winks would be our #8's going into next year.

I don't rate him particularly as a wide man. He's a good finisher but I don't think you get the most of him out there, whereas Grealish and Eze can still contribute out there.

Brooks is more of a traditions 10, isn’t he? Can help shoulder the responsibility of creating chances with Gio.

gilzeantheking · Jul 28, 2020

Good player, but when I look at him he makes me feel very old

joey55 · Jul 28, 2020

dtxspurs said:
Lamela out Brooks in. Yes please.

I'm not opposed to selling Lamela, as he's 28 now and I like Brooks, who is a good age for a player for the coming years. But it's only a few weeks since we played Bournemouth and to be fair, Lamela did look considerably better than Brooks. I appreciate that Brooks is a player we'd look to develop, but if were to effectively remove Lamela for Brooks, I think on the evidence of just a few weeks ago, we'd be making ourselves weaker in the short term for sure. Brooks has a lot of potential and I'd be far from disappointed if we were to sign him, but look at Lamela at his age and Lamela didn't reach the heights we were hoping for.

funkycoldmedina · Jul 28, 2020

He always reminds me of Darren Anderton would love him at Spurs

dtxspurs · Jul 28, 2020

joey55 said:
I'm not opposed to selling Lamela, as he's 28 now and I like Brooks, who is a good age for a player for the coming years. But it's only a few weeks since we played Bournemouth and to be fair, Lamela did look considerably better than Brooks. I appreciate that Brooks is a player we'd look to develop, but if were to effectively remove Lamela for Brooks, I think on the evidence of just a few weeks ago, we'd be making ourselves weaker in the short term for sure. Brooks has a lot of potential and I'd be far from disappointed if we were to sign him, but look at Lamela at his age and in the Lamela didn't reach the heights we were hoping for.

But then again Brooks last season had 7 goals and 5 assists in the prem. Lamela has only beaten that total once and it was the 15/16 season.

joey55 · Jul 28, 2020

dtxspurs said:
But then again Brooks last season had 7 goals and 5 assists in the prem. Lamela has only beaten that total once and it was the 15/16 season.

But that's largely because he's not played over 1000 mins in a season since. And though much of that is due to injury, a lot is because he can't get into our team. I'd say he's currently a better player than Brooks and he's not even a regular starter for us. I get why people like Brooks. He's a talented, young, player. But I'm not convinced he's better than players already on our bench and I'm equally not convinced his potential is any higher than theirs. I see a really good player there, but I don't see a Jack Grealish quality player.

dtxspurs · Jul 28, 2020

joey55 said:
But that's largely because he's not played over 1000 mins in a season since. And though much of that is due to injury, a lot is because he can't get into our team. I'd say he's currently a better player than Brooks and he's not even a regular starter for us. I get why people like Brooks. He's a talented, young, player. But I'm not convinced he's better than player already on our bench and I'm equally not convinced his potential is any higher than theirs. I see a really good player there, but I don't see a Jack Grealish quality player.

Im sick of having a rotation option who’s available for half the season. I’ll gamble on Brooks upside over what we currently get out of Lamela. Which was 2 goals and 3 assists in the prem this season in 25 appearances. His contributions when he is available are vastly overrated.

Further info on Lamela, he had 4 goals and 6 assists in all competitions. Half of those came in 2 games.

wirE · Jul 28, 2020

I think he had a good debut season but has stagnated. Old rumors surfacing now that Bournemouth has been relegated imo

Yiddo100 · Jul 28, 2020

wirE said:
I think he had a good debut season but has stagnated. Old rumors surfacing now that Bournemouth has been relegated imo

Wouldn’t say he’s stagnated, He’s just been out injured, only played 7 games since his first season

emiley heskey · Jul 28, 2020

Brooks is good player but he doesn't have the ability to become world class like grealish or eze ... I am yet to see why people rate brooks so highly...

joey55 · Jul 28, 2020

dtxspurs said:
Im sick of having a rotation option who’s available for half the season. I’ll gamble on Brooks upside over what we currently get out of Lamela. Which was 2 goals and 3 assists in the prem this season in 25 appearances. His contributions when he is available are vastly overrated.

I've always been a bit disappointed with Lamela. I think when you are an attacking player and your stand out attribute is your pressing, all is not well.

But when you look at the quality we have in Son, Ali, Moura, Lamela, Bergwijn and Lo Celso, I think to invest in that area of the team, it needs to be a special player, who can really take us up a level. We nearly got Grealish. We nearly got Fernandes. I think players of their standard or the potential of their standard is what we need to look for. If they aren't available to us now, be patient, as we do have quality in depth. I understand why Brooks appeals, as he's a good age, is talented and will be a good price. But he's not going to take us to another level and he's not really going to improve our squad. If we bought him, we'd have to sell one of the others, such a Lamela and we saw just a few weeks ago, he's just not at Lamela's level yet.

tobi · Jul 28, 2020

wirE said:
I think he had a good debut season but has stagnated. Old rumors surfacing now that Bournemouth has been relegated imo

He didn't stagnate, he was injured.

Yiddo100 · Jul 28, 2020

emiley heskey said:
Brooks is good player but he doesn't have the ability to become world class like grealish or eze ... I am yet to see why people rate brooks so highly...

Think it’s time you let Grealish go, he’s way out of our range

emiley heskey · Jul 28, 2020

dtxspurs said:
Im sick of having a rotation option who’s available for half the season. I’ll gamble on Brooks upside over what we currently get out of Lamela. Which was 2 goals and 3 assists in the prem this season in 25 appearances. His contributions when he is available are vastly overrated.

Further info on Lamela, he had 4 goals and 6 assists in all competitions. Half of those came in 2 games.

At this moment lamela is better than brooks and i don't think brooks will be better than lamela in the long term ... If we can't buy a player better than lamela, then we should loan someone like coutinho who is obviously better than lamela and will make us a better team in the process. I just cant see how an average player like brooks can take us to another level that lamela failed to do..

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