David Brooks
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- What does a wide player typically do in this day and age of wide players having dozens of different types of roles to perform? Some score goals. Some play crosses from deep. Some get to the byline and cross. Some drift into striker positions to score. Some drift into the middle to create. Some are there to protect the full back. Some are there as target men to bully smaller full backs. Etc. Etc. I’ve never said Brooks is is a winger. I’ve said that it’s wrong to call him a central player when he’s almost always played out wide.
- You may see an AMC playing out wide, but he’s not. Eriksen was. Dele too occasionally. Modric before we trusted him centrally. Agreed Brooks isn’t whipping in crosses, but he is beating his man a lot, and with some ease at that, and carrying the ball long distances down the flanks at pace.
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He’s not a winger. He is a wide player.
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Here’s his heatmap for this season:
- What does a wide player typically do in this day and age of wide players having dozens of different types of roles to perform? Some score goals. Some play crosses from deep. Some get to the byline and cross. Some drift into striker positions to score. Some drift into the middle to create. Some are there to protect the full back. Some are there as target men to bully smaller full backs. Etc. Etc. I’ve never said Brooks is is a winger. I’ve said that it’s wrong to call him a central player when he’s almost always played out wide.
- You may see an AMC playing out wide, but he’s not. Eriksen was. Dele too occasionally. Modric before we trusted him centrally. Agreed Brooks isn’t whipping in crosses, but he is beating his man a lot, and with some ease at that, and carrying the ball long distances down the flanks at pace.
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He’s not a winger. He is a wide player.
Dude, look, it's all good. I don't want to have a big old debate. You're basing a lot of your view on his previous stats of him playing out wide for Bournemouth as he has repeatedly done that and that's fair enough.
I believe that was a move by Eddie Howe to utilise him in a particular way because Brooks is talented, versatile, quick and skilful but ultimately I think he will end up as a central attacking midfielder. I might be wrong but he was considered that type of player at Sheff Utd iirc, Spurs were linked with him at the time.
Take Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as a perfect example of how he was playing centrally for Saints as young player, then he moved to Arsenal and because he had speed and skill, Wenger put him out wide. He did fine but wasn't exactly an elite player in his position. He's then moved to Liverpool and is now back playing centrally again, which he prefers and he seems to be flourishing. At one stage he was scoring pretty much every game.
Anyway, I just want us to sign him.
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This reminds me of the 'Davinson Sanchez can play right-back' stuff.
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One thing that is very apparent to me is when people say he would be the perfect Eriksen replacement or he plays like Grealish etc...either people have only watched youtube highlights or MOTD because he is nothing like either of them. I wonder how many of our fans have actually watched him or are they just jumping on the bandwagon
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What I like about Brooks is he’s intelligent, finds space with off the ball movement and can shoot even of his wrong un- we need to have more efforts on target.
Chases back and presses well, too.
Erik out, Brooks in
Chases back and presses well, too.
Erik out, Brooks in
This is correct. He’s a younger, better and more homegrown Lamela.
A little less shithousery and a little less psycho in the tackle, but better vision and more effective going forward. Actually has another foot.
Would make this “trade” in a heartbeat.
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He can tbf. Just wait one minute while I dig out his Ajax heatmaps.
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get out of my thread
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Au contraire
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It does say a lot about our CM recruitment that we are trying to mold this kid to being a diamond in the rough central attacking midfielder. You look at the fees being touted for Havertz, Aouar, or even our own N'Dombele and it makes you wonder: are there any affordable, viable AMs who play through the center? Eriksen was truly unique, he ticked every single box of versatility, technique, work-rate, and vision. Eze and Brooks definitely miss out on the defensive work rate and long passing.
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Eriksen didn't have the workrate until poch's training methods molded him into one. For us to compete we have to project what players could possibly become. Maybe Eze doesn't have the work rate I can't say.
But I've seen a lot of David Brooks and he always tracked back for bournemouth showing he at least has the desire to do his bit. To go along with the rare technical/vision that makes up a top modern #10.
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spot on, he's similar to Lamela but a younger homegrown version who can take a free-kick and who has a decent barnet.
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fixed!!
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Tottenham transfer targets: Hojbjerg, Kim-min Jae and Kane back-up
Europa League football will boost Jose Mourinho’s transfer budget.
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Mentions our interest in Brooks. Dan was bang on last summer about our targets. Seems all targets he mentioned are obtainable!
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it's from some Twitter itk with 10 followers. if we loan Sessegnon out we still have Cirkin
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Spurrific
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Diego Rico is 27 and shit, there’s no chance we’d want him.
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I never mentioned Hercules's information.
I’ve deleted my posts now, don’t want to start to rumours over something I haven’t cleared - but yeah, I agree that Rico is average and would obviously much prefer Brooks.
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