Player Watch Player Watch: Giovani Lo Celso

[George94]

Rumours going around Twitter that he's going to be out for a while. Didn't he have a good fitness record before coming to us?

Yep, then Injured himself on international duty and his fitness has been pretty on/off since then.

 

[ShayLaB]

Spotted.

Probably still alive but it was from a week or two back.

 

[chrissivad]

Spotted:

They went up a while ago.
It was before Winks withdrew from the England squad as he is in there as well.

 

[thebenjamin]

So, no GLC clearly for Everton having had zero pre season. Given josé obviously won't pick ndombele, we could be fielding one of the least creative Tottenham sides in history. Particularly given winks is also out and it'll probably be PEH and sissoko in midfield. Basically not one player in the entire side with passing as a primary skill.

 

[BENNO]

So, no GLC clearly for Everton having had zero pre season. Given josé obviously won't pick ndombele, we could be fielding one of the least creative Tottenham sides in history. Particularly given winks is also out and it'll probably be PEH and sissoko in midfield. Basically not one player in the entire side with passing as a primary skill.

True, and obviously not great, but as i just mentioned in the Ollie Watkins thread, this pre season we have seen a deliberate tactic of Son spinning and running beyond defenders as soon as our defence get the ball, with Alderweireld and Dier knocking long, accurate passes into the space. It seemed to work pretty well tbh so i'd expect a similar type of approach when our midfield isn't at it's most creative. Might not please everyone, but would be better than letting Sissoko try and thread clever balls through.

Would also have to add that Dele will obviously be dropping in to try and link play - again, not as good as having Gio, but it's not all doom and gloom.....yet.

 

[thebenjamin]

True, and obviously not great, but as i just mentioned in the Ollie Watkins thread, this pre season we have seen a deliberate tactic of Son spinning and running beyond defenders as soon as our defence get the ball, with Alderweireld and Dier knocking long, accurate passes into the space. It seemed to work pretty well tbh so i'd expect a similar type of approach when our midfield isn't at it's most creative. Might not please everyone, but would be better than letting Sissoko try and thread clever balls through.

Would also have to add that Dele will obviously be dropping in to try and link play - again, not as good as having Gio, but it's not all doom and gloom.....yet.

Unfortunately all the opposition needs to do is sit deep to negate that, and let us have the ball in midfield and wait for us to give it away.

 

[Klinsmannic]

This is why we need another creative player in the squad imo. Gio out and all of a sudden there's only Lamela. I'd rather have 45 mins of Ndombele in a more advanced role tbh.

 

[Dzejkob]

So, no GLC clearly for Everton having had zero pre season. Given josé obviously won't pick ndombele, we could be fielding one of the least creative Tottenham sides in history. Particularly given winks is also out and it'll probably be PEH and sissoko in midfield. Basically not one player in the entire side with passing as a primary skill.

That really shows how mess our squad is. Let's assume we buy a striker (I belive we do), it means that we are stronger in 3 positions we all agree were crucial to strenght: RB, DM/CM, backup ST. That's pretty good window. And yet we are still left with big holes.

 

[Timberwolf]

That really shows how mess our squad is. Let's assume we buy a striker (I belive we do), it means that we are stronger in 3 positions we all agree were crucial to strenght: RB, DM/CM, backup ST. That's pretty good window. And yet we are still left with big holes.

It's true. In theory that hole is exactly the one we bought Ndombele to fill and on paper him and Hojbjerg is a great CM2: ball-winning and tenacity paired with excellent passing and creativity from deep.

Question is, will it work in reality? If Ndombele is fit and puts in a shift then yes, but that's a very big if indeed.

 

[thebenjamin]

That really shows how mess our squad is. Let's assume we buy a striker (I belive we do), it means that we are stronger in 3 positions we all agree were crucial to strenght: RB, DM/CM, backup ST. That's pretty good window. And yet we are still left with big holes.

Yup. It had totally gone to seed in defence, midfield and attack.

 

[DiVaio]

And yet we are still left with big holes.

If you take out 2 or 3 players from the same position there always will be big holes there

 

[Johnny J]

So fucking annoying if GLC is injured again, we badly need him next to PEH in midfield. I swear someone at the club fucked up a black magic ritual a few years ago and as a result we are fated to have Sissoko in our starting 11 until the end of time.

 

[DiVaio]

So fucking annoying if GLC is injured again, we badly need him next to PEH in midfield. I swear someone at the club fucked up a black magic ritual a few years ago and as a result we are fated to have Sissoko in our starting 11 until the end of time.

Who said he is injured?

 

[Johnny J]

Who said he is injured?

There's speculation because we haven't seen him in ages. If he was fit we'd have seen him in these recent pre season games.

 

[cliff jones]

True, and obviously not great, but as i just mentioned in the Ollie Watkins thread, this pre season we have seen a deliberate tactic of Son spinning and running beyond defenders as soon as our defence get the ball, with Alderweireld and Dier knocking long, accurate passes into the space. It seemed to work pretty well tbh so i'd expect a similar type of approach when our midfield isn't at it's most creative. Might not please everyone, but would be better than letting Sissoko try and thread clever balls through.

Would also have to add that Dele will obviously be dropping in to try and link play - again, not as good as having Gio, but it's not all doom and gloom.....yet.

we need more than just a Toby ping to keep the opposition guessing!

Dull

 

[BringBack_leGin]

we need more than just a Toby ping to keep the opposition guessing!

Dull

You signing off with your name like old Dave did the other day? If so, good on you for living up to it.

 

[C0YS]

So, no GLC clearly for Everton having had zero pre season. Given josé obviously won't pick ndombele, we could be fielding one of the least creative Tottenham sides in history. Particularly given winks is also out and it'll probably be PEH and sissoko in midfield. Basically not one player in the entire side with passing as a primary skill.

That's a bit of an overstatement.

I was going to mention the 90s but even in the mid-naughties.

 

[cliff jones]

You signing off with your name like old Dave did the other day? If so, good on you for living up to it.

play the point not the man.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

play the point not the man.

Says the resident neg rep without explanation king.

Ok, let me rephrase:

It is so incredibly boring to see a poster use almost his every comment across every thread to do nothing but deride, complain about, and put down practically every aspect of the club he purports to support, as you appear to have done in the past 8 years.

Better?

 

[cliff jones]

Says the resident neg rep without explanation king.

Ok, let me rephrase:

It is so incredibly boring to see a poster use almost his every comment across every thread to do nothing but deride, complain about, and put down practically every aspect of the club he purports to support, as you appear to have done in the past 8 years.

Better?

what point about Spurs or even the game in general are you making?