We are at the ‘pick and choose’ stage rather than the ‘giant holes in 1st team’ stage.
Actually, our 1st 11 is very strong and even more so when you consider that one of Bentancur or Sarr generally misses out, as well as having Werner/Johnson/Son/Richarlison and Deki for the three front roles.
We are vulnerable at LB and RB as the drop off is a bit steeper (no slander on Davies and Emerson, it’s just Porro and Udogie are *that* good). Also back up keeper for how we play.
CB is ok until you factor in inevitable injuries or tiredness. Three CB’s for a season with Europe feels tight. City, Arsenal and Liverpool all have more options outside their 1st choice pairing.
CM I assume because GLC can’t stay fit, PEH is a bit of a square peg and Skipp is behind all of them and even Deki would drop into the 8 before he would get picked.
Deadwood is more or less out, or at least out of sight and mind. And we have promising youngsters on the fringes or coming back from loans in the Summer.
We need a CB that is rapid like VDV, if he's out our high line literally, barely holds together. Dragusin and Romero are similar players, we need another speedster. If we got a backup fullback who is attacking and can play both sides, that would be ideal. Davies has been amazing but he doesn't fit either role anymore. I would transfer him somewhere he can start. One of the youngsters can be our 5th choice CB
A player i like in this profile is Jorrel Hato at Ajax who is young enough to iron out his game and strengthen but at just 18 starting for Ajax, a little under the radar, has a nice pass on him total football type spec. Just signed a new contract but why should that stop us.
Hato would be close to 100M, he is that good at that age. Has already been reported Scum and Pool have asked about him and been told the F-off price is 100M.
I just dont see that happening for some who would be a rotation CB coming in.
Agree on a fullback that can play both sides.
I think Kyle Walker Peters would be a solid signing considering he would fill a homegrown slot and his contract is winding down a bit.
God I'd love Andrea Cambiaso, he's absolutely perfect to compete with Destiny I think. Think it's a pipe dream though, not sure whether Juve's finances are still fucked but can't see them letting him go
Definitely not “highly likely” he leaves just because he’s on the last year of his deal. His transfer fee would be like 5mil, there’s no need to cash in on him rather than keep him around another year
And GLC also.
I can absolutely see a summer where we move on:
Royal, Davies, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Sessegnon, Gil (plus Reguilon, Spence, Ndombele, Tanganga and Rodon). Maybe even Solomon.
No chance we move Solomon, the man barely had a kick as a fresh new signing. Also I think Emerson stays, as he's shown great versatility and attitude all around.
Fulham's Rodak is available on a free this summer I believe, not played much in the Prem but I like him as a backup from what I've seen of him. Relatively young and homegrown
I just worry that if Vicario sprains his face and is unable to make Vicario faces that we have someone who can step in.
Or possibly some other injuries as well.
Ashely Phillips has looked good on loan so I wouldn’t be surprised if we forego additional signings at CB and bring him into the rotation instead.
VDV and Romero as starters then Dragusin and Phillips as backup/rotation. Davies and Emerson as third string, emergency backups (assuming both decide to stick around this summer).
With the way we play it may be more valuable to have him training with Ange and our first team than playing semi-regularly in a deep block for a bottom half team.
I think Phillips could still be in the rotation if we get another CB. If we are in CL next year I don’t feel super comfortable starting a 19 year old against the likes of Juventus or PSG.
Yeah I can see us holding Davies for a year as defensive cover in multiple positions while Phillips gets another loan. Would be a poor allocation of funds imo to go out and get another centre back and block Ash when he looks this good
It’s really simple. Move on players like Gil and Sess and bring in top class players who can compete for a starting 11 spot. Then if players like Davies or Emerson can’t compete anymore, we move them on and bring in more top class players.
Eventually you would have a squad with new players that even outperform some of our starting 11, who might go down to the bench, but still get good game time bc we will be in Europe and getting further and further into the competitions. At that point it might not be a question of player x starts over player y due to skill but because x is better against the team you are playing against.
I am pretty sure this is what Postecoglou means when he says we need a few more transfer windows.
My plan at CB would be pick up whoever the left footed version of Dragusin is, a 21-23 year old high potential CB for £25M-£35M. Which could be Pacho.
Let Romero, VdV, Dragsuin and new guy be our options for a couple of years while Philips and Dorrington have a few years of high level loans and turn 20-21.
At that point if we’ve done well I’d imagine we’ll get a few huge bids for Romero or VdV or the young lads will have got good enough that other teams bid good money for them. Then you have to choose what’s the best option for selling, but you do need to sell.
With the way we expect the CB’s to play in our system we need good rotation options for the injuries that happen or just for resting people to help prevent injuries in the first place.
We need to buy or bring through top young players that allow you to rotate players properly within a season without results dropping off like City and Liverpool. Then come important games or the end of the season it’s more likely your best players are fit and ready.
I'd like to see a more clinical CF who's also better at creating space, and holding the ball up to bring others into the game.
I hope Richy can carry on his growth and be that player, but I'm not sold yet. Actually i worry he's too good to drop while not being the best fit for Ange-ball (outside of his excellent pressing). That's an issue for Ange though.
Remember that Ange doesn’t judge the small differences in player quality. He sees bigger gaps in player attitude, which I take as attitude and commitment toward training and doing what Ange asks on the pitch. If Richarlison is giving 100% and doing what Ange asks him to do, he’ll stay.
We need reinforcements up front and as you said we need better subs for LB/RB. We need wingers and a striker. Son goes to SK in the middle of PL, it fucks our entire offensive strategy, or rather it turns to 0 strategy going forward.
I think the starting wingers need to be improved upon. Love Deki, Johnson and Werner but they don’t quite fit Angeball. Johnson is getting there but the other two aren’t the quick, dribbly one v one specialists we need.
Kulu has been running hot and cold but in his limited time here Werner has been great, considering it's only been a few games I think he's picking up the system quickly.
Kulu could work as rotation through the middle. Werner is fine as a bench option but he’s not the future. Johnson has time to improve so it remains to be seen about him.
I’m not saying these are bad players, I love them all but we probably need to be aiming higher in terms of quality for our starting 11.
I always like to look at City as an example in these sorts of situations. They don’t just have a starting 11 of superstars, they have a *squad* full. That’s where we should strive to aim. Without the oil.
We made a Champions League final (knocking City out in the process) & nearly won the league twice. It’s not impossible, their continued success is just making it seem that way.
I didn’t mean we can’t win/challenge for titles. Just that we will never have a squad of 22 players capable of winning the league. I’d be happy if we had a solid 17 players who we feel comfortable rotating in and out
We can all wish for KMJ but every Bayern fan knows KMJ starts again once they hire a sane manager after this season. Plus, I think his salary is bigger than Son's.
I don’t know anything about him, but all I will say is that it seems to be impossible for us to be linked with a player without Arsenal also being linked. My hunch it’s that it’s an easy way to generate clicks and engagements, and let’s be honest, a young centre back having a strong season in a top 5 league, for a non-title challenging team, most of Europe will have an eye on him.
Personally, I think a RB and possibly LB too are better uses of our money as far as defenders go. Davies is actually a really solid 4th CB for our system, he was class when we were missing our whole backline. A FB to genuinely compete with Porro and Udogie is what we need defensively. We also definitely need a versatile attacking option like Eze, and a playmaker DM to compete with Biss (Bergvall might be able to fill this role, but I'd like someone a bit older and stronger...a rejuvenated Bentancur could also do it). All of that will add up to most of our budget for the summer, and the rest can be spent on youth talent and Werner.
Pep is not letting Grealish go lol. With European football next year, I think we’ll see a lot more squad rotation and I don’t think anyone will truly be riding the bench.
We definitely need one more lcb. Pacho is a good option for us but Arsenal will pay more. Moreover I have heard that Davies’ contract expires next summer so we will sell him this summer so we will need one more lb.
Home country has nothing to do with it and he's been homegrown for UEFA competitions since 2022 when they changed their rule regarding Welsh clubs in the English football pyramid.
Ah thank you, I didn’t see that change, for what it’s worth I meant as Swansea is in wales (it’s own country for that purpose) rather than just because he was welsh
We have two good st and Veliz. I doubt that we will buy st unless we sell Richy. Of course we can buy someone like llenikhena or kroupi
Edit: it was question about arsenal, but I didn’t get it and replied about us
I'm in the camp that our biggest need is a new #6 to compete with Bissouma. I feel strangely safe with Davies and Royal as great backups to the 3 CB's.
I agree, Hojberg is prolly leaving, benta is better as an 8 and Skipp's performance can be 50/50. Def need a new 6. Then a new winger and then we can look at cb options.
Yeahhhh I see why with Ange ball how it is. Great on attack but we leave the back wide open. Depth in the CB position is probably the most important of all
I think we’re in a nice position where we can see how good Dragusin really is over the next game or two. Still feels like CB then LB and ST are positions to target this summer
>How are people sleeping on Piero Hincapie?
I don't think he is. He was discussed heavily 2 windows ago, but now he's now on a new long term deal until 2027 in a flying Leverkusen team so it's probably not quite as feasible
Fair point, but I would love to see him in lilywhite. That lad is going to be world class. Maybe once Xabi Alonso departs we might have a shot, though he will be expensive.
Quick and strong, he'll be cover for VVD, though he's no where near as quick.. no one is.
Dragusan didn't look to be as quick, though he's certainly not slow either, I see him as cover for Romero long term. Also to keep up our aggressive challenge and foul quota if R is out.
I REALLY doubt this news is true. We have our starters and able backups in Dragusin and Davies. We can turn to Emerson if need be.
That's enough.
There are only so many squad slots. We need to get quality more than quantity now. A CM to replace PEH but good enough to threaten the starters. Same goes for forwards, someone who could usurp our current wingers.
Only really need a true LB backup.
We need to change this mentality.
They are no backups with 50+ matches. You think Romero VDV is gonna play every match and we go on deep runs in all 4 comps? With wide spaces we open up,we need high quality defs to sustain Angeball.
LB is priority, we got rejected for 'Cambiaso' and he isn't a player for mere backup.
Clearly Spurs wanna win.
3Cbs are not enough for playing 2 times a week.
3 more windows of solid backing are needed to be elite.
honestly, we can start introducing the young boys next year. Ash Phillips and Luka Vuskovic look like real talents and they need time to bed in and grow into that Ake/Akanji/Dias/Gvardiol/Stones rotation role. Including them, that’s 5 first team CB’s vying for playing time and being able to play at the high level in 4 different competitions.
I think we need more options up front if anything. We do well to get the ball forward and then things sort of peter out, we need someone quick and can score from outside the box. Son used to be that player but hasn't done so in 1.5 seasons.
Idk man, we already have serious depth and quality at center back. Our three main guys are just entering their prime while we also have at least three young guys that in 2-3 years time we can assume that at least one of them could very well develop to this level. I would much rather we targeted a backup right back if we are going of defense. But to be honest the midfield is where we bleed a lot. We have a lot of good players there but every game I feel like we can upgrade on Bissouma, Sarr and post injury bentancur.
I would much rather we go all in on the midfield this summer.
I would say that wings are also sorted in the short term with the acquisition of werner.
VdV is injured. Let's assume Romero also gets injured at the same period, like it happened earlier in the season. Do you really think that three starting CBs will be enough?
Yeah, three starting CBs are enough. Now of course we should sign a rotation filler in that position as well but not a top level 50 million young guy who needs to start week in and week out. A guy in the level of Lenglet for example would be fine for that 4th cb spot. I was fine with davies filling in as well.
Center back is far from a priority while we definitely need a couple starting midfielders.
It's paper talk, done by the player's agent to push a mover for him to other clubs.
We don't need any more CB cover so there is no point buying another CB
Crazy how the center back topic keeps coming up here and the discussion is always, “Yeah! Let’s get a strong fourth option!” Spurs aren’t trying to get a strong fourth option, they’re trying to preemptively replace Romero, who is one of the top 3-4 center backs in the world and will be an enormous, Kane-level loss when he goes to Madrid.
No they are not preemptive( Unless a very big bid comes for Romero) he is staying for another season at least. CB links were there from Feb itself. 3 CBs with Romero's discipline and VDV's injury frequency is tight. 50+ matches next season we gonna screw up all cup runs and league.
They could've gone for cheap backups if the aim were top 4. Ange really wanna push the team up and it will only happen when we have 4 top Cbs and gives flexibility to go back 3.
They are building over the starting 11 we have and reduce the drop off quality from the bench, it will take 3 more windows of high level backing.
Clearly Dorrington(for the first team),Ashley( as backup) aren't yet ready for next season.
You don’t think a very big bid will come in for Romero? Even if he wasn’t a World Cup winner, he’s a world-class player entering his prime who was an alpha at Spurs the moment he walked in the door. He’d be a locked-in starter and eventual captain candidate on literally any team.
I’m all for having depth, but CBs don’t need the rest that other players do, and you’re not getting top talents (and keeping them happy) with the promise of playing when Romero gets suspended (a risk that’s often overstated here) or VDV pulls a hamstring. If Spurs are really still shopping in this department, we have to accept the strong possibility that they’re expecting to lose Romero — and we should be happy both that we got to see him play and that we’ll get a huge payout when he leaves.
It's a possibility but less likely.Market dynamics are hard to predict tbh. I see Romero for 1 more season at least.
But the players we are linked to even in other positions are not just mere backups but to elevate the bench to starting IX.
Here is the catch, we are targeting young players 20-22 y.o. with high ceilings and for them Spurs is an upgrade than their current teams so they'll be happy to come.
Yes, there are other positions to fill first but CB and FBs are the most important positions that need high quality for Ange ball. Backups Dont work.
We are at the ‘pick and choose’ stage rather than the ‘giant holes in 1st team’ stage. Actually, our 1st 11 is very strong and even more so when you consider that one of Bentancur or Sarr generally misses out, as well as having Werner/Johnson/Son/Richarlison and Deki for the three front roles. We are vulnerable at LB and RB as the drop off is a bit steeper (no slander on Davies and Emerson, it’s just Porro and Udogie are *that* good). Also back up keeper for how we play. CB is ok until you factor in inevitable injuries or tiredness. Three CB’s for a season with Europe feels tight. City, Arsenal and Liverpool all have more options outside their 1st choice pairing. CM I assume because GLC can’t stay fit, PEH is a bit of a square peg and Skipp is behind all of them and even Deki would drop into the 8 before he would get picked. Deadwood is more or less out, or at least out of sight and mind. And we have promising youngsters on the fringes or coming back from loans in the Summer.
If it's an either-or situation, I'd much rather sign a backup LB and keep Davies as 4th choice CB than sign another CB and have Davies as backup LB.
We need a CB that is rapid like VDV, if he's out our high line literally, barely holds together. Dragusin and Romero are similar players, we need another speedster. If we got a backup fullback who is attacking and can play both sides, that would be ideal. Davies has been amazing but he doesn't fit either role anymore. I would transfer him somewhere he can start. One of the youngsters can be our 5th choice CB
A player i like in this profile is Jorrel Hato at Ajax who is young enough to iron out his game and strengthen but at just 18 starting for Ajax, a little under the radar, has a nice pass on him total football type spec. Just signed a new contract but why should that stop us.
Hato would be close to 100M, he is that good at that age. Has already been reported Scum and Pool have asked about him and been told the F-off price is 100M. I just dont see that happening for some who would be a rotation CB coming in.
Agree on a fullback that can play both sides. I think Kyle Walker Peters would be a solid signing considering he would fill a homegrown slot and his contract is winding down a bit.
Dragusin is really really quick.
God I'd love Andrea Cambiaso, he's absolutely perfect to compete with Destiny I think. Think it's a pipe dream though, not sure whether Juve's finances are still fucked but can't see them letting him go
Agreed. Davies has been phenomenal as a CB, and a bit invisible as a LB/FB, this season.
Davies has 18 months left on his contract so it’s highly likely he leaves in the summer
Man that would be so strange to see 😢
Definitely not “highly likely” he leaves just because he’s on the last year of his deal. His transfer fee would be like 5mil, there’s no need to cash in on him rather than keep him around another year
And GLC also. I can absolutely see a summer where we move on: Royal, Davies, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Sessegnon, Gil (plus Reguilon, Spence, Ndombele, Tanganga and Rodon). Maybe even Solomon.
No chance we move Solomon, the man barely had a kick as a fresh new signing. Also I think Emerson stays, as he's shown great versatility and attitude all around.
I’d like a good “cup keeper,” too.
Fulham's Rodak is available on a free this summer I believe, not played much in the Prem but I like him as a backup from what I've seen of him. Relatively young and homegrown
I just worry that if Vicario sprains his face and is unable to make Vicario faces that we have someone who can step in. Or possibly some other injuries as well.
It’s a bit of an alien feeing but whatever the club choose to do, I trust them
Ashely Phillips has looked good on loan so I wouldn’t be surprised if we forego additional signings at CB and bring him into the rotation instead. VDV and Romero as starters then Dragusin and Phillips as backup/rotation. Davies and Emerson as third string, emergency backups (assuming both decide to stick around this summer).
I'm not sure Ash is good enough on the ball just yet. He's still VERY young so i'd look to get him a PL loan next season if possible.
With the way we play it may be more valuable to have him training with Ange and our first team than playing semi-regularly in a deep block for a bottom half team.
I think Phillips could still be in the rotation if we get another CB. If we are in CL next year I don’t feel super comfortable starting a 19 year old against the likes of Juventus or PSG.
Yeah I can see us holding Davies for a year as defensive cover in multiple positions while Phillips gets another loan. Would be a poor allocation of funds imo to go out and get another centre back and block Ash when he looks this good
ZERO chance Ange is happy with that.
It’s really simple. Move on players like Gil and Sess and bring in top class players who can compete for a starting 11 spot. Then if players like Davies or Emerson can’t compete anymore, we move them on and bring in more top class players. Eventually you would have a squad with new players that even outperform some of our starting 11, who might go down to the bench, but still get good game time bc we will be in Europe and getting further and further into the competitions. At that point it might not be a question of player x starts over player y due to skill but because x is better against the team you are playing against. I am pretty sure this is what Postecoglou means when he says we need a few more transfer windows.
And Bergvall is coming as well.
Surely he will go out on loan to a lower epl team
Idk. That kid can *ball*.
Nah, part of why he joined us over Barca is we promised him he'll have a proper chance at the first team when he arrives.
It seems a bit risky though considering he hasn’t been tested against high quality opposition yet
Up to him to take the chance given to him- core Ange philosophy.
My plan at CB would be pick up whoever the left footed version of Dragusin is, a 21-23 year old high potential CB for £25M-£35M. Which could be Pacho. Let Romero, VdV, Dragsuin and new guy be our options for a couple of years while Philips and Dorrington have a few years of high level loans and turn 20-21. At that point if we’ve done well I’d imagine we’ll get a few huge bids for Romero or VdV or the young lads will have got good enough that other teams bid good money for them. Then you have to choose what’s the best option for selling, but you do need to sell. With the way we expect the CB’s to play in our system we need good rotation options for the injuries that happen or just for resting people to help prevent injuries in the first place. We need to buy or bring through top young players that allow you to rotate players properly within a season without results dropping off like City and Liverpool. Then come important games or the end of the season it’s more likely your best players are fit and ready.
I'd like to see a more clinical CF who's also better at creating space, and holding the ball up to bring others into the game. I hope Richy can carry on his growth and be that player, but I'm not sold yet. Actually i worry he's too good to drop while not being the best fit for Ange-ball (outside of his excellent pressing). That's an issue for Ange though.
Remember that Ange doesn’t judge the small differences in player quality. He sees bigger gaps in player attitude, which I take as attitude and commitment toward training and doing what Ange asks on the pitch. If Richarlison is giving 100% and doing what Ange asks him to do, he’ll stay.
We need reinforcements up front and as you said we need better subs for LB/RB. We need wingers and a striker. Son goes to SK in the middle of PL, it fucks our entire offensive strategy, or rather it turns to 0 strategy going forward.
I think the starting wingers need to be improved upon. Love Deki, Johnson and Werner but they don’t quite fit Angeball. Johnson is getting there but the other two aren’t the quick, dribbly one v one specialists we need.
Kulu has been running hot and cold but in his limited time here Werner has been great, considering it's only been a few games I think he's picking up the system quickly.
Kulu could work as rotation through the middle. Werner is fine as a bench option but he’s not the future. Johnson has time to improve so it remains to be seen about him. I’m not saying these are bad players, I love them all but we probably need to be aiming higher in terms of quality for our starting 11.
I always like to look at City as an example in these sorts of situations. They don’t just have a starting 11 of superstars, they have a *squad* full. That’s where we should strive to aim. Without the oil.
Pep rotates a lot in his system. Introduces to lot of youngsters and academy products in his team. He only works with 19-20 players.
Yes our best bet is buying improving young age players with the highest ceiling. They are more hungry and cheap
We won’t get there without the oil. Their wage bill is like double what ours is
We made a Champions League final (knocking City out in the process) & nearly won the league twice. It’s not impossible, their continued success is just making it seem that way.
I didn’t mean we can’t win/challenge for titles. Just that we will never have a squad of 22 players capable of winning the league. I’d be happy if we had a solid 17 players who we feel comfortable rotating in and out
Kim Min Jae. Tuchel is benching him for Dier bc he doesn’t like Kim’s high pressing offensive style CB.
Makes perfect business sense as well.
Tuchel is a terrorist. KMJ would have to be a starter though, right?
We’d have to find him a way onto the pitch but what are you going to bench our vice captain ever
We can all wish for KMJ but every Bayern fan knows KMJ starts again once they hire a sane manager after this season. Plus, I think his salary is bigger than Son's.
his uniform sales will pay for his wages
Dude Tuchel will be gone by summer. It's official. So KMJ will depend on their next coach.
>Tuchel will be gone by summer Watch them win the CL with Tuchel, now that they're set on Tuchel leaving
He's on silly wages
trust me his uniform sales will pay off the wages
I wish
I don’t know anything about him, but all I will say is that it seems to be impossible for us to be linked with a player without Arsenal also being linked. My hunch it’s that it’s an easy way to generate clicks and engagements, and let’s be honest, a young centre back having a strong season in a top 5 league, for a non-title challenging team, most of Europe will have an eye on him.
Personally, I think a RB and possibly LB too are better uses of our money as far as defenders go. Davies is actually a really solid 4th CB for our system, he was class when we were missing our whole backline. A FB to genuinely compete with Porro and Udogie is what we need defensively. We also definitely need a versatile attacking option like Eze, and a playmaker DM to compete with Biss (Bergvall might be able to fill this role, but I'd like someone a bit older and stronger...a rejuvenated Bentancur could also do it). All of that will add up to most of our budget for the summer, and the rest can be spent on youth talent and Werner.
I would Eze be happy on the bench? Id like him too. Either him or maybe grealish
Pep is not letting Grealish go lol. With European football next year, I think we’ll see a lot more squad rotation and I don’t think anyone will truly be riding the bench.
That’s true
We definitely need one more lcb. Pacho is a good option for us but Arsenal will pay more. Moreover I have heard that Davies’ contract expires next summer so we will sell him this summer so we will need one more lb.
LB is a must. Sess should be said thank you. Does Davies count as home-grown?
Yes Davies counts as an association trained player since Uefa changed their mind in before the 22/23 season
He does.
Not in Europe (because of Wales being its own country for UEFA) but is for the league (as Swansea plays in the English league system) afaik
Home country has nothing to do with it and he's been homegrown for UEFA competitions since 2022 when they changed their rule regarding Welsh clubs in the English football pyramid.
Ah thank you, I didn’t see that change, for what it’s worth I meant as Swansea is in wales (it’s own country for that purpose) rather than just because he was welsh
Davies' contract runs out in summer 2025
For better or worse I think they'll renew Davies rather than sell
Will they tho? Aren’t they in need of both a striker which won’t come cheap and a midfielder while also not being able to spend out of their ass?
We have two good st and Veliz. I doubt that we will buy st unless we sell Richy. Of course we can buy someone like llenikhena or kroupi Edit: it was question about arsenal, but I didn’t get it and replied about us
What? I was talking about arsenal. They won’t spend more on pacho when they need a striker and midfielder with ffp hanging over their heads
Sorry I misunderstood you. I don’t know about arsenal tbh
I'm in the camp that our biggest need is a new #6 to compete with Bissouma. I feel strangely safe with Davies and Royal as great backups to the 3 CB's.
I agree, Hojberg is prolly leaving, benta is better as an 8 and Skipp's performance can be 50/50. Def need a new 6. Then a new winger and then we can look at cb options.
is this guy reliable?
afaik George is only a youtuber.
Absolutely not.
As reliable as me, mate
tier 0 he's Levy's golf caddie
I don't see it. Davies does very well filling in there when needed and we have a lot of promising academy players there too.
What happen to tolibo?
He’s too overqualified for rotation and we got Dragusin instead
He's costly and has behavioural issues. Bad for the dressing room.
for that kind of money id prefer Hincapie
Yeahhhh I see why with Ange ball how it is. Great on attack but we leave the back wide open. Depth in the CB position is probably the most important of all
less of priority for me than rb, 6, winger - but i can get behind a rb/cb or cb/6 hybrid
Do we have promising CB's from the youth academy? I haven't followed the development lately...
I think we’re in a nice position where we can see how good Dragusin really is over the next game or two. Still feels like CB then LB and ST are positions to target this summer
How are people sleeping on Piero Hincapie? Haven't seen him mentioned here once. He could play at LB and CB, is good on the ball, and is fast.
>How are people sleeping on Piero Hincapie? I don't think he is. He was discussed heavily 2 windows ago, but now he's now on a new long term deal until 2027 in a flying Leverkusen team so it's probably not quite as feasible
Fair point, but I would love to see him in lilywhite. That lad is going to be world class. Maybe once Xabi Alonso departs we might have a shot, though he will be expensive.
I know nothing about this guy tbh.
🥳🥳🥳
We've probably cleared £30+ million per year in wages recently. If we go for players <£100k ppw we can probably get a lot of players.
Quick and strong, he'll be cover for VVD, though he's no where near as quick.. no one is. Dragusan didn't look to be as quick, though he's certainly not slow either, I see him as cover for Romero long term. Also to keep up our aggressive challenge and foul quota if R is out.
We aren’t going to be spending big on a fourth CB.
Pacho is a davies replacement if we sign him so he will probably fill in for left back as well
I REALLY doubt this news is true. We have our starters and able backups in Dragusin and Davies. We can turn to Emerson if need be. That's enough. There are only so many squad slots. We need to get quality more than quantity now. A CM to replace PEH but good enough to threaten the starters. Same goes for forwards, someone who could usurp our current wingers. Only really need a true LB backup.
We need to change this mentality. They are no backups with 50+ matches. You think Romero VDV is gonna play every match and we go on deep runs in all 4 comps? With wide spaces we open up,we need high quality defs to sustain Angeball. LB is priority, we got rejected for 'Cambiaso' and he isn't a player for mere backup. Clearly Spurs wanna win. 3Cbs are not enough for playing 2 times a week. 3 more windows of solid backing are needed to be elite.
ngl our biggest area of need rn is a dribbly winger
honestly, we can start introducing the young boys next year. Ash Phillips and Luka Vuskovic look like real talents and they need time to bed in and grow into that Ake/Akanji/Dias/Gvardiol/Stones rotation role. Including them, that’s 5 first team CB’s vying for playing time and being able to play at the high level in 4 different competitions.
I think we need more options up front if anything. We do well to get the ball forward and then things sort of peter out, we need someone quick and can score from outside the box. Son used to be that player but hasn't done so in 1.5 seasons.
Idk man, we already have serious depth and quality at center back. Our three main guys are just entering their prime while we also have at least three young guys that in 2-3 years time we can assume that at least one of them could very well develop to this level. I would much rather we targeted a backup right back if we are going of defense. But to be honest the midfield is where we bleed a lot. We have a lot of good players there but every game I feel like we can upgrade on Bissouma, Sarr and post injury bentancur. I would much rather we go all in on the midfield this summer. I would say that wings are also sorted in the short term with the acquisition of werner.
VdV is injured. Let's assume Romero also gets injured at the same period, like it happened earlier in the season. Do you really think that three starting CBs will be enough?
Yeah, three starting CBs are enough. Now of course we should sign a rotation filler in that position as well but not a top level 50 million young guy who needs to start week in and week out. A guy in the level of Lenglet for example would be fine for that 4th cb spot. I was fine with davies filling in as well. Center back is far from a priority while we definitely need a couple starting midfielders.
I don't think we should stick to playing LBs at centerback. Another CB is a must.
well are ffp is phenomenal so why not? but yeah always keeping a 400m or 300m wiggle room with a very good coach and player squad feels grand
It's paper talk, done by the player's agent to push a mover for him to other clubs. We don't need any more CB cover so there is no point buying another CB
Crazy how the center back topic keeps coming up here and the discussion is always, “Yeah! Let’s get a strong fourth option!” Spurs aren’t trying to get a strong fourth option, they’re trying to preemptively replace Romero, who is one of the top 3-4 center backs in the world and will be an enormous, Kane-level loss when he goes to Madrid.
No they are not preemptive( Unless a very big bid comes for Romero) he is staying for another season at least. CB links were there from Feb itself. 3 CBs with Romero's discipline and VDV's injury frequency is tight. 50+ matches next season we gonna screw up all cup runs and league. They could've gone for cheap backups if the aim were top 4. Ange really wanna push the team up and it will only happen when we have 4 top Cbs and gives flexibility to go back 3. They are building over the starting 11 we have and reduce the drop off quality from the bench, it will take 3 more windows of high level backing. Clearly Dorrington(for the first team),Ashley( as backup) aren't yet ready for next season.
You don’t think a very big bid will come in for Romero? Even if he wasn’t a World Cup winner, he’s a world-class player entering his prime who was an alpha at Spurs the moment he walked in the door. He’d be a locked-in starter and eventual captain candidate on literally any team. I’m all for having depth, but CBs don’t need the rest that other players do, and you’re not getting top talents (and keeping them happy) with the promise of playing when Romero gets suspended (a risk that’s often overstated here) or VDV pulls a hamstring. If Spurs are really still shopping in this department, we have to accept the strong possibility that they’re expecting to lose Romero — and we should be happy both that we got to see him play and that we’ll get a huge payout when he leaves.
It's a possibility but less likely.Market dynamics are hard to predict tbh. I see Romero for 1 more season at least. But the players we are linked to even in other positions are not just mere backups but to elevate the bench to starting IX. Here is the catch, we are targeting young players 20-22 y.o. with high ceilings and for them Spurs is an upgrade than their current teams so they'll be happy to come. Yes, there are other positions to fill first but CB and FBs are the most important positions that need high quality for Ange ball. Backups Dont work.