St José Dominguez
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Great to see Ndombele looking fit and showing stamina. Keep starting him and starting him.
Match Threads K F Shkendija vs Spurs - Match Thread - Round 3
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PrettyColors
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Concerning to me that our worst first team players in that match were all home grown.
Ben Davies
Winks
Alli
Ben Davies
Winks
Alli
delawarespur
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Wow guys ndombele looked soooooooo unfit right? Definitely a player who plays himself into fitness. He was extremely active and energetic in the second half, got stronger as the game went on. I’m so done hearing people bash his fitness.
lukadownthelane
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Really impressed with Ndombele. Tracking back at 80 minutes really well and playing insightful passes. Was sceptical about him and lo Celso together but it might work!
Phomesy
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Decent game. In control bar a 5-10 minute patch where we were lazy in defensive smarts with repeated poor clearances that gave them the ball back multiple times - leading to no pressure worldie of a goal. Then a couple of breaks where we didn't get back fast enough at all.
But apart from that we were good. Lacking cutting edge a bit in the first half. Dele was excellent. Winks - despite all the moaning - was fine and played two sublime passes in the second half that should have led to goals.
Obviously we looked better when Kane and Gio came on but the biggest and best surprise was the way Ndombele took the game by the scruff of the neck when we needed him too. Well done big fella!
But apart from that we were good. Lacking cutting edge a bit in the first half. Dele was excellent. Winks - despite all the moaning - was fine and played two sublime passes in the second half that should have led to goals.
Obviously we looked better when Kane and Gio came on but the biggest and best surprise was the way Ndombele took the game by the scruff of the neck when we needed him too. Well done big fella!
gavspur
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I was thinking this... Then I was thinking about if he’d actually completed 90mons for us at all? Then it reminded me of Gazza, the 90’s one, and I always have this memory of him being subbed off in most matches. No idea if that’s accurate or not?
Spursmatty87
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Ndombele and LoCelso as CM is pure porn. Well done Ndombele after last season never thought we’d see you in a spurs shirt never mind playing this well.
chrissivad
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Davies isn't classed as home grown in Europe, if that helps
spursfan77
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I think we still need a proper defensive midfielder to play with or instead of Hojbjerg.
Phomesy
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Lol.
I'm not even Dele's biggest fan and not sure where he fits in this side atm - but this is laughable. The bloke was EVERYWHERE first half.
glacierSpurs
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He just played with so much assurance after Lo Celso came on. He knows Lo Celso will be so much dependable than fucking Winks.
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Through and what seems like no injuries is all that counts here but Ndombele completing 90mins and actually improving as the match progressed is most encouraging even if it's tempered with the level of the competition.
Home tie next will surely yield a more coherent display but like it or not, we improved when Winks and Dele went off.
It might be an unfair stick to beat him with but I don't feel Winks inclusion in the middle of the park enhances the midfield partner(s) around him and as for Dele, this has done his standing with Mourinho little good so expect further speculation on his future.
Home tie next will surely yield a more coherent display but like it or not, we improved when Winks and Dele went off.
It might be an unfair stick to beat him with but I don't feel Winks inclusion in the middle of the park enhances the midfield partner(s) around him and as for Dele, this has done his standing with Mourinho little good so expect further speculation on his future.
spids
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Agree. Jose says he wants to players in each position. For CM we have:
Destroyer = Hojbjerg, Sissoko
All rounder = Lo Celso, Winks
Creator = Ndombele, ???
In a perfect world we replace Sissoko with a proper DCM (part of me thinks Winks needs upgrading too, but he is proper Spurs and if he can recapture his form from a couple of years ago he is a good player to keep), and sign a trequartista in the mould of Eriksen / Coutinho / Sneijder. In that event we could also let Dele and Lamela go seeing as we have Kane, Bale, Moura, Bergwijn, Son and are looking for a CF to compete for the front 3 places in a 4-3-3.
