This place’s first post-match piece out of the traps after the game was not just a booster for Stevie Bergwijn, as a statement of fact, the boy had a great game. Again, I appeal to fans to employ critical thought here, not just to distance themselves from the absolute scumbags that caused our lad to limit one of his social media accounts, but to embrace the overarching concept, which is underway at Tottenham.
Bergwijn wasn’t a Mourinho pick any more than he was a Pochettino pick, so if anything, we have a player on our books that truly deserves any spare love going. Perhaps yesterday, José afforded the boy a little time to demonstrate what he can do.
At the risk of using every available opportunity that befalls me to speak to those that seem-not-understand how to watch a football match, if you afford a class coach some time, some respect, and add some decent players into the equation, then you encourage improvement, the type that wins trophies.
Has Bergwijn done enough to start ahead of Bale and Alli against our friends, the Scousers? Absolutely. This boy is now focused and ready to rock. People were understandably still questioning Tanguy until yesterday.
Coach. Time. Respect.
😂 We need more cream. Time to get a nice big bowel of cream. Had enough of dross recently.
What would you get for that lot combined? Might raise about 50 odd mill on a very good day? A top player ready to go with resale value will stand you in at about 45m on average these days.
Post Covid the good days look some way off. Ship them out cheap to get them off the wage bill I suppose. This is Levy we’re talking about! lol 😂
Bale and Dele, I would beg to differ. However, clearly neither are the type of player the current management want, or feel the need to utilise.
Dele is one thing, but bringing Bale in when the manager clearly isn’t interested in them is slightly troubling, for a whole host of reasons. The plot thickens…
John Pratt” now there’s a player my dad used to cuss at the old lane. Good time to sneak off and climb the flood lights.🌚 Who remembers when we/kids used to “kick it about” in the corners. “Up the spurs. Spurs for the cup”
Some people also seem to think that coz he’s making loads a money that should make it all alright. Nonsense.
People don’t seem to realise how difficult is is moving to a new country. Different culture different language ect. It’s hard. Your work isn’t the most important thing. Hard to focus. Trust me I know.
Just did, and its a good one!
“…before I was due to play my first game at Old Trafford, I asked him what I could expect. He replied that it would just be like playing at Spurs, except that up there 55,000 people would hate me, whereas at Spurs it was only 45,000!”
I think Vinni is the best 2nd striker we have had in a long time, he’s been unlucky that Kane hasn’t had is customary 6 week injury (yet!).
Great story about a meeting between Pratt and Bill Nic before John playing at Old Trafford. Look it up.
If they were horses they’d be visiting the nearest Glue Factory.
JM should try Doherty as a wing back with Rodon, Dier and Toby as CBs. He might be more effective then.
Doherty and Dier? Surprised they make the dross.
Doherty is solid and finding his feet still, he was much bolder at Wolves.
Dier is no Maldini but even with his faults I think he is integral to Joses squad.
The biggest dross is Winks and Sissoko. Upgrade in this department and we go up a level.
What about Sissoko? Gio? Lamela? Are they good enough for the bench?
“It appears some players can’t do anything right in a Spurs shirt no matter what”… John Pratt comes to mind, ref. his words about “getting it in the neck a bit from some of the sections of the crowd at Spurs”. Hope Bergwijn doesn’t need 400 games before he is accepted.
If Vinimisses gets game time ahead of Bale there’s something wrong.
Vini will do well here. Patience my guy
Vini not “dross. You will see.
Haha yes H you forgot “shouty Joe”
he is homegrown don’t you know.
Not sure about Vinicius – surely “jury’s out”.
Imagine if we shifted a good handful of dross and got in a couple of Jose signings
There’s always a whole bowl of dross at Spurs
Plus Joe Hart and Ben Davies.. That’s a full second string of dross.
Sanchez- dross
Doherty – dross
Dele – dross
Bale – dross
Winks – dross
Dier – dross
Gedson – dross
Vinicius – dross
Rose – dross
Moura – dross
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Needs to do it in the big games to really arrive, hopefully he will…
I’m not quite sure how much dross we have.
Go through our current strongest 11 under Jose;
Hugo – dross?
Aurier – definitely could be upgraded
Toby – dross?
Dier – dross?
Rodon – young, but dross?
Reguion – dross?
PEH – dross?
Tanguy – still needs to prove it every game, but dross?
Bergwijn – lost to prove, but dross?
Kane – can’t bring myself to entertain the notion
Son – same goes for this guy
To remove dross and replace it with ‘top quality’ costs money, apart from the fringe players being moved on, you’re going to have to go some to replace any of the above with better quality on our budget…
Top top player and brilliant signing. Going to be a real star for us. He’s been a little unlucky in front of goal but when they start flying in he’s going to be in a frightening front three. Ndombele, Rodon, Reggie, Gio, PEH. The future is bright. The future is lilywhite.
Jose took to Bergwijn pretty last season as a player he could mould, shooting will be part of that evolution but as Jose has also said the boy can score some goals. Let him develop and he will be a pretty decent player for us
It appears some players can’t do anything right in a Spurs shirt no matter what, but this boy has done little wrong, and should and will get better. I think you have to realise and accept the level that some of our players are at, the same as the manager has to, and hope they can perform well enough to achieve…..something this season, but many observers cannot. The one player that has disappointed me most so far this season is Moura, he’s never come close to that breathtaking CL semi performance and isn’t doing enough to be a first choice.
I see him making Moura redundant quite soon if he shows he can at the very least do what Moura can do. Which is run fast but perhaps not be the most lethal of finishers.
We have too may players for that role Lamela, Bale, Moura and Bergwijn. Right now you’d have to say that Bergwijn is the younger hungrier option right now, what the future holds for the other three at Spurs is anyone’s guess…
He really puts in 90 mins. If only he could shoot as well as he tried hard.
Two more windows, two more windows and most of the dross removed and top quality added, then the real fun will begin.
This is the prelude and it’s going to be highs and lows, remember it took Klopp four years to get where he wanted and with more funding than Jose
Liverpools final League positions in Klopps first four years, 8th,4th, 4th, 2nd.
He had a very good game at Sheffield. His assist for Tanguy’s goal was reminiscent of some of Dele’s.
Tanguy has finally come good in my eyes.
I like Stevie..we get better results when he plays…just needs to brush up on his finishing and be more clinical.