Tottenham (H) 31/3/2019

[Chip Butty]

Shitting it, as per. I really could do with them laying down and dying and giving up.   

[aRdja]

11 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

That's disappointing. They're both shit.

Dier is no good I agree, but is there a deep-lying playmaker better than Winks in the league at the moment? 

[M_B]

Oddly calm about this. Probably shouldn't be.

[Jairzinho]

8 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Dier is no good I agree, but is there a deep-lying playmaker better than Winks in the league at the moment? 

Yes.

[stringvest]

23 hours ago, M_B said:

 

The seventh goal in that is magnificent.

 

probably the best goal ever seen at Anfield.

[aRdja]

12 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Yes.

Who? He’s better than Jorginho, Shelvey, Xhaka, Neves, or Hojbjerg IMO.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

29 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Dier is no good I agree, but is there a deep-lying playmaker better than Winks in the league at the moment? 

[Remmie]

Genuine question as I don't watch much Spurs, but does Winks even get in the first XI most of the time? 

[Pureblood]

31 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Who? He’s better than Jorginho, Shelvey, Xhaka, Neves, or Hojbjerg IMO.

Fernandinho.

[TheHowieLama]

Fabinho

[TheHowieLama]

Neves

[aRdja]

Fabinho and Fernandinho are more DMs, not really comparable.

[aRdja]

 

[TheHowieLama]

Kante

[TheHowieLama]

Kovacic

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, Remmie said:

Genuine question as I don't watch much Spurs, but does Winks even get in the first XI most of the time? 

Yup when fit. He anchors their diamond midfield.

[TheHowieLama]

Seri

[TheHowieLama]

Noble

[Pureblood]

32 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Fabinho and Fernandinho are more DMs, not really comparable.

You don't half talk some shit, no offence like. 

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, TK421 said:

You don't half talk some shit, no offence like. 

Please focus on football matters, as opposed to me TK. Comparing Winks to Fernandinho is akin to comparing Pirlo to Mascherano.

[sir roger]

Gretar Steinsson ?

[TheHowieLama]

He is commenting on your football posts -- that is pretty focused.

[Pureblood]

1 minute ago, viRdjil said:

Please focus on football matters, as opposed to me TK.

Ok mate.  Winks is the bestest at everything. 

[aRdja]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/01/tottenham-hotspur-real-madrid-champions-league-english-core?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

Winks in particular was brilliantly assertive in that first half. The purring over his best moments has tended to centre on his “calmness”, the ability to appear unfazed by being asked to pass and receive a football, a level of praise for a basic elite skill that tells you all you need to know about recent English midfields.

Here he was up against a midfield powerhouse, arguably the top three in the world in their roles: Casemiro, king of suffocation; Toni Kroos, a wonderful passer; and Luka Modric a footballer who looks like he was born on the half‑turn, able to twist and turn and pause and do pretty much anything he wants with the ball.

In the back row of the press seats Spanish radio called the game with its usual pitch of enthusiasm, spitting out the names. Winks. Kane. Winks. There were a lot of Winkses. And there is so much to like about a player who makes the game feel this calm and orderly. Best of all Winks will often just stop and watch, reading where the ball might go next. Every team need a player like this. Given the current level of competition it seems self-evident Winks should get another chance to start in central midfield for England.

[TheHowieLama]

Please focus on something that has happened in the last 18 months