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Etienne Capoue

Cotswold said:
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Bit worried by the extent of his reaction though if that was just a sprain!!
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Adrenaline tends to dull a lot of the pain at the time if you break something so bad twists where your body let's you actually feel whats going on can feel worse at times.

When I broke my arm the other year I had the opposite reaction to capoue - nothing to do with being tough,as I've made a right fuss when I've twisted my knee before, just that adrenaline and shock left me completely clueless as to how bad it was. Hurt like **** later though.

It was also probably a reaction to thinking he would be out for ages, in a wc year and having just moved to a new side and got a run in the first team, as much as any physical pain.
 
Excellent news!

Ginolius said:
Adrenaline tends to dull a lot of the pain at the time if you break something so bad twists where your body let's you actually feel whats going on can feel worse at times.

When I broke my arm the other year I had the opposite reaction to capoue - nothing to do with being tough,as I've made a right fuss when I've twisted my knee before, just that adrenaline and shock left me completely clueless as to how bad it was. Hurt like **** later though.

It was also probably a reaction to thinking he would be out for ages, in a wc year and having just moved to a new side and got a run in the first team, as much as any physical pain.
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Very good points.
 
Ginolius said:
Adrenaline tends to dull a lot of the pain at the time if you break something so bad twists where your body let's you actually feel whats going on can feel worse at times.

When I broke my arm the other year I had the opposite reaction to capoue - nothing to do with being tough,as I've made a right fuss when I've twisted my knee before, just that adrenaline and shock left me completely clueless as to how bad it was. Hurt like **** later though.

It was also probably a reaction to thinking he would be out for ages, in a wc year and having just moved to a new side and got a run in the first team, as much as any physical pain.
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I suspect it was mostly this (the bolded section). I remember twisting my ankle a few years ago and being convinced at the time that I'd felt it snap. Absolutely certain I'd broken it. Turned out to be just a (bad) sprain. If that's what happened to Capoue I can kind of understand his reaction... at the time he might have felt it was a season-ending injury which - in a WC year and so soon after joining a new club - must have been devastating.

Thankfully not the case though.
 
Modric THFC said:
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/capoue-update-020913/

Etienne Capoue has this morning (Monday) undergone an MR scan which has revealed the midfielder suffered an ankle sprain against Arsenal on Sunday.

The recent signing from Toulouse was injured after 72 minutes at the Emirates Stadium and was immediately taken to hospital to consult with a Foot and Ankle specialist. Early indications suggest the France international will be unavailable for a period of four weeks.
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So relieved that it is only 4 weeks, when he was carried off I thought it could have been a leg break and a 6 month lay off. IMO Capoue has looked really good in his first few games and I am excited at the prospect of seeing him back in a Spurs shirt soon.
 
I am really pleasantly surprised with Capoue's forward passing - even though he plays deep, his forward passes look incisive and well-weighted and someone further forward like Eriksen should love those. He actually looks like a deep-lying playmaker, not as mobile and 'knitting' as Modric but has a touch of Carrick about him. Just needs a bit more stamina.

Really hope he comes back soon. One of the best pieces of business we've done this summer.
 
I thought he was so much more positive than Paulinho - who looked lost at times - during the Arsenal game. So sad for the injury...
 
skyfarer said:
I am really pleasantly surprised with Capoue's forward passing - even though he plays deep, his forward passes look incisive and well-weighted and someone further forward like Eriksen should love those. He actually looks like a deep-lying playmaker, not as mobile and 'knitting' as Modric but has a touch of Carrick about him. Just needs a bit more stamina.

Really hope he comes back soon. One of the best pieces of business we've done this summer.
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Couldn't agree more. I think passes through opposition midfield to the feet of attacking players are an under-appreciated skill that is more difficult to execute than it looks. And so far I think Capoue looks very good in that respect.

Likewise regarding constantly showing for the ball in deep areas, and having the ability to make a bit of space for oneself. All things I think we've been missing (to varying degrees) since Modric left.
 
Like others, I'm very relieved that this is 'only' 4 weeks. Very good player and a vital option in the squad.
 
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Etienne Capoue: Tottenham from Toulouse, £9.68 million

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Another Frenchman making an early impact in the Premier League is Tottenham Hotspur’s Etienne Capoue. The former Toulouse anchorman has seamlessly slotted into Andre Villas-Boas’s new look side and alongside Mousa Dembele, Paulinho, and Sandro, forms one of the most athletic midfield corps in the league. Even though he has completed 90 minutes just once so far in his English career, Capoue still looks to be one of the best signings of the transfer window.

In Ligue 1, Capoue held a reputation as a serious midfield enforcer and he has more than lived up to that tag in his first three Spurs appearances. The Frenchman boasts a superb 88% tackle win rate and though a 57% ground duel rate is less impressive, he is still throwing himself into challenges at clips of 25 and seven minutes respectively. Perhaps most importantly to Villas-Boas, Capoue is not just a mindless physical presence chasing play all over the field. The new signing has already secured 13 interceptions at an impressive rate of once every 15 minutes.



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When in possession, Capoue has been both accurate and positive with his distribution. A 90% pass completion rate is impressive unto itself, even more so when you look at where Capoue is directing play from his slot in midfield. The midfielder tends to spray possession to the flanks as evidenced by his 58% rate of lateral passes. That he sends a further 31% up field and is accurate over distance makes him a tremendous asset deep in midfield and shows him to be as accomplished technically as he is physically.

http://eplindex.com/40165/navas-diakit-capoue-redmond-headline-early-transfer-successes-stats.html
 
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skyfarer said:
I am really pleasantly surprised with Capoue's forward passing - even though he plays deep, his forward passes look incisive and well-weighted and someone further forward like Eriksen should love those. He actually looks like a deep-lying playmaker, not as mobile and 'knitting' as Modric but has a touch of Carrick about him. Just needs a bit more stamina.

Really hope he comes back soon. One of the best pieces of business we've done this summer.
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Couldn't agree more. I had no idea he could move the ball around so efficiently. He needs to cut out some of the sloppy passes he might of got away with in France; we need every ball (or near as possible) to be accurate - in this league loose balls get punished very rapidly.

But I agree, great signing and in a completely different mould to the others. I also see shades of Carrick about him.
 
I thought he did rather well today in central defense. Very good reader of the game, made some good interceptions and didn't make too many mistakes.
 
This guy is class. Both in CB and as a DM - strong, atheletic, not afraid of a challenge; but best of all he looks up always looking to play the low fast forward ball that could easily catch the opposition off guard.
 
Reassuring to see him look so natural at centre back. Might need him there again, great to have those kinds of options in your squad.
 
milo said:
I like him in central midfield. He is by far and away the best passer of the four players played there this season.
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He's okay. Once again, he looked good against Swansea when it come to passing because he was playing it simple. Like Palacios in his early days.
 
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