glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
Didn't we think Spence was wanted by Conte too?
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Adama Traore
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Didn't we think Spence was wanted by Conte too?
Bishop
Terry Venables
No.How can you not want this transfer? Cheap, already a cult pantomime figure, unique skill set, just a sub, and if 2 men - Conte and Paratici - want him, surely we want them to have this extra 'tool' tooNo doubt he's flawed, but if he was technically brilliant he'd be 100m. I wanted to see what Poch could do with him as a teenager, now, I be interested to see if Conte can deploy and pull out the ability. No guarantees, and he'll always be mecurial, but it would be interesting at the least, right?
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NaijaSpurs
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Suffice to say that if Conte did no want him then maybe that is more the reason we should only buy first team players that Conte wants while he is here. If Conte actually did not want Spence that is more the reason we should only buy Troare if he required by the manager
Conte has a veto of any signings for the first team. If conte didn't want him we wouldn't have signed him.
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
There is more too it than that though, Spence is a club signing based on a long term vision and was made by Fab who is incharge off all football operations and calls, these signings happen all round the country by clubs looking at long term prospects with or without the managers full consent but them accepting that vision. Conte talks about that this week
He also said he said ok to the signing. He gave his consent.
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
But in the context of the topic he gave consent to the clubs longer term plans than him being a specific personal target. It happens alot and clubs have to work on more than one set of ideas and I am pleased we are again
On Traore, he is dog awful
Yes but that is not the same as the club buying players the manager doesn't want. Which some have been arguing online.
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
Of course but thats folk trying to be black and white all the time, usually on twitter with an Enic out agenda
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Say what you like about this guy, and many have!, but he'd have been ideal for the Forest game. 1 up after 5 mins, we spent the game trying to break, but lacking a bit of punch to accelerate away from their understaffed defense.
I actually think we had enough to win quite comfortably, but never got fully free when on the break. A few lose touches and we didn't make the most of literally a dozen or more promising breaks. That is where Traore would have been helpful. On the break, he would have had the power and dribbling to get through their open defense. Stretch them and create space.
No I wouldn't spend much on Traore. He has to be a punt. But in games like yesterday's, he'd help drive through them in a way we couldn't.
I actually think we had enough to win quite comfortably, but never got fully free when on the break. A few lose touches and we didn't make the most of literally a dozen or more promising breaks. That is where Traore would have been helpful. On the break, he would have had the power and dribbling to get through their open defense. Stretch them and create space.
No I wouldn't spend much on Traore. He has to be a punt. But in games like yesterday's, he'd help drive through them in a way we couldn't.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
worryingly I think this is a a deal we will do, but… we did exactly what your describing yesterday quite a lot of times, and last ditch defending along with delays in shooting hurt us more
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
That is the point, Traore wouldn't allow last-ditch defending. He'd just power away, create space...then spaff his pass
He can actually pass and shoot relatively well, the key is slowing down a little first. Was interesting to see Spence come on and play in Kulus position, a couple of time he used his pace to threaten a break.
We could have won by 5 yesterday, break after break after break. All half openings: Kane 4-5 openings, Son 2-3, Kulu 2-3, Richarlson 1, Spence 1 etc. Yet we couldn't quite get away from them, lacked a little something. Pace. Disruption. And precision in attack.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
But still wonThat is the point, Traore wouldn't allow last-ditch defending. He'd just power away, create space...then spaff his pass
Was interesting to see Spence come on and play in Kulus position, a couple of time he used his pace to threaten a break.
We could have won by 5 yesterday, break after break after break. All half openings: Kane 4-5 openings, Son 2-3, Kulu 2-3, Richarlson 1, Spence 1 etc. Yet we couldn't quite get away from them, lacked a little something. Pace. Disruption. And precision in attack.
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
Succession planning. He can be our deadwood once Ndombele and Lo Celso are sold.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
And on another day won a lot more comfortably. The issue some fans seem to have is that for most of the game we’re a deflected shot away from being 1-1. We didn’t put the game to bed.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think more Rodon. That player that no manager ever plays, whenever there's any other option
metalgear
Nayim
papaspur
Kasey Keller
Barcelona and their transfer strategy of "buy every single player" didn't even want this guy. I don't deny he has a certain skillset and has given our defenders trouble in the past, but he's only played 30 minutes for Wolves so far this season. I get that Wolves have good options up front but if he's not starting for them... who knows, maybe he could be amazing as a RWB...
NaijaSpurs
Rafael Van Der Vaart
After Kula not starting for Juventus I have learnt not to judge a player just because they warm the bench at another club.