Did a sub appearance show what Spurs are missing?
The season has begun but the transfer window hasn't closed, an anomaly that should surely be put right, why not open the window before July 1sr and close it the day before the first game each season.
Tottenham have not completed their transfer business yet, some players we would like to bring in are waiting to see if a better offer comes along for them from a bigger team, thus we have to wait to secure their signature having discussed and agreed everything with them.
One position we want to bring a player into is defensive midfield. We had a combination of players there Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb, Eric Dier and Ryan Mason, Ryan Mason and Dele Alli but it was a Manchester United substitute that caught the attention.
At 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger is one of the most decorated footballers in Europe, take a look at this little lot.
Now a player of that stature, that standing in the game wouldn't come to Tottenham, let's be honest. He is used to playing for the top side in his country and winning titles, naturally he wants UEFA Champions League football and a realistic chance of regularly winning trophies, but it is not that which he showed Spurs need.
From the minute Schweinsteiger came on he was telling people where to go, what to do. He had only been at the club a couple of weeks but such is his presence that he came on and took charge. He was pointing where he wanted players to move to to receive a pass and making himself available to receive one.
The difference between him and our defensive midfield players is stark, all of ours are learning their trade, bad days will happen as a result, that is all part of the learning curve, no player can improve if he doesn't make a mistake. What you don't see is one of our players in charge pointing where they want someone, we rely on other players reading the game.
In effect we are hoping a layer will make himself available or a player available is hoping he will be seen. Just like pre-season there was an awful lot of passing about at the back in our own half allowing Manchester United to have 11 men behind the ball. We could get the ball from central defenders to defensive midfield, still in our own half, but we couldn't go any further forward which has to be down to a lack of movement ahead of them.
Benjamin Stambouli was bought because he was a creative defensive midfielder, our defensive midfield don't have a creative eye, which may be down to poor vision. You have to know where your players are, but more importantly where the gaps are. You can pass all day in front of a team, but unless you get behind them you are not going to hurt them.
We need a defensive midfielder who can step forward and create as well as keeping the ball moving. Ryan Mason is good at receiving the ball and quickly sending it out to the other flank but how many chances centrally does he create? He Mousa Dembélé have to add greater creativity to their game or we need to bring someone in with creative passing ability.
Ryan Mason 29 chances, 1 every 80 minutes
Mousa Dembélé 23 chances created, 1 every 50 minutes
Stambouli didn't work, he didn't look as if he would be anything bit an ordinary player and we need more than that in a key area. German World Cup winner Christoph Kramer may be the answer, he remains the number one target, let's hope the wait for him pays off.
Further Tottenham Reading
Where would you play Dembélé
The defensive area Ben Davies must work on
Friedel: Hugo Lloris leaving Spurs is not even worth talking about
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Tottenham have not completed their transfer business yet, some players we would like to bring in are waiting to see if a better offer comes along for them from a bigger team, thus we have to wait to secure their signature having discussed and agreed everything with them.
One position we want to bring a player into is defensive midfield. We had a combination of players there Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb, Eric Dier and Ryan Mason, Ryan Mason and Dele Alli but it was a Manchester United substitute that caught the attention.
At 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger is one of the most decorated footballers in Europe, take a look at this little lot.
Honours
Club
- Bayern Munich Junior Team
- Under 17 Bundesliga: 2001
- Under 19 Bundesliga: 2002
- Bayern Munich II
- Regionalliga Süd: 2003–04
- Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- DFB-Pokal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2004, 2007
- DFL-Supercup: 2010, 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2012–13
- UEFA Super Cup: 2013
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
International
- Germany
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006, 2010
- FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
- UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up 2008, Third Place 2012
Individual
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006, 2010, 2014
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010
- FIFA World Cup Most assists: 2010 (3, shared with Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Kaká, and Dirk Kuyt)
- ESM Team of the Year: 2012–13
- Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2013
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2013 (7th place)
Now a player of that stature, that standing in the game wouldn't come to Tottenham, let's be honest. He is used to playing for the top side in his country and winning titles, naturally he wants UEFA Champions League football and a realistic chance of regularly winning trophies, but it is not that which he showed Spurs need.
From the minute Schweinsteiger came on he was telling people where to go, what to do. He had only been at the club a couple of weeks but such is his presence that he came on and took charge. He was pointing where he wanted players to move to to receive a pass and making himself available to receive one.
The difference between him and our defensive midfield players is stark, all of ours are learning their trade, bad days will happen as a result, that is all part of the learning curve, no player can improve if he doesn't make a mistake. What you don't see is one of our players in charge pointing where they want someone, we rely on other players reading the game.
In effect we are hoping a layer will make himself available or a player available is hoping he will be seen. Just like pre-season there was an awful lot of passing about at the back in our own half allowing Manchester United to have 11 men behind the ball. We could get the ball from central defenders to defensive midfield, still in our own half, but we couldn't go any further forward which has to be down to a lack of movement ahead of them.
Benjamin Stambouli was bought because he was a creative defensive midfielder, our defensive midfield don't have a creative eye, which may be down to poor vision. You have to know where your players are, but more importantly where the gaps are. You can pass all day in front of a team, but unless you get behind them you are not going to hurt them.
We need a defensive midfielder who can step forward and create as well as keeping the ball moving. Ryan Mason is good at receiving the ball and quickly sending it out to the other flank but how many chances centrally does he create? He Mousa Dembélé have to add greater creativity to their game or we need to bring someone in with creative passing ability.
Ryan Mason 29 chances, 1 every 80 minutes
Mousa Dembélé 23 chances created, 1 every 50 minutes
Stambouli didn't work, he didn't look as if he would be anything bit an ordinary player and we need more than that in a key area. German World Cup winner Christoph Kramer may be the answer, he remains the number one target, let's hope the wait for him pays off.
Further Tottenham Reading
Where would you play Dembélé
The defensive area Ben Davies must work on
Friedel: Hugo Lloris leaving Spurs is not even worth talking about
For all your football gifts visit the Football-Shop.net where you will 297 Spurs products.
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