JamDav1982
Senior Member
You compared all positions in your last post and have compared them in the past thats why.
Sane has not been better this season.
Alli is a great player and not average compared to ones you named.
Dele Alli
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You compared all positions in your last post and have compared them in the past thats why.
Sane has not been better this season.
Alli is a great player and not average compared to ones you named.
Jair Ventura
New member
I compared Alli to Lo Celso, Sane has clearly been better than Sterling, and Alli is average.
Anyhow, have a good one. Off to watch the City match.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
You compared Alli to a whole list of players in different positions and in previous posts compared Sterling to Lo Celso.
Sane has not been better than Sterling this season at all. You need to watch more.
Great players Sane though.
Look at the G/xG for Alli and and the other attacking players in Tottenham (numbers from understat)
Harry Kane (F) 18/15.6
Dele Alli (FM) 4/4.9
Son Heung-Min (FM) 6/4.5
Christian Eriksen (M) 5/4.4
Dele Alli is currently operating at an 81 % efficiency compared to the average Premier League player. 71 % to an out of position Eriksen. 70 % to Kane. 61 % to Son.
He is a huge waste especially because him taking up the central attacking position means that Tottenham is playing Eriksen out of position.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
He plays in the position he does as he does things Erisken cant.
Not sure what you are trying to prove with those stats.
Alli has played deeper games this season as well and played deeper in midfield against Liverpool etc.
Delle Alli did a good game but he's been generally shit this season.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
He hasnt been he has been up and down more than last year but has been great is some big games vs Real, Dortmund and Liverpool for example. Even the game before this one he set up couple goals.
Been moved around a bit more this season and had some shit games as well as good ones.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
His finishing hasnt been great this season so not surprised.
He hasnt been shit at all and that stat doesnt prove anything other than could have scored more.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
You see wrong.
ASordidGod
New member
The difference between this season and last is mainly the goals. He scored lots last season and got over hyped, though even then his overall game was average. The goals simply masked his deficiencies.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
The goals didnt mask anything they were part of his game that made him so good.
Just like Sterling was hyped, Kane was hyped, Coutinho was hyped and all about 'the goals'. Heard it all before.
ASordidGod
New member
Well it really depends on your expectation levels I suppose, and what you want to see of a player playing in a certain position. Is Alli an effective player for Tottenham? Yeah, ish, he gets them a decent amount of goals, but goes missing for long periods and if not scoring is basically a waste of a player (Southampton being a rare exception; in general he should create a lot more than he does.) Will he ever be good enough for Barcelona (which is really the only reason an Alli type would interest me)? IMO opinion no, absolutely not. I'd genuinely feel like crying if we ever signed him.
As to the other players mentioned, you're not asking for my opinion I know, but I'll give it anyway. Sterling is much improved but I'd rather have Sane, Kane is the best striker in Europe (I'm not counting Messi as a striker of course), and Coutinho is a superb player, but I'm not sure where he'd fit, and he isn't priority imo, a controlling mid is.
Jenks
Senior Member
You seem to be basing this on this season alone and thus proving my point for me, because no way was Sane or Dembélé better than Dele Alli last year.
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