Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough

He'll be back soon enough.

 

The Spurs Twitter has been going on a bit of a banter parade lately, posted this not so long ago too:

 

Wanyama approves:

 

Good old N'Koudou. Our social media accounts have been top notch since he joined.

 

Wonder if the same goes for Ryan Mason!!

 

I thought it was top notch, everyone picked it up in no time and seemed to keep it going for ages like you say - felt longer than 10 minutes!

(not that I can in any way take credit for it)

 

Unless Kane gets a hat-trick against Arsenal to confirm the title?

 

With Ibrahimovic, Sanchez, Costa, Lukaku and Kane scoring plenty, I doubt the nominees will be defenders, but I agree that there are more deserving causes. Who would you have? Luiz, Kante, Alderweireld, Walker? Herrera's done well, Lallana too.

 

I hate to say it because of who he decided to play for, but Kante deserves it, I think. Walker just edges Rose for us. Our back four have all been consistently outstanding and Walker's the only one who's been there almost every game. All our attacking players and even Lloris have been up and down.

 

As RWAEB suggests, I'd probably go with Kante. Leicester's fall and Chelsea's rise have emphasised how effective he is.
The only time I've seen him have a poor game this season was against us, as Dembele and Wanyama bullied him.
Most sides simply can't do that and it's allowed him to thrive.

The attacking players that you named have all had pretty good seasons, but sprinkled with really poor performances.
All of them have had quite a few games where they've completely disappeared, which I don't think is true for a lot of the better defensive ones.
Even sides in the bottom half, like Boro and Southampton, have had impressive defensive performances regularly.
Van Dijk was having a great season before his injury and I doubt he'll be there at the start of the next one.

For Utd, I'd probably say De Gea, again. Consistently superb.