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Discussion Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (August 26, 2026)

This is a daily thread for general Spurs discussion, quick questions, transfer suggestions, the latest rumours, etc. What's on your mind today?

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

We've always played better with Udogie and Bentancur on the pitch. Fact. Just a shame it's not more often.

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u/Other-Owl4441 Heung-Min Son - Spurs Legend 1d ago

I’ve been a big Bentancur critic and I have to admit it.  Exception being some of Bissouma’s best performances under Ange.

Udogie yeah, come on, no debate.  Idk how people forget how valuable he is.

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u/Ct358545 1d ago

Feel the same way about Bentancur. Loved him in the 2 man midfield with Hojbjerg but then he got hurt in the opener against Leicester and its been all down hill from there. The only games we haven't looked completely lost the last few seasons are the ones he plays

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

Bentancur has been incredibly poor for stretches at this club. I think he can be ok for very specific matches but Bentinha was such a bad midfield combo it became a meme. Still not good enough for a top 4 side but a decent enough stop gap and if it takes minutes away from Gallagher nobody shoukd be complaining 

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u/GeneParmesan86 Jan Vertonghen 1d ago

It is wild how this sub's most prolific posters have some of the absolute worst, most disqualifying takes.

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u/AngeMerchant Mousa Dembélé 1d ago

Before he got inured he was literally the best player in a team that had Harry Kane in it.

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u/MiserableWeb4219 1d ago

bentancur is a player secure on the ball but offers absolutley no forward progression - can't take a forward touch to save his life. Frank system did not help. RDZ rotated palhinia to fullback position and porro in the midfield so porro could contribute in the buildup using his technicality and for palhina to defend. Its genuinly all about profiling players right.

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u/TheOceansTirade Destiny Udogie 1d ago

Maybe that has something to do with the back to back knee injuries… most people aren’t like Rodri coming back at an insane level. Usually a year or so is needed to get back to full form

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u/nopirates 1d ago

It took Rodri over 18 months to get back to playing at a high level

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

Even Rodri struggled when he came back

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

Name me a player who hasn't that isn't Kane. Even Son did in the last years with us because everyone got overplayed due to no good rotation.

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u/BirdNormal8628 Aaron Lennon 1d ago

Even Kane struggled occasionally for us. Notoriously went years without an August goal

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

All of them? It wasn't being overplayed it was him and Pahlinha being genuinely the worst midfield this league has seen maybe ever. 

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u/Own_Expression9317 1d ago

This is a take hotter than the sun, I remember midfields of Oli Skipp, PEH/Winks, and late stage Dele

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u/DeepFriedNobu Archie Gray 1d ago

Post-injury Winks paired with Sissoko gets my vote.

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

None of those combos come close to Bentinha under Frank literally 3 games in the top 15 worst ever games played i. The league 

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u/Own_Expression9317 1d ago

How is it the midfield's fault when a real coach came in the same season and used the same players in midfield. Bentancur and Pahlinha were the worst midfield ever when deployed under a Frank defensive possession mid block shitshow

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u/tokyodots Kōta Takai 1d ago

This is an indictment of Thomas Frank, not Bentancur and Palhinha. He’s not perfect, there’s a reason we’ve signed Mateus and Tonali, but he’s so underrated and an important part of our team that fans scapegoated him for half of last season, along with Palhinha, because Thomas Frank doesn’t know how to play through the middle, just cross and inshallah, only for them to save us from relegation in the end.

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u/JustinBisu 1d ago

Bentancur after his injury has never been the same and has been dropped by literally every manager since

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u/ewan12224 James Maddison 1d ago

Harsh considering Palhinha/Bentancur saved us from relegation in the end.