sheffielder
Welcome Positive Nigel
JOC & Fleck are the only two that worry me there.
Egan - too soon, he's only just joined, wouldn't want to leave yet unless to the PL, not sure any PL team will be sniffing
Stevens - again, no PL will be sniffing so why jump to a Villa, Birmingham,QPR etc.
Freeman - only because he's been called up recently, but again, no PL team will be looking
Baldock - see Stevens.
Basham - not flashy enough for PL teams. Only clubs in for him will be similar to us, he's loyal to us now.
McGoldrick - nobody will be spending the required amount for someone that has previously not been a prolific scorer and had a poor injury record
Sharp - Not a chance he is going anywhere, nowhere at all.
I think of our players a bit like what Poch does at Spurs and previously with Southampton. There are really good players and there are system players.
Southampton players then sold to Liverpool have been generally on the whole rubbish, compared to their performance at Southampton. Clyne, Lovren, Lallana are what I considered to be system players. Good under Poch, not so good elsewhere.
Maybe Mane could be considered a success, but I feel his is reaping the benefit of the system at Liverpool.
I feel players like Dier, Dembele, Vertonghen, Ericsson and even Kane and Alli are system players and I feel they wouldn't be as good elsewhere as they are at Tottenham
In regards to us you could definitely say the following are system players.
Egan - Probably will get better in this system but not a player who can play as a 2 higher up.
Basham - Defo system player, not a defender, not a midfielder. There is no other team he could move to tactically which would make him better.
Freeman - Not sure whether we can say he's on the decline, but his career was not going anywhere until this formation fell into his lap.
Sharp - The stars have aligned for him this season and is making the most of it.
To a degree I think even Fleck is also a system player and the only player I think could play a bit higher up is Baldock, because he's not a system player and more of a RB than RWB.