Guglielmo Vicario...

[Yid]

This lad is very very much growing on me...

He has some monster shoes to fill and so far he hasn't done bad at all...

 

[ClemFandango]

I'm really impressed with him so far. A lot of fans were, as you'd expect, calling him the "cheap option" after we didn't sign David Raya, but he's been working out very well.

 

[Yid]

I'm really impressed with him so far. A lot of fans were, as you'd expect, calling him the "cheap option" after we didn't sign David Raya, but he's been working out very well.

Can't agree more mate...

Pleasantly surprised... we all saw what Raya could do, and this lad was another one who I didn't know existed... (seems to be happening a lot recently)

Love that he and the defence seem to have a great bond, he can kick a ball without looking like his legs are not connected to his brain and that he has a bit of the lunatics about him which all great keepers need IMO.

 

[Glenjamin]

I'm really impressed with him so far. A lot of fans were, as you'd expect, calling him the "cheap option" after we didn't sign David Raya, but he's been working out very well.

I was in that camp to be honest. Not because he was cheap, more because Raya had already been up against the Kane's and Haalands of this league and done incredibly well.

I'm glad to see Vicario doing well though (Obviously). He looked shaky in the first game but that was to be expected. Since then he has made several very challenging saves, passes well, giving the defense confidence to push forward and best of all he loves a goal lol!!

As @Yid said I've never heard of him either but he has been a great acquisition so far, as have the rest of our signings.

 

[USspur]

 

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[The Cryptkeeper]

And to think of the bitching from some when we signed Vicario over the joker that is David Raya.

 

[Yid]

Mate, I had no idea who the lad was... never heard of him.

I'd say we went cheap and got lucky... or we actually scouted a real talent... maybe bits of the two?

 

[ClemFandango]

Fuck me, this is the kind of passion you want from someone you sign .. "I would have signed in blood and come on foot from Italy"

 

[Glenjamin]

Fuck me, this is the kind of passion you want from someone you sign .. "I would have signed in blood and come on foot from Italy"

Wasn't sold on him like alot of folk when we signed him as there were 2 premier league keepers looking moves and I'd never heard of him, but he has been a phenomenal signing and whoever scouted him should get a pay rise.

Always wondered could we replace Hugo's wonder saves and so far this fella has been pulling off 1 or 2 per game.... and he has feet.... and he says shit as above!

 

[USspur]

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

I actually love him.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

I actually love him.

 

[Style And Glory]

And you professed it twice. How sweet.

 

[SAS]

 

[Yid]

Duh...

 

[USspur]

 

[USspur]

Vicario admits he 'doesn't care' about clean sheets at Tottenham

The Spurs goalkeeper enjoyed a fine first season in the Premier League following his summer transfer from Empoli

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Ahead of that, Vicario spent some time with football.london in Melbourne after working with a group of local children in the city and he reflected on his first campaign in a very different league and country.

"It's been an exciting time. First season in the Premier League at this fantastic football club. There have been big challenges of course during the season, good periods and tough periods, like football is made of," said the 27-year-old.


"We tried to do our best. Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. I'm just looking forward to being back in European football. I think it was a good achievement and we will try to make great stuff next season.

"This season we made good stuff but next season we can make great stuff. We want to improve as footballers, as humans beings. That's important, to stay together. It's a big group of lads, a big manager and we need to stick together and believe what he asks of us and if everyone does that I'm looking forward to that."

While Vicario received plenty of plaudits for his performances this season, one thing he did not get many of was the clean sheets he deserved, with only seven to his name from those 38 matches in the Premier League.

When he speaks, the Italian thinks carefully about his words before firing them out with the passion he shows on the pitch and he shot down any notion of clean sheets being a way to judge a goalkeeper.

"I don't think you have to measure goalkeepers or human beings by goalscoring or clean sheets or number of saves," he said. "I really don't care about that. I'm just trying to be better tomorrow than what I am today.

"So I'm just trying to focus on that and being a good footballer and a good human being. I just wanted to improve my performances and focus on what the manager asks of us. Trying to play our football is tough. It's tough football but I really love this style of football. The way we want to play suits us. It's very tough but it's also very exciting.

"So I don't really care about clean sheets. I'm happy if the team wins and of course if I can not concede a lot of goals it's better for me but it's important to be better than what we were yesterday. It's just that."

The philosophical Italian has had to overcome some challenges this season, mainly with opposition teams targeting him from set-pieces as the campaign progressed, some placing a man on the line to aggressively block him, often barging back into him, causing Postecoglou and Tottenham to seek clarity from the PGMOL on what constitutes a foul on a goalkeeper in the Premier League nowadays.

It was something that Vicario has had to adapt to and he admits that he might have got ahead of himself with his fast start in taking to Premier League life.

"It's part of the challenge. It's a different culture, different football. In Italy, it's completely different [how they deal with challenges on the goalkeeper]. Maybe I didn't want to waste time adapting but sometimes you have to be really honest with yourself and say 'ok, maybe I need just a bit of time just to know how these sort of tactics and especially set pieces work'," he said.

Spurs' set-piece struggles as a unit have also brought criticism this season, with 14 conceded, the sixth worst tally in the Premier League.

"It's just a bit of time of adaptation. Of course conceding from set-pieces is a part of football but we don't have to be worried, maybe just don't accept some situations, you know?" said the goalkeeper. "Maybe it's trying to win the first contact, don't accept a block and try to win the ball back. I think it's all about trying to adapt myself in certain situations."

Vicario's passion is there for all to see on the football pitch, whether it's in the moments when he berates his team-mates - he didn't earn the nickname Venom in Italy for nothing - or when he celebrates wildly when they do something good.

One recent example came when 22-year-old defender Radu Dragusin blocked a shot with a powerful header in front of his goal against Manchester City last week and even though the flag later went up for offside, Vicario flew towards the Romanian and pushed him so hard in the back with delight that Spurs fans feared the January signing might have suffered whiplash.

Vicario smiles when that moment is brought up, but he thinks it's a part of his job at the back.

"I think it's important to give credit to them when they do a block or a big header, a big tackle," he said. "Of course I like to celebrate when I make an important save so I think these are moments that you have to value because they are very important inside the 90 minutes.

"So I'm very happy when the lads do something like that. For me, when you block a shot, it means we worked very well. So it's a very good time to value that. I try to do my best and I'm very passionate in some situations and I I think it's important to bring this energy when someone makes the difference."

Spurs now have three top quality centre-backs in front of Vicario in Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Dragusin and the Italian international delivered high praise on them all as the best he has played with.

"Every one of those lads is outstanding. They have different characteristics as players but every one of them has been outstanding during the season," he said. "Cuti and Micky have played a bit more but then Radu came in in January. He's a very good lad, he's tough and he wants to improve. He's got a good mentality.

"Cuti, well I don't need to use too many words on Cuti! He won the World Cup in 2022 so I'm not the right person to speak about him. He's a massive player and Micky of course has been outstanding.

"In the way we play, with the high line, his speed has been very, very important for us. I'm very proud. I can say they are the best defenders I've played with so I'm very proud of that. Praise to them for a big season but next season we want to do better."

Next season everyone at Tottenham wants to do better, with Postecoglou making it clear that he's aiming for a title charge to improve on this season's fifth place finish. So what does Vicario think about that lofty aim?

"I think with one more year of working together I think some situations we can recognise and reach our best level," he said. "We just need to follow him 100% and try to do what he asks of us and then we will see.


"Of course it's tough, the league is tough and I think we just have to focus on winning each game and then the next one and the next one and then we'll see. It's a long season."

At least in Vicario, Postecoglou has a man who is determined to get better every day and on the evidence of his debut campaign, Premier League strikers are going to have a frustrating time ahead when the Italian stands before them.

Guglielmo Vicario was speaking at a community football session in Melbourne hosted by AIA and Tottenham Hotspur's Global Football Development coaches.

 

[Glenjamin]

Vicario admits he 'doesn't care' about clean sheets at Tottenham

The Spurs goalkeeper enjoyed a fine first season in the Premier League following his summer transfer from Empoli

www.football.london

Ahead of that, Vicario spent some time with football.london in Melbourne after working with a group of local children in the city and he reflected on his first campaign in a very different league and country.

"It's been an exciting time. First season in the Premier League at this fantastic football club. There have been big challenges of course during the season, good periods and tough periods, like football is made of," said the 27-year-old.


"We tried to do our best. Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. I'm just looking forward to being back in European football. I think it was a good achievement and we will try to make great stuff next season.

"This season we made good stuff but next season we can make great stuff. We want to improve as footballers, as humans beings. That's important, to stay together. It's a big group of lads, a big manager and we need to stick together and believe what he asks of us and if everyone does that I'm looking forward to that."

While Vicario received plenty of plaudits for his performances this season, one thing he did not get many of was the clean sheets he deserved, with only seven to his name from those 38 matches in the Premier League.

When he speaks, the Italian thinks carefully about his words before firing them out with the passion he shows on the pitch and he shot down any notion of clean sheets being a way to judge a goalkeeper.

"I don't think you have to measure goalkeepers or human beings by goalscoring or clean sheets or number of saves," he said. "I really don't care about that. I'm just trying to be better tomorrow than what I am today.

"So I'm just trying to focus on that and being a good footballer and a good human being. I just wanted to improve my performances and focus on what the manager asks of us. Trying to play our football is tough. It's tough football but I really love this style of football. The way we want to play suits us. It's very tough but it's also very exciting.

"So I don't really care about clean sheets. I'm happy if the team wins and of course if I can not concede a lot of goals it's better for me but it's important to be better than what we were yesterday. It's just that."

The philosophical Italian has had to overcome some challenges this season, mainly with opposition teams targeting him from set-pieces as the campaign progressed, some placing a man on the line to aggressively block him, often barging back into him, causing Postecoglou and Tottenham to seek clarity from the PGMOL on what constitutes a foul on a goalkeeper in the Premier League nowadays.

It was something that Vicario has had to adapt to and he admits that he might have got ahead of himself with his fast start in taking to Premier League life.

"It's part of the challenge. It's a different culture, different football. In Italy, it's completely different [how they deal with challenges on the goalkeeper]. Maybe I didn't want to waste time adapting but sometimes you have to be really honest with yourself and say 'ok, maybe I need just a bit of time just to know how these sort of tactics and especially set pieces work'," he said.

Spurs' set-piece struggles as a unit have also brought criticism this season, with 14 conceded, the sixth worst tally in the Premier League.

"It's just a bit of time of adaptation. Of course conceding from set-pieces is a part of football but we don't have to be worried, maybe just don't accept some situations, you know?" said the goalkeeper. "Maybe it's trying to win the first contact, don't accept a block and try to win the ball back. I think it's all about trying to adapt myself in certain situations."

Vicario's passion is there for all to see on the football pitch, whether it's in the moments when he berates his team-mates - he didn't earn the nickname Venom in Italy for nothing - or when he celebrates wildly when they do something good.

One recent example came when 22-year-old defender Radu Dragusin blocked a shot with a powerful header in front of his goal against Manchester City last week and even though the flag later went up for offside, Vicario flew towards the Romanian and pushed him so hard in the back with delight that Spurs fans feared the January signing might have suffered whiplash.

Vicario smiles when that moment is brought up, but he thinks it's a part of his job at the back.

"I think it's important to give credit to them when they do a block or a big header, a big tackle," he said. "Of course I like to celebrate when I make an important save so I think these are moments that you have to value because they are very important inside the 90 minutes.

"So I'm very happy when the lads do something like that. For me, when you block a shot, it means we worked very well. So it's a very good time to value that. I try to do my best and I'm very passionate in some situations and I I think it's important to bring this energy when someone makes the difference."

Spurs now have three top quality centre-backs in front of Vicario in Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Dragusin and the Italian international delivered high praise on them all as the best he has played with.

"Every one of those lads is outstanding. They have different characteristics as players but every one of them has been outstanding during the season," he said. "Cuti and Micky have played a bit more but then Radu came in in January. He's a very good lad, he's tough and he wants to improve. He's got a good mentality.

"Cuti, well I don't need to use too many words on Cuti! He won the World Cup in 2022 so I'm not the right person to speak about him. He's a massive player and Micky of course has been outstanding.

"In the way we play, with the high line, his speed has been very, very important for us. I'm very proud. I can say they are the best defenders I've played with so I'm very proud of that. Praise to them for a big season but next season we want to do better."

Next season everyone at Tottenham wants to do better, with Postecoglou making it clear that he's aiming for a title charge to improve on this season's fifth place finish. So what does Vicario think about that lofty aim?

"I think with one more year of working together I think some situations we can recognise and reach our best level," he said. "We just need to follow him 100% and try to do what he asks of us and then we will see.


"Of course it's tough, the league is tough and I think we just have to focus on winning each game and then the next one and the next one and then we'll see. It's a long season."

At least in Vicario, Postecoglou has a man who is determined to get better every day and on the evidence of his debut campaign, Premier League strikers are going to have a frustrating time ahead when the Italian stands before them.

Guglielmo Vicario was speaking at a community football session in Melbourne hosted by AIA and Tottenham Hotspur's Global Football Development coaches.

Love how many times he says 'human being'!!

What a guy!

 

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[Glenjamin]

Just shove the first fucker that tries it to the dirt this season and that'll be the end of that!