is £150 a 'cheap watch' to readers of the super soaraway?
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
'arry's now favourite with the bookies to take over at Chelsea. 'iddink is still second favourite but everyone else is falling away.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
think you'll find that some of is pals of been playin the bettin exchanges
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
That would ludicrous on Abramovich's part. Does he really want a manager with one season in the Champions League and only one FA Cup under his belt?
Maybe he just wants Chelsea playing attractive football but I doubt it. Sounds like bullshit to me.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
thuddz tom huddlestone watched hangover 2 last night! Very good film, hard to live up to the first one but very good none the less
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
xp, I can't see it happening either, to be honest. As much as i value his contribution to Spurs, you don't get rid of a manager of Ancelotti's calibre without being fairly sure of replacing him with someone better. Harry doesn't have the track record of Hiddink or the obvious potential for future greatness of Villas-Boas.
I'd be surprised if Chelsea haven't already got someone lined up. It's interesting that, from the betting at least, nobody outside the club has a firm idea of who it is.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
interesting article on harry's view of pavhttp://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/tottenham-hotspur/tottenham-hotspur/spurs_striker_is_frustrating_but_harry_can_t_find_anyone_better_1_903858
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Pavlyuchenko started on the bench against Birmingham on Sunday but came on to score two second-half strikes, taking his final tally to 14 in all competitions, ahead of Peter Crouch (11), Gareth Bale (11) and Jermain Defoe (nine).
Is Defoe's total spelled out so it doesn't look like a single digit?
― the goon is in the gutter (onimo), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Spelling out single-figure numbers is a pretty common house style thing.
Re: Robbie Keane, can see him, and a load of other players, just going out on season-long loans and not coming back.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it looks odd in the context of a list where all the other numbers are expressed in numeric characters and I would break with the house style in this instance.
― the goon is in the gutter (onimo), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Spurs will sell Keane to anyone coming up with £4-5m - there must be a couple of lower half or newly promoted teams willing to take a punt.
― the goon is in the gutter (onimo), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
finally some stories linking spurs with Leandro Damiao, looks a real prospect. love that his agent's name is Vinicius Prates.
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Vinicius Prates
Sounds like an 'arry Potter villain.
― the goon is in the gutter (onimo), Thursday, 26 May 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Do we have any kind of first-refusal arrangement with Internacional?
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
that was the announcement at the time, but it doesn't seem to get mentioned now. also i think it was only for players who came through inter's youth system, which leandro didn't. he apparently owns some of his rights himself, too. two other big prospects, walter and giuliano, have left inter since spurs signed sandro, so not sure.
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm, looking them up it seems that giuliano didn't come through inter's youth system and walter had a third party involved.
also the official statement on tottenham's website doesn't specifically say the club has first refusal
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
What would be in that deal for Inter?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
ready market for their players, makes young talent more likely to go with them
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
we're probably paying them too i guess
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
These third-party owners, I don't get it.
Hulk (he of the supposed 100m release clause) was up until a week ago primarily owned by a Uruguayan club for whom he'd never played a game. Porto had paid 6m initially to bring him over from a Japanese side, I think, but had to raise their total investment to 18-19m in order to get ~85 percent of his total rights. Whether they did that in anticipation of his eventual big sale, or just to keep him from being sold against their will before their Champions League run, I don't know.
― boxall, Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
just to maintain control of the decision, i guess.
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Allows Porto to hedge their bets if he's a bit shit, and allows the Uruguayan club to ramp the price up if he's great. But yeah, dodgy as hell.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Duzp1XLt0
because why not
― deems vs boards (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
proof if needed that Crouch scored zero non-easy headers all season (unless you were generous towards the one around 4:15)
― deems vs boards (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Fits into five minutes, how sad.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
think his headers against bremen and stoke were good, tbf
He missed plenty of easy ones though
And the real criticism against him is his general play, the stuff that doesn't show on highlight reels
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Sort of think that much of Crouch's poor performance this season has been him being asked to play as a lone striker, for which he's manifestly unsuited despite his height. If we were playing him behind a peak form Defoe, or someone better, I'd have fewer complaints. But that's where VDV sits, and he's usually better at that role even on an off-day.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if his positioning, touch, passing and holdup play were to the standard shown all year, where he plays is irrelevant.
Especially positioning. All season long he's failed spectacularly at getting near crosses.
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
a five-minute reel of his 2010-11 attempts to knock down headers near the box could serve as Clockwork Orange-style mental torture
― deems vs boards (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Reckon we're not putting Kraaxi on the market to encourage a bigger bid?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 26 May 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
crouch to sunderland for 10M. yes please
― mizzell, Thursday, 26 May 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
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member of tottenham fanbase who gets it shocker
― r|t|c, Thursday, 26 May 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
modric for berbatov & £22m
― are there any socks left that are not some kind of sub rosa markers (nakhchivan), Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link
berbatov only has a year left on his contract
just saying
― are there any socks left that are not some kind of sub rosa markers (nakhchivan), Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
berbatov will go for no more than 10/12m at his age/wages/contract length
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 May 2011 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Think United should just go all out to sign Wesley Sneijder really. They need a goal-threat from midfield as much as they need the creativity.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 29 May 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
drop rooney back to midfield tbh
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 May 2011 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will begin a summer of significant rebuilding at Old Trafford with a £20million bid for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric.
Ferguson will join his players in an open-top bus tour of Manchester to celebrate capturing a record 19th league title recently but United thoughts will still be on Saturday night’s dismantling in the Champions League final at the hands of Barcelona.
― are there any socks left that are not some kind of sub rosa markers (nakhchivan), Monday, 30 May 2011 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah after proving himself as one of the best midfielders in the league and helping drag a side containing kraatxi n dfaux to the champions league quarter finals, his value has increased by £3.5m
― are there any socks left that are not some kind of sub rosa markers (nakhchivan), Monday, 30 May 2011 07:40 (thirteen years ago) link
levy should play with as straight a face, quote him 70m plus vidic
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Monday, 30 May 2011 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
bale and modric created over 130 chances between them last season according to opta pl stats
Those chances resulted in 6 assists.
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed he was in the race to sign Blackburn defender Phil Jones, who is now on the brink of a move to Manchester United."I was in for the boy," Redknapp told talkSPORT. "We were interested in him, but he has gone to Manchester United apparently.
"I was in for the boy," Redknapp told talkSPORT. "We were interested in him, but he has gone to Manchester United apparently.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 9 June 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
lock the shit out of this thread
I'm going to get drunk
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
delicious
can't blame him for wanting a move to a big club
― rolling stupid fruity crazy vag cru (cozen), Saturday, 18 June 2011 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
i blame ur face
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda bemused by Sandro, 10 good games and he wants to go and be a sub at Real Madrid...get £25 million and let me him go then.
― resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Sunday, 19 June 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
players like that who want to go to madrid are usually so stupid that they ought to be allowed to go there imo
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 19 June 2011 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
10 good games in a row tbf.
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
guys probably want to leave so they don't have to run around with the word Aurasma on their chests http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/tottenham-hotspur-shirts-to-feature-autonomys-aurasma-190611.html
― mizzell, Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link