but then again i've been lennon-sceptic for years
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
i'm pretty excited about avb and the midfield, but lennon defoe bale won't be a very effective front 3. bale and lennon maninly looking to get down the line and defoe not being able to get on the end of crosses enough. everyone seems to hate it, but i think bale should play on the right so he can cut in and shoot, and maybe have dempsey on the left. or play adebayor.
― mizzell, Friday, 21 September 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
villas boas is just trying to keep defoe interested and adebayor motivated
defoe is unlikely to start 10 more pl games unless ade is injured
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Friday, 21 September 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Please god not Bale on the right ever again. Just play Adebayor really. Or have Dempsey at the tip of a midfield triangle.
Suspect Defoe gets way more goals assisted by Lennon, who is better cutting in and passing than he is at crossing, than he does from Bale.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 September 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
i think nakh is right about defoe, but not sure. matt certainly right about lennon/bale assistsbale is a good finisher though, so i think he can improve on the right and score a lot more.
― mizzell, Friday, 21 September 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
is adebayor injured?
― Chris, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
He was yesterday yeah.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
adebayor and naughton are doubts for sunday. might see vertonghen at left back.
― mizzell, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
without ferdinand, mbia, traore, and fabio hughes could be stupid enough to play clint hill and ryan nelsen together so it might not matter who you put out tbh
no johnson, taarabt, diakite either
:/
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
knew we should have tried to sign some players this summer
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
bale's a bigger goal threat on the left.
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Friday, 21 September 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Hughes said: ‘Maybe Michael’s situation had happened too quickly for him to understand what his future is at Spurs. He would have been a good buy but it wasn’t to be."
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
Hughes revealed he played a part in ensuring Fulham placed a £15m minimum release clause in Dembélé’s contract, with the Welshman confident the forward will thrill Spurs fans following the departures of Luka Modrić and Rafael van der Vaart.
“I was the one who stipulated to place a bigger figure on him. I made sure it was at a decent figure,” he added.
milan badelj getting rave reviews since his move to hamburg. considering he was zagreb's replacement for modric, i hope spurs were at least aware of him.
― mizzell, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
watching hamburg, they're being completely outplayed but badelj hasn't done anything except rattle the crossbar with a 30 yard thunderbolt. think spurs should sign stuttgart's martin harnik, though.
― mizzell, Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
ryan smith looking v useful for eng u21s
― ben foster five (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but so did jordan henderson
― mizzell, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
ryan henderson, they're all called ryan
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Today is a big test of big clubness imo
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
for both clubs tbh
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
Think it very unlikely Spurs will win today, even though the quality of our play has been improving if anything, beating Arsenal, Inter and Liverpool in the space of eight days just feels far-fetched to the point of soft-headedness. Also the players are probably knackered.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
Spurs are bigger than us if we go on 3 year cycles which is a fair enough criteria I think. Win this and I'll start to believe we can win say 7 of our last 9.
― pandemic, Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
Both clubs included, yes xp
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
Oh there was a Spurs thread all along
― Try not to step on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 March 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
In the interests of openness, fp
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
didnt even know about this match today, kewl
i hereby propose anyone even mentioning the united chelsea game before evening immediately recieves a months ban, let's make this happen ppl
― r|t|c, Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
can't wait for Nani to totally redeem himself today
― Number None, Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Gtfo spurs thread
redeem from what anyway arbeloa fouled him
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
No harm done anyway, they won the CL remember
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Once we get rose jenas and townsend back we'll be some outfit hey
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:36 (24 minutes ago) Bookmark
ya that 5 goal salvo in the last 15 minutes was breathtaking
― r|t|c, Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
even Mourinho said so
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Three cron og's was a bit obv
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Modric back plus 20m is the lol madrid offer according to whispers, idk what to say about that rly.
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
they love rose up there no joke, poty if it wasnt for mignolet. we'd probably have him too once we finally lose our rag with traore
reckon andros will get a look in eventually what with poss recruitments for champs league? needs a bit of polish (another season long loan with us should do nicely) but i can already think of a couple games where he'd have been a better option than siggy or dempsey
― r|t|c, Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
xp can't imagine modders ever putting in a shift if that happens, not even in this new happy clappy era
― r|t|c, Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
Rose can't be worse than naughton at lb, and townsend would be #2 on rw by default, imma say bring em home
modric put in manys the shift last year despite summer disappointment in 2011 tbfttl
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
Modders would not strengthen this team as much as losing Bale would weaken it. Can't see it happening.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 10 March 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
StrikerB A L EHoltby or whoever zzzzz Dembele Lennon SandroEkotto Walker Vertonghen Dawson/Caulker Lloris
Striker
B A L E
Holtby or whoever zzzzz Dembele Lennon
Sandro
Ekotto Walker
Vertonghen Dawson/Caulker
Lloris
guts of it are there. not sure that the bale synergy or whatever isnt costing us in other ways, but obv the payoff is huge the past few months. please can we have a striker sir.
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
Can have benteke off us for 20 mil if you like
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
...........
im considering it
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
We'll swap ya for 12 mil and j.d. actually, now I think on
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
fuckin a i'll take that as of 6pm today
― amen madchick (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
All good clean fun when we're speaking hypothetically, but it makes me miserable to think that it's the sorta thing that is 100% likely to happen. I just fucking know we're gonna get bent over in the transfer market for the guy. Tbf I'm hoping and praying that Mancini follows through on his desire to bring in a new striker and goes after him. If James Milner was worth £28 mil of Bobby M's pocket change then Benteke's gotta be hitting the 30s for him.
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
if
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
well yeah just banking on citeh not learning their lessons tbh. experience would suggest that this isn't an especially long shot.
These are the moments when i wish that Lerner was a bit less affable-American-who-gets-the-culture and a bit more Daniel "FACK OFF you're only offering how much?" Levy.
D.L. would be drawing in 30 mil-plus for this guy easy peasy, we'll probably let him go for £13 plus a decent squaddie, as per earlier post
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
We never sold anyone for 30m after one decent season, behave
― darrrrggghhh daylight savings (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, drinking.
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
And defoe is a first xi and england international
― darrrrggghhh daylight savings (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Ah dont get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Jermain Defoe. Was hugely enjoyable seeing him taking the Oscar for best supporting actor at Spurs this season prior to his injury. But Benteke is very much up on the pedestal right now. I mean where the fuck will we be without him, even if we do stay up? I want £25 mil and not a penny less, but I suspect we'll settle for not much more than half that in the event
― Windsor Davies, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link