The Official Tottenham Hotspud thread [Vol 8]

The Official Tottenham Hotspud thread [Vol 8]

TOPIC CLOSED
TOPIC CLOSED
Author
Discussion

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Monday 19th October 2015
quotequote all
I see Mersen has learnt from past mistakes and is going for the mockers approach

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/paul-merson-...

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
I see Mersen has learnt from past mistakes and is going for the mockers approach

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/paul-merson-...
To be fair he isn't far wrong, we pretty much deserved to win every game weve played this season, had we had another striker we'd have been right up there.

qotsa

760 posts

133 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
ascayman said:
had we had another striker we'd have been right up there.
We say that every season

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
Even when we have 'more strikers' you can only stick so many of them on the pitch.

Usual suspects moaning as usual.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
Usual suspects moaning as usual.
You don't think we need more than one? you don't think Kane needs a rest?


ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
qotsa said:
ascayman said:
had we had another striker we'd have been right up there.
We say that every season
To be fair it wasn't that long ago when we had Berba, Keane, Bent and Defoe fighting for two positions. Now we have Kane, kane, Kane or Kane.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
ascayman said:
London424 said:
Usual suspects moaning as usual.
You don't think we need more than one? you don't think Kane needs a rest?

And that's why they bought Son and N'jie. To rotate.

It's not like Kane would be dropped for any of the games we've played so far, and I don't think he should have been either. There's also been injuries to contend with. Everyone has to deal with them.

I'm sure they'll look in the market in Jan, but you don't always get what you want.

Utd don't have much. City after Aguero aren't that deep. Chelsea after Costa are a car crash. Arsenal have Giroud and then trying to convert wingers. Liverpool don't even have anyone fit.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
And that's why they bought Son and N'jie. To rotate.

It's not like Kane would be dropped for any of the games we've played so far, and I don't think he should have been either. There's also been injuries to contend with. Everyone has to deal with them.

I'm sure they'll look in the market in Jan, but you don't always get what you want.

Utd don't have much. City after Aguero aren't that deep. Chelsea after Costa are a car crash. Arsenal have Giroud and then trying to convert wingers. Liverpool don't even have anyone fit.
Neither Son or Njie are Strikers they play with Kane not instead of him.

We've done this before..

Manyoo have Rooney, Wilson & Martial all of which can and do play the Centre forward roll.

City have Aguero, Bony and Kelechi all of which can and do play the centre forward roll. (they also have Dzeko and Jovetic on loan)

Chelsea have Costa, Falcao and Remy

Arsenal have Giroud, Welbeck and Sanchez

Liverpool have Sturridge, Benteke, Ings and Oringi

Spurs have Kane.

Note these are strikers im talking about not converted wingers or no 10's.

I cant see how any one could question having another striker at our disposal would have had anything other than a positive effect, we are woefully light its as clear as day.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
I'm not talking about just having a name with 'striker' attached to their position. It's about having someone who is going to add something to the squad.

Chelsea having Falcao and Remy as back ups to Costa is about as effective as playing Terry up front.

If the club couldn't buy someone to add something then I'm glad they didn't. And paying 25 mil+ up front for Berahino would have been stupid.

I'd much prefer the approach the club took with sorting out the defensive side of things. There is enough attacking capability in the squad to create chances.

Yes, I would like to see another option come in, but not just for the sake of it.



ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
If the club couldn't buy someone to add something then I'm glad they didn't. And paying 25 mil+ up front for Berahino would have been stupid.
But they could have that's the point instead our chairman's ego got in the way. Why?

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
ascayman said:
London424 said:
If the club couldn't buy someone to add something then I'm glad they didn't. And paying 25 mil+ up front for Berahino would have been stupid.
But they could have that's the point instead our chairman's ego got in the way. Why?
Who?

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
ascayman said:
London424 said:
If the club couldn't buy someone to add something then I'm glad they didn't. And paying 25 mil+ up front for Berahino would have been stupid.
But they could have that's the point instead our chairman's ego got in the way. Why?
Who?
You know who you've said it in your post, Beeahino if we paid the price at the beginning of the window we'd have got our man pretty much everyone agrees on that instead Levy tried to be clever by offering £5m and the rest on the never never, finally he offered the money on the very last day and west brom told us to poke it. Leaving us with one striker until Jan, a striker by the way with half a good season under his belt and who was already looking like he'd been run into the ground by club and country.

Its the very definition of mismanagement.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
I'd rather not sign one season wonders who did even less than our own one season wonder for silly money.

West Brom have never bought or sold a player for more than 8 Million (ish I think), so have no clue about structuring deals.

We'd then be in a position this season of a 25m+ player sitting on the bench getting 10-15 mins a game.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
I'd rather not sign one season wonders who did even less than our own one season wonder for silly money.

The manager would though he said it in a number of press conferences surely its his opinion that matters?

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
ascayman said:
London424 said:
I'd rather not sign one season wonders who did even less than our own one season wonder for silly money.

The manager would though he said it in a number of press conferences surely its his opinion that matters?
And a fee couldn't be agreed. I'm sure the manager would quite like a number of players but if you can't agree a fee that it's all a bit of a moot point.

We make fun of the clubs who piss money up on the wall on failed transfers and have enough of our own without adding another one for little/no reason.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
And a fee couldn't be agreed. I'm sure the manager would quite like a number of players but if you can't agree a fee that it's all a bit of a moot point.

Crikey, this is the point, the fee could have been agreed but Levy let his ego get in the way.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
ascayman said:
London424 said:
And a fee couldn't be agreed. I'm sure the manager would quite like a number of players but if you can't agree a fee that it's all a bit of a moot point.

Crikey, this is the point, the fee could have been agreed but Levy let his ego get in the way.
That's like saying a fee could be agreed for Ronaldo.

I'm talking about a fee acceptable to all. The two clubs couldn't agree so no point getting worked up about it.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
That's like saying a fee could be agreed for Ronaldo.

I'm talking about a fee acceptable to all. The two clubs couldn't agree so no point getting worked up about it.
Its nothing like saying that at all. The fee was acceptable to them their chairman said as much and it was clearly acceptable to us because in the end we made it. The problem was timing due to Levy's ego.

qotsa

760 posts

133 months

Tuesday 20th October 2015
quotequote all
London424 said:
That's like saying a fee could be agreed for Ronaldo.

He will do laugh

Fittster

20,120 posts

212 months

Wednesday 21st October 2015
quotequote all
Time to recall Oduwa from thugland football?

"THE Shielfield Park striker sent out tweets mocking the on-loan Ibrox winger after last night’s shocking challenge.

A BERWICK player has enraged Rangers fans by suggesting Nathan Oduwa deserved the shocking challenge that could have broken his leg.

The on-loan Spurs starlet was the victim of a horrendous lunge by Livingston’s Kieran Gibbons during last night’s Petrofac Cup win by the Ibrox side.

"To be fair if Oduwa comes up here acting the big man and playing the clown he'll be treated like that"


http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/footba...


TOPIC CLOSED
TOPIC CLOSED