Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread
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Corax
Luke 5:16
I've been feeling a bit blue about our prospects, seeing as all we've signed is a 40 year old.
But hang on. If we signed two or three decent players we'd actually be really fucking good...
RB:
Corluka's solid, but
Walker looks a real prospect. Great going forward, just needs to sort his defensive positioning out a bit.
LB:
Benny is far, far better than fans of other teams give him credit for. When he makes a mistake then it tends to be glaring, but there are few LBs around with his ability with the ball at his feet and with cross-field attacking passes.
Danny Rose showed at the end of last season that he's a much better LB than he is a LM, so there's good back-up as well.
CB:
King. Nuff said. Everyone knows he's world-class when fit.
Dawson is solid as a rock. The best CB partnerships combine a tough player who's great in the air with a faster more mobile player, and that's where
Kaboul fits in. People seem to have forgotten just how good he was at the start of last season before he got injured. He was great, like the clumsy bloke who was always out of position the season before was actually just his evil twin or something.
Injuries could cause a problem though, so I'd certainly not object to Samba.
RW:
Lennon seems to have gone backwards. Maybe he can rediscover his form though. Worrying lack of alternatives in the squad tbh. Walker may be a possibility though.
LW:
We've got some Welsh bloke, haven't noticed him much tbh.
CM:
If we can keep Modric, no more needs to be said about AM. And haven't we discovered a fucking jewel in
Sandro! If they carry on where they left off, I defy anyone to show me a better centre-midfield duo than that anywhere in the EPL, and of course there's also
VDV, who's an AM IMO, rather than a proper striker. That covers Modric's place if he should get injured. But unless Wilson is completely reborn, we'd be seriously weakened if anything happened to Sandro. Perhaps not though, because it's looking increasingly possible that the other DM in the squad could be
Diarra. Now wouldn't that be nice?
Striker:
Oh fuck.
But what if, what if.....
Hulk, Leandro, Llorente, Ruiz?
Imagine Hulk and Leandro up front with that team behind them.
Crouch and Defoe?
Three or four good signings, and we'd be fit to compete against anyone.
But hang on. If we signed two or three decent players we'd actually be really fucking good...
RB:
Corluka's solid, but
Walker looks a real prospect. Great going forward, just needs to sort his defensive positioning out a bit.
LB:
Benny is far, far better than fans of other teams give him credit for. When he makes a mistake then it tends to be glaring, but there are few LBs around with his ability with the ball at his feet and with cross-field attacking passes.
Danny Rose showed at the end of last season that he's a much better LB than he is a LM, so there's good back-up as well.
CB:
King. Nuff said. Everyone knows he's world-class when fit.
Dawson is solid as a rock. The best CB partnerships combine a tough player who's great in the air with a faster more mobile player, and that's where
Kaboul fits in. People seem to have forgotten just how good he was at the start of last season before he got injured. He was great, like the clumsy bloke who was always out of position the season before was actually just his evil twin or something.
Injuries could cause a problem though, so I'd certainly not object to Samba.
RW:
Lennon seems to have gone backwards. Maybe he can rediscover his form though. Worrying lack of alternatives in the squad tbh. Walker may be a possibility though.
LW:
We've got some Welsh bloke, haven't noticed him much tbh.
CM:
If we can keep Modric, no more needs to be said about AM. And haven't we discovered a fucking jewel in
Sandro! If they carry on where they left off, I defy anyone to show me a better centre-midfield duo than that anywhere in the EPL, and of course there's also
VDV, who's an AM IMO, rather than a proper striker. That covers Modric's place if he should get injured. But unless Wilson is completely reborn, we'd be seriously weakened if anything happened to Sandro. Perhaps not though, because it's looking increasingly possible that the other DM in the squad could be
Diarra. Now wouldn't that be nice?
Striker:
Oh fuck.
But what if, what if.....
Hulk, Leandro, Llorente, Ruiz?
Imagine Hulk and Leandro up front with that team behind them.
Crouch and Defoe?
Three or four good signings, and we'd be fit to compete against anyone.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Yep, apart from conceding and scoring, we're looking pretty good.
Will2403
Active Member
Haha yeh. 3 or four signings and you'd be really fucking good, good enough to finish sixth. Enjoy finishing sixth won't you. All that toil and effort and all those times you might look at the table with your warped mangled up spuddie eyes and think you could just nick fourth, but you won't, you'll finish sixth 
Nothing more deluded than a spuddie in august.
Nothing more deluded than a spuddie in august.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I think you're likley to be the successful nominee for our Adopted Idiot of the Season vacancy. ROBOT-whatever won't like it, but it is at least going to a deserving cause.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Thudd isn't crocked or sold, is he?
Corax
Luke 5:16
No, but he's not found his form consistently for a long time. He's not a true DM either, he's a bit half and half.
newme
Giant in Pastyland now
Looking like your getting Adebayor as another option up front on loan, with City contributing heavily to wages to get him the hell out of the place as hes not gonna be in the 25. Now if you can just drop some of the deadweight uve already got up there and land Diarra, could be a good season.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Mildly amused to see one of the film channels scheduled 'The Glory, Glory Game' to be on at the same time as the goons live match at Newcastle. No, I haven't seen it, either.
Hands up who didn't know we were playing in Europe next Thursday.... well, Scotland anyway....
Hands up who didn't know we were playing in Europe next Thursday.... well, Scotland anyway....
Corax
Luke 5:16
Ade would be great, but ideally we need another striker too. If we don't get one this window then I'd be more than happy if we can get Leandro in January. I haven't seen him play, but all his write-ups (from neutral press) have him as strong, quick, skilful and hard-working, and apparently bounces right back up whenever he hits the dirt. That's exactly the kind of attitude in a player that we need. I also admit that my optimism about him is coloured by how much of a diamond we've unearthed in his former team-mate Sandro.
With Ade, Leandro, Diarra and either Samba or another defender of similar quality, I'd start letting myself think CL qualification again.
Corax
Luke 5:16
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Ah yes, the Thursday Night TV Cup. Well, it's educational....
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
As Robbie Keane appears to leave, it's interesting to reflect on arry's way of dealing with players.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2776933/Spurs-Xmas-party-shame.html
Message understood, 'arry.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2776933/Spurs-Xmas-party-shame.html
Keane went on loan in that January window to Celtic. Obv. went to Wet Sham last season - not sure he ever played for Tottenham again after that Christmas?
Message understood, 'arry.
Corax
Luke 5:16
You also have to take into account that, well, he just not very good any more. I suspect that if the ringleader had been bale, Harry may have been a little more 'understanding'. "A silly mistake, young lad, youthful exuberance. Top, top boy. Triffic"
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Possibly, at that point he was pretty much the late-in-the-match sub for either Crouch or Defoe, although we did pay £12 million for him 12 months earlier.
Interesting to think Pav has been at the club 3 years now.
Interesting to think Pav has been at the club 3 years now.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
tbf, we did finish 4th that season, and almost 3rd.
Pav though ... a little disappointing....
Pav though ... a little disappointing....
Brubricker
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Corax
Luke 5:16
Caulker not looking at all out of his depth on his EPL debut on loan at Swansea vs Citeh.
Real prospect this one. Rave reviews from everywhere he's been on loan. Big, strong, decent positioning and good defensive technical ability. Very level head on his shoulders too by all accounts.
By the standard of footballers, he's reasonably articulate as well:
Real prospect this one. Rave reviews from everywhere he's been on loan. Big, strong, decent positioning and good defensive technical ability. Very level head on his shoulders too by all accounts.
By the standard of footballers, he's reasonably articulate as well:
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
He's quite crept up on me. I've been more aware of Livermore, Naughton, Townsend and Bostock....
Corax
Luke 5:16
Last season the Bristol fans were telling anyone who would listen that he's a future England CB! Might be jumping the gun a bit (!) but it's good that they were impressed with him.
His awareness was lacking on a couple of occasions tonight, allowing players to sneak in behind him. IMO that's just a lack of experience at this level, not appreciating the pace of the players around him. Swans' fans will be singing his name before Christmas.
His awareness was lacking on a couple of occasions tonight, allowing players to sneak in behind him. IMO that's just a lack of experience at this level, not appreciating the pace of the players around him. Swans' fans will be singing his name before Christmas.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Well, as he was saying, every time he's been asked the question... now he's playing in the Prem. Interesting.
Elsewhere, we're playing the Edinburgh Fringe tomorrow night ....
Elsewhere, we're playing the Edinburgh Fringe tomorrow night ....
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Last I read we had six injured midfielders... bare bones, etc.
newme
Giant in Pastyland now
Now Liverpools policy of buying the worlds supply of midfielders finally makes sense.
