24 May 2011 21:04:20
After looking at a whole load of posts about 'my boys' and all of the rubbish rumours that are coming through (unfortunately any scumbag ARSEnal/ LiverSCUM supporter can write in here).
Firstly I need to address all of the people putting the boot into 'Arry'. Yeah he has made tactical gaffs this season for sure but would any of you invisaged being in the Champions League so soon after he took over. He's got something that the players respond to and so I believe we should try and keep him.
What screwed us up this season getting into the champions league again - Well I put it down to more than just Arrys tactical gaffs, the 3 football pitches of money that City have thrown at there team certainly hasn't helped, and the loss of form/ injury in the latter half of the season of both Bale and VDV haven't helped (thank god for Modders and the surprising but exciting rise of Sandro).
One of those Arrys gaffs I'm fully aware of is the gangly legged idiot (It's got to be some sort of record for a player to knock their team out of the Champions League twice in one season) but at the beginning of the season VDV was banging them in for fun playing off Crouchy so .
Who will we sell -
All of our strikers have failed to live up to expectation this season (they can bitch and moan all they want but when they got there chance they blew it) I expect a complete exodus of strikers except Pav who may have given himself a life line after Sunday.
All of our fringe players will definitely be on the 'come and get me' list including
Palacios
Bentley
Jenas
O'Hara (May go to wolves £5 million)
Dos Santos
Hutton
Woodgate
Bassong
Kranjcar (Unfortunate because he has the ability but not had a chance)
Who will we buy -
We need a goalkeeper, a big time central defender, right back and strikers basically (once these are covered we could do with some quality back up midfield)
Below are some of the offerings I think will come off
Ben Foster or Brad Friedel
Kevin Gameiro or Pablo Osvaldo
Scott Parker (Got a feeling we have first call on him after west ham moaned about our dealings over Parker in January, and then we went and loaned them Keane with an option to buy if they stayed up?! )
Mertesacker - Hoping
Cavani - Hoping
There will probably be others and the rumours time of year is a good laugh if you post something plausible and make us all think 'maybe'.
Enough of my waffle '
Kalrez
P.S I really do think there will be another transfer this season that everyone will go ballistic over (VDV last time) Just don't know yet but time will tell . {Ed012's Note - Brilliant post mate always good to see a passionate spurs fan and i totally agree with you, i think harry is getting a lot of unneeded and unwanted stick and i believe he has been one of our best manager we have had since the late great Nicholson. Great post mate.
Jake
Brad Friedel - 40
Scott parker - 31
Are these the type of players you want to join our club. I respect your post and agree wiht you in certain parts but linking us with these old men is pretty poor man. We do not need Parker. Its just a complete waste of money. We are solid in midfield ESPECIALLY in the position Parker plays.
Merresacker is unbelievably slow.
A right back? unless we manage to get Micah Richards i would agree with you. But we have Kyle Walker coming back from loan.
Azza
Unfortunately it's not me linking them with our great club but being banded around most football forums - I agree Friedal is way past it and Foster would be the better option of those two (stekelenburg an even better option now De Gea has gone to Utd)but I think Parker can do a job for us if we can get him cheap enough wasn't voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year for nothing!
Azza any of the Strikers float your boat or you think i'm batting way of course?
Kalrez
I think Kevin Gameiro could be a decent buy.
There are great strikers out there that we can sign. For me it would have to be Falcao. He has everything to his game.
Manuel Neuer or stekelenburg as a replacement for Gomes.
With Parker, he had his chance at chelsea and did not make it. Be honest, would you replace Sandro with Parker or even Hudd because i can't see it. Parker was a big fish in a small pond, that's why he stood out. Westham were the worst team in the premier league. Don't get me wrong Parker is a decent player but not good enough for spurs.
Athletico Madrid didn't get champions league football. Its not particularly likely but a player like Aguero at spurs would vastly improve our team. Would you put a 40mill bid in for him again. Obviously this is very far off but its worth a try. He has the chance to play alongside VDV, Bale, Lennon, modric and sandro. You never know what could tempt him.
Azza