Probably that he lost an important year of progress through injury and is not seen as developed enough to be competitive at one of the world's 15(?) best footballing sides at the moment. And if he can't earn a place at the moment, he won't develop as he could elsewhere.
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Probably that he lost an important year of progress through injury and is not seen as developed enough to be competitive at one of the world's 15(?) best footballing sides at the moment. And if he can't earn a place at the moment, he won't develop as he could elsewhere.
I've not been entirely bothered by Spurs since the last few games melt down. I felt it best to give the passion a rest so have not actively kept an eye on Transfers etc ( not that there is much to keep an eye on ) & just paid them shy of £900 in expectation of better things to come and watched a bit of Tennis !
With little over a month until the Transfer window shuts and I awake from my slumber I feel concerned that we are not really doing enough at the top end of the market to be progressing at I hoped we might.
I understand that when we have Son, our world class attacking forward / striker / rush keeperso we can beat anyone on our day, but is that ability to dig in and win when the going is tough added to the squad yet ?
That leadership, and central midfield creativity gap has not been plugged, yet on evidence it was the most critical area to fix. As it stands I can't see anyone else being added to the squad to replace Tom "Tommy" Carroll. It is ( I feel ) very much necessary and I'm surprised at what we have bought in so far in that area as I see no change in shape / set up / ability with Victor ( not gonna spell his surname ) added to the Dier, Ali, Dembele mix.
Also does the defence need 1 more to replace the Jan sized gap? although Wimmer is quality and will step up There is a need for 4 CB's and maybe Dominic Ball is the answer there ? however, in that case it would be the answer " yes" to the question "would you like to finish 5/6th?"
Seriously it could be that Ben Davies could move across if needed, but only on the left side, who covers for Toby ? What we currently have does feel somewhat light for a challenge at the Title / top 3 and Champions League later stages... Maybe again that experienced leader is necessary in that right CB area, maybe even from the bench...
I'm being a tad cynical in my outlook perhaps but then we did get blown away by Newcastle 5-1 :walkercry: and it could be that that single cluster fuck continues to cloud my perception of the bigger picture and perhaps those in charge do know what they are doing ( that being pocketing the prize money and releasing only the funds generated by sales ) but it does feel cheap so far...
Let's go back to the summer of 2013, Bale is itching for a move, we spunk north of £100m+ making a statement about spending to ease the blow of losing our star player. The season turns out to be one of our worst for a number of years.
Have faith that we do not need to make whole sale changes to our squad, we haven't lost anyone and I don't expect us to make statement signings to be back up to our main 11. We have made signings to the areas we lacked last season.
Other teams are splashing cash but no guarantee of instant success after their failures of last season.
Our season tailed off very badly once we were out of the title race. Let's remember how good we were up to and to a point against the Chavs.
Ouchy. A shame that Bentaleb's future with us is sealed, considering how fantastic he looked when he first broke through. Very sad about Pritch that got fucked by injury. Fazio, although a lovely chap (for punching Costa), was never really the type of player we needed.
Poch: N'Jie is injured, that's why he stayed behind in London
Journo: So N'Jie is in your plans?
Poch: N'Jie is injured and stayed in London
Journo: So N'Jie is in your plans?
Poch: N'Jie is injured and stayed in London
Poch: N'Jie is injured, that's why he stayed behind in London
Journo: So N'Jie is in your plans?
Poch: N'Jie is injured and stayed in London
How to avoid answering the actual question.
Poch has his favourites.
If he don't like you then that's it.
That is why mason & carroll get loads of chances no matter how average they perform.
Where as the likes of lennon, bentaleb, andros etc he was never going to give a fair chance to.
At least we don't have to worry about real madrid trying to get poch.
With all the attitude & ego's in that team there would be hardly anyone left once poch has finished with them.
Maybe because Mason and Carroll work hard in training, and the others don't/didn't? I don't think it's personal. He just demands hard work.
They were all given a fair chance, it's on them to take advantage of their opportunities and they never did.
Pochettino may have his favourites, but why does he have his favourites? Is it because little Tommy C brings him an apple a day? Or Ryan is a master of the espresso machine? Perhaps he sees enough hard work, fight, aggression, passion in their training, day in, day out to continuously give them a chance to prove themselves?
After years of watching Aaron Lennon never fulfil his promise, but become a player that became more renowned for digging in and tracking back, or Andros 'fighting with coaching staff Townsend' and Nabil 'disregard orders' Bentaleb. We will never be party to the reasons players are sold. That is for the coaches/club to decide what is best for our squad.
I don't think levy is targeting the title or anything. I think another top 4 will do.I've not been entirely bothered by Spurs since the last few games melt down. I felt it best to give the passion a rest so have not actively kept an eye on Transfers etc ( not that there is much to keep an eye on ) & just paid them shy of £900 in expectation of better things to come and watched a bit of Tennis !
With little over a month until the Transfer window shuts and I awake from my slumber I feel concerned that we are not really doing enough at the top end of the market to be progressing at I hoped we might.
I understand that when we have Son, our world class attacking forward / striker / rush keeper
That leadership, and central midfield creativity gap has not been plugged, yet on evidence it was the most critical area to fix. As it stands I can't see anyone else being added to the squad to replace Tom "Tommy" Carroll. It is ( I feel ) very much necessary and I'm surprised at what we have bought in so far in that area as I see no change in shape / set up / ability with Victor ( not gonna spell his surname ) added to the Dier, Ali, Dembele mix.
Also does the defence need 1 more to replace the Jan sized gap? although Wimmer is quality and will step up There is a need for 4 CB's and maybe Dominic Ball is the answer there ? however, in that case it would be the answer " yes" to the question "would you like to finish 5/6th?"
Seriously it could be that Ben Davies could move across if needed, but only on the left side, who covers for Toby ? What we currently have does feel somewhat light for a challenge at the Title / top 3 and Champions League later stages... Maybe again that experienced leader is necessary in that right CB area, maybe even from the bench...
I'm being a tad cynical in my outlook perhaps but then we did get blown away by Newcastle 5-1 :walkercry: and it could be that that single cluster fuck continues to cloud my perception of the bigger picture and perhaps those in charge do know what they are doing ( that being pocketing the prize money and releasing only the funds generated by sales ) but it does feel cheap so far...
Levy isn't going to throw out all the stops to get us a title winning team.
Who do you think would deliver us a title?
I don't think all of bentelab, lennon, andros are particularly well known for not working hard in training & being really lazy.
I think he might be under valuing actual football ability.
it's ok if your average like carroll as long as you work hard in training.
strange.
"Throwing out all the stops" really doesn't seem to be working for most teams in this league anymore.
The two most impressive teams last season weren't developed by signing huge name players with expensive transfer fees, so actually I don't really understand what point you're trying to make. Man U threw out all the stops for Van Gaal to sign the players he wanted, Mourinho had the same. They both got sacked. City never got going or seemed bothered despite all of their star power.
Instead it was cheap little Leicester City, and Tottenham playing a bunch of youth players.
Nor have mason or carroll. Still here though.
Cheers Joe (and
For better or worse
). I wish the club would upload these for fans, rather than having to settle for something filmed with a potato.
True. But I disagree & would have bentaleb over mason & carroll.
Fight over substance floats poch's boat.
Each to their own.
Obviously poch knows way more than us all.
But I am sure he isn't infallible despite many saying trust in poch.
I'd say Mason has been given plenty of opportunity, probably why he has been kept on. Prior to his injury last season he was a regular starter. Only by the time he got back he's been replaced by Alli and Dembele had gone into beast mode. Carroll was also given plenty of sub minutes, more so than Bentaleb.
Messi doesn't pay taxes, so your point is irrelevant.Messi without an afro would improve us, the 50% tax may be an issue though.
