Nice write up on Kane's goal celebrations. http://thepremierleagueowl.com/harry-kane-tottenham-and-the-joy-of-ten-man-goal-celebrations/
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Not a bad way to work.
Buy top class, fill the squad out with youth talent.
If we shifted on the following we would save £300kpw yet the squad would be only slightly weaker in my opinion. Another CB and FW would cover the gaps.
Paulinho £50kpw
Kaboul £50kpw ?
Adebayor £150kpw ?
Naughton £25kpw ? (Yedlin coming in)
Chiriches £30kpw ?
Lennon £50kpw ?
I do like the concept of using academy players instead of signing £5m-£10m players for squad depth, but I don't think it'll make a huge difference to our ability to sign top players. I suspect money isn't the main issue; a lot of players would rather sign for City, United, Liverpool, Woolwich or Chelsea before us even if we were offering the same wage. That's a lot of clubs that get to take their pick before we pick up what we can.
Besides, Soldado, Eriksen, Lamela etc. are those players we were after. They are the expensive guys who we hoped we could sign, and did. Who better might we have picked up over the last year?
It's really easy for us to say that it was unacceptable, but it's really easy to have happen without realizing it until it's too late.This is our failings at the moment. to establish a core?
This is the bed rock for all teams and its unacceptable that we have allowed it to rot away.
I would keep Naughton, just because we don't know when we might have Walker go down again, and if Yedlin really isn't ready to go at this level, we can't afford to rely on Dier again.Not a bad way to work.
Buy top class, fill the squad out with youth talent.
If we shifted on the following we would save £300kpw yet the squad would be only slightly weaker in my opinion. Another CB and FW would cover the gaps.
Paulinho £50kpw
Kaboul £50kpw ?
Adebayor £150kpw ?
Naughton £25kpw ? (Yedlin coming in)
Chiriches £30kpw ?
Lennon £50kpw ?
what a CUNTA guy in work just tried telling me that Spurs' defensive problems are down to Lloris and his demand for a high line so he can exercise his ability as a sweeper-keeper.
Lennon was Captain against Brighton. So don't think it is a big a deal as people making out.Kaboul being captain makes him undroppable. You've got to imagine Pochettino is seriously regretting that decision now.
For me its basic football. You build a team around an established core of players.It's really easy for us to say that it was unacceptable, but it's really easy to have happen without realizing it until it's too late.
If you could take the core of our Champion's League team as King, Modric, Bale, Lennon, Van der Vart, with partial contributions from others in various seasons, then losing one to injury, one to a fizzled career, two to Real Madrid's tapping up and one to not wanting to fight for a place over 2-3 seasons makes it a very hard thing to notice. Also to replace. You can't find another Ledley King on the market, but Vertonghen was as good as you were likely to find. Modric wasn't so easy either, although Mason looks it now (did he 2 years ago, with injuries delaying the transition?). Bale, well, we spent 30 million on Lamela, and need to give him another couple of years before a verdict can really be delivered. Lennon has just seemed to fade away, it's quite odd really. And we bought Siggy to be VdV's back-up, and likely eventual replacement, but it turned out VdV didn't want an understudy, and off he went.
Add in the change in managerial styles as well and it's not hard to see how quickly things can change. Especially if we're comparing those guys at their peak to a new group of players finding their feet. We need to be patient, and commit to giving these players the time they need to develop so that they can become that core we need. These things are slow processes, which Sky doesn't allow us to have time for in their narrative.
Dont agree. If the FBs are weak the CHs are vulnerable. Our CHs are good enugh, we need to stabilise our unpredictable FBs. Once Walker and Davis are established as regular FBs the CB will come into their own.Kaboul being captain makes him undroppable. You've got to imagine Pochettino is seriously regretting that decision now.
Dont agree. If the FBs are weak the CHs are vulnerable. Our CHs are good enugh, we need to stabilise our unpredictable FBs. Once Walker and Davis are established as regular FBs the CB will come into their own.