I have to say he isn't a player I've ever connected with. I think this is primarily down to how aloof he's been. Did he ever give an interview as a Spurs player?
This isn't a criticism of him though and when it was revealed that he has suffered from mental problems most of his playing career it makes it all the more understandable.
As a player, he was capable of doing some amazing things but he was also totally invisible in many other games. I can only imagine the abuse he would get from huge portions of the fanbase given the stick that Lucas gets today (the two of them IMO were very similar players).
There were a group of players from his Spurs era that have been with us for a very long time (Lennon, Dawson, Rose, Defoe, Livermore, Hud and many more etc......) that in years gone by might have had testimonials (I get these are almost never given nowadays because they don't need the money) or time to say goodbye to the fans properly. I think there's a great opportunity for this group to be reassembled and paraded in front of the fans at the new stadium. I think we've been denied this and most were just moved on.
Maybe would be good to see him at The Lane for the AC Milan game seeing he was so instrumental in 2011.
This isn't a criticism of him though and when it was revealed that he has suffered from mental problems most of his playing career it makes it all the more understandable.
As a player, he was capable of doing some amazing things but he was also totally invisible in many other games. I can only imagine the abuse he would get from huge portions of the fanbase given the stick that Lucas gets today (the two of them IMO were very similar players).
There were a group of players from his Spurs era that have been with us for a very long time (Lennon, Dawson, Rose, Defoe, Livermore, Hud and many more etc......) that in years gone by might have had testimonials (I get these are almost never given nowadays because they don't need the money) or time to say goodbye to the fans properly. I think there's a great opportunity for this group to be reassembled and paraded in front of the fans at the new stadium. I think we've been denied this and most were just moved on.
Maybe would be good to see him at The Lane for the AC Milan game seeing he was so instrumental in 2011.