WARNING: Rant. Don't read if you might remotely think that I might tell you to fuck off.
BAE has been very poor lately, but he's also not playing to his usual standard, either.
99% of Benny haters have simply been waiting for this moment, and are far removed from any reasonable criticism of him. They been exactly those same people that have watched him play positive attacking "Spurs football" for the past few seasons, and have nevertheless hated him for his "attitude."
I've watched his play closely since his return from injury, and in most cases have desperately wanted to remove him from the field of play. Yes, BAE has been terrible lately. He is now routinely booting it up the field, gifting possession in the process, but that's hardly been his M.O. during his tenure at Spurs, thus far.
Let's not forget that by many metrics he was
easily one of the standout fullbacks of the entire league last season (admittedly, as was Walker, who I
strongly consider to be our current "weak link").
Through his tenure, BAE's play has predominately been dominated by flair, close control, and intricate, attacking one-two passing patterns.
Those that currently seek to misrepresent BAE's past accomplishments at Spurs are a
fucking plague. They [/i]DEFINE[/i] that element that has been so absolutely spoiled by the current expectation of success that they've forgotten what it means to be Spurs.
And, it is thoroughly my understanding that this post [/i]DIRECTLY[/i] criticizes a great many of the other greatly respected and long-standing members of the TFC forums.
In this instance, I really don't give a shit. In fact, I
DIRECTLY mean to.
This is a player that has earned our patience, who has defined the Tottenham style of play -- for better or worse -- for damned near as long or longer than anyone else in the squad.
Some members might have previously criticized me for being a rep-whore, for predominantly posting that which I know will be readily and fondly received by the TFC masses. Perhaps, in some instances, they might be justified. In broad strokes, I can't say that in all circumstances that I disagree with this. Admittedly, the attraction of social acceptance is occasionally tempting, that all people in their weakness might appeal to social acceptance, but here I have to fucking take a stand. At the moment, I really don't give shit if I create such a rabid post that I tempt the resident forum moderators to fucking ban me forever from these forums, whatever the fuck that would take.
Paydro
any ideas?
The Champion's League means the world to me. More, perhaps. But, I'm not prepared to sell my fucking soul to receive it.
BAE has given a damned strong portion of his career to Spurs, and has acted thoroughly professional throughout, regardless what some might say. He's not once destabilized the squad, or angled for a transfer. Remember, at his height he's been connected with a great many other "big" clubs. Most recently, he was connected earlier this season with Chelsea. His potential future actions really don't count for shit at the moment. Thus far he has conducted himself with thorough professionalism.
His attitude thus far? Let me define that attitude:
I am playing for Spurs. That's it and that's all. If they want to trade me, so be it.
That's something that I can fucking respect.
This is not a man that has earned one single fucking ounce of disrespect or cynicism. This is a man who has earned every fucking ounce of patience from us.
The day might come that he destroys every ounce of faith that I hold in him. In matters of professional sports, I can almost see it coming. Perhaps he doesn't deserve the amount of blind loyalty that I'm willing to distill in him at the moment, but right now that's the price that I'm willing to bear for having a soul, and to every fucking one of you that disagrees with me, fuck off!
Seriously, fuck off.
If AVB kicks BAE to the curb it is absolutely the single greatest mistake that he could ever make at Spurs. Virtually everyone here knows that I am quite possibly the single greatest AVB advocate on this forum. I was one of the very, very first that lobbied for AVB as soon as Redknapp was sacked.
BAE is a prototypical attacking/possessive wingback. Modification: BAE is the prototypical AVB fullback. If AVB can't see that, then I'm fully willing to call quits on my AVB obsession and call him a clueless incompetent.
And, if he puts in 4 own goals tomorrow, then I'm perfectly happy to permanently retire from this forum. Fuck every last one of you that wants rid of BAE.
Seriously though, fuck off to hell, every one of you.
It's 3:30 am here, and I'm so fucking worked up off of pure adrenaline that I feel that I could last until 3:30 am tomorrow, just to spam "fuck you" to every person that is calling for BAE's permanent removal from the squad.
Here's a fucking clue: reinstate some fucking modicum of organization to the squad so that BAE might have some decent outlet again, to facilitate his re-integration into the first team.
