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maybe he likes Zaha style and that Zaha counts as home-grown. i don't know nothing anymore
Steve Parish was just kicking Off on Talksport
We have supposedly offered £12million plus 2 in add-ons
Poch thinks he's the next Ronaldo
Wouldn't sell him even for £35 million
Stinks of a PR stunt from Palace to be fair
Poch said he would like a player like Zaha after not speaking about Zaha first which could mean N'Koudou. Quotes being misleading
Parish is a cunt and hope Palace get relegated
We have supposedly offered £12million plus 2 in add-ons
Poch thinks he's the next Ronaldo
Wouldn't sell him even for £35 million
Stinks of a PR stunt from Palace to be fair
Poch said he would like a player like Zaha after not speaking about Zaha first which could mean N'Koudou. Quotes being misleading
Parish is a cunt and hope Palace get relegated
I mean if Poche has specifically sought out Zaha and went as far as confirming with the media his interest why wouldnt you at least give the guy a shot with the squad before you say hes got nothing to offer. I know I dont know a ton about football since I just recently got into it again the clip wasnt overly impressive but I thought he looked like one of their best players and the team didnt really play well at all but I thought he provided a few of the bright spots they did achieve. Hes another attacker who seems to play wide well and has some pace and although Poche doesnt like to push his midfielders out wide too much with the addition of Janssen and the possibilities of running multiple formations to me means for £11 in this market Zaha isnt really a bad buy.
since we've only offered 14 million and they want more.
Luckily he will be out of our price range as anything above
20m is only in the range of the big boys , Palace , Southampton ,
Everton , Stoke etc .
Thank fuck for that , we can get that winger bloke from France who's 10m , taken about six weeks to sign , nobody's heard off,
and thankfully nobody's else is interested in .
Bobs your uncle.
So uhh, you want Zaha?
Hardly the sort of player you pay big for. If somebody like Stoke wants to break the bank for Zaha I'd be happy for them to waste their money.
Like when everyone moaned about Bolasie when we were linked for £15m, then he goes to Everton a season later for £25m
:chadliblow:
Hopefully the Zaha transfer speculation comes to nothing, but at least it shows (as with N'Koudou) that Poch and the club have turned their attention to getting a CAM who is fast and tricky.
Spurs boss Pochettino admits he would like to sign another pacy attacking midfielder
Funnily enough, it was only earlier in the day that this Q&A with Danny Rose made me raise an eyebrow...
Who does Danny Rose list as his candidates for 4x100m relay runners?
Alli
Chadli
Dier
Walker
Now I know we're not privy to training, but just from using our eyes watching the matches, I'm not sure any of us would consider Chadli or Alli to be particularly rapid (Dier is deceptively quick, I agree with Rose on that one).
It would seem that we really are lacking pace in attack, especially if Son can't force his way into the team (and/or doesn't recover fully from his plantar fasciitis) and Rose didn't even think of him when asked that question on runners.
For all the excitement over Lamela this year, none of that is down to speed that leaves defenders for dead - but rather his creativity and footwork.
Fast players are often the 'bums off seats' breed. It can be frustrating to see counter attacks fall apart because we allow the opposition to get back into defence.
Spurs boss Pochettino admits he would like to sign another pacy attacking midfielder
Funnily enough, it was only earlier in the day that this Q&A with Danny Rose made me raise an eyebrow...
Who does Danny Rose list as his candidates for 4x100m relay runners?
Alli
Chadli
Dier
Walker
Now I know we're not privy to training, but just from using our eyes watching the matches, I'm not sure any of us would consider Chadli or Alli to be particularly rapid (Dier is deceptively quick, I agree with Rose on that one).
It would seem that we really are lacking pace in attack, especially if Son can't force his way into the team (and/or doesn't recover fully from his plantar fasciitis) and Rose didn't even think of him when asked that question on runners.
For all the excitement over Lamela this year, none of that is down to speed that leaves defenders for dead - but rather his creativity and footwork.
Fast players are often the 'bums off seats' breed. It can be frustrating to see counter attacks fall apart because we allow the opposition to get back into defence.
Football pace is radically different. Over 100m it's not about the person with the most acceleration.
Remember when we had Lennon and Bale, Walker reported that over 100m the fastest player at the club was Kaboul!
Right you are. So yeah, I suppose his answers will differ somewhat from speed with the ball.
However, I think the point remains that Kane, Janssen, Eriksen, Lamela, (in contrast to what Rose said) Alli - none of those starting attacking midfielders are particularly quick.
Nor are they oil-tanker-turning Fazio style slow, but it's a far cry from when we had Lennon and Bale on the wings.
I thought he did alright considering he's up against Rose and Walker. He would give us an option we don't have atm.
Hahhahahahahhaha