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I'm sorry, but are you saying that playing football makes you unfit?
Unfit might be the wrong word. It makes you tired and your muscles don't have enough time to rest.. Any knocks you have don't have time to heal.
The team we put out last Thursday was mental.
Has this notion that two games a week turns players into bed ridden invalids ever been proven?
That Fulham game that ultimately lost us 4th spot last season was in that bracket too.
Correct, yes it was.
And that's why it worries me. I've always been, if you're in a competition you should go out to win it, but that has changed the last couple,of years.
I want a seperate team for the EL, let the fringe players and youngsters see what they can do in it.
It, shouldn't, but the EL has really affected us.
So players who should go...
Friedel, Naughton, Kaboul, Defoe, Gomes, Adebayor, Rose (Sick of him constantly being injured), Dawson...
I would include some of the newer players in that too, but I feel it is too soon to judge. For what it is worth, I would of included Lamela and Capoue in the list.
Build the team around 3 players. Lloris, Sandro and Vertonghen. The rest of the places are up for grabs.
Friedel, Naughton, Kaboul, Defoe, Gomes, Adebayor, Rose (Sick of him constantly being injured), Dawson...
I would include some of the newer players in that too, but I feel it is too soon to judge. For what it is worth, I would of included Lamela and Capoue in the list.
Build the team around 3 players. Lloris, Sandro and Vertonghen. The rest of the places are up for grabs.
If you were brutally honest you could also say that Lloris is dodgy, Sandro injury prone and Vertonghen is too slow.
Sack the whole fucking lot!
We need a team full of nothing but Bales.
It is the only way.
How are we going to compete in the CL then (when we get there)? CL games are also played midweek.
How is saturday-tuesday/sunday-wednesday different from thursday-sunday?
Will we have to rest half our squad for the CL games as well? Or the PL games? Play U21s against Zenit, Porto & Shakhtar?
That's a fair point..
I just hope it's becuase the EL is a step down and they are not motivated enough.
We did ok when we were in the CL last time as the players were up for the whole season.
Yeah.
It's like saying we were world class when we beat Wigan 9-1 or whatever. We were not.
We just moved the ball quickly and had a bunch of chances.
I dunno, with so many new players, and ones who probably didn't go out knowing much about the Spurs way I think it's difficult to expect them to understand it within a few months.
But, having said that, I think the real problem is that most footballers these days are there for the paycheque and I don't think it matter if it's at Spurs or anywhere else. They just see it as a well paid job rather than an old style competition to go out and win with passion. It's a game wide problem, not just one at Spurs. Players like Holtby are fast becoming the minority.
But, having said that, I think the real problem is that most footballers these days are there for the paycheque and I don't think it matter if it's at Spurs or anywhere else. They just see it as a well paid job rather than an old style competition to go out and win with passion. It's a game wide problem, not just one at Spurs. Players like Holtby are fast becoming the minority.
I know it sounds a bit 'Hollywood Movie plot'... but surely, as part of EVERY player's 'initiation' into the club, as well as making them sing Karaoke at the training ground so that Kyle Walker can upload it and get lots of 'likes'... shouldn;t they simply play them summit like this;
...and if they'r gonna sing anything at the Karaoke night, it should be Macnamara's Band!
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We also had one of the best players in the world in the team too!!
What Ginola said still applies to the rest of them.
One thing is not "responding to the manager". Another issue altogether is not responding to getting shat at on their own turf by Raheem Sterling and Jordan f*cking Henderson.
