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Not gonna lie, if I was working on a transfer for January and wanted to keep it completely under wraps, I probably wouldn't tell Rose about it.
Not gonna lie, if I was working on a transfer for January and wanted to keep it completely under wraps, I probably wouldn't tell Rose about it.
It's part of the masterplan. Rose was always the gaffer's son. Put pressure on Levy for dad and now he's feigning potential inactivity before we spend big.
Especially if Poch is buying a new LBNot gonna lie, if I was working on a transfer for January and wanted to keep it completely under wraps, I probably wouldn't tell Rose about it.
This. Rose knows exactly what he's doing when he says stuff like this. He knows damn well what the media are like in England when it comes to twisting words. Even if he may well have a point at times with some of his comments/insinuations, it just gives the media more ammunition to go at Poch/the club.
The guy needs to learn how to shut the fuck up.
Yeah....he's really created some miserable migraines for Poch. That's why he keeps getting played, right?
The fact is that Poch is, and always has been, quite fond of Rose. Whether you like him talking to the press or not, it's clear Poch doesn't care at all. So he'll keep speaking his mind and Poch will keep selecting him. The fact that people still waste energy getting twisted up about it is, frankly, sad.
And it's been pretty clear over the past 18 months that those who let these things rile them up are the reason the press keeps doing this. No one outside Spurs supporters gives a shit. And anyone who can keep a level head and actually read the articles, rather than immediately go off ranting over the headline, can see that his quotes are never what they're made out to be.
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As was said earlier, Danny should be admired for speaking his mind. Not ridiculed.
He's clearly an intelligent principled individual not prepared to just spew out the robotic monologue we see from so many footballers.
I've always found his comments interesting, refreshing and well worth listening too.
In fact football as a whole would be so much more connected to the fans if more players followed his lead.
And let's not forget, he's also battled mental issues while performing fantastically for Spurs down the years.
Danny Rose, legend
He's clearly an intelligent principled individual not prepared to just spew out the robotic monologue we see from so many footballers.
I've always found his comments interesting, refreshing and well worth listening too.
In fact football as a whole would be so much more connected to the fans if more players followed his lead.
And let's not forget, he's also battled mental issues while performing fantastically for Spurs down the years.
Danny Rose, legend
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I'd go along with these schools of thought if I thought it was a case of Rose having the best interests of Tottenham Hotspur at heart when he speaks to the press. In my honest opinion, he most certainly doesn't. Something clearly happened during his long injury lay off that caused a deep resentment from him towards the club. I'm convinced he says things which he knows will be spun and paint the club in a bad light. Don't get me wrong, on his day he's an outstanding left back, but I think for all parties sake it will be best if he's moved on in the summer and he becomes someone else's problem. Finding a buyer will be quite challenging though I would imagine.
Finding a replacement would be more challenging. We cannot bring in a foreign player. Fulham will not sell to us and there is no homegrown player better. His first interview was encouraging the club to buy and this time he is doing the opposite and saying we will buy no one. While he performs on the pitch like against Barcelona, he stays.
I think Rose knows his stock has fallen considerably in the last 18 months - obviously due to injuries, but also he hasn't been able to dislodge Davies. Lets be frank - his performances when he was given a start were hardly warranting praise but because it was Rose we all wanted him to get an extended run of starts because that could get back the fire in his belly back. I think Barcelona showed he still has it but now it's a matter of showing consistency.
Rose's chances of a big move are very unlikely now so I take his comments as more wanting Tottenham to do everything possible to win major silverware. And I suspect he does speak for most of the dressing room (at least those who have been here for the whole Poch reign) because we have come so close that we deserve it. They deserve it.
Rose's chances of a big move are very unlikely now so I take his comments as more wanting Tottenham to do everything possible to win major silverware. And I suspect he does speak for most of the dressing room (at least those who have been here for the whole Poch reign) because we have come so close that we deserve it. They deserve it.
Vorm, Toby, Dembele, Wanyama, Nkoudou, Janssen, Llorente are all extremely likely to be sold within the next 2 windows. The home grown thing is not as pressing as is being made out. If a decent offer comes in for Rose next Summer, he'll be gone.
Come on JT, there's nothing intelligent about slagging the club off for signing players "fans need to google" when he was a player signed from Leeds reserves who no-one had heard of, and some of his team mates were similar. There's nothing principled about slagging off the club that has just paid you a few million quid whilst you couldn't work for months due to injury, or the coach who'd help develop your career and help you personally too. He's little diatribe, featuring his desire for "a move back north" was ignorant and lacking integrity.
I have no problem with players speaking candidly, especially when they have something intelligent and insightful to say and the articulate it well. I don't even mind players talking about their ambition to play elsewhere, as fans we forget they don't support this club, to them it's a job, and a short career, but they don't have to stoop to crass stupidity and insult their employer who is paying them handsomely, their team mates and the fans in the process.
Aye. We were/are at our peak when Rose is at his best (and I mean no particular offence to Davies in saying that).
Which would explain his dip in quality from Barca.
Granted with his long injury lay off two games out of a week might be a bit too much for him as well
Loads of players would have asked to have been subbed if they hurt themselves like that. Warrior.
After the monster performance at Barca for me today was just about him not getting injured.
Personally enjoyed that him and Davies were on the field together, little reminder that even if they usually compete for the same spot we're the same team.
After the monster performance at Barca for me today was just about him not getting injured.
Personally enjoyed that him and Davies were on the field together, little reminder that even if they usually compete for the same spot we're the same team.