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With Tottenham Hotspur experiencing their worst start to a season since 1912, it’s time for desperate measures at White Hart Lane. If you were in charge of the club, which players would you put on the transfer list, which personnel would you sack and who would you keep?
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9 months ago
Lennon - hasn't improved one iota since he joined, quick but a one trick pony
Jenas - Useless, useless, useless
Dawson - showed great initial promise, but has definitely showed too many flaws in the last 18 months
Bent - more useless that Jenas
Personally I would give either try Gunter or maybe Prince-Boateng a go as defensive midfield - the latter was German u/21 player of the year not so long ago, so he doesn't become rubbish overnight
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Bently will be class if we play him in position, Zakora and Dawson good squad players and as for Lennon he has trouble crossing the road but is a danger going forward until he falls over and sits there having a TANTRUM. Get up and chase u LAZY GIT!!!
I think Gomes needs to learn to catch the ball as all his good saves have follwed shocking mistakes and put Bent and Campbell up front! give it a go nothing left to lose now!!!
Woodgate for Captain i think King would understand as we need a player week in and week out on the field
My final rant is get Bale to ""STOP PLAYING WITH HIS HAIR" your a footballer not a hairdresser!
COYS
9 months ago
Bently will be class if we play him in position, Zakora and Dawson good squad players and as for Lennon he has trouble crossing the road but is a danger going forward until he falls over and sits there having a TANTRUM. Get up and chase u LAZY GIT!!!
I think Gomes needs to learn to catch the ball as all his good saves have follwed shocking mistakes and put Bent and Campbell up front! give it a go nothing left to lose now!!!
Woodgate for Captain i think King would understand as we need a player week in and week out on the field
My final rant is get Bale to ""STOP PLAYING WITH HIS HAIR" your a footballer not a hairdresser!
COYS
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Levy needs to hold his hands up and admit to making a mistake in appointing Comolli in the first place but he is going to rectify this immediately and give Ramos full control of team affairs which will also include transfers. Good business man has turned Spurs around and he loves the club, we always get a good price for the players we sell (somehow) and seem to be able to bring players in for less than their market value so he must be doing something right.
Ramos has suffered from Comolli's lack of vision and I feel he should be given more time. He does need to accept that playing one up front is not the formation the squad was built for so he should revert to 4-4-2 and play to the squads strength.
I'd transfer list Jenas and strip him of the vice-captaincy as he is the most over rated player in the premiership. Also BAE and Zokora (who plays his heart out but is basically not good enough for the PL). I'd probably sell Bent too but only after we've got 2 more quality strikers like Podolski or Milito. Good strikers should be able to play with anybody and I blame the current system for Bent & Pav failing to gel.
With the exception of those who are already listed and have been told to find new clubs I'd keep the rest. Most of them are just off form at the moment and lacking in confidence. We need a bit of luck to go our way and grind out a couple of results to restore the confidence. We also need to pretty much right off King Ledley as we need consistency at the back and he can't provide it.
9 months ago
Please support another team (you might already as this is pointless) because you are giving Spurs fans a bad name.
9 months ago
Still not sure bout Huddlestone at moment and id like to see Bentley given a run in the 1st team for 10 games or so before i condem him to the scrap heap!
ZORKORA and JENAS out!!!!!!!!!!! Are we Spurs fans the only people who can see they are shite?!
9 months ago
He's transformed Spurs since he's been in and I really think he's trying to take us to the next level. His biggest problem in doing that which I'm sure he now realises is the FANS!!!
Who wasn't happy when Ramos signed?
Who wasn't happy when Gus signed?
Who wasn't happy when Levy challenged Ferguson over Berbatov?
He's pushing for us to be taken seriously and articles like this just play into the hands of the press who lets face need stories.
Give it a break please!
9 months ago
you sold you good players and now you are in deep shite , but dont worry zorkora think you steel finish on a top 4 GOOD LUCK.WATCH THE GOONER
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Well to go, i think Stalteri, Ghaly, Prince-Boateng, Daniels, Barcham all off the wage bill as they really don't have a future. I've excluded Taarabt because i like to think he has a future, although maybe its not under Ramos, but the boy clearly has potential.
Others out: Gilberto (poor signing anyway), Dawson (Needed but if we can get a replacement then wouldn't be too dissapointed, poor last 18 months, and would settle for a deal maybe 6-7m +) Jenas(hasn't got the consistency and again if we get 10m it would be a good deal and free a space for Modric to play more freely)
Huddlestone (too slow, not progressing enough and again 5-6m would be a good fee)
Zokora should stay, as we have limited defensive midfielder, although we do have O'Hara, Zokora regularly makes decent blocks and tackles, and runs despite his distribution being poor.
The rest of the squad should stay: Hopeful of adding a few more players in January, i think a Centre Back would be ideal, personally i like the Russian player Kolodin or Metzelder who barely figures at Real Madrid. I would like to see a DM come in but don't see it happening, and again a striker would be great. Edison Cavani from Palermo or Huntelaar would be my choices if possible.
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The important quote is a bit later in the essay, when the Gaffer rightly notes that "the players need time to adjust." Not only do they have to adjust to the new league, but they have to mold into a team that does not exist. Say Arsenal sign a player, that player will slide into an established system, with a clearly defined role and surrounded by players who know their roles as well. With so many new players, Spurs have to build up both individual roles, as well as team cohesion.
As such, for many of the players it is simply too early to decide whether they should stay or not. If, over a larger sample of games the team has still not found any cohesion, then you will want to start looking for the root problems. In the meantime, it is too difficult to say whether it is a failure of tactics, of inspiration, of player capability or merely that things have not yet come together. I might also add that most of the nonsense pundits peddle about team heart is usually just the appearance of lackluster football, lacking as it is a window into the hearts of men.
A similar thing goes for Ramos. He has been brought in to change the makeup of the team, to build it into his team. He goes as his team goes. It is irresponsible management to bring someone in, ask them to remake the organization, and then remove them at the first sign of it going poorly. It forces you to bring in a new manager, one who may be uncomfortable with the Ramos team as constructed, and who will once again throw it into turmoil. Spurs need constancy at the managerial spot, at least through the year. If at that point the team is still failing to achieve, then his position should be re-evaluated.
That is not to say I do not think he is making mistakes. Jenas forcing Modric out to the left seems to me to be a problem. And I've never been impressed with the work Comolli has done.
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Luka Modric - not strong enough for premiership
Ekotto - never impressed
Jenas - only played 1 good game in life!
Ghaly - not technical enough
Undecided:
Bent - shows good form when we are attacking but needs more support
Dawson - has his moments but can warm the bench
Bentley - was a rush decision to buy him, he has qualities but needs to be played in the same position.
My team line up as it stands should be:
Gunter Woodgate King Bale
Bentley Zokora/O'hara Corluka
Dos Santos
campbell Bent
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Sell Bentley after a handful of games (half of which hes been played out of position). Honest to god, its a good job people like you dont make real managers.
9 months ago
"Wait, they're still on the team??"
Because thats always a recipe for disaster.
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Jol and Spurs needing a DM and what does Comolli do, buys Bent for a ludicrus sum.
Levy has shown he is willing to spend the money, and who is going to replace Ramos? The porblem is personel right now and Comolli not getting the right players or working with Ramos to get him what he needs.
9 months ago
However to be fair, none of the players will be with us when we are in the Coca-Cola.
9 months ago
Sporting Director: Terry Venables
Manager: Roy Keane
Ass Manager: Teddy Sheringham
Keepers: Gomes
Alnwick
Button
Defenders: Dawson
King
Woodgate
Corluka
Troy
Mills
Caulker
Hutton
Gunter
Smith
Zokora(as a rightback, not as a midfielder!!)
Bale
Daniels
Mattock(New from Leicester City)
Midfielders: O'Hara
Huddlestone
Jenas
Modric
Marney(New from Hull, should never sold him in the first place!)
Livermore
Parrett
Bostock
Mason
Bentley
Lennon
Dos Santos
Rose
Townsend
Arshavin(New from Zenit)
Forwards: Ashton(New from West Ham)
Bent
Pavlyuchencko
Pekhart
Players in: Mattock
Marney
Arshavin
Ashton
Players out: Ghaly
Boateng
Gilberto
Ekotto
Staff in: Venables
Keane
Sheringham
Staff out: Commoli
Ramos(Plays Zokora as a cm every game, that says it all!!)