It’s not easy.
Krankie was a player I immediately took to. One reason was every time he got the ball he went forward with it. Am I easily pleased? Hardly. Intent is a serious thing. People get sent to prison for it. And Niko’s intent was invariably to attack.
I’ve just noticed I’m talking in the past tense.
As we’ve discussed before this morning, Arry has his favourites. He’s a bit like Bill Murray in ‘Hope & Glory’- if he’s your friend then you’ll never want for a better friend. If he’s not your friend then your life becomes a raging sea. Okay, maybe not a raging sea as such but you could certainly find yourself looking to play football somewhere else.
Kranjcar for some reason has not become Arry’s friend. I understand having Gareth Bale ahead of you in the queue could mean you’re in for a long wait, but Steven Pienaar? Do me a favour.
Krankie is an enterprising and technically gifted player. Why isn’t he getting more game time and why are we getting ‘begging quotes’ from his agent?
“Niko is not happy with the situation at Tottenham at the moment. He wants to play. It is a shame that a man of Niko’s quality is on the bench,” Aliaj said.
“He is loyal to the club and has a contract but it is difficult for him.
“It can be a problem when a player is not playing. When he is not playing he is not happy. He feels down.
“Some clubs in Italy are interested him. Lazio, Roma, Juventus — they are all interested, as well as some teams in Spain and in Germany.
“It’s normal to have teams like these interested in a player with such quality.”
I might be swimming against the tide here, but I don’t think that the kranks is good enough.
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s class, and I’m very grateful for all the stuff he’s done for tottenham. I rate him as a player and as a professional.
One thing that I’ve noticed is that he gives the ball away quite a lot. Not in a hold your head in your hands and contemplate self-harm ***** kind of way, mind you, but he does tend to run himself into a lot of difficult positions – perhaps it’s that “intent” of which you speak HH. This does culminate in the odd moment of brilliance (witness the third goal against city that he scored last season) but as often as not means he’s giving their lot a run at our defense.
I still wish he would stay and I think he’s as technically gifted a player as we have (with the exception of Modders and possibly DVD). I don’t blame him wanting to leave though – honestly, pienaar? Pienaar? Really?
my kind of player – a spurs player –
whilst i appreciate that a successful squad is built on a blend of different people with different attributes, how can jenas,piennar,ohara,palacious,defoe,crouch,hutton,bassong,woodgate and king(!) look this guy in the eye when they are starting a game for my beloved lillywhites, or even being involved in one.
Arry cannot manage a football team of spurs’ calibre and expectation.
kranks is a better player on his day than any of harrys underperforming favorites. Stay krankie, we will ship The Twitch out instead.
COYS
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There are those who say that HR only plays his favourites, but Niko obviously breaks that rule as HR signed him twice and still can’t get a place.
There are those who will tell you that HR is a dunce in the transfer market, but he bought Niko for about £2 mill, and I understand that we will get about £8 mill when he goes.
There are always exceptions to every rule.
My opinion: I think he should have played a lot more games than he has for us, and could have worked well in a properly rotated squad.
I think its a case of the grass is greener etc,he ain’t played so his made no mistakes,a bit like Walcot not going to the world cup.I couldn’t help but notice some jeering of Hudd against the arse when a few passes went astray ergo his muted celebration
I am beginning to get disgusted at the readiness of our fans to boo our own players.
If I was a player for another club that was on Spurs radar, I would be thinking hard, “Do I really want to play for a team where if things are not going well, the fans want to abuse and vilify me”?
how a griwn man is supposed to type on one of these tiny touch screen kryboards is beyond mr. just watching these mancs singing quw sera. that should be us you know. who’d have thought that topping iur group would be a bad thing. sheesh
kebab
Do you have fat fingers or a small screen?
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