Good morning.
Your roving reporter finds himself in the deepest depths of Yorkshire with more opportunity for broad beans than broadband, but on an upbeat note the bakeries are tip top. ‘Fat Rascal?’ Have a care madam, I’m an easy going chap but… oh I see, yes. I’ll take two. Thank you.
So the window then. Hopefully there were lessons learned, but I doubt it. Our Arry was as deflated as his jowls leaving the Lodge. It wasn’t just Chelsea that met the immovable object in Levy & Co. His big opportunity to buy big and push on was blocked at every step of the way by a man determined to keep the books balanced.
And one player he didn’t want to sell was sold from beneath him. Despite his heartfelt plea to the press. 3MP, one of the worst but not the worst ever striker to grace the Lilywhite shirt has gone. ‘Why couldn’t Daniel flog that pesky Russian?’
Arry was given a lesson in cloth cutting.
Question marks over Adebayor should be dispelled until proven valid. If his temperament or whatever the time bomb or supposed skeleton in his closet is an issue, it ought to be remembered he did choose to come here and did have other options.
Ade’s caliber oughtn’t be called into question either. He was a menace in the Premiership a cut above Defoe & 3MP for many years. And his time at Real has only been another highpoint on his CV. Elsewhere the acquisitions were low key and we happen upon a boy wiv two feet who can do a job, then all to the good. Parker is your quintessential staunch fella. Well, for an hour then he needs to be stretchered over to Tubby Isaac’s for refuelling.
Dos Santos stays and this along with the Modric saga reminds us that Arry needs to focus upon managing what he’s given and leave the decision making to those who know better. Giovanni had a belter of a tournament at the Copa, yet him being retained appears to have been an after thought. Why isn’t this occasionally breathtaking player not being given a run out? Has he been micro chipped like Jason Bourne so every time he steps inside the M25 he has an irrational urge to lurch into the nearest juicer and drink lager like that bug bloke in Men In Black drank sugar solution?
Modric is a matter of opinion. The only temptation I had to flog the tart was when the money neared what we needed to facilitate the NDP. But Arry’s desire to sell him was horribly unscrupulous. This is a guy who wasn’t getting enough out of surreptitiously cashing his grandmother’s pension and decided to dope her and have the gold out of her fillings. Arry didn’t give a hoot about Luka having his head in the right place. His comments casting doubt over the voracity of the Croatians ‘injury’ actually mae him complicit in the hoax being played out. If Arry & Luka had stood in front of the press and announced in one voice, ‘ We no like chicken badge’ they would have retained more credibility.
But what is done is done. What ought o be done has to be approached in a professional manner. I don’t want to hear 3MP’s name again Arry. He scored 3 goals in 748 appearances or whatever the hell it was and as a result he’s been sold. If faith is a force that binds then Droopy be bound in the knowledge that Defoe needs praying for. His record has been equally dreadful.
It’s easy to look at what others achieved in the window, look at the unmitigated pasting we took in our first two games. But contrastingly it’s far more useful to ask the players to look to themselves and shake off any ‘pity me’ feelings and concentrate on delivering their best.
On paper, we’ve a stack of players who are bloody brilliant in the eyes of so many other sides supporters. Don’t believe me? Then you obviously didn’t see the wedding shower put on by Stoke for Pete. You mention Azza Blud’s name to anyone that isn’t Tottingham and they quite often make funny little reverential noises.
But we hardened experts look at Azza and see a bloke balancing a rare species of caterpillar on his face who can’t routinely cross a ball. We look at Tommy DancesWithScones and see a bloke who’s sublime shots on goal statistically end up on the roof of Valentinos.
Our lot need to seriously stop looking at what is going on farther afield and concentrate on how lush and green the grass is where they are.There is no need for you to buy your way out of trouble by flogging Modders, Arry. You are a great man manager who just needs to raise his game a little.
I’m not suggesting we all chip in and send in him in boxes of Linguafone taps, rather instead of cooing over snapshots in his wallet of Beckham, Arry sets about nurturing Dos Santos and talking to Pav. These two on the same pitch could make an explosion in a firework factory look dull.
Look at Edin Dzeko. A man with oodles of ability, who reminds me of a less malevolent version of Andriy Shevchenko. We could get Pav scoring for fun too if there were an intelligent supply of balls coming through to him. Dzeko has yet to score a goal in the Premiership by dribbling past 6 men and then backheeling it through the keepers legs. So it must be a team thing.
Spurs players and indeed fans need to take the this window for what it was. A salutary reminder to chancers that make endless promises but do not deliver that they get moved on. And those that remain need to seriously start living up to the quite rightly heavy burden of expectation.
In short, stop fannying about and get on with it.
There comes a time when occasionally you have to swallow your pride. That point was reached when we could have had £40m for the rat faced prick, spent just £10m of it on a ready made replacement in Arteta and put £30m in the bank for the next manager, for it is pretty clear to me that Levy is trying to force Redschnapps out and frankly it would not be a bad thing. His reluctance to play Dos Santos is shameful.
Completely agree.
Our first ever season in the CL followed by a transitional season tells us that Levy has lost all patience with The Gob.
We were not offered 40m, it was 30 plus Alex, if the reports were correct, which implies that once it was Chelsea determining the price, a price on a player that was not for sale. Dos Santos had been given the opportunity to play on previous occasions and with three different clubs. Ipswich apart, none of them wanted him.Perhaps he’d shown a willingness to knuckle down and show what’s been missed, you’d sympathise a little more, and we’ll see if has in the coming weeks. Shameful should be levied at a gifted payer, who’s inability to get the best out of his own talent is far more appropriate.
Essexian,
Dos Santos was Managed at Racing Santander by Marcelino Garcia Toral.
He is now the Manager of Sevilla. Who wanted the player. Therefore he worked with, and wanted the player.
Which kind of contradicts your “Ipswich apart, none of them wanted him” statement. It would actually make it, “two out of three of the Managers he played under whilst out on loan wanted him”.
And as Meat Loaf says, “Two out of three ain’t bad”. Though obviously including Flappychops that would make it “Two out of four”. And we all know he’s a great judge. :daumen:
OK So Harry, WashdayRamos and whoever the Turkish guy was, weren’t impressed, but Toral and the manager of Ipswich who was Roy Keane were, Erm.. OK, but my main point wasn’t his lack of ability; it was more of a lack of application more than anything else. I can honestly say I’ve seen him absolutely zero in a Spurs shirt, yet his potential is apparent, but where do you draw the line and say Ta, Ta?
Gio played well at the Gold Cup not Copa America. The difference is Mexico, USA, and Honduras vs Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina. And take notice that Uruguay is unquestionably at the top of that list.
i think i went to a mini bettys last time i was in york,very nice too and no queueing but maybe i’m wrong and it was an imposter,i do like visiting york
cahill is the odd one,bolton think they can get enough money in jan obviously as they will not let his contract run down to nothing or can cahill sign for anyone in jan and join in the summer without a fee,i can’t remeber how it works
either way we should have paid over the odds for him because he won’t be choosing us in jan now,its the kind of situation we have to take risks and i’m surprised levy didn’t do it
Must agree, York is top notch, Koj. Only been there once. I had a memorable pork roast bap there. I am told that the gentlemen that sold it to me …retired shortly after I paid them and bought their own island.
Agree HH. Other than being short of a fit centre back we have a great squad that can compete for 3rd place. The best bit of business was Modric not going and Crouch out. ‘Arry’ needs to start talking up our asperations and not use lack of money for his management teams short comings.If ‘arry’ can not get dos santos and sandro playing then he needs to be moved on. Owen Coyle for me! By the way dont think the FA will offer ‘arry’ the England job.
How can Gio look so good for Mehico but not get a look in by Harry? Surely with Vdv missing for 6 weeks and no crouch he’ll get some playing time?
Pav doesn’t miss many chances(other than his long rangers) – he just doesn’t seem to be provided with that many
Can anyone explain why we have 4 keepers in out squad?
Harry is going to play all four of em at once in the hope we’ll keep a clean sheet!
I have a cunning plan, says harry
Arry forgot that we already have 4 goalies in Gomes the octopus
Good article. It mentions the two players whose CV’s and performances elsewhere suggest that they have a lot to offer, but have never had the benefit of a run.
As they are both in the latter stages of their contracts, the possibility rears it’s ugly head that they will go onto pastures new and show us what they were capable of, if only they were given the chance.