Good morning.
Poor old comrade Pavlyuchenski. A number of things have conspired against him. Before we dip into these, it’s important to remember that every player is ultimately the master of his own ship. This isn’t a race horse that wasn’t trained right, wasn’t fed right and nobody knew because the horse couldn’t speak.
In true Dragon’s Den speak, here’s where the old mad Russian is at right now.
“I have to do something in the transfer period. We’re ahead of the European Championship. If I don’t change my club then Euro 2012 will be played without me. I was fighting and fighting but it was useless. Does Redknapp believe in me? Now I don’t think so.
I do the training as good as the others. I do everything with 100 per cent effort. I don’t cry and I don’t say that everybody is bad but I’m a good footballer.If I score in each game then I can play but it’s not a reality to score in each game. That’s all.
“Will I ask the club to sell me in December? Yes, it’s 100 per cent.”
So about these conspiring factors then. Getting on the pitch was an occasional issue. There was a rumour flying about that the manager preferred Tall Circus Man and a Midget Gem to him. Was this a justified preference? Well, the most common way to assess this type of situation is usually to tally up the goals scored. And 3MP & Defoe were routinely bloody useless.Pav’s ‘not much better’ stats are artificially bumped by a number of Europa games in which he played with a rag tag collective of kids and other second stringers.
That said, when Pav did get a run out all we got were occasional flashes of what might have been. Did he get a fair go and fail to cut the old mustard? Or was he playing against a loaded deck? On balance it was a bit of both. I was a fan and a part of me always will be. This game is as much about the visceral as it is about anything.
He’s toilet.
I have said this before but Pav strikes me as a bit of a thicko. I know footballers aren’t known for their IQ but, well he seems a sickle short of a tool box hence HR’s “just run around a bit” quote.
I think you might be right, but also he seems to be simply a nice lad. He’s had a little moan now and then but he’s never really kicked up a fuss..other players of less noble character would have got a run in the team or a move long before now…
He like J2S has done Spurs no wrong, they just never really had a chance, bit of a waste really when you think of all the games that lummox 3MP ruined….
Stop making sense….. :daumen:
I think you’ll find he’s a councilor, for a Russian town, or mayor, or something, but that doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
You mean, like an MP? I rest my case……..
Harry’s even left himself on the bench for the Rubin Kazan game… This is taking ‘sending the second string’ to new levels!
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/rubin-kazan-trip-harry-redknapp-011111.html?
I had a feeling he would do for this particular tie, he really, really doesn’t fancy it…..takes the rough with the smooth does ‘our Arry’. FAKINEL :shocked2:
is he having his trout chops removed or his twitch removed?
“The Club can report that Harry Redknapp is due to undergo a medical procedure tomorrow morning and will therefore not travel with the squad to Russia for our Europa League fixture against Rubin Kazan.”
I think it’s called “No Like Communist Blockage”
Me & you and a screaming baby! WooHoo, I’m on Seattle time!
And some how you answered me before I wrote anything.
At the end of the 2009/10 season Pav played the last 14 games and scored 9 goals which certainly assisted our run into the CL.
He may not have a great career strike rate but it’s better than JDs and like him or loathe him he is a decent experienced striker. All strikers need to be played regularly to get the best out of them but aside from that run of 14 games I don’t thing Arry has done that with Pav.
I guess HR just doesn’t rate him or he’s not that popular off the pitch or maybe he’s just another in the long line of enigmatic Spurs players of which we seem to have had more than our fair share.