Guten morgan Bayern fans überall!
Loic Remy is making his loyal to the last noises, ‘I’m not ready to go for now. I did not feel they have really done a full season in Marseille. My sense of unfulfilled duty.’ it is suggested by the French press that Spurs have recommenced talks that were left for dead at the beginning of the year.
La Provance the French newspaper are running the tale that Tottenham met with Olympique Marseille on the 4th of January in Paris. A deal was proposed that Spurs buy Remy for a figure thought to be in the region of €24m and loan him back for the remainder of the season.
With the seasons in both countries more or less done and dusted the quote from the French paper is, ‘The contact has been renewed in concrete with a stated goal: to settle the matter as quickly as possible, before the European Nations Championship.’
Hurrah. Probably.
If Caulker has the quality the Swansea folk indicate (and their praise can only raise his price) we simply must (a) hold on to him and (b) give him playing time next season. Which is why Saturday’s result does not make me panic; there’s a reason for everything, my Mum used to say and, if fate decides the Europa is our road next year we can make use of it to build a squad and a momentum which will stand us well in the PL, the cups, whatever.
A fourth place finish does not mean we were mediocre, especially when the ups and downs of other clubs’ PL play this year are taken into account, but not to maintain our form in the last third was disappointing. Overall we were understaffed in key areas (I still think the loss of Huddlestone was the killer, and of Dawson a serious wound and we should not have let Caulker go beyond the end of 2011) and we had more than the normal share of injuries (Lennon and Pienaar especially).
We are on track. If we want to become a permanent factor at the top, and do not have the resources of a Citeh, we seem to be going about it the right way. Bit by bit. The training centre is here. The stadium proceeds (too slowly for me but it’s in motion). We are holding on to our better players, and becoming more active in the transfer market.
It’s somewhat like tackling Mt. Everest. We can charge up at reckless speed and find ourselves so breathless, exhausted, that it takes just a gust of wind to send us skidding down. Or we can move up one Level at a time so that when we reach the top we’re acclimatised, etc.
I ramble.
Rambling is a perfectly good pastime. And you talk more sense than some on here.
great stuff this. I’m not happy, and I certainly wont be if bayern lose, but I’m not apoplectic like some here
players we need.BEN FOSTER AS KEEPER.BRING BACK CAULKNER AS BACK UP FOR KABOUL AND DAWSON.HOILLET FOR LENON WHEN INJURED,DEMBELE IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN RVD IN THIS POSITION,LETS HOPE EKOTTO WILL BE FIT. THESE 3 PLAYERS WILL NOT COST A LOT OF MONEY
If we don’t get that champions league spot we would of had a worse season than Liverpool. Yes we would finished higher but we would both be in the same tournament next season but Liverpool would have at least won a cup and got to another final. Redknapp is our problem and why we didn’t finish 3rd. He has taken us as far as he can. His tactics, use of subs, playing of players out of position, the lack of squad rotation, his transfer activtys where he hasn’t brought in long term players, instead upped our squad age with old past it players and then weakening the squad. We could of and should of finished 3rd. We didn’t because of redknapps flaws. He isn’t a top 4 manager, we may hate wenger, but wenger is.