Good morning.
Music to my ears. The boss wants to play in the Europa. By play, I mean he wants to field a proper team and restore some pride in those taking the field in our shirt for these matches.
The last gentleman in charge opted for what I would call a divisive approach. On one side of the dressing room sat the first teamers who were played every league game until they dropped. On the other side sat the ones he wasn’t talking to and the kids. The latter category played in the Europa and they – through little fault of their own – in the main served up some rather unmemorable football.
What we need to brace ourselves for here is squad rotation. Which is an intrinsically good thing. Look I understand; if something’s not broke you don’t fix it, but you can’t treat modern players like the boys from the 60’s and 70’s and run them into the mud. They are different horses these days. Once warhorses, now (on a good day) Group 1 racehorses.
“This competition is very important. It’s a tough competition, you have to play 15 games before you reach the final, so it’s hard and strenuous and the best teams out of the Champions League are playing.
“It gives access to the European Super Cup and, for me, I always thought it was a prestigious competition and it should be promoted like that because after the Cup Winners’ Cup disappeared, it is not only about the Champions League.
“If we can win a trophy, that represents a lot for Tottenham Hotspur’s history as well and would be something really special.”
It’s great to see us taking every competition seriously.
We’ve got a good enough 2nd string to worry anyone!
Lloris,
Naughton, Smith, Caulker, Dawson
Livermore, Carroll, Dempsey, Townsend
Ade, Mason, Falque etc….
No j**** ?
is he not in a dungeon in Levy’s Mansion House?
and Thudd
Yes we do. But we need to rotate so subs and regulars learn how to play together. Fielding two totally different teams for league and euro matches defeats the purpose. Deep teams with rotating options win the trophies these days.
Lazio are going pretty good atm, good job we are taking it seriously, we will need to.
Would go with:
Slender Lloris
Naughton Gallas Caulker Vertonghen
Hudd Sandro
Townsend Dempsey Bale
Ade
*tick*
Agree, apart from probably Smith and Dawson for Gallas and Vert…
(Smith – Daws – Caulker – Naughton)
Michael Jordan once said that he would play pick up game in the street and give it as much as the NBA finals.
I thought that was what its all about.
When Harry Redknapp made a negative comment about the Europa and then proceeded to treat it with contempt,I thought it was diabolically disrespectful to all those who spend good money travelling to iffy places to watch the games and also it doesn’t offer the players any pride in what they were doing.It was the used car business.
‘Oi love Ive got a nice motor here…no engine but it still works….Its only 58 quid and we can tow it to your house’
…how come no one has mentioned jenas?
First rule about Jenas is you don’t mention…
And then you did!
Agreed, however my satisfaction after the Reading game resembled that of 3 glorious minutes with a top class hooker, As I turn on my back to light a ciggie. Those 3 minutes have well passed, and I couldnt help think that if it was anyone but Reading, we would have been punished for some sloppy passes. Metaphorically speaking re the hooker :-)
…what were you doing on your front?
I’m Old school still like the missionary position :-)