nice to know now that Walker just had abdominal surgery so Dier is our only option now for a very long time. Spurs why you so dumb!
also, i agree about Soldado. I don't get why he isn't playing, he was good in preseason and is probably our best passing forward.
He picked up an injury. Don't think it's too big of a deal but it's what kept him out of the last AEL match. Edit: physioroom.com says it's a neck injury and doesn't have a return date.
Soldado still doesn't look too confident in scoring. Didn't really score too many in preseason. If I'm not wrong, Ade scored more despite playing fewer minutes. Our 25 men squad. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/tottenhams-25-man-premier-league-squad-4161445 BAE is officially an outcast. Nobody likes him now.
Why? Did I miss something he said. I do know that he isn't one to hold back on his judgments, but what did he do?
Hey Hauler what's up - if you are ever back in NC give me a shout. BAE has been one of my favorite players - and for a couple of years was one of our most consistent defenders and linked up well with Bale going forward; a lot of Bale's great runs started with a pass from Benny. The main reason a lot of Spurs fans dislike him is due to the Guardian article in 2010 when he admitted that he plays football for the money, it is not his passion. I guess the honesty he expressed did not fit well with folks whose be-all end-all is football. I personally don't get what everyone was upset about - it is a game after all. Another more valid reason was the twitter he sent out congratulating Anelka on his quinelle - a despicable anti-Semetic gesture. I was very disappointed in his comment, and lost a lot of respect for BAE. I liked a lot of things about BAE - he would get his hair cut in a Tottenham barbor shop when most players avoid the area except for game day; he used the tube to get around London, etc. ...but he crossed the line with the quinelle thing.
I knew about the playing for money thing and didn't care as long as he put in a good shift, but I didn't know about the Quinelle thing.
I didn't know anything about this whole quenelle scandal from the first time around, so I did some reading on Wikipedia about it... and, not to defend Benny's actions or involvement in this case, but it does seem like there was at one time quite a bit of ignorance and/or confusion about the meaning of the gesture, especially among athletes. In a nutshell, these guys are morons who do things without thinking because it seems cool, which is nothing new. I am not sure that makes them anti-semites. (I do believe that they need to be held to a higher standard because they are in the public eye, so they certainly deserved the punishment they received.) BUT, if you consider Benny's record of charity work and involvement with the community, that one incident doesn't jive. (Nor does the above comment that he is a "scumbag"). Being a complete knucklehead, on the other hand, fits perfectly. I dunno, I'm usually pretty cynical about these guys and their off-the field personalities, but in this case I'm not sure the evidence points to total scumbaggery.
hey I agree - just that as a Benny lover I was disaponted in the quenelle tweet. Your post actually makes me feel a bit better - was there ever any resolution to the FA charge regarding that incident?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...m-technical-director-franco-baldinis-4176427] Seems pretty valid he didn't have more targets lined up and ready to get signed if we missed out on our number one. I don't think Welbeck would have improved us anymore then we are now, but still Franco hasn't really been getting the kind of players I thought a man in his position would get us more. Also: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-after-refusing-deadline-day-move-to-QPR.html So glad he is staying. Although either he or Townsend is leaving according to the article above and I really hope we keep Lennon.
It was a very tough market for strikers to be fair to Baldini, especially as so many clubs were after one, even United with RVP/Rooney/Welbeck/Hernandez on their books at the start of the season still ended up signing Falcao. The only other Premiership club in the top 7 to not sign a senior striker for 10+ million was Man City and they already had Dzeko/Aguero/Jovetic/Negredo and FFP concerns to address so were looking to just move one out. Hopefully this does mean we can do something in January, it's usually a tougher market than the summer but we should have almost no domestic competition. Jay Rodriguez with only 18 months left on his deal is an obvious target again and should be possible to get, as well as having time now to prove his recovery. Of course today I saw Man City being linked to him Huntelaar's contract is up at the end of this season and has been linked again, could be a useful pickup. Apart from that good chance someone has a breakout in one of the other leagues.
It seemed to me like he took the suspension, but I am not positive. Leaving him out of the squad this year and not selling him seems like bad business, does it not? You're telling me nobody in Europe could use this guy? I'll be honest, I didn't see him play for QPR last year, but I find it hard to believe that somebody wouldn't be willing to spend a couple mil on him.
This most of all and a little this : http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/12/15/article-0-1A20240C00000578-908_634x853.jpg
sorry but ignorance does not excuse disgusting antisemitism and if he was in fact a friend of the guy then he knew EXACTLY what it was and what it meant.
The fact that no club has come in for him speaks for itself, especially as he only has 1 year left on his contract and seems the club was happy to just let him go for free. I understand he was pretty poor at QPR last season in the Championship as well and they've not shown any interest in him.