forgot fucking Lineker!!!!!
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I’m struggling to understand the subtle nuance in your tone - it’s worse than trying to interpret Conte’s interview!
I know the feeling. I've been picking my best 11 for years and the longer it goes the harder it gets.
So as I've been following Spurs for 55 years I'm picking two teams.
Here is my Spurs A team v my Spurs B team. I've only picked players I've seen play. And I don't pick current players, only ex-players
Spurs A
Jennings
Walker
England
King
Hughton
Ardiles
Hoddle
Mckay
Bale
Greaves
Klinsmann
Spurs B
Clemence
Perryman
Vertonghen
Mabbutt
Knowles
Dembele
Gascoigne
Roberts
Peters
Waddle
Lineker
Almost impossible to do this.
Purely players I've seen and liked.
Jennings
Naylor
King
Vertongen
Perryman
Hoddle
Ardiles
Gazza
Ginola
Bale
Kane
Purely players I've seen and liked.
Jennings
Naylor
King
Vertongen
Perryman
Hoddle
Ardiles
Gazza
Ginola
Bale
Kane
Jennings
Hughton Gough King Walker
Waddle Hoddle Anderton Wanyama
Kane Bale
Very tough to decide.
Hughton Gough King Walker
Waddle Hoddle Anderton Wanyama
Kane Bale
Very tough to decide.
I'm jealous, I didn't get to see most of them. It's also telling that we really haven't had much success as many of those players from the 60s,70s and 80s should have been surpassed by new legends.
Glad to see Mike England and Dave Mackay getting a nod , both absolute quality , nice one!
Lloris
Woodgate Dawson Vertonghen
Lucas _____ King Dembele _____ Ekotto
Bale _____ Kane _____ Ginola
Woodgate Dawson Vertonghen
Lucas _____ King Dembele _____ Ekotto
Bale _____ Kane _____ Ginola
- Lloris has been the longest serving keeper in my Spurs supporting lifetime and by far the best, and has easily been good enough for far more successful clubs.
- Woodgate gave me the best memory I have of Spurs.
- Dawson loved us and put his body totally on the line for us with no shortage of characters usually making up for perhaps lesser ability.
- Vertonghen was a pleasure to watch, made defending beautiful, but also showed no end of passion and commitment to the club. The best Belgian centre back of the two in my opinion.
- Lucas ends up at RWB to avoid sticking Bale there or putting a slow centre back at RB in a bank 4, but he gets in by virtue of pulling off the most seemingly impossible feat I’ve witnessed and getting me to by far the biggest match of my lifetime. All been downhill since the 95th in Amsterdam for this club.
- King is probably the player I both identify with most here and also by far the best. Aside from his first few matches and last season at the club, even though he was broken, a truly world class footballer who was way too good for us for the entire time he was here. Only gets in midfield because I prefer him and all the centre backs to any central midfielder we’ve had.
- Dembele as he was a one man midfield for so long, and when he did have a competent partner it felt like we had 12 men. Also really took pride in representing us and our decline can almost be intrinsically linked to his body finally giving up.
- Ekotto because fuck me he was fun to watch, and though there was the odd brain fart I never actually felt uncomfortable with him on the ball. Really clever player too and, despite his ambivalence towards what modern professional football has become, he was still a huge personality,
- Ginola because but for him the entirety of the Graham era would’ve had me giving up on this club before I really got started. Magical footballers who played for the fans and deserved better than he was given.
- Bale because fuck me nobody can match him for getting you out of your seat with his outrageous feats of skill, pace, power and unpredictability, often all in one go.
- Kane because, even with last summers tomfoolery, is the player who fought the hardest to become top class, was proving the most people wrong and has given us the most consistent top class service of any player since Hoddle. Eriksen the one player who has a hat in that last ring, but I was telling people about Kane from long before he left our kids sides and I was preaching his future greatness to all who would listen after he’d made those initial appearances under Sherwood while others were overly fixated with his body, not his brain,
Sheringham had talked his way out of my affections over the years.
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I always rated Gough and good to see him picked.
The main reason I didn't consider him in my all time greats is the very short time he played for Spurs.
Bit of a centre back fan I see.
Tactics Tim for me.What about coach
I vote for Gross
Ha… I’m not trying to go all Mourinho here but I loved all those far more than any central midfielder we’ve had bar Dembele.
Modric I loved watching, but never had an affinity with him as I always felt we were a stepping stone. Same with Eriksen. And while that’s of course clearly the case with Kane and Bale too, The fact that they were with us before they could legally order a drink in a pub adds bias.
Yeah ditto on the Sheringham stuff man's a nasty tool
Most fun 11 to watch, cult heroes
Mixture of oozing class, and total randomness and electrifying energy
Gomes
King Verts Atouba
Lennon Sandro Freund Davids Ginola
Kanoute Bale
Wish we had those 3 CMs in our squad now. Show some of them what having a spine really means.
Never forget Davids confronting Parlour a couple of games after signing for us. I was pinching myself that the pitbull was playing for us. Him and his orange goggles.
Mixture of oozing class, and total randomness and electrifying energy
Gomes
King Verts Atouba
Lennon Sandro Freund Davids Ginola
Kanoute Bale
Wish we had those 3 CMs in our squad now. Show some of them what having a spine really means.
Never forget Davids confronting Parlour a couple of games after signing for us. I was pinching myself that the pitbull was playing for us. Him and his orange goggles.
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11 players I’ve loved watching…
Lloris
Jan
Dawson
Toby
Mabbutt
Bale
Gazza
Modric
Dembele
Sonny
Kane
Can’t figure out a system but maybe a 3-1-4-2 that will no doubt confuse everyone - including the players.
Lloris
Jan
Dawson
Toby
Mabbutt
Bale
Gazza
Modric
Dembele
Sonny
Kane
Can’t figure out a system but maybe a 3-1-4-2 that will no doubt confuse everyone - including the players.
Good idea!11 players I’ve loved watching…
Lloris
Jan
Dawson
Toby
Mabbutt
Bale
Gazza
Modric
Dembele
Sonny
Kane
Can’t figure out a system but maybe a 3-1-4-2 that will no doubt confuse everyone - including the players.
11 I've liked from the last few years... not best ever, but some good picks!
LLoris
Walker Toby Jan Benoit
Dembele
Lennon Van Der Vaart Eriksen Bale
Defoe
How did I not put King and Gomes in there??!!! Gomes is my all time favourite Spurs keeper!
