Does anyone know who was responsible for signing him? Who was the scout or was this a Baldini special? That's the bloke that needs some blame.
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Roberto Soldado
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The vast majority of Spurs fans creamed themselves over his signing but Baldini should be blamed in hindsight? Yes he's been a flop but to suggest someone needs to be blamed for buying him is a bit silly.
In any other walk of life you get blamed for poor recruitment.... You can't spend 26m quid and not expect some reprisals - or at least a look at the recruitment strategy.
Agreed... it is far from silly to expect the people who signed him to be held accountable. They get paid to make sure 26 mil doesn't go to complete waste.
Love Spurs failing our targets because our striker is shit?
How stupid to think that
He didn't cost us 26 mil though did he, it was about 13 mil.
And how was anyone supposed to know he'd flop? If he'd stuck away his chances like he was supposed to he'd be a hero, how was Baldini supposed to know he'd have a head fuck and lose all his finishing ability?
And people wonder why Spurs don't just go out and splash cash, Levy's a tight bastard and all that. No guarantees when you buy even well established players. Then everyone's a genius in hindsight, obviously he wouldn't fit the system, obviously he wouldn't suit the Premier League...
And how was anyone supposed to know he'd flop? If he'd stuck away his chances like he was supposed to he'd be a hero, how was Baldini supposed to know he'd have a head fuck and lose all his finishing ability?
And people wonder why Spurs don't just go out and splash cash, Levy's a tight bastard and all that. No guarantees when you buy even well established players. Then everyone's a genius in hindsight, obviously he wouldn't fit the system, obviously he wouldn't suit the Premier League...
Sometimes in life, you just have to admit you've made a costly mistake and just put it right. Put Soldado out of his misery and ours, and just let him go. If we don't get anything for him, so be it, you just have to balance it with the fact that Harry/Ryan/Nabil/Kyle/Danny haven't cost us a bean in transfer money.
He's the striker you'd want in your side of we had have kept bale or played wingers who can get to the by line and fizz in a cross. We have either played him in a team without genuine width or have had the likes of Townsend and Lennon providing him service. Not a recipe for success. Blame should be shared by the player for failing to adapt and the club for buying a player who is incapable of fitting in with our style of play.
The ole' "Doesn't get service" argument. Not seen that in a while, needs dusting off I'd think.
How many sitters has he missed, when he has had service? 10? More?
The reality is, no matter what we do, no matter what formation we play, no matter what we tell him to do, no matter how loud you chant his name, the man is mentally broken. It was obvious last year and it's more so this year.
When you expect to fail, you'll fail. Soldado always expects to fail, and that's why he tried to pass to Chadli.
He is broken beyond repair, no doubt. But it could have been different had we built the team around his strengths when he still had enough belief in himself to prosper. We didn't and the player and the club should share the blame.
The reasons he has failed are many and varied. It's not down to one thing and certainly not a binary choice between service versus confidence. Not everyone is trying to have an argument with you. Not all points of view necessarily rebut the other. Chillax man
Robben fucked up a 2 on 1 this morning versus FC Koln. I lol-ed.
edit: this morning Australia time.
edit: this morning Australia time.
Well...Robben is still 1 of Bundesliga leading goalscorer despite his miss. Soldado is not.
Sorry but I can't buy that if you're paying 26m for a striker he should be able to adapt we didn't build a team around Kane or berba or keane or Defoe strikers make their own success and I'm tired of hearing this excuse we shouldn't build a team around any one playerHe is broken beyond repair, no doubt. But it could have been different had we built the team around his strengths when he still had enough belief in himself to prosper. We didn't and the player and the club should share the blame.
The reasons he has failed are many and varied. It's not down to one thing and certainly not a binary choice between service versus confidence. Not everyone is trying to have an argument with you. Not all points of view necessarily rebut the other. Chillax man
Dear god, punctuate!
If Soldado hadn't failed Kane wouldn't have been given the chance. Let's say we spent 13 million on giving Kane a chance, look on the bright side
kyle walker wasn't free. him and naughton where bought at a combined price of almost 10 million if i remember correctly
Torres: was good, now shit, therefore is shit.
Soldado: was good, now shit, therefore is shit.
Soldado is not going to happen here. Will be sold in the summer and hopefully find a new club where he can redeem himself. All the Soldado doubters were right, end of. They got this one right. I've always liked Soldado but mainly for other reasons than his playing (you don't say?) but that debacle against Fiorentina broke the camel's back for me. I just gave up.
Also, Torres has been far from shit in Atleti since he went back there
Also, Torres has been far from shit in Atleti since he went back there