Put it in the title then!
Well... it's in the 'Tottenham Hotspur' section of the forum and not 'General football' so it's kind of obvious that I'm referring to us rather than other clubs.
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Well... it's in the 'Tottenham Hotspur' section of the forum and not 'General football' so it's kind of obvious that I'm referring to us rather than other clubs.
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Gazza. Absolute genius for us. Was heartbroken when he left for Lazio.
Demons aside, the bloke really has made a shambles of his life and with every antic he goes down a little bit more in my estimation.
Demons aside, the bloke really has made a shambles of his life and with every antic he goes down a little bit more in my estimation.
Jennings. I know he is Spurs and thinks of himself as Spurs and I realise that the board treated him badly but it still rankles. I don't think of him in the same way as other Spurs legends.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Sheringham didn't deserve the stick he got from us when he left for Man United. He had given us five years' fantastic service and it was increasingly clear that Lord Sugar had no ambition for the club and if things had stayed the same after 96/97 we would have just dragged him down with us. It had got to the point where there was nothing more he could do for us.
If anything, his departure did us good because it forced Sugar to get his wallet out and sign Ginola and Ferdinand. The funny thing is that Sheringham would have been willing to stay if Sugar signed Paul Ince but, at the time, Sugar wasn't prepared to pay £4m for a 30 year old (we had to wait until Newcastle had him over a barrel for that).
If you want someone to blame for Sheringham's departure, our short-sighted and pig-headed former chairman is a good place to start.
If anything, his departure did us good because it forced Sugar to get his wallet out and sign Ginola and Ferdinand. The funny thing is that Sheringham would have been willing to stay if Sugar signed Paul Ince but, at the time, Sugar wasn't prepared to pay £4m for a 30 year old (we had to wait until Newcastle had him over a barrel for that).
If you want someone to blame for Sheringham's departure, our short-sighted and pig-headed former chairman is a good place to start.
Carr is very underrated in this regard.
Went on about wanting a bigger club, ended up at fucking Newcastle. He can fuck right off.
Sort of agree with
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, lots of negative threads at the moment, but I love a good moan too, so I have a huge list of players who have gone down in my estimation. It doesn't take much for that happen, usually when they bugger off to another club.
Berbatov, Klinsmann, Carr, Keane, Sheringham, Barmby, Modric, Bale, Carrick all spring to mind, and a special mention for our current want-aways - Rose, Eriksen & TA.
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, lots of negative threads at the moment, but I love a good moan too, so I have a huge list of players who have gone down in my estimation. It doesn't take much for that happen, usually when they bugger off to another club.Berbatov, Klinsmann, Carr, Keane, Sheringham, Barmby, Modric, Bale, Carrick all spring to mind, and a special mention for our current want-aways - Rose, Eriksen & TA.
Robbie Keane was one of my favourite Tottenham players (in his first spell) but I lost all respect for him after he went behind Redknapp's back, organised the Christmas party in Dublin and then for the defiance he showed towards Redknapp in the aftermath. This undoubtedly led to him going to Celtic on loan shortly afterwards.
What made it worse for me was that Tottenham were clearly going places under Redknapp and I would have thought the players would have shown Redknapp more respect, particularly Keane who instigated the whole thing.
I now view Robbie Keane as an absolute prick, a complete turnaround in my opinion of him.
Another was Freddie Kanoute for the way he fucked off mid-season to the African Cup of Nations to play for Mali (who he had NEVER played for before - he couldn't get into the France squad) at a time when we were in desperate trouble in the League and he was the only person scoring goals for us.
His actions could have got us relegated.
My dad's choice would be Mike England because he said he turned his back on Tottenham when they were struggling.
Although this was before my time, I'd tend to disagree with this.
England was struggling with injuries at the time and left English football altogether. If he was fit and had joined another top flight side that would have been different.
I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions on Mike England leaving Tottenham.
What made it worse for me was that Tottenham were clearly going places under Redknapp and I would have thought the players would have shown Redknapp more respect, particularly Keane who instigated the whole thing.
I now view Robbie Keane as an absolute prick, a complete turnaround in my opinion of him.
Another was Freddie Kanoute for the way he fucked off mid-season to the African Cup of Nations to play for Mali (who he had NEVER played for before - he couldn't get into the France squad) at a time when we were in desperate trouble in the League and he was the only person scoring goals for us.
His actions could have got us relegated.
My dad's choice would be Mike England because he said he turned his back on Tottenham when they were struggling.
Although this was before my time, I'd tend to disagree with this.
England was struggling with injuries at the time and left English football altogether. If he was fit and had joined another top flight side that would have been different.
I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions on Mike England leaving Tottenham.
Sorry,fat fingers!! Richard Gough leaving after one season ,86/87,really disappointed me.To this day he remains the finest centre half I have ever seen play for the club (sorry Ledley).That he chose to return north of the border to Rangers shows what a different era that was.
Only a few replies in and what I think this shows (together with the OP) is that though we gripe a lot about modern players the issue of player vs. club power has always been a live one.
I was already emotionally divorced from Keane from his move to the dippers....
Rose, Defoe, Eriksen: Any time a player goes to bat for themselves in the media I lose a huge amount of respect for them.
Berbatov: Mugging us off how he did on deadline day.
Kyle Walker: Fantasising about money and easy silverware whilst we were in the thick of our own title race and residing over his suitors.
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He kept saying that Celtic was his boyhood club but this applied to a lot of teams apparently
I think we should stick to our players or it could be a long thread!
Agree to a point about Berbatov but for me Carrick was more of a cunt. Just as we were building a really good rounded team, he fucked off after just 2 seasons. Cunt......
Going back to Carrick though....cunt thought he couldn't get in England team as well cos he only played for little old Tottenham. But when he went to Man Yoo, cunt still couldn't get a start for England. He thought he'd get in front of Lampard or Gerrard just cos he was playing for Man Yoo!! Cunt......
Alright Jeeezus i'm sorry for not abiding by the TFC official code of conduct
I must be on my best behavior not to protest the hall I mean forum monitors next time.
I must be on my best behavior not to protest the hall I mean forum monitors next time.
What I thought was strange about Lineker was the way he reacted to Messi's free kick against Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final.
Admiring it is understandable, it was an amazing free kick, but he actually celebrated it!!
Lineker was a great goalscorer but I think he's a dick.
The same applies to Garth Crooks.
What a twat that man is.
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Yeah, it was so obvious that was going to set us back.
Zokora was no where near being an adequate replacement.