Yeah I don't really mean today, i agree the goal was more a midfield error. I just think in general Brad is past it.
Yup, left back sucks. I never thought we would miss rose or even ekotto that bad.
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Yeah I don't really mean today, i agree the goal was more a midfield error. I just think in general Brad is past it.
Yup, left back sucks. I never thought we would miss rose or even ekotto that bad.
I don't think Real will come in for Lloris or Vertonghen. I'm scared because Barca will cone in for both and won't be willing to pay that much more than they are worth.
I cant see Levy letting them leave anytime soon...Now I no they could hand in a transfer request but suarez did that and look at how that turned out..
Whilst I agree that we had to let bale go, its more because of the $$$ rather than him wanting to...
Im sick of diva football players and their agents having a winge and sook and thinking clubs should let them go... fuck them, they signed a contract...sometimes clubs need to make an example of a player so the rest of the squad dont do that as a default option...what kind of example has levy and co set?
Brad is past it but who could we buy? who would come that was any good to play second fiddle to lloris?
I see your point but fixing the problem might be alot harder..is jordan archer any good?
I have no idea about Archer. Very inexperienced that is all i know.
Alex smithies from Huddersfield is regarded highly. I just imagine as he is young and English his fee wouldn't be justified. But if we shift both Brad and Gomes that must be near 100k off the wage bill?
Meh, it is a difficult one.
yeh gomes is on quite abit the fucking flop...great shot stopper but cant catch a ball...
It may be pretty hard to have a good back back up keeper but when was the last time one of the 'old big 4' plus City put out a 42 year old in a key Prem match. City had problems with Hart, they bring in that fellow whose name I can't spell, Papillon, I'll call him
Woolwich had problems with Chesney, in comes Fabianski, are these 42 year olds? I don't think so. The really serious contenders just don't do things like we do. And to repeat I'm not blaming Brad, I'm blaming the club for being so ill-prepared.Of course there are other reasons why we won't be winning the Prem in the foreseeable future, which I've already detailed in other posts in this thread and elsewhere. Here are some more reasons BTW, we needed a centre back in Harry's last season, so did Chelsea. We got Ryan Nelsen on a free, who Harry hardly played, Chelsea got Cahill. They won the FA Cup and CL, we came 4th and got fucked over. I could go on, the thing is time and again we are left short in vital positions, remember the striker debacle last season?
We just lack the money/vision/determination call it what you want to push through the 'glass ceiling'. We've seen it season after season, when we haven't pushed on when we had the chance. This season is heading the exact same way re the Prem. TBH as I've said before today, I don't get too hooked up on the mirage of 4th, let alone the complete fantasy of the title, because it all gets too frustrating. I'll take 6th and a trophy and think its a brilliant, fantastic season for us.
But us winning the Prem this decade, nah. We need a new stadium/new owners before I can start even thinking we're serious contenders.
For me the biggest game left this calendar year will be the QF v West Ham, that's when I want our best team out. A Wembley win and revenge on them that'll keep me happy all next summer
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tbh with have gomes who isnt 42 but i feel your point...It may be pretty hard to have a good back back up keeper but when was the last time one of the 'old big 4' plus City put out a 42 year old in a key Prem match. City had problems with Hart, they bring in that fellow whose name I can't spell, Papillon, I'll call him
Of course there are other reasons why we won't be winning the Prem in the foreseeable future, which I've already detailed in other posts in this thread and elsewhere. Here are some more reasons BTW, we needed a centre back in Harry's last season, so did Chelsea. We got Ryan Nelsen on a free, who Harry hardly played, Chelsea got Cahill. They won the FA Cup and CL, we came 4th and got fucked over. I could go on, the thing is time and again we are left short in vital positions, remember the striker debacle last season?
We just lack the money/vision/determination call it what you want to push through the 'glass ceiling'. We've seen it season after season, when we haven't pushed on when we had the chance. This season is heading the exact same way re the Prem. TBH as I've said before today, I don't get too hooked up on the mirage of 4th, let alone the complete fantasy of the title, because it all gets too frustrating. I'll take 6th and a trophy and think its a brilliant, fantastic season for us.
But us winning the Prem this decade, nah. We need a new stadium/new owners before I can start even thinking we're serious contenders.
For me the biggest game left this calendar year will be the QF v West Ham, that's when I want our best team out. A Wembley win and revenge on them that'll keep me happy all next summer
i think our recruitment of eriksen, lamela, soldado shows our ambition and a couple of years ago this may also have got us top 4 or above..however all the top teams have got better/or were already above us so yeh top 4 this year would be as a result of us playing above our potencial... i still stand by my comments that 1-2 big signings of established worldies could be the difference..whether they would come to tottenham is another thing...i like the strategy of consistently buying the next best thing but am worried when they finally reach their potencial we just become the on-sellers to the bigger clubs.. agree the new stadium may elevate us, but once built were going to then have to pay it off..
your spelling is appalling, it's BAIL out...
Back to the point I was gonna make... yes we need a Worldie again, but not just ONE this time!
You don't wanna be relying on Bale to bail us out each time.... Oh...... I see @
ArcspacE
To truly compete, we need at least 3 or 4 world class players in the side...
In Lloris, and Vertonghen, and Sandro (on his day) I HONESTLY believe we have 3 of the world's best in their positions...
Hopefully, Eriksen can re-establish his form and prove what we saw in him, and Lamela has already shown glimpses...
we COULD be looking at a team of 4/5 World class players SOON... but not just yet.
It may be pretty hard to have a good back back up keeper but when was the last time one of the 'old big 4' plus City put out a 42 year old in a key Prem match. City had problems with Hart, they bring in that fellow whose name I can't spell, Papillon, I'll call him
Of course there are other reasons why we won't be winning the Prem in the foreseeable future, which I've already detailed in other posts in this thread and elsewhere. Here are some more reasons BTW, we needed a centre back in Harry's last season, so did Chelsea. We got Ryan Nelsen on a free, who Harry hardly played, Chelsea got Cahill. They won the FA Cup and CL, we came 4th and got fucked over. I could go on, the thing is time and again we are left short in vital positions, remember the striker debacle last season?
We just lack the money/vision/determination call it what you want to push through the 'glass ceiling'. We've seen it season after season, when we haven't pushed on when we had the chance. This season is heading the exact same way re the Prem. TBH as I've said before today, I don't get too hooked up on the mirage of 4th, let alone the complete fantasy of the title, because it all gets too frustrating. I'll take 6th and a trophy and think its a brilliant, fantastic season for us.
But us winning the Prem this decade, nah. We need a new stadium/new owners before I can start even thinking we're serious contenders.
For me the biggest game left this calendar year will be the QF v West Ham, that's when I want our best team out. A Wembley win and revenge on them that'll keep me happy all next summer
Premier League Second Choice Goalies:
Lukasz Fabianski
Shay Given
Joe Lewis
Mark Schwarzer
Lewis Price
Joel Robles
David Stockdale
Steve Harper
Brad Jones
Costel Pantilimon
Anders Lindegaard
Rob Elliot
Mark Bunn
Kelvin Davis
Jack Butland
Vito Mannone
Gerhard Tremmel
Boaz Myhill
Steven Henderson
How many of those would you rather have than Brad? 3 or 4 at most I'm guessing? And look at who the other 'CL contenders' have... Chelsea have Schwarzer, he's 41. Fabianski is shite, Lindegaard and Pantilimon are unproven and I wouldn't want to have to rely on them, and Jones is OK at best. Having a great back-up goalie is a luxury that most teams do without. It's by far the least important role in a 25-man squad, and any decent back-up won't be happy sitting on the bench every game anyway - see why Liverpool loaned out Reina.
Yes, it's a shame we had to rely on Brad yesterday. But in the grand scheme of things, it's really not a big deal.
For me it is more the fact that Lloris is so integral to our high line tactics that it becomes so much more noticeable when he isn't playing. It is not that Brad is not a good keeper. It is that he is the wrong kind of keeper.