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You would think also Sissoko will leave Newcastle, fits the build for an 'aggressive offensive player' that Poch recently described he wanted in the press. Questionable character but unquestionable talent, dont think he can aspire to anything higher than us at the moment but his stock has probably doubled since the euros, and I still havent forgiven him for that dive in the 5-1
This is true. I think, if you look at his general performances, his style of play has stayed the same, and his form peaks and troughs like a sine wave. Walker and Rose have gone from "LOL as if a big club would want them" to indispensible players, Alderweireld has gone from an Atletico reject to one of the best defenders we've had in the PL (obvs behind King), Vertonghen has improved next to Toby, Dembele has gone from "out of time" to "never sell him", Kane has turned into an indispensible striker, even Lamela is now seen as a key player, when we were on the verge of nigh on giving him away not so long ago.
It's hard to think of a player that hasn't improved under Poch (except perhaps CE), but it's a good place to be where I can't think of a single player that we *need* to get rid of (i.e. squad liabilities, hard to shift players). That's a good sign, surely?
Imagine we sold mason, benteleb, chadli and Son before the window and only brought in Nkodou. I would seriously wonder what levy is up to if that happened.
Don Giovanni
you fucking mollusc cunt what you disagreeing with?I'd be worried about him being a midfield version of Adebayor. Seems to be motivated by the wrong things, and it's hard to imagine him not unsettling the squad.
Very good player, shame about his motivations.
Surprised I never realised neo football was about assets/ bricks and mortar . I naively thought it was about passion , soul , ethics and rather stupidly glory .. In my day I had a picture of a Glen Hoddle , Alfie Conn , Jimmy neighbour or Ricky Villa on my bedroom wall."""Something like 'thanks ENIC for 7 years of record league consistency, 9 out of 10 seasons in Europe, the new training complex, lodge and stadium. But enough is enough bring back the cup team..
I never realised that the " training complex " would be the poster of choice . I had a lovely
few of FA/UEFA cup winners .
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Already loving Poch's training regime then?
I was looking at that last night, trying to spot a UK plug or feature somewhere in the photo!
'In my dark times' Does sound a bit like he's been Jeremy Peace'd by the new Marseille owners:clintonohshit:
Nah, he's just been reading the latest Gibbs novel about Chris Hughton
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Adrien Silva going to Leicester
Which one is that?
People have been wishing for about five different players called Silva this window.
Same here mate. Alfie Conn was God. I was present for all our cup wins.
I saw spurs play about 6 times in UEFA cup comps from about 77 until ENIC took over and a few times in the now defunct cup winners cup.
The fact is football is different now. Even Forest, Ipswich and QPR had pin up players in those days. Football has changed dramatically.
Those great cup winning times also brought us to the brink of collapse. We could have been finished as a club.
We haven't been the same since then. We missed the boat and were in decline and going nowhere before ENIC bought us. There was no plan before. We seemed content with Spurs lodge and WHL whilst our neighbours were thinking ahead in 96. We also did not get lucky with the buy outs and Chavs did ( if you would have wanted things that way) just after ENIC took over.
One may have been the clause ENIC made to the shareholders on take over but more possibly that our team needed a complete overhaul and Stamford bridge had some Hotels and a better developed facilities & stadium which held more.
Yet, we are now more consistent in the league and in Europe now than we ever were in my time. We have achieved this whilst investing money in big club facilities.
We aint won as much, no. Then again since the inception of the PL and the 'top 4' who has won the FA cup from outside the top 4.
Chelsea, Everton, Portsmouth, Wigan?
It aint all that bad. Liverpool have also just won one league cup in a decade. Everton have won nothing too.
I have an oil on canvas of Alan Hutton holding aloft the Carling Cup.
There is still Glory in supporting Spurs.
The center midfielder from Sporting
If he isn't a top class Real Madrid player that richer more attractive teams are interested in I don't see why not.
Isco is wildly unrealistic