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So competition for Faye then? Cant say id be too overwhelmed in that case, was hoping for a footballing defender, its what we're aching for.

 

i'd rather play him with faye and sit taylor on his arse next to given tbh

Cant play 2 defenders of the same style together it just doesnt work, like all partnerships througout centre of the team.

So competition for Faye then? Cant say id be too overwhelmed in that case, was hoping for a footballing defender, its what we're aching for.

is he a Ferdinand type defender or a Terry type defender, i actually havent seen that much of him this season.

Spurs paying £21m for him with add-ons in the end.

 

That is pricey tbf.

 

 

 

Aye, it would of been a gamble but no more than any other foreign player, not matter how big there reputation was.

 

I'd rather pay daft money in terms of wages and try and get Diego.

 

I reckon if we offered sill £100kpw to him he might bite.

maybe Juhnino will put in a good word for the North East to him....

Tell you what, lets not share funny stories with each other and have an NUFC Fans Forum that instead of talking about occurences at the match (whether it be on the way to the game or whenever), discusses the racism that is evident within the UK.

 

So Jamie, next time you see something that you find funny and want to share it on here with the rest of the fans think twice, cos by the sounds of things it won't be welcome by some.

 

 

Lighten up for fucks sake.

Do you not think that if something racist is said then maybe it should be pointed out?

Or would that be getting in the way of a good story.....

Spurs paying £21m for him with add-ons in the end.

 

That is pricey tbf.

 

 

Aye, it would of been a gamble but no more than any other foreign player, not matter how big there reputation was.

Am i reading too much into it?

 

Yes.

 

 

 

Cant see why he'd mention it then. Doesnt seem like the sort of thing that you obligatorliy mention during transfer specualtion if it had no relevance to a particular potential signing.

 

Suggest there is someone on the list with a bad reputation, no other reason for mentioning specifically mentioning it if they're all model pros on the list...

 

The article is from January.

So its not  relevant article then?

It's Jamie, I've read his posts before, his solitary brain cell is incapable of performing such a thing.

 

Puts you firmly on a level playing field when debating with him if you really can't see it for what it is

Innocent question.... but what is it?

Am i reading too much into it?

 

Yes.

 

 

Cant see why he'd mention it then. Doesnt seem like the sort of thing that you obligatorliy mention during transfer specualtion if it had no relevance to a particular potential signing.

Suggest there is someone on the list with a bad reputation, no other reason for mentioning specifically mentioning it if they're all model pros on the list...

Joe Cole if he gets pissed off at Chelsea ,hell why not anything can happen in this game and he will know Keegans history but doubt he would leave the smoke but i can dream

 

Agreed, good cover for Enrique.

You mean Ashley Cole!!

As for that Keegan article about problem players, there cant be too many high profile players who have that reputation, who do you think might be aimed at?

Am i reading too much into it? that articles seems relevant to our future transfers-as well as the specific mention of South American players....albeit that would maybe contradict my theory....

This poll assumes we're sticking with a 433 in which case id have Butt the most important position to replace, its a position that is important for most formations and is vital - without possession we're toothless.

Basically the spine of the team needs working on, Taylor, for me, doesnt work naturally with Faye, so i think it's important we look for competition for his place.

And i think Viduka needs replacing, i think we need to have players in the squad who are in the squad and not the first team on the basis of there form and not there ability, age or experience. They need to be ready made replacements rather than the next bext best thing, for me viduka isnt good enough to lead the front line and for a big man doesnt really hold the ball up well enough for the current formation.

The other thing that needs addressing is Owen and Geremi - toss up really, dont think Keegan will want to play him in the withdrawn role for too long, doesnt offer too much creatively and Geremi is good but not the level we want to be aiming for. Also wouldnt offer a great deal on the wing if we revert to 442.

Id be worried about his behaviour and mentality but if he came available and was on the clubs radar i would have no hesitation in signing him. The boy would take this league by storm and would be every bit as good as Drogba and Torres in my opinion.

Didnt Joaquin say he'd be interested in signing for us a while back, he looks a qulaity player.

The Sunday Sun (paper version) has a little paragraph on the back page saying we have been keeping tabs on Adriano while he has been on loan at Sao Paulo

 

I'd love him here, he's the player i think who has wasted his talent the most so far.

 

He has done canny for being party loving one footed striker:

 

Club

 

With Flamengo

 

Rio State Championship : 2000, 2001

Brazilian Champions' Cup : 2001

With Internazionale

 

Serie A: 2006, 2007

Coppa Italia: 2005, 2006

Italian Super Cup: 2005, 2006

International

 

Copa América: 2004

Confederations Cup: 2005

FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1999

South American Youth Championship: 2001

Individual

 

Copa América 2004: Top Scorer

Confederations Cup: 2005 - Golden Ball for The Best Player of the Tournament and The Golden Shoe For Top Scorer

Hell of a career so far, no wonder so many of the top Brazilians lose there appetite for the game, they win everything by the age of 21 and get paid stupid amounts for it.

One of the 6 best places to party in the UK!

I've always liked him, think its stupid how many people havent been snifing round him for so long cos he's made for the Premiership, i just cant see any reason why he wouldnt thrive in the league, even as a target man it'd be difficult for him to be lazy....

Keegan said something about South American players though...maybe having already played in Europe may work in his favour.

The Sunday Sun (paper version) has a little paragraph on the back page saying we have been keeping tabs on Adriano while he has been on loan at Sao Paulo

I'd love him here, he's the player i think who has wasted his talent the most so far.

8 people would accept us being a feeder club.    

11 now, there are 11 people out there who think that a club with a billionaire owner and 52k fans every week should attempt to challenge for 'relative honours ' by employing youth which isnt good enough for the fisrt team in spain but would come here and be good enough to help us achive our sky high ambitions, whilst having our best players at the mercy of another club.

Am i missing something?

Jones has been overrated simply because of the lack of quality around him. I don't think he is anything special and his goalscoring form of late reflects this.

 

See id disagree with that, Jones for me is one of the best target men in the Prem, he never falls over and he dominates defenders, even Faye had trouble containing him, he just lacked so much support, he excels at holding the ball up but his finishing and composure is still in question if you ask me.

 

Would take him over Crouch.

 

 

 

Because Faye's the best defender this league has to offer...

 

He's just a decent player in a s*** team. He looks good because the players around him are so bad.

 

Would be a mistake. Not us moing forward in the slightest

Cant remember saying Faye was the best defender in the league....however he's one of the strongest and Jones handled him like no other striker has handled him that i can rememebr anyway. How many times did Jones retain possession against Taylor and Faye when we played them but he had no support.

If he had more outlets when he recieved the ball he'd get more oppurtunites to prove he's a good player.

It wasnt long ago that people were writing off Martins and Owen even though the team around them werent perfoming......

Jones has been overrated simply because of the lack of quality around him. I don't think he is anything special and his goalscoring form of late reflects this.

See id disagree with that, Jones for me is one of the best target men in the Prem, he never falls over and he dominates defenders, even Faye had trouble containing him, he just lacked so much support, he excels at holding the ball up but his finishing and composure is still in question if you ask me.

Would take him over Crouch.

Want to see Zog on the pitch at some point, really be interesting to see what sort of performances he;d give and what kind of response he'd get from the fans.

Hopefull this was a target on Wises list and not Keegans. Would be even nicer if we were looking to pay big money on the younger ones. Which means that if theres a max to wises targets then thats fine but id be more concerned if we hit maximums on Keegans targets.

 

Does it matter which list he was on? That seems a retarded point to home in on. They eventually joined the lists together anyway so it's 'our' list.

 

Exactly they are not going to go about this with their two seperate lists are they, with a fixed amount for Wises list and a fixed amount for Keegans. 

What makes you so sure? From what i gather, Wises list is of younger future stars, id wouldnt of thought the club would be as desperate to sign Wises targets as they were for Keegans targets.

It seems to me that the club were only gonna pay a certain amount for a younger talent who is unprven and not a Keegan main target.

Cant see the same applying to a player explicitly named by Keegan because at the end of the day, Keegan is the one who has to make the team work.

Hopefull this was a target on Wises list and not Keegans. Would be even nicer if we were looking to pay big money on the younger ones. Which means that if theres a max to wises targets then thats fine but id be more concerned if we hit maximums on Keegans targets.

 

Does it matter which list he was on? That seems a retarded point to home in on. They eventually joined the lists together anyway so it's 'our' list.

"retarded point" - every cloud....  

My 'retarded point' is that id rather have a wise target underpaid for (as seems the case) than a Keegan target underpaid for, if Keegan didnt think of them in the first place then irrespective of there suitablity for the team they arent the players he primarily wants.

So yes it doesn matter what list he's on, id rather the club looks at Keegans list and say, we need to hard try hard to get these because these are the player Keegan wants the omost, we need to go gung ho for there signature.

Seems to me that Wises target have a llmit, i wouldnt want there to be too much of a limit on Keegans list.

If Keegans list said Deco and Wises list said Modric, even though Modric might be the seemingly better option id rather go for Keegans option because he;s the one who has to fit him in the team.

Can definitely see Huntelaar being a target. Definitely more realisitc than i thought previously.

Hopefull this was a target on Wises list and not Keegans. Would be even nicer if we were looking to pay big money on the younger ones. Which means that if theres a max to wises targets then thats fine but id be more concerned if we hit maximums on Keegans targets.

Who finances Spurs?

Joe Lewis, the geezer who lost £500m in Bear Sterns banking collapse.

Bit gutted to of missed out on him, thought he would of made a good signing and would of been a name that would of got other players looking our way.

 

2 things that concern me with the transfer, one was the rumoured money issue, if we've underpaid or not offered him decent terms thats seems a bit strange unless he was being extorinate because that is our main selling point. If we cant outpay our main rivals then we dont have much else to offer except for our 'potential' which im sure is the same with most the clubs above us.

 

Also i dont like the fact that Keegan isnt part of the transfer negotiations, i know Jiminez is meant to be the bees knees regarding transfer negotiations but i cant help but think that a dosage of Keegan enthusiasm and passion would help the process a little, surely he knows his plans for the club better than Wise and Jiminez and can therefore sell it a little better.

 

Nee bother, there are obviously plenty of fish in the sea, its good though that the club are dfinitely looking in the right direction!

 

If anything it's encouraging we are going for £20m players in the first place. Obviously there will be other clubs competing so we don't have a divine right to win every player's signature. Modric seems to be a decent player but he looks a bit puny, so Spurs might get outmuscled in midfield next season.

True it is good that we are going looking at a good claibre of player, but itwould shock meif we were beaten by Spurs mainly on financial grounds which seems to be the case. That is our main selling poit as a club, we can offer the finances other clubs can.

Id have absolutely no issue if he signed for Spurs on an even keel with finances the same etc, but to be trumped by them on financial terms is actually a little worrying.

Hopefully though, Modric isnt our first and main target and we are actually persuing others but Modric is the one that has made it to the media, we have a precedent of our club doing business in the quiet.