He got injured last season, lost his form and couldn't get enough games.
Hopefully we'll have a long run in the cups and Europe to give all our players games
MW
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He got injured last season, lost his form and couldn't get enough games.
Hopefully we'll have a long run in the cups and Europe to give all our players games
MW
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I made reference to his post recently when he asked who still backs Wenger, me "you in two weeks" him, "no"..... how I knew he would change his mind another 32 times this season.
On Defoe, he's a player that I think due to his size his managers keep thinking they can do so much better, buy someone, and bench him killing his form. He was actually very good, for 11 starts and mostly sub appearances in Adebayors first year, the second year Adebayor's abject awfulness really hurt Defoe because the chances weren't falling for him. Before this game Defoe had scored 2 goals in each of 3 starts, he has 4 starts and 7 goals, and still isn't first team.
You've bought Soldado, it's too late not to and it's harsh/a waste to not give him a chance. But with Defoe bang in form it's more harsh to not give him a chance. If you start Defoe in the league, he helps Spurs get a commanding 2-3 goal lead you'd be helping Soldado get to form by giving him some lower pressured games to help him get some goals. Frankly if anything Soldado should be starting in cups and Defoe league on current form as easier Euro games probably suit Soldado gaining some form better.
Defoe is one of the most criminally under rated strikers in the league though. He gets goals, people insist he can only score but his movement is excellent and he's shown the ability to take the ball from miles away from goal, hold off players, work on his own, work very well with other players. I think one of his strengths is he can read what the midfielder wants to do extremely well. It has never really mattered who is behind him, he adapts his runs to the passes he's likely to get depending on who is behind him.
On Defoe, he's a player that I think due to his size his managers keep thinking they can do so much better, buy someone, and bench him killing his form. He was actually very good, for 11 starts and mostly sub appearances in Adebayors first year, the second year Adebayor's abject awfulness really hurt Defoe because the chances weren't falling for him. Before this game Defoe had scored 2 goals in each of 3 starts, he has 4 starts and 7 goals, and still isn't first team.
You've bought Soldado, it's too late not to and it's harsh/a waste to not give him a chance. But with Defoe bang in form it's more harsh to not give him a chance. If you start Defoe in the league, he helps Spurs get a commanding 2-3 goal lead you'd be helping Soldado get to form by giving him some lower pressured games to help him get some goals. Frankly if anything Soldado should be starting in cups and Defoe league on current form as easier Euro games probably suit Soldado gaining some form better.
Defoe is one of the most criminally under rated strikers in the league though. He gets goals, people insist he can only score but his movement is excellent and he's shown the ability to take the ball from miles away from goal, hold off players, work on his own, work very well with other players. I think one of his strengths is he can read what the midfielder wants to do extremely well. It has never really mattered who is behind him, he adapts his runs to the passes he's likely to get depending on who is behind him.
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AVB really winds me up with these pointless subs, he's an idiot.
2-0 up, very comfortable. Bring the kids on and give the some experience, don't put your best players on and risk injury ffs! Seriously cannot see one bit of logic bringing Eriksen on now??
lol..He's not the idiot really though is he. 2-0 isn't comfortble, it's dodgy as hell. If AVB brings on a youngster who makes a vital mistake, suddenly it's 2-1, Anzi have the wind in their sales then equalise. Before you know it, your returning home from a hard fought win with only a point. This is Spurs 2nd game in the group, not the 6th. Lesson? Better safe than sorry.
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Did you watch the game? It might aswell have been 12-0, it was the most painfully comfortable 2-0 leads in the history of football. They were awful, Spurs didn't even get out of first gear.
He did the same thing with Rose our first choice LB and he got injured, now we have Naughton there who is abysmal and cost us against Chelsea.
Eriksen is shaping up to be one of our most important players and AVB brings him on the the last 10 mins. Baffling you're even trying to defend that move.
jonney along with DM make me embarrassed as an Arsenal supporter, some of the rubbish they both come out with is cringeworthy at best :/
Anyhow i imagine Swansea will roll over this St Gallen team...cant really see them having too much of a problem.
Anyhow i imagine Swansea will roll over this St Gallen team...cant really see them having too much of a problem.
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At least DM is consistent. I am actually starting to think there is actually something wrong with Jonney, and it's making me feel bad for laughing.
Wow its all kicking ioff in the Swansea game, Michu gone down with a head injury and the ref isnt stopping play so the physio has to run all the way around the pitch to get some medical attention to him :/
Also St Gallen missed a penalty, pretty lolworthy penalty though
Also St Gallen missed a penalty, pretty lolworthy penalty though
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He was good towards the end of the season though. Why isn't lazy Adebayor getting any play time?He got injured last season, lost his form and couldn't get enough games.
Hopefully we'll have a long run in the cups and Europe to give all our players games
MW
Soldado shouldn't be first choice in the PL, especially not against the big teams.
Michu gets no yellow card.
Erik Lamela's 79.5% rate of passing accuracy against Anzhi was the lowest of all Tottenham's outfield players.
Compassionate leave, injured and then told to train with the youth team by AVB as he wouldn't play again for Spurs after refusing a summer transfer away.
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Lesson learnt, never buy players who played for Arsenal.
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Ref in this Swansea game is hilarious, miss Michu being kicked in the head, a clear penalty, refuse to allow him treatment, keep him off the pitch for ruddy ages(was well over 5 mins wasn't it, maybe closer to 10?), complain abou the shirt, card him. So many poor decisions before and since. Right infront of one of those extra goal line refs their CB kicked the ball out of player then fell over a good couple of metres after a tackle which made no contact and he still got the freekick.
It was one of those Gerrard or Pederson dives where they went so far beyond the player it was so painfully clear it was a dive, except the ref in those cases carded the player... here he got the freekick. I didn't see the penalty the Gallen got, was it deserved or another terrible decision?
It was one of those Gerrard or Pederson dives where they went so far beyond the player it was so painfully clear it was a dive, except the ref in those cases carded the player... here he got the freekick. I didn't see the penalty the Gallen got, was it deserved or another terrible decision?
Powell scored the first for Wigan, good lad
Have you seen his second goal?