Is There A Bright Side?
By: Robert Reed | January 31st, 2013Well I’d like to look on the bright side, but I can’t really find one.
Defoe is clearly patched up and neither fit nor in form, so our season is now largely going to be left in the hands of the ever unreliable Emmanuel Adebayor.
Defoe gets laid up or is just totally ineffective due to carrying an injury, Adebayor pulls a hamstring; a worst case but not unlikely scenario, and we could end up seventh. Liverpool have improved, Everton are right behind us and Arsenal will probably finish strongly.
We have got where we are so far on the back of some very good early season form from Defoe which has now completely evaporated and under the circumstances is unlikely to return in the next couple of months. Adebayor has been awful all season.
Am I being pessimistic? Yes. The disappointment of today has caused me to be so. We will probably rally and do well; Ade and Defoe will have their moments, but I cannot see us holding on to fourth place. The pessimist and the realist in me are in agreement on that.
Leandro Damiao (aren’t you sick of that name?) is apparently now lined up for a summer bid. Will he want to sign for a club in the Europa League at best? I doubt it, and another team will nip in and buy him making us look completely foolish.
We don’t know what happened with the deal; apparently they didn’t want to sell, but I can’t help thinking that a slight increase on our part would have made the difference. Failing that though, a loan signing would have done. Just a recognised centre forward as cover so we don’t have to end up using a midfielder up front.
I’ll get behind the team on Sunday, but at the moment I’m pretty depressed. Maybe it will all seem a lot better in the morning.
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Benteke can’t play for another team this season.
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i would agree justine but potiential we lost 40 million in cl same mistake last season if levy had got the quality striker and although in holtby he did get the mid he would of gained around 60 mill by adding what would of garented us third and got the player as well by being in cl so really we lost out fiancially cause you need to spend the money to gain it simples
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In all fairness even though we have a great player in Holtby, were f#cked. No possible way we will get champs league with what we have up front. Defoe not good enough as have never scored 20 league goals in a season. Ade can’t be bothered . No one else that can play up front to a premiership standard . We had champs league nailed on and a £50 mill windfall to come . Well be lucky to get Europa now I think. Pissed off !!!
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Jesus H guys chill the f out. Holtby, Lloris, Dembele, Vertonghen. All world class players signed by one Daniel Levy. He’s obviously trying to destroy the club, yes, that’s the only explanation for him buying these players. Honestly, sometimes I’m embarrassed to call myself a spurs fan knowing I share the title with guys like you. We’ve got this far with what we had, and we’ve strengthened in January. AVBs a much better manager than Redknapp so I don’t expect to see the same mid season slump
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Yes
My other Tottenham freinds I guess are a lot more optimistic than I am. They are foolish. We sat on our hands last January and missed Champions league and we were 10 points clear of Arsenal then.
Now we just hope to sell Bale for the most amount of money.
Levy is an idiot. They would have sold for 20mil, EVERYBODY can be sold. And why didnt we bring a loan?
AVB must not have been pushing that hard for a striker. I actually wonder about his tactics, continually subbing Lennon off late when pace is what we need.
You are right it is going to be tough, we have been here before. -
Andy we need a centre forward. Two seasons in a row we have lost out for the same reason. If it happens again this season will you say the same at this time next year?
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Dream on Andy. Dembele has a bad hip, Vertonghen has lost what he had and Lloris looked exposed last night by NCFC’s crosses.Holtby has played 25mins.
I agree about AVB I doubt he will have any trouble getting another job. -
nothing is guaranteed..signing damiao gaurantees nothing..thats how DL’ mind works..we all know that so why are we so surprised??
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be aware i’m a different andy to the other chap but i do seem to share a similar opinion..almost.. we have improved the squad but DL never ever times the new signings to when they seem needed most.. and i’m totally scared that Bale will leave if we don’t get CL footy.. scary stuff that is..not a thought for this evening thats for certain..
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Hey Mate.. relax.. nothing unusual about the Leandro saga.. if we had the intention to sign him, we would have done so in the early part of January and not wait till the last day to put through a deal… lets keep our finger crossed that JD n EA comes to live in next few months.. lets get behind the team this Sunday!
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Calm down, calm down! God you lot are pessimistic. I’m just as shocked as most of you that we didn’t bring in a striker (or anyone, for that matter) BUT THIS IS A TIME TO HOLD YOUR NERVE, NOT GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A TWIST!!!
We are all disappointed not to get anyone in, but we’re hardly in a bad position are we?!
4th in the table, 4 points off third, managed to FINALLY offload Jermaine Jenas and have just sign the kind of creative player we have been missing all season, in Holtby.
So we didn’t get the striker we wanted. Considering Ade will only miss one more EPL (with the international break looming) I’m not convinced we actually NEED one.
Okay, Dempsey might not be everyones cup of tea but he CAN operate up front if need be, as he showed against Leeds, with a poachers type finish.
Granted, you wouldn’t want him up there for any sustained period of time but in the short-term he CAN do a job.We are only in two comps now too, which should ease the burden on the squad considerably. By all accounts Ade is playing well for Togo, which should see him return more confident then he left. I dont agree with people suggesting he has downed his tools this season. I just think he is suffering from a lack of confidence.
Should he return after a successful ACON tournament, I think we will the Adebayor that was UNPLAYABLE on several occasions last season, and having him in that kind of form will be like signing a new player, anyway.
Another player who simply has to improve over the last part of the season is Sigurdsson. So far the Icelandic international has only provided glimpses of what he is capable of doing in a Spurs shirt, after struggling to settle since his arrival.
I know Gyfil hasn’t exactly set the world alight, so far this season. But should the 22 year attacking midfielder be able to find anything like the kind of form he showed for Swansea last term, than he will still have plenty to contribute between now and the end of the season…..Remember, all it takes is one goal!Plus, even though Defoe has SURELY dispelled the myth about him being a natural goalscorer, we all know that once he scores one, he will embark on a run of goals.
Add all of that to Kabouls impending return and things begin looking brighter after all. Hey, I’m pretty good at all this looking at ‘the bright side’ stuff!
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oh i’m behind the team..less so the chairman..its a clever game the guy plays but if he is continuously seen to be playing hardball to extremes and jeopardising our immediate future the fans will turn on him one by one..regardless of the new stadium and facilities etc.. frustrated spurs fans are not what the team needs against the likes of the scum and chelski
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Ramos the ifs and buts of your entire post are the exact ifs and buts the teams around us have with their own teams and the exact reason they have all been in the market more than us.. we were in a very similar position last year and boasted modric and vdv as well as a much more in form ade and the likes of the king.. what did that get us exactly? 4th and out… this year if we do the same Bale likely leaves.. feel confident now with no Bale? then we need a match winner and a striker? where is the modric money??
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The palpable disappointment registered above is clear enough. There are many subjective and perfectly reasonable angles graphically expanded on here. Football fans are known for their colourful language but this only serves to heighten the genuine passion that lurks in their souls. I too am fighting to quell the disappointment at reading nothing but notices revealing how half of our quad are heading towards QPR, but no-one is coming through the ‘in’ door. I’m sure Mr Levy works very hard at attempting to get (as he sees it) ‘value for money’, but my five-year-old nephew could have told you that £13m for Damiao was as likely to succeed as Timothy Spall applying to be the next James Bond. Perhaps even worse is that this offer is not only ludicrous it is also something of an insult; it makes Spurs look bad. It was bad enough when we initially offered Schalke £7.42 to bring Holtby over early. To deal you have to get real! We’ll see if Damiao still wants to come in the summer when Spurs are below Reading in the table and the player thinks back on how desperate we were to sign him that (after two decades of chasing him) we were prepared to offer just £13m. Yes guys, I’m as angry as you are; I just think the pen is mightier than the swear word.
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I’ve been fairly sure now for a long long while that Levy is trying to keep Spurs just on the edge of success so that it’s an attractive option for someone to purchase the club. That way it’ll still have a lot of room for a good investment, buy on the edge of success, take it to success raising shares value. Take it to success and it’s a less attractive package, as there’s no room to dramatically increase the value of shares. I’m certain that levy will hold us here until the stadium is built and then sell us to the highest bid.
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Would a loan striker hurt? Fuck it We still have the best chance of finishing 4th, everyones gotta roll their sleeves back now. Thats right even you Ade.
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Good news here? Spending 20 mil we didn’t have on Damiao and not making the champs league would have crippled us financially. Now at least we know next season we will remain financially solvent regardless of whether or not we make the champs league
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bald, ugly, tight, teabag reusing, dirty bastards
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Those angry about Leandro please step back and look at it. Leandro is worth no more than 13m. No one else were in for him. Only when others are in for him should the price go up. The 20m fee would be all profit for Internacional, and they are just pulling a price out of thin air. Levy is trying sign a young player before he hits the big time….but he could fail. 20m is for a player who has already hit the big time. 13m is right for someone with Brazil caps and looking to ake his name in Europe. Someone said that we should “just pay the small increase” of 7-8m more to get him…. That is a 50% increase… Not a good deal unless the guy succeeds. Bent, Bentley, Pav failed and were expensive signings by Levy back at a time when he did pay the extra and got nothing from them.
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Kid, that is totally not u, I hope u go to confession soon.This whole DL thing is very frustrating,I just hope that whatever he does is in the best interest of the club & the people who support it.
For me as a Totts faithful,this has been another wasteful transfer window,and I blame the English media for all their speculations & uninformed issues about selling & buying,but then any news no matter(true or false)will get people on the bandwagon.
Leandro Damiao will never come to Spurs no matter what bid is put on the table,these type of players will only play in Spain or Italy(because they SUPERSTARS) History confirms that players like (Romario,Rivaldo,Ronaldinho,Kaka,Carlos,Messi,Di-Maria,Higuen and many more)will never play in England,because they Superstars and are treated as such.In the PL. if u not making the grade u out.4 OR 5 yrs ago,we bought the likes of Modric,Berbatov,Pavlychenko,Corluca,Bale,Kaboul who had POTENTIAL & QUALITY and made them household names.Our scouts should look to focus on potential with quality like Sir AF and AW.These guys buys players with these qualities,and look where they are today.ALWAYS IN THE CL,PERIOD.
So Spurs fans we need to have a real hard look as to where we going,because @ this moment we not going anywhere fast,and that pisses me off big time. -
Very very disappointed for not getting any new striker. I don’t understand why we keep on chasing Damiao for years and been played again and again. If we cannot afford getting him, why keep on wasting time and effort and bringing false hope to the fans? Is it true that we cannot afford him (even after we offload those deadwood)?
Why don’t we bring in any cheaper alternative such as Son from Hamburg? There are so many things that fans do not understand.
So, it is fair for the fans to blame the chairman for not endeavouring to provide the necessary support to the team with available resources that we have and ingoring the feeling of the fans.
Can we be optimistic in keeping the fourth position? I am afraid not. Everton is just one point behind us and is good form (much better than us). Gooners are improving whild we still need to rely on the indolent and helpless Ade. -
yeh we needed a striker even Hooper would of done but we get no one ad probably no champions league. Last year we won 10 out of 11 with Ade and Vdv. When Ade returns we have to drop Defoe once and for all – he is not good enough. He can’t hold the ball up and therefore no one is brought into the game. Think how Suarez comes back and gets the ball and runs with it before playing someone in, there’s more chance in finding Maddie than Defoe doing that. So, play Ade and Holtby (we only saw 15 mins of him but we’ve seen 10 hours of useless Dempsey and enough of lightweight sigurdson). With a bit of luck Ade will become more confident and holtby will fill vdv’s role.
The next best thing that needs to happen now is that we lose to Lyon, we cannot afford to risk this fragile and small team
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We missed out on mountinho apparently not due to money reasons but ownership issues with a 20 plus million bid. We have not spent that money so I assume it is still there. The priority of what we need has changed so you have to assume the 20m can be used for a striker. We have been after damiao for years now so I assume we must rate him and aware of the nature of the club we will be buying from so can anyone explain why this didn’t happen? Surely if the club weren’t sure about him the move onto other targets . We have a history of appearing to be after players we never get and I don’t think it is an accident. It is an attempt to show ambition without actually having it and this is why the big name players leave. Fans have to be realistic about finance within football and when you hear a Russian club were willing to pay 30m for willian you accept that’s beyond what we would go to for that type of player but every so often positions need fixing and if the money is there it should be used.
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There are ONLY 15 or so games left in the EPL. Surely two strikers, plus Dempsey who CAN perform a poacher-type role upfront, IS more than enough to secure the CL place we all desire.
Arsenal had ONE striker last season (Van persie, who was hardly renowned for being injury free in the past) and STILL finished above us despite being 13 points behind!
So I’m not sure why there is so much doom and gloom surrounding us all of a sudden, especially considering what we have done so far this season with the same amount of players (bar Sandro).
We have just completely dominated the champions elect at WHL the other week, currently sit 4 points off third and just signed one of the brightest creative prospects in Europe!!!
Despite what some seem to think, running a club with 36,000 stadium capacity, without CL income and a yet remaining EXTREMELY competitive is NOT easy.
Panic buys last night would have been a HUGE mistake as most Arsenal supporters would testify, as it LOWERS the standard in quality, while leaving your club with a HIGHER wage bill!
The club is CALM and UPBEAT, so maybe some of you doom mongers should learn to do the same, instead of managing somehow to portray an image of a club in crisis.
So, your disappointed, I understand, but GET OVER IT!!!
Whats done is done, and we would be a whole lot better for rallying around our squad/team/chairmen instead of allowing a FEAR-BASED NEGATIVITY to engulf the club we love and potentialLY ruin our season.THIS IS A TIME FOR UNITY, DEFIANCE AND SUPPORT- NOT DIVISION, DISSENT OR UPROAR!!!
People overcome the odds everyday, and I can assure you that they don’t do it by WHINING, COMPLAINING or GIVING UP when things get a little tough.
All I’m reading is Levy did this, Levy’s done that. Well, I think we can ALL agree that our GREAT club has become unrecognisable, in terms of stature, reputation and ambition since Levy took over!
We are without question a club on the up, and its about time a few of you remember that!!!!
HOLD YOUR FAITH AND KEEP YOUR NERVE!!!!!!!!!!
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OK Ramos43, I like your ethos, I’m with you. It is true that Spurs’ reputation has grown in recent years – see what the kid Holtby had to say about us! We have a pretty good squad; one that is set up for the future as well. The signing of a good striker in the summer will placate us no end. However, just get down on your knees for a moment, hands together and mutter a few well-meaning words skywards about players with names like Defoe and Adebayor remaining injury-free for a few more months. As for the kids; I know Kane is keen, but is he able?
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