Going on the past few months and especially today...do the players actually care? Obviously, as competitors they all want to win but gone are the days when you'd get the type of players that you can tell really want to win because they love the club. Have we got anyone at this current club that you could make a case for them really wanting it bad enough?
Players like Bale...class player on his day but probably not a Spurs fan and could pick up bigger money per week at better clubs so is he too fussed? Probably not.
Modric..knows he's going to get an offer from a Champions League club in the Summer getting offered 100K plus a week, is he too fussed about us coming Top 4..doesn't seem that way.
Us the fans spend our hard earned cash, £55 I paid for today's game and to see no effort whatsoever from 1 to 11.
Do the players actually care?
posted on 21/4/12
Can't Blame Bale for taking a shot
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yes you can. every time he gets the ball near the edge of the boc he shoots regardless of where anyone else is on the pitch. it's ridiculous. i'd be pizzed off if our number one striker was doing it, let alone the fkg left winger.
posted on 21/4/12
If he Bale is taking shots from 40 yards while there are far better options, then yes you can blame him.
His indiscipline on that left flank is seriously costing Spurs. He only had one cross on the left all game. One cross!!! How is that allowed to happen?
posted on 21/4/12
Bale is starting to believe his own hype and it's gone to his head. If Barca or Madrid offer 35m plus you should snap their hands off.
posted on 21/4/12
Fred - if we get a manager in who actually manages him rather than just saying 'you're triffic lad get out there and play where you like' then he'd be worth VERY much more than 35m.
posted on 21/4/12
I think Bale would thrive under a manager that keeps him on the ground. Ever since your fans came back down to earth after the cracking early season form (I know I can't talk, we acted like we'd won the world cup after the CC and we think Calamity Ken is our saviour ) I've liked you guys a lot more and want you to do better than you currently are. Now you're out of the top four I think the pressure has gone a bit and that'll be an advantage to you
posted on 21/4/12
If Bale passed the ball in the penalty area to anyone other than VDV it would be wasted.
That's the point.
Really dunno wot Defoe was doing on the pitch today.
Bale and VDV were the only shooters.
Unfortunately Paddy Kenny was getting inthe way. Wish he got the sun in his eyes ....like Brad
posted on 21/4/12
the real spursfan (U13745)
If Bale passed the ball in the penalty area to anyone other than VDV it would be wasted.
That's the point.
Really dunno wot Defoe was doing on the pitch today.
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It would be wasted the way he played today, possibly. I remember when he used to play left wing, break away, and cross for the likes of Defoe to score regularly.
VDV didn't score today despite all sorts of chances, so there's an argument there that he was the LAST person to be passed to, but then we're getting even beyond the 'ifs and buts'...
I also don't know what Defoe was doing on the pitch today IN THAT FORMATION. He can't play that role, and was our only fit striker, so he HAD to play, and the team should have been built around that fact. Instead it was built around the usual 'VDV has to start, Modric has to start, Parker has to start, Bale has to wander into pockets all over the pitch...um, what else have we got? Oh yeah, no RB cover so Walker has to start, no fit central defenders so King and Gallas have to start. Wow the team's picked itself, triffic!'
posted on 21/4/12
Harold's indecision is the reason behind all this. Until the team knows one way or the other, I don't see a pick up in form for this season. It could be Levy's intransigence over the England job for Harold.
posted on 21/4/12
Instead it was built around the usual 'VDV has to start, Modric has to start, Parker has to start, Bale has to wander into pockets all over the pitch...um, what else have we got?
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exactly.
posted on 21/4/12
Think we need to sell Modric and get another Sandro.
But the real issue to day was gifting a goal to a Mark Hughes team. That really makes life difficult. Note wot happened to Barca at Stamford Bridge!