Offer him a role as being a part-time coach and part-time player. We all know he can't train anyway, so all that free time he can utilise coaching the younger players, or working on his badges. Let us not forget how instrumental Ledley was for us last season when we were pushing for the title earlier on. He then took a bad knock to the knee which resulted in his dip in form, whilst he was playing through the pain barrier. Hopefully, after a summers rest we should get the Ledley King we saw at the start of last season up until last February, where he was magnificent with Kaboul. However, the only difference next season would be that he would not start even if fit, but saved if we really needed him i.e. if there was an injury to our two first choice center backs. That way we could always have him available from the bench if need be, and let's face it, even a Ledley at 60% is better than most defenders out there...
posted on 1/6/12
Remember that there is a 25 man squad limit, can we really justify using a place for someone who can probably only play a handful of games all season? More worrying though was his drop in form last season, the lack of training for several years seems to have finally caught up on him. It's very difficult to say, but I think Ledley should retire from playing now and take on a coaching / ambassador.
posted on 1/6/12
When are you going to accept that King is over the hill.or do you want to see him end up in a wheelchair.
Spend some money buy a top class replacement.
Before there all gone,so typically Tottenham.
Hmm Haaaa Mmmmmm Argh Mmmmm.
posted on 1/6/12
Aside from the point about putting him in a wheelechair, he cant play any more and is nowhere near PL standard these days as seen in his last few games
posted on 1/6/12
Groovy, we already have Kaboul and Caulker and we should also have Vertonghen in the next few days.
posted on 1/6/12
King was playing with an injury when he had the dip in form, King without that specific injury was the King we had at the start of the season, still our best defender! Messi can play with an injury and looks carp, so why are people singling out that period?! He was doing us a favour playing when he shouldn't have been playing, as we had no other viable options at that time!
posted on 1/6/12
Groovy, we already have Kaboul and Caulker and we should also have Vertonghen in the next few days.
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That's not enough for a full season including the Euros.
One or two get injured you end up in S..... street
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posted on 1/6/12
That's not enough for a full season
including the Euros.
One or two get injured you end up in
S..... street
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Sesame street?
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posted on 1/6/12
Nelsen is gone. We didn't sign Uvini so he is back in Brazil. I don't think Bassong is worth a place in our squad but with 5 natural centre backs and a few other players capable of covering I think we're OK.