Coincidence & Adebayor & Modric

I only brought it up because you are so certain that Rooney will finish top goalscorer after 4 games.

 

And bit naughty to compare Rooney to those two. He isn't anywhere near as good as those two.

 

If he stays fit (and he looks fitter than I ever remember) Rooney could, at last, become become the player everybody hoped for. His head is right and his sharpness is beyond question. If he carries on like this, he will score 40+ this season. Lets face it Shrek or not (and to be fair we made do with Donkey up front nearly every week last season) we would all have him at our club in a heartbeat.

 

I agree, and I'll reiterate what I've said before; a fit, and motivated, Adebayor is one of the best strikers in the world. If Harry can keep him happy (not easy by all accounts) then he'll be a great asset for us, this season.

 

See his interview after the game? Didn't seem too happy with his critics did he.

 

Who are his critics? I haven't heard anyone say he shouldn't have gone to you.

 

The part of the interview they showed on MOTD was from 2.00-2.40 where he sounded angry but the rest of it he is pretty positive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14773049.stm

 

For a player no tabloid can mention without prefixing his name with "want-away", he didn't seem to be irritated that he was playing for us. Quite the opposite, in fact, and had a pretty good game.

Parker seems to be getting the plaudits, which I find odd. Yes, he had a good game, but at the end of the day it's hard not to think he's a placeholder for Sandro more than a first teamer.

Could be worse, he could be a top player that never played at a World Cup - George Weah, George Best and Ryan Giggs all fall into that cetegory.

 

Yeah definitely, good to see he's not moping around the place.

I think Parker will actually partner Sandro. Harry seems to like having a strong base with his teams and Sandro and Parker certainly fit that. I reckon VDV will play in from the right at Lennon's expense, Modric behind the striker and Bale left wing.

 

Nope. I wouldn't have him. I don't care how good he is on the day. Basically you've just got to make a choice - do you take anything that favours your team (nasty pieces of work, divers, cheaters etc) and say that providing its for my club its OK, or do you say that if I dislike something in a player when he plays for someone else then I do not approve of it and can retain the moral high ground. Of course there's a lot of grey areas here, but Spurs *tend* to play footie in the right way and that's really important to me. More important than simply results in fact.

 

What's your issue with Rooney. Can be dirty so and so at times, but is a class player. Not many players are Saints.

 

Apart from Giovani. He's 2! :-D

 

That is genuinely brilliant.

 

I actually think Young is better than Rooney, and is the reason Rooney has been scoring so much. Watching Man U this season, while both Rooney and Nani are excellent players, obviously, it's Young who consistently creates space at the edge of the box, and either scores or passes to Rooney, who's open as they scramble to stop Young.

 

Pasted from the Guardian:

Adebayor is the striker Spurs were looking for


When Emmanuel Adebayor, with surgical calmness, rounded the Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessey, and slotted the ball home to put Tottenham Hotspur on the road to victory, he completed a hat-trick of scoring on his debut for Premier League clubs, following Arsenal and Manchester City. It also meant Harry Redknapp could breathe easier.
September is the cruellest month for Spurs – they had not won away from home in that month since 2001 – but a lack of goals last season was even crueller. With the exception of Rafael van der Vaart on 13, not one of their forwards scored more than 10 league goals – a drought which no doubt contributed to their non-reappearance in the Champions League. Adebayor, Redknapp is hoping, will be a Henry Higgins for his do‑little strikers and the performance on Saturday was exemplary.
He was a torrent of movement throughout the 90 minutes. Compare his passes in this match with the same one last season, when he was playing for Manchester City. This season there were almost double the successful passes and far fewer unsuccessful ones. The spread of them also shows he was constantly moving, dropping deep to help link the play or working hard on either wing. He also made twice the number of tackles and at one stage even demanded the ball in the right-back position. The goal was the icing on a notable performance.
After the game Adebayor trotted out the usual lines expected from those generally pointless post-match press conferences about a "dream debut" and how "happy" he is. But there was one interesting remark: "All my team-mates have a big trust in me [sic]". This is the key to Adebayor. He needs to be loved, he needs to be trusted. It will take all of Redknapp's famed man-management to keep him happy both on and off the pitch but, if he can do that and make a successful duo out of him and Defoe, Spurs may just have a season on their hands.

 

I almost totally agree with that article. Adebayor has all the attributes a top striker needs. He's powerful, quick, skilful, for a big man, good in the air, and seemingly intelligent. As we all know, he can develop a bit of a attitude problem; and, as the article says, keeping him happy will not be an easy task.
However, if Harry can pull it off, and keep him sweet. There are very few better strikers anywhere in the world, IMO.