From what i can make out all these so called selling of players has come from fans,not from the club itself,so unless otherwise ,i would take it all with a pinch of salt,i don't think Levy,having spent that amount of money would sanction the sale of them before they have had a chance to impress with a run in the team
I just don't think it's an improvement for the reasons I gave and I also don't think it's worth distinguishing between them, we fell apart embarrassingly in both games. It's not a case of putting managers into catergories and ticking them off after we try each one. I just think Sherwood needs to do something special with the rest of this season if we're going to stick by him. If we miss out on the CL again we're going to struggle to keep hold of our best players, like we have in the past and next season will probably be even harder than ever for us to get top 4. This is probably as important of a reason as any to make sure we get the right manager in, rather than hoping to wing it with Sherwood.
Sherwood has won like 4 and drawn 1 out of 5 games in the prem. Why are we talking about ditching him?
I'm not,like i did with AVB, i'm going to give him time,i don't understand all this clamour for a"big" name,everyone has to start somewhere,maybe he will become another Burkinshaw
And now, according to the Standard at least, Chadli is murmuring about leaving if he doesn't get games...
Chadli's agent has been talking up a loan move, despite admitting that he's not discussed it with Spurs. Sounds like a total prick, frankly.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...way-from-tottenham-to-protect-world-cup-hopes Nacer Chadli's agent has revealed the midfielder could leave Tottenham in a bid to save his World Cup ambitions with Belgium. The winger joined Spurs from FC Twente in a £7 million deal last summer but has made only seven Premier League starts since his arrival at White Hart Lane. Chadli's representative, Daniel Evrard, claims the 24-year-old has not received enough game-time at Tottenham and is often played out of position. With the 2014 World Cup only five months away, Evrard admits Chadli, who has won 18 caps for Belgium, may be forced to look elsewhere for regular football. "His situation is not easy at Tottenham at the moment. The World Cup is arriving so it's a problem," Evrard told the London Evening Standard. "For him to play at the World Cup it's important so why not a loan? We haven't spoken to Tottenham yet but I know there are clubs interested in him. "There are a lot of players in the same situation who are not in the team and they want to play in the World Cup so there is a market for a lot of clubs. "It's important for him not to take any risks by going to a country he doesn't know well." Despite struggling to stake a claim in North London, Chadli has remained a mainstay in the star-studded Belgium midfielder but coach Marc Wilmots will undoubtedly be concerned by his lack of football. Chadli did suffer a hamstring injury shortly after his switch to Tottenham but has only started once since Tim Sherwood replaced former manager Andre Villas-Boas in December. "Nacer had to play in a role which doesn't suit him," Evrard added. "They wanted him to play on the left wing and he is not exactly a winger - he prefers to play through the middle. "It's very difficult for him because we've not seen the best of him at Tottenham. He has big potential so he is a little bit frustrated." However, with Lewis Holtby and Erik Lamela also reported to be seeking moves away from White Hart Lane, and Jermain Defore already confirming his switch to Toronto, it remains to be seen whether Sherwood will allow him to leave in this transfer window. Boss will be over the moon!!!
I think more and more the papers are picking up their stories from sites like not606. So I blame you guys for all this bullshit.
I said this ages ago, international players will want games every week now on the run up to Rio, to be on their respective planes. Their attitude to the tournament is different to ours and we just have to accept it. Capoue is one of these players, as is Chadli now it seems. For those under the perception Spurs are just selling because they're surplus....no, the players don't want to be here unless they're playing every week. Reason, too many similar players which everybody has pretty much agreed with now, well what did you think the consequence was going to be? Of course one or two have to go, and this would have happened in the last window had there been time. Capoue is not getting a game in front of Bentaleb atm, he knows in the coming weeks when Paulinho and Sandro are back, he's defo not getting a game, not even in the Europa, because if Dembele is on the pitch and he seems a first pick, there's only one spare space, even if its one up front, the 5th MF spot is likely to be a No.10 that drops deep rather than an extra DM, I don't think Tim is a fan of two DM types. I can see why he wants to leave. He signed with what AVB had planned for him, Tim as we can see has different ones.
It's bad enough that we're selling Capoue, given he's the only like-for-like replacement we have for Sandro, but the fact that we're considering selling him at a loss less than six months after he arrived is utterly stupid.
What part of "the player doesn't want to be here" do you not understand? Mesut Ozil was surplus at RM, stop grizzling over Capoue. Do you honestly in your wildest dreams think a professional International is going to sign for a club on strength of being a like for like replacement....that is utterly stupid.
Poor choice of comparison when you consider Ozil was a shiny toy Perez got bored of playing with - yet was sold for £20m more than what Factitious paid for him in the first place. Which begs the question which part of "selling him at a loss less than six months after he arrived is utterly stupid" went over your head? Also, when you consider Sandro does have an injury history, missing chunks of the season with knee injuries in both 2011 and 2013, that would increase Capoue's chances of playing - which is not remotely comparable to the situation where playing 442 means one of Eriksen/Holtby/Sigurdsson/Chadli is the odd man out. To compare the two, that's utterly stupid. What's more stupid, though, is misquoting other posters' concerns: the concern was the glut of attacking midfielders we'd stockpiled, which is what the Eriksen/Holtby/Sigurdsson/Chadli conundrum is. Squeezing them all into 4231 was possible (albeit at least one of them would be played out of position to do so...), playing the four of them in a 442 isn't - the referee would overrun us in midfield if we did that, let alone the opposition.
Are you serious, if Levy see's fit to sell at the loss you're sure of, so be it, whats that got to do with anything, is it a world first, a small loss on the odd player. An occasional dose of real world appears to have cleared your head by some margin! Why drone on about Ozil? an exact replica of the entire situation wasn't the intention, how could it be with him or anyone really, what a ridiculous thought you had there! both players have found themselves surplus, that is all, calm down, I'm not interested in the tangent you've dreamt up there, sorry. The rest of what you've put is just a waste of type, tell me something I don't know. 2 AM's too many, 1 DM, not needed in any instance, get over it. Plus, the bit you don't want to listen to...the player...he doesn't want to be here if he's not playing every week, well Tims not playing him every week, get over that aswell. If players 'don't want to be here' they can leave. All of the above over your head like one of Zokora's worst. Open your eyes further than the football pitch man.
From what I've read and heard from Sherwood through direct quotes, he has spoken highly of Lamela and Chadli and said that we don't need to bring in a striker as players such as Chadli and Lamela can play off the front man, so I'm not sure he can be accused of not giving them a chance as it may well be the case he views them as being players who can play a certain position rather then just stick them on the wing and they will soon get a proper chance. Yes Holtby is a capable player and one I personally like, rate and would be dissapointed to see leave and also Ekotto and Capoue are capable players, not in dispute but remember Sherwood was here with Redknapp, he often talks about coming to places with Redknapp and he knows all about Ekotto and also knows about the issues he had with AVB, so its likely Sherwood doesn't believe Ekotto fits into his plans. Although PNP,. I agree that freezing players out isn't a smart move or a fair one, yet the reality is it happens everywhere, even with great managers like Fergie, Pep, Mourinho and alike, they freeze out players for reasons us fans can't understand but because they get success its easy to move on. Sherwood is still picking Holtby and Capoue for the bench so its a more a case of him not trusting such players and deciding to pick others, you can't argue with the form card so far and Tim would point to the fact the players he picks are players that have responded best to his management style.
Sherwoods post match interview [video=youtube_share;wUP9nNJT9po]http://youtu.be/wUP9nNJT9po[/video] fast forward to 2:07 and he discusses Chadli and Lamela as options and they have goals (in them) and they are still settling in so the rubbish being spouted by the press over players leaving is just that. rubbish!
Lol Did you also hear the part '' application and desire over ability '' which would explain why certain players aren't getting picked. Obviously you need the right balance but hopefully the players can fight for their future and win places back or they may not be interested and look for moves.
