If we sell Soldado does he become Selldido? No! I know we had ade already so we bought ado to go with him and Valancia said..............We sold ado. My coat is already on
Worst signing ever by Spurs? Even David Bentley gave us some good moments, other than scoring against pub sides in Europa, what has Soldado done?
This. It was really unfortunate for Soldado today. Thought his all-round play was much improved and, had Hart not pulled off a great save (Soldado didn't miss) this discussion would be very different.
First of all, having seen his penalty yesterday again on MOTD, it was poor. Nowhere near enough power, and his eyes and body telegraphed where it was going. In general, you can say whatever you like about his build up play, etc, he was bought as a striker - to score goals. For that, he has been a disastrous buy.
Precisely. You can buy several decent midfielders or forwards to do the link up job. That's not Solda-doh's role. His is to be at the end to put the ball in the net. He can't even do that well from 6 yards!
Our strike force today reminds me of the quality from the late 70s . Ian Moores , Colin Lee, John Duncan, all plodders of limited ability . Today there is not the will to address the continuing weakness , except with windfall money , so things rarely change . Back then the board found Archie , Crooks but today no chance . Plod on.
"Our strike force today reminds me of the quality from the late 70s . Ian Moores , Colin Lee, John Duncan, all plodders of limited ability . Today there is not the will to address the continuing weakness , except with windfall money , so things rarely change . Back then the board found Archie , Crooks but today no chance . Plod on." Crooks and Archibald appeared 2-3 seasons after the afore-mentioned. And that was the Div 2 and return to Div 1 era. So shouldn't you be similarly patient ??
Lee left in 80, Duncan in 79, Archie , Crooks signed in 80. The point is we rarely address an obvious weakness as there is little will at the top . Patience ( addressing players )is a failure strategy .
The point is that Spurs have had periods where a period of meh strikers has had to be endured until someone decent appears. But Levy has really taken it to a whole new level.
...and when we do - once in a decade - finally get a decent striker, we always end up giving him to some bully-boy club, like United or Real.
I mean where the **** are our so called talent scouts? Spammers manage to land Sahko, Saints find Pelle, etc. we get Soldado!
Must admit my patience with Soldado is growing thinner by the match. I initially voted for selling him at a decent price, I'm slowly leaning towards just getting him off the wage bill for whatever price now to be honest. I don't look for link up play in a £26m striker, I look for goals and lets be honest, he's just not getting any. For some reason or another Soldado just isn't working, when January comes it'll be 18 months with this guy and he has about 5 or 6 league goals to his name, none this season. We signed Soldado as a finished product, not someone who'll develop in a few years, he turns 30 next year and for me personally, we have to cut our losses. His appearances and game time is just stalling the progression of Kane - who's been 50x better this season - and quite frankly I'm getting tired of just hoping Soldado finds his form. I watched the Spurs game in my local wetherspoons yesterday with my cousin and I made him laugh (a little, while also depressing him) by saying that Pelle, Sakho and Bony's fees combined all cost less than Soldado.
