Progressing Nicely
Monday, 08 June 09, 03:27 AM · Comments (122)
No need to be Ruud dear
A former castanete empresario tells me that the preliminary discussions went well and in principle this is a deal that could very much happen. The agent is apparently very pleasant and the player was very receptive to the idea of our money donning the Lilywhite. This could be the first one.
Ruud would be coup and frankly if it doesn't happen other names currently in the cheap and cheerful frame will look as appetising as Heskey and Owen did at about ten to midnight last time round.
If you want to see what the old Man Utd striker is like on the ball these days then HERE is a link to cracking site and specifically an encyclopedic collection of the man's work. He looks sensational.
A stark contrast to that Black Zorro nurk who has found his place in the natural order of things and gone to Hull.
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122 Comments · Add yours
Ticks all the boxes for me. Ability, asking price, quality, champions league and big club winning mentality. And obligatory dodgy knee makes him an ideal Spurs player. We might even be able to afford his wages.
He'll do me!
Yeah he is really going to be our record all time goal scorer, listen to yourselves. If he was 22 years old I might just shoot my load at the idea, when is ` Arry bringing big Sol back he could also do a job for us
My money is on Ruud and Ledley winning a three legged race ..... as long as one of them is fit of course
'obligatory dodgy knee makes him an ideal Spurs player'
It would seem that's an unfortunate truth. But good buy if true. Worth the risk.
RVN would be a very useful addition to the squad in the way that Teddy was but snagglepuss has a point - he's not our future. I say ditch all the nearly boys (you know who they are) and splash the lot on Crouch and Young. I hope Arry gives Pav a chance as the boy is without doubt a very talented player - just needs confidence and good service
IF it is to be - lets snap him up before others get to him, no matter what anyone says he will bang the goals in, and wind up the scum in the process.
Obviously looking for a final a pay day. If he can stay fit for a season it's a no brainer. The 'fox (horse) in the box' we've been missing. I still think we need someone to actually jump around a bit and win the ball in the box as well though.
For those that give a shit, the new kits will go on sale on the 25th of June. LINK
Snagglepuss, Pedrowozrobbed - I wholeheartedly disagree. Ruud (if he were to come and remain fit) would be our future. I'm not talking future in the the way a 22 year old might stay for 5-10 years; but in the way a player of his calibre would help us get to the Champions League and hence help us attract the shiny new stars ala last years Huuntelaar, this years Dzeko etc.
Personlly, I think we've got some future already lined up. Mason in the hole and Obika as the holding, turning fast paced striker - if only they can continue to develop.
Imaging how much they'd learn from the old horse who's only 32 after all.
Reply to snagglepuss:
At that money, if he gives us 12 months of useful service that gets us in or close to the top 4, it's money well spent. It is also a fantastic chance for younger players like Obika to learn from a great player, which will help us for the future.
Yes please. I would love to see him at the Lane next season. Would be wanktastic.
Fat Hitler anyone? LINK
FOR SALE
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Reply to HarryHotspur:
looks like he wearing a wet spam tie!! couldnt possibly could he?
Reply to HarryHotspur:
I couldn't help but notice that any interested parties should contact no other than Keith Harris.
Orville the next messiah?
So we're trying to swap Bentley for Ashley Young, plus £8 mil according to the never reliable Daily shmail. With Young on one side and Lennon on the other I really think we could build the most hilarious looking goal celebration scenes with the simple addition of Crouch.
Lilliput here we come.
Ruud, I think he'd come because he's not looking Happy at Real....he's had a long face all season. Ba dum bum tsssssss.
Your welcome.
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Stoke now Fulham rivaling us for player is this how low we have sunk
Reply to Poshspur:
Deja vu.
Reply to HarryHotspur:
I have mailed indictating my interest and asking if they would accept paypal.
if i do buy Newcastle you will be all welcome to free replica tops and a no expense paid trip to Sid James Park.
Fr*zier C*mpbell too H*ll for £6 million allegedly. B*n S*har for £800k.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy for £1.25 allegedly. It doesn't take a Philadelphia lawyer to work it out.
apparently sevilla want zokora but cant afford his wages, which begs the question, how fucking much are we paying him?
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I've mailed in to ask if that is a BUY NOW price.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
oh great...could we also then go around shouting how we the greatest fans in the land.. ooh and bring back the messiah Keegan....and we a sleeping giant....fuck me the platitudes and cliches could go on forever!!...
Reply to Gazzasfaketits:
I thought I'd got in as new post opened and wouldn't want people to miss out on that quality of humour?
Reply to Poshspur:
who would want to miss out on that cracker of a joke? apart from us.
Reply to snagglepuss:
Fulham can offer European football
Reply to Poshspur:
Is préjà vu when you feel you know that something's going to happen again?
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Came out of a cracker
he played very well in the euros!! bloody bargain and only 32!!
I was pre-ing that i'd never have to read it again.
Ruud is a goal machine. Put it in the box high, low, back, front and he will be create a chance
Put it in the box high, low, back, front and Defoe will be offside, Keane will be angrily berating someone by the corner flag and Bent will be hiding behind the biggest defender, Pav will obviously be too tired to do anything.
I fully approve of signing RVN.
Reply to HarryHotspur:
Preja vu. To forsee old sigings returning.
Keane, Chim, Defoe but still irritatingly not Steed.
Jolsgonemetal in complaint about any form of levity shocker, I'll alert the media
Reply to Poshspur:
ok signings!
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Dont be so sarcastic. With a couple of months rest, pav will obviously come back 'world class' with the touch of messi, the speed of Lennon, the vision of Hoddle and the power of Smith (bobby not alan).
Anyone want a lift?
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Reply to HarryHotspur:
thats wicked because it will be both quicker and safer then to drive and park at the jjb and then get train down to white hart lane. thanks for the heads up H!!!
Trembly and others have made good points about why RVN is good for us. But I cant help feeling that if thats the way forward for us I should be looking to buy a 10 year old BMW 7 Series just can I can afford one now. Costs shitloads to keep going and you gotta pay someone to take em away eventually. Probably better off with a Passat or something.........you fellas get the gist
For sale, vast selection of car stereos and sat navs, one previous owner.
Paul Scharner from Wigan? No thanks. He wears glasses as thick as the bottom of Cola bottles and resembles fellow Austrian Bruno the hairdresser.
Reply to pedrowozwobbed:
Surely we could offer him a 1 year contract, 2 years at most if he insists? Has to be worth the risk at that price, even though injured this year he scored 10 in 12 for Madrid and is still ONLY 32 years old.
Reply to pedrowozwobbed:
Your obsessed with cars?
Reply to jolsgonemental:
If he is a means to an end as someone up top said "get us places to lure in cream players" then yes. We need a ladder to get us out of the groundhog days transfere windows we have experienced over the past few years.
Yes he is only 32 but will he play with passion or for his pension fund I wonder?
A good season or two from the likes of Ruud could help or hinder us, I'm not sure which.
Reply to elfranklins:
surely the criteria for buying players should be 'are they better than what we have' and that alone.
Whats more he carries a threat in the air. which none of our other forwards do.
even bentley might prove to have some worth if there was someone who could actually get onto balls into the box above knee height.
Reply to BruceCastle:
and thats the last i want to hear on the matter
Reply to jolsgonemental:
F'in hell, you know it must be a decent signing if JGM approves it!
Reply to pedrowozwobbed:
we've already got a forward line full of Vectra's, Passat's & one Skoda Octavia! That is the point not really got us very far have they?
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Scharner's not a bad player, he's always a threat in the air, can play numerous positions etc. He is the sort of player David Moyes goes for, big, physical 100%er.
Is he better than we've already got, no. As such going by your rule we should leave well alone.
That said he'd be a decent squad player and help us in the physical department which would perhaps bring more balance to the squad. Would he get anywhere near any of the top 4 squads? No
LINK Argh
Reply to Ginge1:
wasnt that argument for Boateng?
we shouldnt waste time or effort on plebs like this.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I'm not going to put up an argument for Scharner.
What I would say though is we've signed a lot of foreign players with potential (Boateng, Dos Santos, Pav) to name just a few. We then play them a handful of times before deciding they're flops and look to bomb them out. I do think we should be a bit more patient with players, especially young ones coming from leagues where the game is much slower.
Utd bought Evra & Vidic in a Jan transfer window, they both looked like clod-hoppers with less than no idea. Following a full pre season, coupled with the four months from the previous season they were suddenly the best thing since sliced bread (in Utd fans eyes & the media).
hey guys, looks like the pics of the dodgy kit thats knocking about are real!
quote from official sight:
"glory comes in three colours"
Reply to Ginge1:
I totally agree.
Unless a player is unarguably superior to what we have and for some mental reason wants to come(ie RVN/Robben) then lets not even entertain random swapping out of like for like.
If we cant improve on Bentley, Pav, Dos Santos then they stay.
bentley out, Scharner in. whats the fucking point.
Pav out, Jones in. Whats the fucking point.
etc...
expect for keane. he can just plain well fuck off for whatever they are willing to pay for him
Reply to yid:
As long as its mainly white and has the badge on I don't care, I won't be wearing it to go clubbing in! (oh and I'd rather not have stripey socks!)
Reply to yid:
i think they mean three different kits.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I do actually quite like the look of Kenny Jones, very big, very strong, very fast - might not have a great touch or win any subtlety awards but a powerful battering ram of a CF would offer us something we've not had for a while and he's not at the end of his career. I think he'd go well with Defoe. I'd like to give Pav a bit longer but if RVN doesn't happen a swap with Bent wouldn't upset me.
Oh and Ashley Young? Is he that good? By all accounts he is a typical winger, some good games followed by periods when he's invisible. Plus can you imagine a midfield with Ashley, Modric and Lennon in? Be great at defending set pieces or Stokes throw in's!
Reply to Ginge1:
Pav's played more than a handful of games. He's not out and out shit, but there is a slight smell of the brown stuff coming from him. Who knows if he'll be here next season? I can't say I'm that bothered either way.
Dos Santos was unfortunate to be thrown into a team lacking an iota of footballing nous. Injury and a change of manager hasn't helped his cause and I've got a feeling Harry thinks that with Lennon and Modric in the side, it's an oompa loompa too far. Shame, the kid's got class.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Never mind the colour, they think we are going to win something in them
Reply to snagglepuss:
the opening game of the new season would be a good start
LINK’s_little_and_large_.aspx Things are looking up
Maybe they'll have a silver kit, then every Spurs fan can get his hands on some Silver-Wear (sic)
Yeah, I know.....
Reply to snagglepuss:
Inter wear Blue, Real White and Brazil Yellow.
assuming those are the 3 colours.
Maybe thats what they mean by glory?
Reply to jolsgonemental:
tottenham wear navy not blue !
Reply to anto18:
As in navy blue?
Reply to Ginge1:
Ginge. I think the argument you're trying to make with a midfield inc young, blud, and luka is that they're not the most physically aggressive of players. Young is ythe tallest of the 3 at only 5 ft 9 but I don't think height is the issue. Wilson is only 5'10 and Gattusso who people mentioned before is a measly 5'9.5 and are more pitbulls and bulldogs rather than jack russels and terriers?
All 3 are great at tackling back and getting stuck in. And they have the pace to get away and turn it into an attack. I had previously envisaged someone like Gio to be our version of Ash Young but it never happened. Whilst they're not that great in the air, I'd quite happily have the 3 of them plus JD in any starting line up even against the Stokes Assuming we had sufficient aerial strength in other parts of the squad e.g. an RVN (6'2) a Carew (6'4.5) a Pav (6'2) and we've got pretty good headers in Woody, Ledley, Charlie etc providing they position themselves well.
For me it's all about getting the ball down to play. Barca did rather well against manure using this policy, as did the spaniards at the euros. Ash Young is a bit like Azza was last year. He's got to learn a few more tricks to beat the final man. Charlie got the better of him last season, but if he can do a few things that Lennon is now doing, we'll be more than a threat going forwards.
Reply to WhoFramedRuelFox:
arry redknapps navy and white army
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I don't think it'll catch on..
Reply to Gazzasfaketits:
"Dos Santos was infortunate to be thrown into a team lacking an iota of footballing nous"
Pav wasn't? Oh yeah it was the same team!!!!
GDS came from La liga which is a slightly better standard than the Russian league
Pav has played non stop football for about 18 months as he joined as the russian league was finishing, so he has a decent excuse in the fact he was a bit burnt out
They both had injuries during the season.
Oh and I remember a couple of class goals and one delicious 40 yard 'ping' to Lennon's feet from Pav amongst other things. At least enough to deserve a summer off and another chance next year
Don't remember too much from GDS.
Reply to Trembly:
Manure tried to play Barca at their own game, big mistake. Red nose got his tactics wrong (again) only this time he didn't have a 'lucky' last 5 minutes like he did against Bayern after being totally outplayed for 85 minutes.
Reply to anto18:
you've got something stuck to the sole of your foot...............
yoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Navy boy!
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Arry Redknapps 20 Navy Cut and a bottle of Lamb's Navy Rum before breakfast army.
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Shame on you as the new recruit.
Reply to Ginge1:
against us he looked unstoppable (zokora right back)and then we put corluka on him and i don't think he had a touch after that.
a left winger is what we've needed since ginola ffs and if it means modric in the centre - bring it on!!!!
as for PSB, if he doesn't get a grip, stay out of the midfield and make things happen in the final third, he can f**k off too.
2 bits of news just in.
1. RVN is in the bag (not nose-bag btw)
2. Paul Scharner spotted at the training complex
Reply to Ginge1:
One was a bit part teenager for Barca and the other is supposed to be an experienced international (7 years older than Gio) and the finished article.
One made 6 league appearances, the other made 24 ,a handful in your vernacular.
"Oh and I remember a couple of class goals and one delicious 40 yard 'ping' to Lennon's feet from Pav amongst other things"
We really got out £14m worth then.
He might come good 'with a rest', but I'm beginning to doubt it.
Face it, we got the wrong Russian.
Reply to Gazzasfaketits:
Different types of players coming into different types of teams. AA wasn't going to force his way out of Zenit to come to a mid table club, he was to get to Woolwich. I think everyone at Spurs knew AA had the potential to be one of the worlds best, we hoped Pav would be a quality striker, he's shown glimpses. If we'd have signed AA he would probably have been shit, Pav would have gone to Woolwich and been great. I am afraid Spurs are to good footballers what Kryptonite is to Superman!
LINK’s_little_and_large_.aspx Yes please, no need for a taxi I`ll give him a lift. A short ginger sweaty is in talks to take over
Reply to Nick_The_Greek:
i cant see it happening. wouldnt say no however.
what would villa gain by swapping 2 core members of their top 6 finishing side for 2 players who couldnt break into a team that finished below them
Reply to Ginge1:
you really are trying to make the best of a desperately fucked up situation arent you.
god bless you.
Reply to Sid Trotter:
and once again Spurs attempt to straddle that fine line between genius and stupidity.
Since when was it the responsibility of Tottenham to maintain the ying yang balance of the universe.
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Reply to jolsgonemental:
JGM, Why on earth are you introducing logic into the conversation?! Where's the fun in that?!
Seriously, I agree. I would love it. I think Carew and Young would offer a lot, but why would Villa sell and why would the players agree?
Love the silly season!
Reply to jolsgonemental:
my glass is half full!
I do think we under estimate how much easier it is for players to come into a good team. I do also think that we are in a shit bargaining position when we are looking at top players and as such its easier for the goons and the sky 4 to sign this type of player whereas we will always get our pants pulled down.
That is not to say I don't think Comolli in hindsight did a wank job at negotiating most of our deals!
Reply to Nick_The_Greek:
How's about this for a conspiracy theory -
Harry's mate Mandaric is in a spot of bother. "What am I gonna do Harry mate?"
Harry says "If I go to Spurs, I can help you out. I'll get you £5 mill for me. I'll get you some cash, buy some shite back on behalf of Tottenham, tell them I want to do things my way - I'm good mates with Willie McKay so I'll get Chimbonda, hehe. Then I'll get them to pay more money than they sold him for to buy back Mr. Offside, that'll appease those silly fans who sing crap like 'you'll always be a yiddo' every time he plays against them. Might even try and get Robbie Keane.
"Of course I can't do all of this and completely fcuk the team up. I'll have to buy someone decent, but he'll be quite expensive. Wilson Palacios fits the bill here. I'll do my best to undermine the confidence of both Bent and Pavlyuchenko. Turn the fans against them. Try to ruin Bentley too. I'll still get some decent results.
"My biggest trick will be to convince the board, and the fans I can pair up those incompatibles Keane and Defoe, imagine that! It'll escape their notice that no one has been able to do it before. Then, when it's summer, after you've sold Pompey and I've executed Plan A, you tell the fella who buys them I'm the best thing since sliced bread.
"After I have just bought Paul Robinson back, I'll bail out of Tottenham quick smart, get some more lolly and go back to my home on the south coast. Even though I spout garbage in the press about how the money in football is silly nowadays. Triffic! Then... then I'll buy Darren Bent and Heurelho Gomes off 'em at a cut price. I've got away with stuff before, but this will be the best yet."
Reply to MysteriousStranger:
After that i'll catch the next Lancaster bomber and join Elvis on the moon, meanwhile you pick up JFK and Marilyn Monroe from Di Spencer's B&B and meet me there. Nutty as a fruit-cake.
Reply to snagglepuss:
Well....one game anyway!
While you can't argue with RVN's goal record, I seem to recall he is prone to the odd strop. Didn't he get shitty when Fergie left him out of the League Cup final against Wigan? Few months later sold to Real?
That said, it has all the markings of a classic Redknapp signing and he has vast experience of WINNING as well as knowing the Premier League well.
We could do, and have done, worse !
Reply to avisie:
When you look at most of the alternatives, that's hardly going to be a problem; IF he's fit he'll play.
If Spurs are to get a new, rich owner from the Middle-East with as many dollars as there are grains of sand in the desert, then Tarek bin Laden (half-brother of Osama)seems sufficiently loaded.
He's the brains and the partial funder behind a proposed bridge from Yemen across 17 miles of the Red Sea to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
The project will cost approximately $200 billion.
Apart from the challenges of construction, there will be plenty to meet from the US, which sees the natural resources and growing strategic importance of Africa as significant to its national interests.
Here's a little promotional video of the proposed bridge. LINK
If the project shouldn't go ahead, bin Laden might want to invest some of the $10 billion he set aside for it in Spurs instead. No more average players.
Reply to Gazzasfaketits:
I have to agree with there tits!
I just wonder if our wage structure will put the kibosh on a prospective deal.
Really disappointed when Burnley got promoted this year. In part because Spurs are sure to have their first game of the season up there. But mainly because of the town's BNP connections. Not in the Premier League, thanks.
Reply to 9__37:
I disagree with you there lovely Mr 9_37.
I have friends from Burnley who are as gutted as you on the BNP results.
The godawful Brons scum has connections with my home town and also the city I studied in
It doesn't help that the proportional representation system helped them in - the actual number of cotes FELL for the BNP everywhere. The fact people sat on their arses instead of voting, and many had been Labour voters, just let the bastards in.
Some people who vote BNP are racist, some are simply simple-minded, some are just highly delusional. UKIP aren't much better.
The team of Burnley however have a fine history, deserve their chance in the EPL, gave us a good run for our money in the CC and it'll be interesting to see how they cope. C'mon, who'd you rather watch? Burnley or Stoke?
Thank you to Londoners for remaining wonderfully multi-cultural and telling the BNP to stick it up their arses (though they'd think you meant elbows).
cotes?! *votes
Reply to 9__37:
I miss Harpo
Reply to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:
LINK
Reply to 9__37:
The two dangers in a democracy are always apathy and ignorance. Unfortunately as long as there are northerners we will continue to be cursed with both.
I blame violent video games and alcopops.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Don't mess with a Yorkshire lass JGM!
Reply to Danny_Blanchflower:
Love it.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. - Eddie B
Reply to jolsgonemental:
What northerners like Bill Nick?
The reason there is such apathy by the general voting population is you really have a choice between wankers with a blue badge and wankers with a red badge
Abstention is a valid use of a vote in my opinion.
Reply to PLN:
Depends what you mean, PLN. If you fail to register to vote or don't bother to go to the polling booth then you run the risk of falling foul of the adage "Who remains silent appears to consent".
If you want to make a democratic protest then spoil your ballot. This, at least, demonstrates that you're engaging in the process even if you reject the options offered...
Sorry to be vague, but my personal view on Abstention is the same as above, that you should be present when the vote is taken to show that you are abstaining.
So yes, spoiling the ballot paper was the order of the day.
Reply to Ginge1:
Finding a politician who isn't a wanker is akin to finding a football agent that isn't greedy. Forget needle in a haystack, these two examples have set the bar far higher.
Or were you taking about Ar5enal, Manure, the Bindippers and Chelski?
Reply to PLN:
dumping in the ballot box is a bit extreme don't you think?
Mind you the recent results show much the same effect.
I see 'sources' at Real are saying they are undecided as to Ruud's future!
On a brighter note young Danny Rose played well for the U21's
Didn't understand the whole "stick the goalie up front to prevent injuries..." Why not play a fringe player? They may take their chance and show what they can do.
I did the classic Montgomery Brewster.... "None Of The Above"
Reply to Ginge1:
I think Ruud pretty much knows that his days are numbered at Real and is taking matters into his own hands. A lot of articles are stating that he won't be fit until September at the earliest. I know he's been one of the great strikers over the last 8 or 9 years, but should we really be pinning our hopes on a player that hasn't played for yonks who'll miss pre-season, the start of the season and may even not be in working order then. Seems a bit daft to me.
Reply to Gazzasfaketits:
Its either a non fit, injury prone, out of sorts aging striker or Darren Bent.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
The other thing is he's had a bad injury before and come back from it. As such he's not got that many 'miles on the clock' for a 32 year old striker. He also isn't a pace merchant and I keep thinking of Shearer, somebody else who was a finisher who could hold the ball up, not great pace a few bad injuries - he played until he was 35 and was still banging them in at the end (albeit not looking a shadow of his former self in the last year)
Reply to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:
i try to avoid it.
Reply to Ginge1:
if he can get over his injuries I dont give a fuck how old he is. get the ball to him in the box and goals will happen.
he is a short term fix. but thats fine. we change squad every fucking summer anyway.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
It doesn't seem half as daft now, but like PLN - I'll vote none of the above, unless we take a punt on the horse and bring in someone with two working legs as well.
Reply to Nunchucks:
Wasnt he married to Scary Spice?
Reply to Nunchucks:
I think he actually stole this from Plato.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I didn't know Mickey Mouse's dog talked
Reply to Ginge1:
dont be an idiot.
everybody knows plato is the archnemesis of Popeye.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I thought it was that round thing near uranus
Reply to jolsgonemental:
A swift clout to the bonce with rolled up newspaper usually does it.
For those still bleating that we got the wrong Russian, well...at least we don't have to deal with his odious stain of an agent.
LINK
Pro tip of the day, Denny: if you wanted your boy to receive a certain amount of post-tax income, you should've written that into the contract. Otherwise, I have this sneaking suspicion that those noted profligates who sign the paychecks at Woolwich are going to tell you to pound sand. Good luck with that, though.
Reply to Longwell:
Spot on. At what point did what the employee gets charged by the goverenment in tax have anything to do with the employer, in any country? I believe that if you don't like the tax conditions then you move to Switzerland with Lewis Hamilton.