Van der Vaart

2nd Row Donkey

Boom!Boom! Get in there!


Mister Van Der Vaart let me introduce you to my fantasy football team!

Kiith

Excellent. Delighted with this transfer. We can't help but keeping things interesting, can we? :P

Quick question, will he be cup tied for the Champions League? I'm assuming not as Real havent played any matches so far.

therecklessone

Kiith wrote: »

Excellent. Delighted with this transfer. We can't help but keeping things interesting, can we? :P

Quick question, will he be cup tied for the Champions League? I'm assuming not as Real havent played any matches so far.

He's not cup tied.

jonp

Delighted with this sigining. He should give us that extra spark in midfield when Modric is not around and hopefully there is a way of playing the two together. Five man attacking midfield with one up front?

Also take you hat off to VDV's agent for making this happen. He has made it look like the deal of the century for us, but was the Bayern deal ever really on the table? - Anyway who cares. A quality addition to the squad.

Shammy

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

PogMoThoin

Shammy wrote: »

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

Hope she likes London ....................and Milan for holidays

Hatch99

Shammy wrote: »

A little bonus , did you see his wife.:D

Yeah she's not bad. Her on Jamie's Dani ?

tippspur

Great signing for us.DELIGHTED !!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

:D:DSigning of the summer! We're lucky they didn't go to City with him!:D:D:D

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Any one know when he becomes availible on Fantasy? Dont want to have to log in evry day to check! Would presume he'll be about 7 mill??

Manic087

I saw Van Der Vaart playing a few years ago for Ajx (boys few days in Amsterdam and got a game in) and him and Sneijder were unbelievable. Apparently his recent form was down to his wife being unwell and football being second but she's fully recovered and he wants to play proper football again. I really hope we see the best of him (and his missus obviously)!!

Antisocialiser

Dort.

ziedth

I prefer abbey clacy tbh. I'd let her go for gold though

tippspur

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Dort.

Glad to see she's well again:cool:

tipperaryjim

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2010/0906/1224278308755.html

"Van der Vaart snubbed Liverpool"

This guy is a legend already!

kakee

So Van Der Vaart makes his debut for the Spurs. I only saw bits and piecesof the game on the net. From what I saw he seems to be fitting in well with the team and likes to get involved in taking frees, corners etc. Not afraid to have a shot either.

galinka

After 90 minutes i firmly believe he will be one of our best signings since Ardiles.

He made 2 killer passes to lennon and Bale on saturday which should have created 2 goals!

Jayo11780

Dear Mr.Van der Vaart,

Welcome to the Premiership and your new home at White Hart Lane. We quite like Dutchmen at Spurs; well some of them anyway, Edgar Davids and Martin Jol spring to mind. Others we are not so fond of, Denis Bergkamp and Robin Van Persie for a start. There's a link there but I expect Mr. Gallas who has crossed the same divide has already acquainted you with the background to all this .

We quite liked the sound of you from your CV. Most players that are good enough for Ajax, Hamburg, Real Madrid, and the Dutch national squad are usually good enough for us, particularly if they are closer to 25 than 30. More importantly we liked the look of you on yesterday's performance. We noted that you immediately made chums with little Luka and that in the first half hour you made our hearts sing.

Apologies for young Aaron missing the chance which you set up with that cheeky little back heel but he seems to have lost confidence this season. Any more of those little impurtenances and you will be half way to becoming a Spur's legend before Xmas. Perhaps on the training ground you could teach one or two others how to pass like you, Tom and Luka.

What we actually need is scorers and you might be able to help out in that department too. Yesterday was the type of performance you might have to get used to: dazzle for a third of the game, frustrate for a third, disappoint for third, and infuriate for a third. Like this analysis we do not always add up to the sum of our parts.

West Brom under a new young manager are desperately trying to cement their place in the Premiership having suffered from crumbling masonary in the past. I have to warn you that we have trouble beating easily the teams that we should easily beat . Most people predicted that we would win this by a couple of goals, including me. With Tottenham this is usually fatal and so it proved.

The manager Mr. Redknapp is a bit of a card and he will refer to you as a 'triffic signing for sure'. This that means that he likes you. Don't get confused between Sandra and Sandro: the former is his wife who is sometimes used as a stick to beat the boys with. This is not as sexy as it sounds. You may be puzzled by the number of old Tottenham players who are on the coaching staff. Ignore them and remember what you learned at Real Madrid. It will see you in good stead.

Our fans are unusual too. Sometimes referred to as 'fickle' their opinions can swing violently. Take Wilson Palacios who was widely regarded as the new Dave Mackay. ( See the chapter on 'Spurs Heroes ' in the book that accompanies this letter) and who was. at one time, beyond criticism as I found to my cost. Now he has been replaced in our hopes by a young Brazilian boy, the aformentioned Sandro, whom we have never seen and who isn't even in the Champions' League squad. Thought I would work that in because I correctly mentioned this last time and then incorrectly corrected myself.

But Harry and the fans are OK. Harry's English will improve no end in conversation with Luka, Pavlyuchenko and yourself and a lot of what he says are Harry's little jokes with the press and the fans; like saying he would make Gallas captain. A red rag to a bull as they say in Spain as you will know. He's what we call a' wind up merchant' which has nothing to do with clockwork toys or Big Ben.

The fans like skill but almost as much they admire commitment. I think you will score on both points. If you do score that might just make it three points.The hissing in imitation of the gas chambers which you will remember from your days at Ajax will make you feel right at home. The Ajax fans identified with the Jewish population wiped out by the Nazis in Amsterdam and were taunted as Tottenham are from time to time. When you hear the phrase 'Van de Vaart is a Yid' do not pack your bags or complain to your agent, it means that you have been accepted. It's what another of our Spurs heroes called 'getting your retaliation in first' (See enclosed book again)

Our defence is much better when under the surveillance of club captain Ledley King who doesn't play as often as we would like because of 'dodgy' knees, which means his knees swell up after games. Not to confused with 'dodgy' Harry which refers to tax dealings and a court case which is pending, or the Greek philosopher.

Our stand in captain Michael Dawson is out for three months, our one time captain Robbie Keane is out of favour and Big Tom, who you can't help but notice around the place, had the job yesterday. You may find yourself in line for the position quite soon. Incidently don't accept invitations by Mr. Keane for trips overseas for 'celebrations'. Harry doesn't approve of them.

I hope that this will help you to settle in very quickly. You have already put yourself about in the press and on the official site, saying all the right things about 'rejecting Liverpool', coming 'above Arsenal' and so on. But at Spurs we would prefer you to 'let your football do the talking'. It certainly looked quite eloquent yesterday.

Best of luck on Tuesday in the Champions' League where I am sure you will make your mark. Hopefully not in the Van Bommell World Cup sense though.Your new pal Luka, though not as badly injured as first thought, will probably not start in Germany but Harry says that you will get an hour at least probably as second striker to Crouchy, another team mate that you can't really miss. Let's hope it's enough. Synchronise watches men, ´this is the 'Big Time'.

In anticipation of great things to come,

therecklessone

Source please?

PCPhoto

im not a spurs fan (unless they are playing a team like Utd, chelsea, West ham, Arsenal etc etc)

but I had to thank that post - well written and very witty.

tipperaryjim

Great piece!

A source would be brilliant, to share and share alike

Mr. Guappa

This seems to be the source lads:
http://jimmyg2.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-mrvan-de-vaart.html

kakee

Stoke was the type of performance you might have to get used to: dazzle for a third of the game, frustrate for a third, disappoint for a third, and infuriate for a third

Four thirds in the stoke game, I saw to halves and we were crap in them too

Dublin Spur

I know he only lasted 50mins tonight but this Van Der Vaart fella looks the fcuking bollox.

Not only class on the ball with great vision. He also ran his arse off chasing after through balls and opposition players.

Reckon we have a very special player on our hands.

Class act

keane=cock

id agree. he does look something special.

best passage of play tonight was for crouchs header. some volley pass by jenas to van de vaart and his cross was right on the big mans foret(as we say in dublin)

keane=cock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2pQvAjCVQ

not great here as was posted on my facebook!

terrymccarthy05

I agree, should link up well Luka Modic.

kakee

Well played today by Rafa. He deserved his goal for his performance. He showed great heart and desire there today. Reminds me of Edgar Davids in his all action style.

Mullo76

I really think this fella has the potential to be something special with us. His vision, skill but just as importantly workrate has been top class so far.

Question though with VDV, Lennon, Bale, Modric, Hudd how do we accomodate them all or is it poss to play them all together.

I personally think Luka is better in the middle with Hudd, this for me would be the main centre mid parternership to get working. I think we need Hudd for his ability to spread the ball and the fact he covers a lot of ground doing the dirty work..

What about

Lennon Hudd Modric Bale
VDV
Crouch

Is it too attack minded, would it work.would Luka be looking to drift into the same spaces as VDV and would VDV stop Luka exploiting the gaps he did when coming from centre mid at end of last year?? Great problem to have though.

Hatch99

Mullo76 wrote: »

Great problem to have though.

Exactly, I'd rather have them than not. If/When all are fit, it will be interesting to see what HR does. In saying that, there is plenty of games to give them all game time.

Would be nice to go in to the new year with 3 cup competitions to play for, and in a nice steady league position.