Robbie Keane to Newcastle?

jubbly

is this me or you Board@Work ?

Board@Work

I think its you!!!

eirebhoy

jubbly = thejollyrodger. Don't ask me why tjr got a second account, was he banned from the soccer forum?

jubbly

no, thats not me eirebhoy, must be someone else.

talla

eirebhoy wrote:

jubbly = thejollyrodger. Don't ask me why tjr got a second account, was he banned from the soccer forum?

wasnt banned from the soccer forum but appears to have been banned sitewide.

The_B_Man

Guess this is off!!! Wonder whats gonna happen now!! Liverpool sign him maybe?!?!

It'll be a travesty if he stays on as a bench warmer. we need him sharp as possible for Germany!!

jubbly

Well there is only Defoe and Mido left now. So Robbie has a bettre chance than before. Mido had a nightmare against Chelski and I dont think he will have such a good season this year IMHO.

Draupnir

thejollyroger got banned sitewide for sending seansouth abusive private messages, so i reckon if jubbly is tjr, which i believe to be true, baton down the hatches, then maybe DeVore and the Boards SS might need to be informed.

Private message abuse, especially threats, is a fairly serious issue.

Either way, Jol will keep Keane I think, he seems Defoe and Keane as a good partnership for any European games he can get Spurs involved in!

therecklessone

jubbly wrote:

Well there is only Defoe and Mido left now. So Robbie has a bettre chance than before. Mido had a nightmare against Chelski and I dont think he will have such a good season this year IMHO.

Were you watching the same game I was? Until his rather harsh sending off Mido was having a good game. What are you basing your assessment of his season on? Have you seen much of him in action?

therecklessone

Keane reported to be in Liverpool at Everton this morning. Last price I heard quoted was £7.2 million.

Jenas expected to complete an £8 million move today after completing a medical.

If the Keane thing is right we better have a striker signing before the deadline.

evilhomer

Looks more likely that of Robbie goes anywhere it will be Everton.
It's unlikely since Jol hasn't been able to get another striker in.

Big Nelly

evilhomer wrote:

Looks more likely that of Robbie goes anywhere it will be Everton.
It's unlikely since Jol hasn't been able to get another striker in.

What about all the talk of Sidney Govou from Lyon for around 2mil or so! If Keane goes I would say thats who will come in!!

ciaran76

therecklessone wrote:

Keane reported to be in Liverpool at Everton this morning. Last price I heard quoted was £7.2 million.

Jenas expected to complete an £8 million move today after completing a medical.

If the Keane thing is right we better have a striker signing before the deadline.

The last i heard it was around £5 million for Keane.

jubbly

Were you watching the same game I was? Until his rather harsh sending off Mido was having a good game. What are you basing your assessment of his season on? Have you seen much of him in action?

based on his tackle.

I dont think he will have as sucessful year as last season. I think his form will drop a little it being the second season and spurs are looking for another skriker. Maybe he will prove me wrong.

Draupnir

He only played about 8 or 10 games last season didnt he?

whiskeyman

Sure looks like Everton now.
Would be great... linking up with Zinedine Kilbane

Spider_Baby!

Is everton a good move for him? I hear the replacement will be Lucarelli, seein as Spurs have upped the bid, now.

therecklessone

jubbly wrote:

based on his tackle.

I dont think he will have as sucessful year as last season. I think his form will drop a little it being the second season and spurs are looking for another skriker. Maybe he will prove me wrong.

3 goals in 11 appearances last season.

Sounds to me like you a limited knowledge of his impact at Spurs TBH.

Having seen Spurs play in the flesh against Boro at WHL, all of the Pompey and Chelsea matches on the net/TV, plus the appearances I saw from him last season, I can safely say Mido will have a good season at Spurs. His work rate is top drawer, his awareness of his team mates is excellent, and he's comfortable both in the air and with the ball at his feet. What I can say is he has started to develop a good relationship with his strike partner Defoe, and that can only be a good thing.

And basing your rating of his performance against Chelsea on a dubious red card (between the neutrals and the pundits I've seen to date, there's a roughly 50/50 split on that decision) seems a little short-sighted.

jubbly

he never got that red cared resinded so it must have deserved.

I would like to see who Jol brings in. If Mido is still knocking them in after that then he is what he says he is.

therecklessone

jubbly wrote:

he never got that red cared resinded so it must have deserved.

I would like to see who Jol brings in. If Mido is still knocking them in after that then he is what he says he is.

Oh, so you're gonna give him a chance to prove himself now, are you? Not gonna write off his entire season on the basis of one incident in one match?

This is a bit like you writing off Robbie Keane a while back. On this thread.

WhiteWashMan

as much i love robbie keane, i have never seen a top drawer striker unable to go one on one with a keeper.

i dont know how many one on one chances he had last year, but i can tell you he converted bloody none of them!

now that we have the midfield we have always needed, robbies work back there is no longer needed, and any of our strikers can put it in from 6 yards. and of course, defoe can put it in from 30 yards

im looking forward to a good season!

jubbly

Lets see how he gets on this season. IMO, Mido wont be doing the business this season especailly if they get another striker. But by all means correct me if I am wrong in May.

As for robbie, well I shouldnt have said that he was found out but I am a bit fustrated with the player. Robbie is a good player.

WhiteWashMan

i dunno, mido came to us unfit and overweight. he didnt take a holiday this year, instead preferring to train and get fit.

he was on fire in korea.

i just dont know where we are going to put all of these bloody players we have these days. im kinda hoping someone gets injured so that other players can get a game!

although, we could do with losing bunji, brown, mendes, davies (has he ever been fit?) pamerot and keane i think

galwaydude

simon davies doesnt play with spurs anymore, hes at everton

WhiteWashMan

sorry, i meant sean davis

galwaydude

no bother WWM

Spider_Baby!

Hes probably talking about Sean Davis.


I think we should keep Mendes and Brown(from your little list) but we could lose the rest of them, yeah.

WhiteWashMan

galwaydude wrote:

no bother WWM

good.


actually, ive discovered another few we can lose.

i just cant see how we are going to keep players with such a huge squad.

i know we have farmed out around 5 or 6 players on loan deals, and im glad to marney and ziegler and co, but there are some decent players outside of the first 15 who would be regular 1st team players, and i just dont understand how we are going to get the whole squad rotation thing to work.

and while we are at it, where the heck did we suddenly get all of this money from!!!!

im really curious to know where the money has come from. its not like we have been saving money all these years. god knows we have wasted enough money over the past 10 years on crap (ie rebrov adn that twat who went back to porto)

Bateman

With the signing of Jenas, that's 12 midfielders Spurs have in their senior squad. And people talk about Chelsea keeping everyone happy. :eek:

WhiteWashMan

as football365 said, we are honing out famous 1-8-1 formation!

therecklessone

WhiteWashMan wrote:

im really curious to know where the money has come from. its not like we have been saving money all these years. god knows we have wasted enough money over the past 10 years on crap (ie rebrov adn that twat who went back to porto)

Peace Cup = £1.5 million
Chelsea pay off for Frank Iscariot = £8 million (alledgedly)
Simon Davies to Everton = £3.5 million
Freddie Kanoute to Seville = £4.4 million
Atouba to Hamburg = £1.5 million.

Then there's the money in the bank from our share issue a few years ago (largely unspent), £2 million of the Barcodes money for Carr, £3 million form the sale of Postiga.

What people forget is that despite the large number of arrivals at WHL in the last 18 months, we've actually spent very little per player, with a lot of the transfer fees being conditional on appearances/trophies and the like. We've bought Defoe, Reid, Dawson and Jenas for less than Chelsea paid for Essien!

Add in record season ticket sales (the cheapest being £540), full houses for all our home games, and a well run business behind the football side of things, for which Alan Sugar deserves a lot of credit.

On the topic of squad rotation and competition for places...

Midfield is where its at at Spurs. Realistically, there are 6 players in competition for 4 places. Thats 4 from Carrick/Davids/Reid/Routledge/Tainio/Jenas. In addition there's Lennon and Huddlestone who are seen as long-term investments, and Brown/Davis/Mendes are seen as squad members who have all been touted for moves during the transfer window. Reto Ziegler and Dean Marney are out on loan, and Johnie Jackson will be on his way soon.

Up front, well transfer gossip aside its Defoe and Mido, with Keane and El Hamdaoui as back up. And our defence picks itself (injuries permitting): Stalteri, King, Dawson, Lee. Naybet won't get any more than a handful of games this season, Gardner's not good enough, Kelly will see action as either RB or LB cover, Davenport appears to have disappointed to date, and Pamarot is injured.

Missed anyone?

WhiteWashMan

goal keepers