Where do you think he'll play? In a midfield 3, he'd start all day and in a midfield 2 he'd easily be pushing on for a start. It's retarded to think that he'd be nowhere near our starting eleven.
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Where do you think he'll play? In a midfield 3, he'd start all day and in a midfield 2 he'd easily be pushing on for a start. It's retarded to think that he'd be nowhere near our starting eleven.
Wow, there we go then. 8 million is an absolute steal, Scholesy must be jizzing all over the place. Modric and VDV in the same line up?
Great move for spurs, he's going to do really well there. 8 mil is an absolute steal.
Erm...
You said he was world class time and again? You said he an Arteta were on about the same level before he left Madrid...
Apparently, Spurs have missed the deadline to sign him according to the Premier League.
Sneijder is a much better player than van der Vaart, though.
Pretty useful squad at the Lane.
Gomes, Cudicini, Pletikosa
Corluka, Gallas, Dawson, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Walker, Naughton, Hutton
Palacios, Huddlestone, Modric, Jenas, Bale, Van der Vaart, Lennon, Bentley, Kranjcar, Giovani, O'Hara, Sandro, Rose
Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Crouch, Keane
--------------Gomes--------------
Corluka----King----Gallas--A-Ekotto
Lennon--Palacios--Modric----Bale
----------Van der Vaart------------
------------Striker-----------------
Gomes, Cudicini, Pletikosa
Corluka, Gallas, Dawson, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Walker, Naughton, Hutton
Palacios, Huddlestone, Modric, Jenas, Bale, Van der Vaart, Lennon, Bentley, Kranjcar, Giovani, O'Hara, Sandro, Rose
Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Crouch, Keane
--------------Gomes--------------
Corluka----King----Gallas--A-Ekotto
Lennon--Palacios--Modric----Bale
----------Van der Vaart------------
------------Striker-----------------
done deal, according to spurs official site.. great signing for them
My bad.
Don't mind watching Spurs games now to see how they accomodate both VdV and Modric in the same team.
Don't mind watching Spurs games now to see how they accomodate both VdV and Modric in the same team.
Has he ever played in a midfield two for any team? From what I gather whenever his team played a 4 man midfield he was moved out to either wing, usually the left. I'm not sure he has the discipline on or off the ball for such a role.
madness
Presumably the idea will be to play him in a midfield three with two others from Modric, Palacios and Huddlestone, with Bale and Lennon on the flanks.
However, that throws up an interesting problem in that Redknapp likes Defoe, but he isn't effective as a lone striker.
However, that throws up an interesting problem in that Redknapp likes Defoe, but he isn't effective as a lone striker.
Yay !!!!!!!
Levy pulls off yet another cracking surprise/last-minute deal ... well done that man.
Bale, Lennon, GDS.
Modric, VDV.
Palacios, Huddlestone.
Give me a group of 7 from any other club who are better.
Modric, VDV.
Palacios, Huddlestone.
Give me a group of 7 from any other club who are better.
Nani, Valencia, Park.
Scholes, Giggs.
Fletcher, Carrick.
With about thirty up-and-coming stars raring to prove themselves.
Give me that every day of the week, and twice on Sunday, please.
Why am I even bothering with Scholesy?
Who's GDS? And what are they gonna do with Kranjcar and Bentley?
The Spurs midfield looks good on paper, but on the pitch, United and Chelsea will put one over them.
The Spurs midfield looks good on paper, but on the pitch, United and Chelsea will put one over them.
United have much better strikers, Chelsea have Drogba. And also both have stronger defences and goalkeepers than Spurs.
Spurs win the midfield battle. It is a quality balance of everything.
Spurs win the midfield battle. It is a quality balance of everything.
Yeap..I think the Russian fella is actually best suited to play that role but is an inferior player to Defoe and Crouch.
I don't know why people are laughing at Scholsey. It's not that wild a claim. They now have a very very good midfield and 3 or 4 of them would challenge for a spot with us.
he's no more than a decent player, it shall be proved at Spurs
Not a single player in that Spurs midfield would get into ours i reckon when everyone is fit, the first team i mean. Not even Modric. Bale's primarily a left-back so he doesn't count.
He's better than decent Boss. If he can stay fit and Harry plays something other than 442 for a change I think he'll do really well for them.
Of course it counts seeing as he's been tearing the league up at left wing all year.
Modric, Bale and VDV would all be in with a chance of getting into our team.
The bias on here can be mental.
8M is all he cost them. Damn! They only spent 1M more than we did on Bebe and I would who I would rather have.
You forgot Sandro, Brazilian U-21 captain, now called up into their senior squad and fresh from having just helped his old team to win the most prestigious club competition in South American football - the Copa Libertadores.
Great bit of business for 8million....
What the hell is a bian?
Nah it's not biasness at all. For me with the exception of Bale, none of them would get into the quartet of Nani-Fletch-Scholes-Valencia
But as yet is still hugely unproven.
Wasn't Lucas also the U21 captain and get voted young player of the year or summat?
Of course none would walk into the team, but I never said that. I said 3 or 4 would challenge for a starting spot. Which they would.
Phew, some sense in the debate.
Would they play that formation in a game.
They have a strong midfield but put any four of them up against Fletcher Scholes Nani and Valencia and I'm sure you'd have a good argument against
Come on, where are the likes of Huddlestone and Palacios ? Sandro is still an unknown so to put him in that starting line-up is premature
We are having a laugh because of the claim that it is the best midfield in the league. It's not.
There are a couple players in there that might challenge for a spot but, not even one of them is a guaranteed starter over either Chelsea or United's midfield.
Fletcher, Mikel > Palacios
Scholes, Lampard > Modric
Giggs, Nani, Malouda = Bale
Carrick, Essien, > Huddleston
Valencia > Lennon
VDV and Ramires are an unknown in the legaue -
Modric might get a look-in with our current CM but, probably not at Chelsea.
Bale is the only one par with either United or Chelsea's left wing options
The rest of the Spurs midfield are good but, the claim that they are now the best ... only in thatguy's mind
I'm not bothered about you getting VdV he's the same level as Modric or Krancjar, decent player not top class, and I don't know why you need three of them.
Bale and Lennon on the wings, with a back up in Bentley. Then Modric, Palacios and Huddlestone in the middle with Kranjcar as a backup. That is to me very good. However, VDV belongs to that category of players you already have, ie very good players who are still a bit short off worldclass level. You should have spent the money on a worldclass defender cos midfield is the least of your concern surely.