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*WARNING* Vainglorious Spurs post *WARNING*
God dammit, I'm not used to this much action in 'transfer season'. Normally Levy just stares at people for the first few months. Loving the Paulinho & Chadli swoops - both look dead promising
Bit annoyed we seem to have missed out on Chiriches, as he looks interesting too. (Purely going by Youtube vids he seems to be very much in the Vertongen mold. So, no idea if he's super-solid at CB, but definitely versatile, with all the pace, tricks & goals and that. I do like an eccentric defender me
). Ultimately not that miffed to see Caulker go - the lad is solid now and will def improve, but come on, where's the Gallas pout or BAE buffoonery? (Plus we have Dawson if we need to apply an earnest forehead to events). I hear AVB is aiming for a reduced squad with more versatile players over the next few years, so that might explain the thinking here.
Soldado just looks like VDV pushed up the pitch to me - a battler with a belting shot, good balance, and the knack of getting into holes, but not high on nuance, hold up or passing. That's the impression I'm getting anyway. Still... if he get into a 20-goals-a-season habit... welcome
As for Bale... most of the signs suggest this is mainly frenzied paper-talk from RM at the mo. The stuff that weighs against them nabbing him seem to be: they still owe us for Modric (apparently), they've got some impressive debts so 90m euros upfront is def beyond them, Bale's done a fair bit of self-branding in the new Spurs kit already, Levy's stated he's def not for sale as with Modders-2011, and by all accounts he hasn't done a Modders-2012 and asked for a move. Think we're safe for the mo, so long as the latter doesn't occur. So here, have a grand-standing picture of the lad himself... (in another country)
Plus this pic just sums silly season up... (replace Villa with whoever you like, we've got a new 50m war chest apparently)
God dammit, I'm not used to this much action in 'transfer season'. Normally Levy just stares at people for the first few months. Loving the Paulinho & Chadli swoops - both look dead promising
Bit annoyed we seem to have missed out on Chiriches, as he looks interesting too. (Purely going by Youtube vids he seems to be very much in the Vertongen mold. So, no idea if he's super-solid at CB, but definitely versatile, with all the pace, tricks & goals and that. I do like an eccentric defender me
). Ultimately not that miffed to see Caulker go - the lad is solid now and will def improve, but come on, where's the Gallas pout or BAE buffoonery? (Plus we have Dawson if we need to apply an earnest forehead to events). I hear AVB is aiming for a reduced squad with more versatile players over the next few years, so that might explain the thinking here.Soldado just looks like VDV pushed up the pitch to me - a battler with a belting shot, good balance, and the knack of getting into holes, but not high on nuance, hold up or passing. That's the impression I'm getting anyway. Still... if he get into a 20-goals-a-season habit... welcome
As for Bale... most of the signs suggest this is mainly frenzied paper-talk from RM at the mo. The stuff that weighs against them nabbing him seem to be: they still owe us for Modric (apparently), they've got some impressive debts so 90m euros upfront is def beyond them, Bale's done a fair bit of self-branding in the new Spurs kit already, Levy's stated he's def not for sale as with Modders-2011, and by all accounts he hasn't done a Modders-2012 and asked for a move. Think we're safe for the mo, so long as the latter doesn't occur. So here, have a grand-standing picture of the lad himself... (in another country
)Plus this pic just sums silly season up... (replace Villa with whoever you like, we've got a new 50m war chest apparently
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Now what I'd really like to see is Andy Carroll knock in 15 this season, with more than a few of them curtesy of Downing's left foot. 
