Tactics from the club to make other clubs think we were interested in him... to not get our pants pulled down over other targets perhaps? Or maybe his agent leaking falsehoods to get Utd to up their offer so he and CE got a bigger payday!?
Got done for the third goal too with Toney at the far post. But who in their right mind sets up with Eriksen marking their main aerial threat?
It's as if they signed him without giving any real thought as to where they were going to use him.
When ur CB is 5'7 you don't have many options
That had to be the shortest average height to play a PL match. Martinez (5"9), Fred (5"7), Malacia in the second half (5"8), Elanga (5"9)
Nobody that second half of the season covered themselves in glory outside of the Champions League run.
Amazing isn't it, that a player who gave great service to Spurs and who conducts himself humbly and politely, is treated this way. I didn't want him back here purely because his career is on the wane, but why castigate the man for deciding to go to Utd instead of staying at Brentford, my local team by the way. Perhaps he should have asked Spurs fans for advice on what to do with his life, especially from those who enjoyed hearing some Brentford 'supporters' booing him.
Exactly right. And it’s not like Brentford wanted to help him out of the goodness of their hearts. They were self interested, so is he, so are we. That’s football. He hasn’t behaved in an unacceptable way. He signed a short term contract with Brentford and fulfilled it, end of story.
I'd have happily had him. I think when we're on top he could play in the midfield 2 and his playmaking ability means he could offer something in the final 3 as well.
Yep. We impose morals onto footballers that just don't exist anywhere else in society.
Footballers are an easy target for politicians (who want to gain kudos from the unwashed millions) and for many other people, mainly because those in the top echelons of the game earn huge sums of money. Yet they are just ordinary young men who have been blessed with extraordinary talent and work very hard to achieve their dreams. On the whole they behave remarkably well and are level headed. for such young men and so many of them give of their time and money to help charitable causes. There is the added bonus that they bring immense pleasure to football fans throughout the world and give other youngsters, particularly those living in poverty stricken countries, something to aim for.
