I hope he stays and Chimbonda goes. Not at all surprised PSV (who are better than us right now in case you'd missed it) want him back. He was a Lord there - by the way anyone who was at the PSV home game should have noticed the incredible reception he got when he came out to warm up as a sub. It nearly brought a tear to my eye, looks like their fans appreciate him a lot more than some of our morons do.
He was our most consistent full back in his first two seasons and was an integral part of the best ever Spurs Premiership defence (unlike Chimbonda who has been part of two of our worst), and I honestly believe we would have beaten Seville had he not been injured for the 2nd leg. He had Alves in his pocket in the first game. I was living in Spain and this fact was not lost on the Spanish media. In the 2nd game both goals came down our left and Alves ran riot.
No one has really ever skinned him or embarrassed him (apart from that one Park Ji Sung incident), and he rarely had the benefit of a proper left winger i.e. he was constantly doing 2 people's work. Although he wasn't much cop as a left winger he was and still is a great outlet.
When he had a couple of games in tandem with Bale they looked very very good. Shame it could not continue.
As for the myth that he's not good in the air, I've seen him win more than his fair share of headers (by the way he's the same height as Ashley Cole and Michael Owen at 5'9'' not 4'11''). It was also interesting to note that the host of the popular podcast "Cock on Ball" (who had won a comptetition to go and watch Spurs train) was in awe at just how good Lee was in the air.
His stamina is rivalled only by Jenas. I don't recall anyone ever complaining about his not tracking back - and that's because he does track back - an awful lot. He is disciplined.
He also has a lot of determination and is no slouch. He has been clocked at running the 100m in 11.3 seconds.
I genuinely do not know why Ramos prefers Chimbonda to him. The only area he seems to edge him out is arguably his body strength (unless you count Chimbonda's "strength" of heading over the bar from attacking free kicks and corners at every single opportunity).
All this of course has been done without a single word of complaint, a single tantrum at being substituted, any bad blood with previous clubs, transfer requests in the dressing room, crying like a baby to the media when a potential replacement was bought, gloves, gifting penalties, losing his man every single game etc. etc.
Now to shit in this thread.:evil:
He was our most consistent full back in his first two seasons and was an integral part of the best ever Spurs Premiership defence (unlike Chimbonda who has been part of two of our worst), and I honestly believe we would have beaten Seville had he not been injured for the 2nd leg. He had Alves in his pocket in the first game. I was living in Spain and this fact was not lost on the Spanish media. In the 2nd game both goals came down our left and Alves ran riot.
No one has really ever skinned him or embarrassed him (apart from that one Park Ji Sung incident), and he rarely had the benefit of a proper left winger i.e. he was constantly doing 2 people's work. Although he wasn't much cop as a left winger he was and still is a great outlet.
When he had a couple of games in tandem with Bale they looked very very good. Shame it could not continue.
As for the myth that he's not good in the air, I've seen him win more than his fair share of headers (by the way he's the same height as Ashley Cole and Michael Owen at 5'9'' not 4'11''). It was also interesting to note that the host of the popular podcast "Cock on Ball" (who had won a comptetition to go and watch Spurs train) was in awe at just how good Lee was in the air.
His stamina is rivalled only by Jenas. I don't recall anyone ever complaining about his not tracking back - and that's because he does track back - an awful lot. He is disciplined.
He also has a lot of determination and is no slouch. He has been clocked at running the 100m in 11.3 seconds.
I genuinely do not know why Ramos prefers Chimbonda to him. The only area he seems to edge him out is arguably his body strength (unless you count Chimbonda's "strength" of heading over the bar from attacking free kicks and corners at every single opportunity).
All this of course has been done without a single word of complaint, a single tantrum at being substituted, any bad blood with previous clubs, transfer requests in the dressing room, crying like a baby to the media when a potential replacement was bought, gloves, gifting penalties, losing his man every single game etc. etc.
Now to shit in this thread.:evil:
