ITK TraderSpur on COYS - Kameni (Done Deal)

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How many of us have actually seen him play more than three matches? I'm not sure if this negativity is justified or purely down to jumping on the bandwagon and the slightly racist prejudice of an African keeper never being any good.

Ever since we've been linked with Kameni, I've kept a close eye on him on the telly and I'm telling you that we could be doing alot worse than signing this guy. He's got natural ability, of that there is no doubt.

I'd imagine the youtube video nasties of his mistakes aren't very recent, and even if they are, which keeper doesn't make mistakes? He certainly makes alot less gaffes than Robinson. I've seen Manuel Neuer make a few in this season's CL alone. How many time have you people watched Amelia to be so convinced he'd be better than Kameni?

At 6m Euro, Kameni represents great value for money in that, if nurtured properly, I feel he can even become the next Carrick or Berbatov, the star man that the top teams will covet and give us an immense return on our investment. Like most keepers, he's got a crazy streak in him which I feel has been toned down and he's been a largely reassuring influence on the Espanyol defence.

For me, he'll be a terrific signing as long as we also bring in an experienced pro to start the season and give Kameni time to get used to the language, lifestyle and style of play. Jaaskelainen's a great shout for this role.

But in typical Spurs fashion, we'll sign him, throw him in the deep end behind a rubbish defence, he'll be slaughtered and his Spurs career will be over in two weeks.

I've only seen him play for Espanyol in the UEFA Cup final last season, and he was pretty good. Otherwise it's been the ACN. I thought he did very well (OK, Egypt scored four in their first meeting, but there wasn't a lot he could have done about any of them), especially as the Cameroon defence was pretty hopeless. As I've posted on other threads, though, I thought he was the second-best keeper in the tournament; the best was El-Hadary, a very accomplished all-round keeper. Kameni's shot-stopping is excellent, but he really is Jamo on steroids at times. I have this horrible vision of him charging off the line, clattering King, and putting him out for six months.

I certainly wouldn't be averse, particularly if he can be calmed down a bit, but I definitely agree with you that the whole defence needs to be sorted.