Pav wants to stay and fight for his place.

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Pavlyuchenko calls for extra minutes to prove his worth to Spurs




By Sportsmail Reporter Last updated at 2:35 PM on 26th March 2009

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Roman Pavlyuchenko has urged Harry Redknapp to give him just 10 minutes to prove he can be a big hit at Tottenham.

Pavlyuchenko has failed to hold down a regular place at Spurs but the Russia star insists his absence from the team does not mean his days at White Hart Lane are numbered.

The 27-year-old, speaking to a Russian newspaper, said: 'I realise that even if I'm given just 10 minutes on the pitch, I must score. That is my aim.


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'I feel really good and my form is perfect. I didn't play in the last three games of the Premier League and the reason is that our other forwards are doing well.

'When a player scores and his team wins, no manager will substitute him. It's hard to return to the first team in such a situation.





'I need to work hard in training and catch the smallest of chances to return into the main squad.

'I do not pay attention to those who say my career with the Spurs is over. All players, even the greatest ones, have to sit on the bench at some point.

'But only those who didn't give in to the circumstances got back in the main team.'

A happy family life is one of the main reasons Pavlyuchenko, who arrived in London from Spartak Moscow last summer, is hanging around.

'That is a source of my optimism,' he added. 'I'm going to overcome my temporary football problems.

'I'll work hard and by all means make it back into starting line-up. Tottenham supporters should have no doubts about it.'

Pavlyuchenko is under the guidance of Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink while on international duty with Russia.

Ahead of the World Cup qualifying double-header against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein, the forward admitted he worried about the reaction of the Spurs fans when he spoke to Hiddink ahead of his side's 1-0 win over the Blues.

He added: 'I said hello to Hiddink and had a brief chat with him. I even wished Guus good luck - but then I realised how inappropriate the timing for it was. Thank God the good fortune stayed with my team.'


That is the type of attitude I want from Spurs players. He will come good next season. He already show that he has what it takes to be a successful striker.

 

[Marty]

Nothing wrong with the attitude, hope he stays for next season and gets a real chance to prove himself for us after a full holiday and pre-season.

 

[Kendall]

He already show that he has what it takes to be a successful stroker.[

:rofl:

The press are always digging & trying to unsettle our players. Pavlyuchenko hasn't played for us for what? 2 games? big fucking deal.

 

[lishiyo]

Great attitude. I do think he needs a good rest and will come back next season much better. I wish Hudd would say the same thing

 

[mattyspurs]

That is the perfect attitude for a Top Spurs Player. He is not moaning in the slightest and is desperate to FIGHT his way back into the team. Take note Tom Huddlestone.

I mentioned in the earlier Pav thread that I hope he stays at least another season, and this reinforces my views. Good work fella.

 

[Lapland]

Ok, now I have another reasons why I want this guy to succeed in the Spurs shirt...

 

[tommo84]

Great attitude, but people shouldnt necessarily compare his comments to Hudd's. Hudd has been in and out of the team for 3 years now, so its understandable that he's starting to get frustrated, whereas Pav has been out of the team for only a month or so.

 

[markiespurs]

I think Harry has helped to instill a great attitude into some of the Spurs players, especially Bale and Pav.

 

[Kendall]

Great attitude, but people shouldnt necessarily compare his comments to Hudd's. Hudd has been in and out of the team for 3 years now, so its understandable that he's starting to get frustrated, whereas Pav has been out of the team for only a month or so.

Huddlestone is a 22 year old novice of the game who we gave an opportunity to in the Prem.

Pavlyuchenko is 27, been to the European Championships Semis and been a first choice goalmachine for his previous 2 clubs.

I know who should be more frustrated

 

[tommo84]

At 22, Huddlestone is probably thinking he shouldn't still be such a novice, and thats why he's anxious to be playing more regularly.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's foolish to make such comments in the public, but given his lack of minutes for us lately I wasn't at all surprised when I read them. Also, I'd very much expect that if, in 12 months time, Pav is still starting every game on the bench and not even getting on, then he'll be keen to get away too.

Unless you're regularly winning things and in the CL, then you can't expect players who aren't in the team to want to spend their career with you. The reason why Pav's comments should be applauded is the same reason why Hudd's comments should be understood and not come as a surprise.

 

[defoe18]

Good ol Super Pav

 

[walworthyid]

I really like him! He is a good player and I think given time he will show more than he has already.

Bent is far more likely to move on in the summer. My only concern for Pav is that we will bring in a striker who can hold the ball up as we have 4 predators already and one of them will go and we all know that it won't be Keano or Defoe (and nor should it be) so either Bent or Pav will go and even the one who remains will have to fight to get a decent run in the team.

I'm still fascinated to see what hr will do when Defoe is fit?

 

[Lapland]

'I need to work hard in training and catch the smallest of chances to return into the main squad.

"All players, even the greatest ones, have to sit on the bench at some point.

"But only those who didn't give in to the circumstances got back in the main team.

"I'm going to overcome my temporary football problems.

"I'll work hard and by all means make it back into the starting line-up. Tottenham supporters could have no doubt about that."

Me like...

 

[cabinfever]

Great attitude from Pav, Gunter and Bale in the last week.

Hud, please take note!!

 

[Gilzeanking]

As ever . we're all dazzled by a well constructed PR piece by a player's Press agent ....Good work whoever did it ,its certainly had the desired effect here , we all love Pav suddenly .

In another thread someone mentioned ' That Free kick ' . I think the free kick he means was in the CC final and the poster was saying he couldn't get it out of his mind...I agree with him I can't either and I would speculate that for Harry it may have been the straw that broke the camel's back because Pav was subbed and we haven't seen him since .

To refresh peoples memories . The Spurs team had all come up to the Utd box and Mod was preparing to make a cross from a free kick on the edge of the area to the right . Suddenly up comes Pav who elbows a clearly uncertain Mod away ... I say to my g/f 'he's going to put this into row Z'..

...and the the fool blasts it 30 feet over the bar in a display of spectacular stupidity and total unprofessionalism . He just looked plain Thick to all and sundry . Yes ,you could excuse it as youthful overexcitement , but Pav is 27 , the event just seemed to resonate and reveal the man , we haven't seen him since .

Footballers aren't famed for their intelligence though many are very intelligent of course , but Pav.....?Was I reading recently that he thinks he is doing well now ? Pav worries me...and Harry , it seems , too .

 

[Kendall]

As ever . we're all dazzled by a well constructed PR piece by a player's Press agent ....Good work whoever did it ,its certainly had the desired effect here , we all love Pav suddenly .

In another thread someone mentioned ' That Free kick ' . I think the free kick he means was in the CC final and the poster was saying he couldn't get it out of his mind...I agree with him I can't either and I would speculate that for Harry it may have been the straw that broke the camel's back because Pav was subbed and we haven't seen him since .

To refresh peoples memories . The Spurs team had all come up to the Utd box and Mod was preparing to make a cross from a free kick on the edge of the area to the right . Suddenly up comes Pav who elbows a clearly uncertain Mod away ... I say to my g/f 'he's going to put this into row Z'..

...and the the fool blasts it 30 feet over the bar in a display of spectacular stupidity and total unprofessionalism . He just looked plain Thick to all and sundry . Yes ,you could excuse it as youthful overexcitement , but Pav is 27 , the event just seemed to resonate and reveal the man , we haven't seen him since .

Footballers aren't famed for their intelligence though many are very intelligent of course , but Pav.....?Was I reading recently that he thinks he is doing well now ? Pav worries me...and Harry , it seems , too .

He came on against Sunderland and we went on to draw.

Bent proved in the cup final that he can be a bloody nuisance and he has been working hard to keep his place. That is why we haven't seen much of Pavlyuchenko.

 

[lishiyo]

I don't think his press agent is that great tbf - he's said plenty of silly tongue-in-cheek stuff in the press before, same as Arshavin. So he wanted to take the fk himself in a big game and it wasn't his day - well he's certainly not the first to want to do so and he's known as a more selfish striker back in Russia, but that hardly says anything about the kind of 'man' he is. He practically single-handedly got us to the CC final and had scored in every round and against Man Utd before, perhaps he believed in his own luck with this comp.

The important thing to me is that he keeps his head down in the reserves and keeps plugging away, hopefully after a good rest he'll come back much improved or at least working hard like Bent is now. I don't think he's lazy or unprofessional but I agree with his coach and Hiddink's sentiment that he needs a bit of a slap now and then - he was pretty unfit prior to last year until Hiddink told him he was fat, then lost over 4 kilos in 3 weeks and he did work very hard at the Euros. Bent is doing well right now so it'll be up to Pav to work his way back onto the pitch.

 

[Kendall]

How many free kicks does Ronaldo waste until he actually gets one in?

 

[Gilzeanking]

All of this is true Kendall/ Lishiyo , you're right .

It was just the aching predictability of this free kick made it so resonant for me and another poster .

I would tend to doubt Pav's free kick record against Ronaldo's however . (has Pav got a free kick record ? )

 

[Garm]

He has'nt come on in the last few games because Bent has played well, but also the fact that we've been one or two goals up. If we'd been chasing a goal I think he would've come on in both the Villa and Chelsea game.