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19 Sep 2013 21:41:40
Take Siggurdson off, what a load of rubbish and thankfully Holtby got taken off. What a shocking performance against crap opposition.
Chill it out. cm. look at the bigger picture .yes. give squad players a chance. jesus. have to jump on everyone who misplaces a pass. everyone will. so leave it out and support our super team.
19 Sep 2013 16:54:24
Vlad Chiriches work permit granted. May start tonights game! COYS
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19 Sep 2013 16:08:47
Am I the only one who is a bit disturbed by our apparent intention to humiliate and alienate Adebayor by making him train with the stiffs.
I believe we had agreed a fee with a Turkish club this summer, and they had met his personal terms, when he pulled the plug on the deal at the last minute. His current treatment seems like punishment for that decision and is intended to force him to go of his own accord.
That seems like constructive dismissal to me and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
It also seems like bad management. We are short of striking options: there is only really Soldado and the increasingly injury-prone Defoe. Even if he has no long term future with us, a reasonably well-motivated Adebayor might yet have something to contribute before he goes.
Fat chance of that now.
KM,
You like me and probably most of us have no idea why he is training with the stiffs as you put it.
I've been led to believe that he is training with them for a number of reasons, 1 being he had no real pre season and spent most of it in his homeland (which is understandable), another being is that he is upset and frustated that THFC won't pay him off to leave and another is that he has told AVB he has no intention of playing again for THFC, do I believe any or all I don't know, but then that is the point no does. He was poor last year and I think he would be better off at pastures new.
And whilst our striking options aren't great in respects to depth, we do have Soldado, Defoe, Kane and several other u-21 strikers, not to mention that Lamela is capable of playing in the centre forward role.
I know Kane isn't fantastic but at least he would try more so than Ade, and as for Defoe, he is moaning about lack of playing time and about Ade so I think his days may be numbered as well.
Anyways, onto tonights game Vs Tromso, with the fixture pile up, IMO AVB will play fringe players and players who have not had lots of game time.
Starting XI IMO
Friedel
Naughton, Kaboul, Vlad, Fryers
Sandro, Dembele
Holtby, Eriksen, Lamela
Defoe.
After last season, Ade is lucky to be playing with the stiffs! If we cancelled his contract, we would soon see the real Ade! As for Defoe moaning, he is only good enough as an impact substitute until he learns to look up before trying to shoot every time he has the ball! One bad habit he has now passed on to Townsend!