Are Tottenham players good enough to play for Manchester United? Could a Tottenham player get a start for Arsenal? Would Chelsea want to buy a Spurs player? Can Liverpool’s misfits be replaced by those of Tottenham’s?
Let’s find out.
Tottenham and Liverpool
Lennon would easily walking into Liverpool’s starting 11 (Lennon over Pennant – no contest). Robinson is at the same level (more or less) as Reina, so that doesn’t work. King is the only quality defender at Tottenham and he’d be effective in rotation in Liverpool (King, Carragher and Agger).
In midfield (apart from Lennon), I’d rather play Garcia on the left than Malbranque, and Gerrard, Alonso and Sissoko over Jenas and co. Huddlestone is too young and inexperienced to get into a top-four side.
In attack, Berbatov and Robbie Keane are at the same level (if not better) than Crouch and Bellamy and Kuyt, so if I HAD to choose a combined attack force, here’s my pick:
Kuyt and Robbie Keane, with Berba switching with Kuyt and Bellamy switching with Keane.
First Teamers: King, Lennon, Keane
Rotation: Robinson, Jenas, Berbatov, Malbranque
Tottenham and Arsenal
Lehmann is better than Robinson, Eboue over Chimbonda (flair over dogged persistence, in other words), Toure over Dawson, Gallas over King, Clichy at left-back.
Lennon could still get into this side and would give Arsenal a options on both flanks, although he’s not as good with crossing as you’d like him to be. Jenas and Huddlestone don’t stand a chance in Arsenal’s midfield, and the left flank’s taken too.
Up front, only Robbie Keane would get a look in and that too because of his sheer quality ball skills. Berbatov is better than Adebayour but not good enough for a starting spot.
First Teamers: Lennon, Keane
Rotation: Robinson, Chimbonda, King, Berbatov
Tottenham and Chelsea
King over Boulahrouz in defence (rotation, of course), Lennon on the right, Keane up front. Sound familiar?
Chelsea’s squad does not really need strengthening, except for a right-back, another winger and a quality striker. Tottenham can offer 2 out of 3, so that’s not too bad.
Of course, with Cole and Robben fit Chelsea won’t have space for Lennon, but they’re not always fit and poor SWP hasn’t been good enough to be that 3rd multi-purpose winger. Lennon can fill that role quite easily.
First Teamers: Lennon, Keane
Rotation: King, Berbatov
Tottenham and Manchester United
Lennon (especially once Giggsy goes, but even now) will get in, switching with Giggs and Ronaldo on both flanks. Lennon and Ronaldo on both flanks would give Manchester United a fearful amount of pace (combined with Heinze/Evra on the left flank, and Neville’s experience on the right, Manchester United would be formidable). In defence, King gets the honorary rotation over Brown and Silvestre, while Robinson shades it over Kuzczack on experience. Jenas is a better option than Fletcher, and I’d take Robbie Keane over Saha.
First Teamers: Lennon, Keane
Rotation: Robinson, King, Jenas, Berbatov
Conclusion
I just realised that Defoe didn’t even get a look-in – he’s a good player but perhaps not good enough for a starting spot in any of the top four (except Liverpool maybe 🙂 ).
What do you guys think? Anything you’d change?
Who needs Lennon when you’ve got Walcott? He’s young and his consistency will come with more games and age. Who needs Keane (ditto Berbatov) when you’ve got Aliadiere, Baptista, Adebayor, Van Persie and Henry? Who needs King when you’ve got Gallas, Toure, Djourou and Senderos? Who needs Chimbonda when you’ve got Hoyte, Eboue and Gilbert? Who needs Robinson when you’ve got Lehmann, Poom and Akinfeev or Boruc soon to come? No Arsenal fan would trade any of the players mentioned for the losers from the Spuds. Besides, aren’t the players you mentioned supposed to improve the existing teams?
Oh my, where do I start..? First off all, your lovechild Keane shouldn’t even be considered a first teamer for Tottenham. Berbatov is way better, and Defoe is a proven goalscorer, if given playtime. (Which he’s not in Spurs) And what about Mido? Keane wouldn’t command a place in any of the teams mentioned. Not by a long shot. Keane over Saha?? Are you drunk?
Alright, Lennon has awesome potential and would obviously do very well in a team with better players and vision. He would walk directly into the Liverpool first XI, but would have to fight for a place among the three others.
King into Liverpool – OK, maybe.
And that’s it. No other players at Tottenham would get a place in any of the teams first XI. Rotation-wise there’s plenty of options, but that’s a whole other story.
…Keane… tsssk.
Are you Robbie Keane’s boyfriend???? He is our worst player. He is a forward and spends all his time in midfield. Ducks out of every header and tackle. Spends all his time waving his arms about and complaining to the ref or his team mates. Has absolutely no pace and slows down the play everytime he gets the ball. Most importantly he can’t score. He may have a bit of skill but when keane plays we are 10 against 11 and usually lose. He might be good at 5-a-side or beach football. I’d be surprised if any of the top four supporters would want him
u clearly do not have a clue – I do like Robbie Keane but you have him over Berbatov – Saha – Shevshenco – u prob wouldnt swap him for Henry. And then robbo has had a bad few months but he is still miles better than the scummer.
We have star men and keane is not one of those – Lennon , king and berbatov with dawson nearly there.
Hello,
You are worng about the Arsenal – Only Lennon would get a game, as we need an out and out winger. (hopefully Ribery next season! :-))
Keane is in no way better than Van Persie or Adebayor – so no thanks!
Same goes for Berbatov – give me Adebayor or Van Persie over him any day.
So Lennon it is – no one else.
Robinson is the most over rated goalie in the premier league – so i would rather have Almunia and Poom thanks.
Mostly agree. I do think Chimbonda could walk onto Liverpool. I’d also take him for Arsenal (dogged persistence over flair), but that’s pretty subjective. At Man U Neville would be the choice over Chimbonda, but that will change within the next season or two.
Also, I think Zokora would make starting XI for anyone if he played anything close to his potential. As it is he’s rotation for us, so go figure…
You may slag us off, but at least we are an English based team, we are having a bad season, but we will come good. Once Jol has had another season under his belt, and our young players another one too, we will be challenging for champions league next season. We have 7 England internationals, 6 in our starting line up, who else can say that?….. Maybee thats why England are so shit at the moment though!
King would walk into the chav team, way better than boulahrouz, i suppose top 4 clubs dont realise this which is good in a way because their armchairs they cannot see quality, lennon is better than wallcott (why not pick me for england, at least i can kick a ball) chimbonda is better than eboue, most top 4 clubs would want defoe as a rotation, chelsea and united and liverpool have been linked with him, do they want him for the reserves? keane wouldnt get near the first team for any of the clubs, robbo would be rotation in the top 4 squads, and didnt united want berbatov? liverpool dont need him but he is better than crouch, arsenal dont need him and he wouldnt fit in with their style, chelsea could do with him as he is better than shevchenko and they dont have anyone else and lennon is better than SWP but chelsea dont play with wingers. united were also linked with lennon so they would play him and ronaldo on the wings, and king would partner ferdinand at the back
fuck all this rotation shit, the article was who would start for the big four. ledley would walk into any of the four, berbatov would get in liverpool and chelsea (if they wanted two up front). chimbo would get into liverpool, arsenal and chelsea. i also think dawson would have a good shout at getting into the liverpool side. keane on last seasons form but his name shouldn’t be mentioned on his latest performances
King, Lennon, Berbatov and Defoe are the only 4 that would be able to play in the top 4 and do well. Dawson is still maturing.
Keane as a starter! Not a chance! This season he shouldn´t even be playing in the first team at Tottenham! He has been miles away from Defoe´s ability/form. Keane is to blame for a large portion, along with certain other players, of Spurs´s demise this season. We have a lot of talents, but at the end of the day we need to look at replacing Dawson, Lee and Assou-Ekotto (good as a cover until he matures). Dawson has grit, but is not good enough for the first team yet. The defence is all to unsecure in my mind, it shows in Eno´s insecurity. We are punished time and time again for losing the ball in midfield.
From what I understood from your comments is that Finnan and Agger are clearly underrated.
Dont even think of trying to replace finnan with chimbonda.
Even though King maybe AT THE MOMENT better than Agger, we wont even look at Dawson!
Coming to strikers: Defoe and berbi are maybes (then the problem with us right now is too many maybes), Keane NO CHANCE,
Lennon I agree!
From a liverpool perspective.
I would only select Lennon and King(At his best) and robinson as back up!
What’s goin on with putting keane in all of the teams starting lineups, in liverpool no way, manu nah, arsenal nope, and chelsea still no!!!!
No way would I play Lennon over Pennant. Especially of late. Pennant’s been one of the best players in the league since mid-December.
Berbatov would definitely start over Bellamy or Kuyt. Crouch would be European play only. With how disgusted I’m with our strikers at the moment, I’d probably start Defoe too. Keane would be a waterboy.
I like Chimbonda, but he’s not as good as any of our regular defensemen. Ditto for King.
Robinson and Reina on the same level? That’s hysterical. Reina is the best in the league, Robinson has a grand total of 4 clean sheets this season while Pepe’s got 15.
Liverpool best 11:
Reina
Finnan, Carragher, Agger, Riise
Gerrard, Alonso, Sissoko, Kewell (last seasons formation)
Bellamy, Kuyt
Spurs best 11:
Robinson
Chimbonda, King, Dawson, Ekotu
Lennon, Jenas, Huddlestone, Malbranque
Berbatov, Defoe
Looking at this:
Reina over Robinson. Reina keeps an unbelievable amount of clean sheets.
Finnan over Chim. This is a no contest. Finnan is superb. I cant remember the last time he messed up. Defensively he is sound, going forward, his deliverly is excellent.
Riise over Ekotu. I dont think there is even a contest here.
Carragher/Agger, King/Dawson. I think this area is pretty even to be honest. You would never drop Carragher so maybe King to patner him, although Agger and Dawson are both potentially top class defenders.
Midfield. Ok, so many Liverpool fans may not like how I have used Gerrard here, but the truth is, the four Ive picked are the four players that helped us amass our highest total points tally last year. Back to the point though, and I agree with most that only Lennon would feature here (maybe rotating with Kewell on the left and with Sissoko so Gerrard can go in the middle). Liverpools midfield is as strong as any, without question. Xabi and SG would get into any team.
Strikers. Is one area of the Liverpool team where Im not completely comfortable yet. But to be honest, the Spurs strikers wouldnt be the answer. Maybe Berbatov as rotation player. But I wouldnt drop Bellamy or Kuyt for any of the Spurs guys.
I love the way everyone keeps talking Liverpool down, especially the Arsenal fans. Ok you beat us twice recently, but you have been behind us all season and were last season. I remember last season when we knocked Man Utd out of the cup the pundits said that if you were to pick a team to compete with Chelsea, you take liverpools GK, Defense, Midfield and add Man Utds strikers (Rooney and RVN at the time). Ok things have changed a lot with Man Utd since then (credit to them, they have been superb thus far this season), but the point is that Liverpool cannot be far behind Man Utd, Chelsea and at least on a par with Liverpool.
A much more interesting topic would be which of the Arsenal players would play for Liverpool.
Ok ok, so you guys don’t like Robbie Keane 🙂
Tippers – search the archives, I think I have something like that done already.
If not, then you’re welcome to write it and send it in via the contact form (http://soccerlens.com/contact/) and I’ll post it.
look at it like this:
Cech
Richards
Toure
Terry
Cole
Ronaldo
Cesc
Gerrard
Rosicky
Rooney
Henry
Where are the Sp*rs tw*ts?!
Man Utd best 11: Van Der Sar, Vidic, Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Larsson.
Would you start a Spurs player in place of anyone in that team? I wouldn’t.
Mr Jeremy is clearly wearing his Arsenal-red-tinted glasses. Aliadiere over Berbatov? I think all of his future comments should be blocked… Why are so many fans so damn incapable of even the remotest objectivity? And I think that many of you have underrated Chimbonda…he has probably been Tottenham’s best player this season, he was Wigan’s last season, and has been named in a provisional team of the season by both Sky and BBC panels.
ok…deep breath now folks…objectivity was asked for so here it is, from a lifelong yid. GK: Robinson has been mediocre (i’m tryin to be civil ere) all season and on current would only warm the bench of the top 4. We all know he’s capable of more and when in top form he’d start 4 arsenal only by virtue of temprement, on a par wit reina but i’m afrais still behind Cech.
DL: The less said ere the better.
DR: chimbo starts for arsenal on his, aforementioned, consistancy. walks into chelsea’s side. would rotate wit nev wit view as long term replacement. jst can’t see him shiftin finnan though.
DC: King starts wit terry, carragher, toure as appropriate but rotates wit utd. gotta give respect to vidic. (more reliable and NB than ferdinand)
Dawson doesn’t start anywhere but has potential to. rotates @ pool wit agger and wit djourou/senderos at arsenal. ahead of boul’ at chelsea. 3rd choice also at utd.
MR: lennon starts everywhere no arguement.
ML: mal starts nowhere…squad player for all…thus far
MC: jenas, hudds squad players 4 all but no starts i’m afraid. def c hudds as havin potential to start in future but not finished article yet. Less said bout zokora da better.
SC: berba starts everywhere…given whats he’s shown during a supremely poor spurs season would produce so much more wit (unfortunately) superior players and service around him.
Keane and defoe…either starts for chelsea or da pool but afraid rotation (esp for keane til finds last seaons form) wit utd
arguement over
Tippers : I would say 6 or 7 , Gallas, Fabregas, Clichy, Gilberto. Rosicky, Henry Van Persie.
Tom; you can’t be serious!
I’m a United fan, but saying Chimbonda is better than Eboue is madness.
Potter: Where would Gilberto play in the Liverpool team. Not in a million years would anyone in their right mind have him over Alonso. I would definately agree with you on Gallas, Fabregas and Henry though. Would love to have them at Liverpool.
Rosicky has still got to prove it in the Premiership, no doubting his quality (the 1st goal he scored in the FA cup against Liverpool was sublime as was his goal against Wigan at the weekend), but I would personally have an “in-form” Kewell over an “in-form” Rosicky.
Clichy over Riise, not sure to be honest mate. Would be pretty close call. Dont get me wrong I think potentially he will be superb in time, but Riise has been pretty consistent over a period of years and offers a goalscoring attacking threat rare in most fullbacks.
Van Persie over Kuyt, no thanks mate. You dont get Dutch player of the year for nothing. I know we could argue with each other all day on these type of issues. Essentially it comes down to personal choice.
hahahaha
kewell over rosicky, please mate stick to drinking during the weekend and not during office hours
clichy is far better than risse my man, you need to actually start watching football
kuyt is better than van persie…hahahahaha keep the laughs coming you are embarrasing yourself
Let me just take this opportunity to congratulate you Ahmed on the worst post I have ever read on your site. Really this does make me think that although you run this two bit site you clearly don’t have a clue about football or how to endear fans from other teams – because although it is a manure site I am sure that you would like more traffic from other teams supporters. Why don’t you come up with something like you do not condone that portuguese prick fucking diving in our area? How about saying something like anyone found to be simulating fouls in post game analysis will face a three game ban and if a team benefited from that dive then the points would be deducted? No I don’t hear it. In fact the words King is the only decent defender at Tottenham proves just how stupid you really are? I guess Michael Dawson just stands there and lets the ball in? Concedes soft goal after soft goal? CHimbonda? the most highly rated right back in the PL last year – I guess he is shit aswell? Naturally i waited until this post was old because I know that you won’t publish my commnents. If you are going to write something, please make and informed arguement because since I have so much shit on this site – (Only 1 good post once!) I like many will not bother in the future.
Lets start by saying I am mostly a ManU fan. I cannot understand why the what ifs pop up but sometimes you have to say something. Tottenham have a nice young team but they when compared with all the teams aren’t ready yet.
GK – Robinson when compared with Van de Sar, Chech, and Reina runs a distant fourth. It can be disputed which is the best among them since each is brilliant at different parts of the game but definitely Robinson does not even pass muster with any.
RB – Chimbonda, none. He was rated as, one of the best attacking RB in the PL, last year but similarly Eboue was rated as one of the best attacking RB in Europe, so who is better? Both are known for attacking but Neville who was mostly injured has been known for his consistency so this consistency at both attack and defense wins him the slight nod. Finnan has been well balanced.
LB – Assou- Ekotto, none. He is now starting his career and has not put in enough performances to rate comparison with any.
CB – Dawson none, King would get on Liverpool’s team. There can be made a case for him over Rio but I rate both a bit close with Rio’s reading an edge but King’s physical presence an asset.
LM – Malabranque, none
CM – Zokora and Huddlestone, none
RM – Lennon, Arsenal and Liverpool. The ridiculous idea that he could make ManU by shifting Ronaldo to the left ignores the fact that in the first half of the season Giggs, Scholes and Ronaldo were United. Without the Welsh Wizard ManU would be a far lesser team and Lennon’s speed would add nothing to it. Giggs movement, guile and general skill are what Lennon might achieve but now he is a just a talented youngster.
F – The rest none, Bebatov, maybe Arsenal. He is good and better than a few of the partners to the brilliant forwards in each team but he would probably only be able to add to Arsenal. He is too slow and one dimensional to play for United (like van Nistlerooy) and too similar without the skill level to Drogba to play for Chelsea. At the Arsenal he would be their fox in the box and add a little more control and experience in the centre forward channel. However, he is not as talented as their forwards who will in short time catch and pass him. At Liverpool, he wouldn’t be selected over Kuyt.
Each team plays a different system and has different methods of playing. That being so they are populated with players that suit them. The fact that a player is good doesn’t mean that that they suit a team or even a league. That being so unless the player has that degree of adaptability or their skill is easily transfered to different situations then it makes no sense moving them from team to team. King of all players has that skill that all teams want but most have. Lennon has it to a lesser extent but Berbatov needs a system built around him. Of all the teams considered ManU would not suit his style since they need more of a decoy, Defoe might suit but Saha is better in the air. The other teams have as good or better options.
Keane doesn’t even get into Spurs team let alone the rest of the top 4. berbatov and Defoe have much better records than Bellamy and Kuyt. Although Liverpool might solve that. (only proper world class strikers, owen, can score at liverpool!!!) King would walk into the crumble of a chelsea defence at the mo. provided injury free. lennon would walk into any team in my opinion, and i hope utd sign him. the talk from original doc. that Keane over Saha , Keane over adebayor soon the idiot will be sayin keane over bloody Rooney, Henry and Ronaldinho. I’d like 2 see the guys name who wrote that , wouldn’t bet against it being Robbie himself!! up the Tigers – Tiger Ted
I think the only guarantee is lennon.
Bullers
Usually I’d delete comments like these, but I thought it would be fun to point out where you went wrong, and take the opp to admit one of my own mistakes as well.
Why don’t you come up with something like you do not condone that portuguese prick fucking diving in our area? How about saying something like anyone found to be simulating fouls in post game analysis will face a three game ban and if a team benefited from that dive then the points would be deducted? No I don’t hear it.
Clean your ears then. Better yet, read the archives – I’ve gone hoarse harping about post-game video analysis and punishing players retrospectively. And to top it off, I had an inkling that Ronaldo was going to dive the moment he started that run from outside the box. I’d have given him a 1-game ban, with the bans increasing for each additional foul.
In fact the words King is the only decent defender at Tottenham proves just how stupid you really are? I guess Michael Dawson just stands there and lets the ball in? Concedes soft goal after soft goal? CHimbonda? the most highly rated right back in the PL last year – I guess he is shit aswell?
Would King walk into Man Utd? At best, he’d have to target Vidic’s spot and most non-United fans will tell you that Vidic has been United’s best defender this season. He’d have less of a chance at Arsenal if Gallas and Toure play centre-back. Chelsea? Carvalho vs King again, and most non-Chelsea fans will tell you that Carvalho is the better centre-back. Liverpool? Yea, he’d get in there along with Carragher.
But would Dawson? No. Chimbonda? Maybe Chelsea, maybe Arsenal, but only in rotation and not as a sure starter.
So yes – when it comes to the top 4, the only player who stands a decent chance of playing in the defence is King. If you don’t like it, that’s your problem, not mine.
If you are going to write something, please make and informed arguement
And not a blinkered, heavily-biased one like yours? We’re comparing Tottenham to the top-4 sides in the Prem here, it is inevitable that those teams have better players in their squad.
And now to admit a mistake (well, partially). A lot of people have commented against the choice of Robbie Keane here. I suppose you can find a number of arguments to support any point. You guys don’t think Keane is worth a spot anywhere, fair enough. I ‘might’ have gotten that one wrong, but I’d prefer watching Keane again several times this season before giving up on him.
Ditto on that Evra-vs-Heinze thing.
Wayne
You obviously didnt read my last line stating that it comes to personal choice.
I mention that Rosicky needs to prove himself yet. Arsenal fans get infuriated with the amount of times he gives the ball away. Kewell on form is an awesome player and no-one can doubt that. Lets remember that Wenger was one of a number of people after Kewell. He has taken the piss out of Arsenal on a number of occassions.
I quote “clichy is far better than risse (Riise spelt wrong by the way)my man, you need to actually start watching football” is a very mature comment. Riise has been part of the best back four in the country this season and has popped up with more goals than probably most of the Arsenal midfield (minus Gilberto). What can Clichy do that Riise cant? answer….Nothing!!!! Im affraid that is just Arsenal bias on your part.
Van Persie over Kuyt…ok mate, if you say so!!! I think the majority would disagree.
Obviously Wayne, Im embarressing myself with the number of people that have reacted to my post……..oh actually its just you…..Most people probably thing your a little pathetic.
From a United point of view, Robinson, King, Lennon, and Berbatov would play as rotational players however would really struggle to get into the first team easpecially at the moment.
Charlton Fan Here:
GK – Robinson is worse than Cech, Van Der Sar and Lehmann. He is on the same page as Reina as just an average keeper.
King – Think he is superb. Best centre half in England besides Terry and Vidic. Ahead of Ferdinand, Carvalho, Boulahrouz, Gallas, Senderos and ahead of Carragher and Agger by a mile! Would break into a top 4 team comfortably. Great power in the air, relaxed on the ball, quick as any defender.
Dawson – Alot of potential but the only defenders I could see him replace in top 4 are Senderos and Agger. Future looks bright at CB for England though!
Chimbonda – Behind Finnan and Clichy but is on same level as Ashley Cole and Evra. Can go forward and can cross the ball well. Good, hard tackler.
Spurs LB – whether its the Korean guy or the bloke with the long name they are both average full backs. The Korean has quick feet though.
Lennon – Superb. Will be an England legend. Against Chelsea on monday he dissappeared though. Could replace anybody except for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Jenas – Over-rated. Scores but other than that he’s invisible. Hard to see him breaking into any top 4 side.
Huddlestone – Young with lots of potential. Great passer of the ball, he reminds you of Alonso. But like Jenas, couldn’t see him break into a top 4 side.
Zokora – Another over rated player who likes to dive. Has great skill and good distributer of the ball but rolls around like a little girl. No top 4 side for him either
Malbranque – Talented player who could only replace Luis Garcia and maybe Theo Walcott who I think is the most over rated player in football.
Berbatov – Superb striker. Can replace anyone except for Drogba and Rooney. Henry is finished now. Unbelievable skill and a very heads-up player.
Keane – Really hard worker but would find it hard to break it into top 4 side. Is possible though.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see Spurs over take Liverpool in the top 4 spot once Gerrard leaves. Spurs have alot of potential.
As for my beloved Charlton – Were staying Up!!
Clearly a lot of idiots around here! Berbatov on current form would walk into any Prem team! The best strikers in the Prem are Henry, Drogba Shevchenko Owen and Berbatov! Kuyt, Saha, Defoe, Bent, Adebayor are good but they are not a touch on Berbs! Funny thing is of the top 5 mentioned above, Berbs is the youngest and I would not swap him for any of the other 4! At the end of the day, 3 of them are hovering around 30 and have 2 more good season’s left in them and then thats it. Also this is Drogba’s first great season and this is his 3rd! Shev has only managed 12 goals and that is poor for £30m! Henry is beginning to feel the effects of so much superb football, time catches up in the end! As for Lennon again he would walk into any Prem team except maybe Utd because of Ronaldo and Giggs, but with Giggs getting on he’d get plenty of games anyway! At Chelski if Mourinho played 2 winger’s would easily have to get ahead of SWP and same can be said of Joe Cole! There are only 5 wingers who can compete with Lennon in the Prem Ronaldo, Giggs, Duff, Robben and SWP and I’d only take Ronaldo over him at the moment! As for King, only Terry, Ferdinand, Gallas can claim superiority! He is easily more than a match for Carvalho, Toure, Vidic, Carragher etc! As for GK’s I’d only take Cech over Robinson! Lehmann has 1 decent season and is suddenly brilliant when for most of career considered a liability, Van Der Sar is good but not brilliant as is made out and both of these are at the end of their careers anyway! Reina is good like Robinson, but prone to more mistakes! As for Chimbo he is easily one of the best RB’s in the Prem as he has clearly shown over last 2 years! Dawson is coming along brilliantly, Jenas Zok and Hudd coming along fine and Keane and Defoe are also quality! It will not be long before we are in the CL places again and this time to stay!
Come on we all know that either of the top 4 clubs would love to have:
Robinson
King
Lennon
Berbatov
keane
and maybe Defoe!!!
It is without a doubt spurs have the best strikers in the premiership and Arsenal are lacking in the striking area with Henry set to leave, Walcott is dump and Van Persie is injury prone!!!
Man utd and Chelsea are the only teams that wouldn’t need some of these players but we know that all 4 teams would love 2-3 of these players!!!
Get over it, Arsenal are on the way donw…..Love in it!!!
Charlton aren’t staying up LOL!!!!
Berbatov is obviously our best striker,and probably the best in the prem alongside drogba and henry!how u think keane is better than the likes of van persie and saha is beyond me!u have it all wrong, king and berbatov are our best players, n would get in all the top fours teams,ALL OF THEM!n i think u are underestiating zokora as well,hes been really good recently!he wouldnt get in the top four teams but wot about ur ‘rotation’ shit?u could name the whole spurs team in rotation,bar malbranque cos he is FUCKIN USELESS!
POOR SPURS SEASON?FUCK OFF!!!!!! gonna finish 5th, eufa quarters, fa cup semi, carling cup semi!wot more do u want?POOR SPURS SEASON?WOT A JOKE!take ferdinand out of manu, n they aint the same team!take terry out n they aint the same team, take gerrard out n they aint the same team!we had to play practically the whole season without king!our best player with berba,very underrated!it shows we missed him more cos he makes our below average defence look quite good!
Ahmed are you sure!!!
Granted, this post was placed way back in february…….BUT there is NO WAY that you or any other fan of a premiership side can stand up and say that Dimitar Berbatov wouldn’t walk into any English side.
Players are as good as their last season, Berbatov was without doubt the best alround striker in the premiership this season!!!
I’m keen to see if this same post will appear this time next year???! Our squad is already stronger than Liverpools and as strong (more british) than the arse**l, if we keep strengthening unlike the two clubs i just mentioned then we are easily capable of a 3rd spot finish!! END OF!
DAWSON BETTER THEN FERDINAND!!!!!!!!
BBYID – I’d put Berba ahead of Robbie Keane on form, yes 🙂
How funny it is to read down the forum, at the beginning, “Spurs aren’t having a great season”, in the middle “I’d take Keane over Berba” and now “5th place, Berba is the best thing since sliced bread”, it proves the point that Gooners should keep schtum until the season is over and with Henry on his way to Juve what will the one man team do next year? COYS!!!!
I’m an Arsenal fan, Sam we will keep be keeping Schtum about Spurs next season. No point talking about a mid table team when were chasing the title
c`mon do u love robbie keane or what bebatov is better then keane even thoght he has been there for a seaon man utd should buy berbatov it will be a good signing 😀
As a season ticket holder for 7 years and having been to every cup, pre season friendly etc.etc. i practically know this current team insixde out….so for a start keane is no where near the quality of one dimitar berbatov!!!!! your telling me united are willing to pay 39 mil for him and he’s not good enough.. have a laugh mate…also dont you remember one sir alex ferguson sayin he wouldnt pay a penny for robbie keane…yes he’s a good player but despite current form.. shouldnt merit a place in the tottenham team if we are looking to actually win some silverware… (although perhaps he should be played on the left hand side as a resolution to our problem.. dont forget he probably has the best cross in our team not to mention the ability to take on players on that left hand side..remember the brilliance shown against chelski.ie. boulharouz getting friendly witht the white hart lane turf??? )….anotther striker of berbatov’s quality is definately needed if we us spurs are too break the top 4!which shouldnt be too hard as arsenall are going to have a severe lack of goals next season with henry off to barca and well need i say nemore about the other strikers they have.personally i think zokora has come on leaps and bounds since the start of the season and depending on whether he sorts out that shooting of his.. and whether he stays on his feet.. he could be nutured into a quality player..OK he’s not quite ready for the ‘big’ 4, but he’s not far off…. again the same names are popping up ie chimbonda..who musnt we forget only cost a couple grand when wigan got him.. so surrounding transfer speculation i suggest we leave it all to comolli cos these guys obviously know what they’re doing..well most of the time excluding rasiak!…jenas again.. alright player.not good enough. huddlestone.. signs of potential but doesnt really have the age excuse as fabregas again is the same age and the consistency is visibly less..need some work over the summer…..lennon. again i felt he was highly inconsistent this season.. maiinly towards the end..attitude problem holds him back a bit but again he could be nutured into a world class midfielder.i reckon on the vverge of the top 4…dawson.fantastic player..needs to stop the silly long balls that only work every so often.and some of those headers that he manages to get too at every corner need to hit the target.reminds me of cambell too much..and dare i say it.. class player in his prime..again verge of top 4..king ledley could prob manage bench of 4 but i fear he will never regain the class and pace he once had..simply wont be considered in a top 4 team due to his injury proneness.defoe.. 3rd top goal scorer this season and we can see what this lad can do.. when on form…start of the season he was bangin um in with dimitar…only second half keane was been awarded all the rave reviews because he was palyin.. this kid needs more than 10 min in a game… play him 90 min week in week out with the bulgarian god and he could be world class.. note he can bang them in from anywhere with a bit of confidence… !!!!that only really leaves robinson and chimbonda who again have shown signs of class but i fear wudnt quite make the cut at teams like united!…. i hope you have found my opinion valuable.. you may disagree… but hopefully you can see where i am coming from!!!!DIMMMIITARR ISSS GODDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1COYS!
ur all very stupid u dont give spurs the credit they deserve and its because your all scared we’re gona be better than you all it will happen soon enuf
berbatov wuld undoubtedley get in2 ne team in the world,brazil even, name a team who wuldnt have him and il tell you why after i stop laughin. after this season so would keane as a 2nd striker (better than saha, smith, adebuyer, shevchenco, bellamy and all that) and defoe could rotate in any side in the world and everyone wants lennon so dont even bother arguin because u will b talkin bolox
the rest of our midfielf needs some shufflin or zokora and jenas need to improve but still they’d be backup cms for any side malbranque could be 2 hes better than u think
king and dawson are the most under-rated defenders in the premiership and should be englands back up centrebacks along with carrager they’re just as good as him maybe better, either could start for any of the big 4 if they fought 4 their place, easily get in2 chelsea over boularouz or essien?!, agger? who the fuk is he, vidic hes had one good season and hes better than silvestre so fukin wot he’d struggle against them, i forget who arsenals defenders are who cares
chelsea want chimbonda already, arsenal and liverpool would have him if they knew how good he is, and he could get into man u when nevs gone and then theres bale whose gona be world class in a few years when he’d get in2 any team
robinsons alright if hes good enuf 4 england then hes good enuf for them 4
so i make that 7 first team and the rest would make subs easy, zokora or jenas over fletcher, zenden, richardson, gerrmi and just who the fuck are arsenals subs? easy
if salmon kalou can play for chesea then so can keane
y wuld king rotate with boularouz? y? y? y? y? y?
keane and berbatov will terrorise the premiership next season
The people who write this tripe are idiots!
If no Spurs player gets in your favourite team…then why are you writing about them…why not write about…Which Derby player would get in the top 4 teams? That way you can feel good about yourself and your team.
The fact that King and Berbatov are only on your list of rotation players sums up your knowledge of football.
King…rarely goes to ground, NEVER beaten for pace and solid in the air. This boy if he could stay fit would walk into any side at the heart of their defence. Doesn’t need to do last ditch flying tackles as he can read the game, and recover when required. He is hardly ever at fault for the goals Spurs concede….or England for that matter when he plays.
Berbatov, the man puts on a technical master classes when he plays. He is second to none in the Premiership when it comes to technique and his alround game is top drawer, hold up play, control, aerial ability and a turn of pace (Don’t believe me….watch again the semi against Arsenal when he out sprints Gallas down the right wing and then skips round him in the 1st half) and finishing. Anyone saying he wouldn’t get into their side should go back to watching lawn green bowls cos you know little about football!!