dav3j
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DoublePivot
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This may not be a throw away statement. Thudd has already lost his starting position to Sandro. He'd be behind Parker now, making him 4th choice. He may look to leave under this situation.
Probably not, but don't be surprised if we start to hear noises.
fozzi44
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Why because in the world of 'real football' top quality players arent prepared to sit on the bench, no least those that have england ambitions are are coming into the peak years. Clearly if we are paying decent money for parker he will be likely first choice. Modric is defo going to play. Sandro will be up there too - so where does that leave thudd? Well thats what i would be asking myself if i was him. He was almost leaving a few seasons ago when he wasnt getting a look in. He certainly aint going to hang around if he gets as much game time as Wilson did last season.
This is why io dont see the need to spend big money on parker. What is he worth - 10m odd? Well lets put that towards a striker instead no?
fozzi44
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To be honest i would really only be happy to get parker as a replacement for modric. If we are keeping modric then i dont think we need parker. Quality player and stuff but more than capable to do without. Mind you this is Spurs and 6 months ago we were trying for Adam for some crazy money.
Spurger King
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Squidgy ketchup noises?
I'd be surprised if Hudd got sold. Parker could be good for a couple of seasons, but Hudd is still young, and will hopefully get better as he learns how to make up for his lack of pace through better positioning.
RichSpur58
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if we can swap parker for willy and make some money too its a good move
JUSTINSIGNAL
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Thats the problem though. Parker might only last for a couple of years but do you really think Hudd would be happy to be on the bench for the majority of that time?
Spurger King
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Not really, no. I was thinking about it from a management point of view. Mind you, with Sandro playing so well alongside Modric in the middle, Hudd will have to expect a lot of time on the bench next season, even if we don't sign Parker.
not_tenth-again
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2 cups, the league and europe. THudd is going nowhere especially when you consider Modric's best position may well be in the 3 of a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Bus-Conductor
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I agree, and what's more Parker is not a vast improvement on Jenas either.
I don't mind swapping Parker for Jenas because Jenas is clearly undervalued and as such we might as well have a another decent player who the manager does value and will at least use.
MrP, I like Sandro a lot. But do you not think that actually when boiled down, that he is a slightly more one dimensional player than Palacios. That one dimension he excels in, I know, and I'd have him in my team most weeks too, but try to remember back about 13 months - this is exactly how the vast majority of us felt about Palacios, including Redknapp.
If you think Sandro and Parker is good business, then why do you think Palacios and Parker could not potentially be equally good, imagine having two busy ****'s that can both play a bit as well.
And then we have the Sandro/Palacios pairing for those tougher than tough games when Parker is - as is fairly common - injured or just, as he has been for some of his career - not on top form.
It took him six years to nail himself as regular starter and that was largely due to Jenas's injury and Redknapp not wanting to play Modric in CM. He's already lost that place - and rightly - and he would command a very decent fee I think. He will never be good or quick enough to play regularly in CM in a top side so why keep him.
stemark44
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We are bringing Parker in for his pre-match and half-time motivational speeches as the lads are fed up with Harry's 'Just run around a lot and hoof it up to Crouchie at the earliest opportunity,that'll be just triffic' speech every single game.
fozzi44
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nah u can accomodate those three easy enough, there is enough game time to go around.
Hoddle_Ledge
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He's going to have to get rid of that ridiculous floppy comb over side parting before I sing his name at the Lane.
Mr Pink
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yep pretty much.
Mr Pink
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Parker is a much better player than Jenas, lets have it right here when has Jenas ever come close to winning the Journo's player of the year.
For crying out load BC persepctive please.
I do think Paker and Palacios would also be a good pairing but Sandro isn't the one in the middle of transfer negotiations. That said though I feel Sandro is a better footballer than Palacios and he's younger with more potential. I think he reads the game very well and is understanding positionally for someone as young as he is....is exceptional. He'll be a better player than Palacios, he arguably already is. I understand your arguments for keeping him but he will procure a hefty fee...not to be overlooked if you're Dan Levy.
I like Wilson dont get me wrong and would have Jenas out before him but he will command a decent fee and Levy will see this as an opportunity to recoup most of that 12 million - if not all of it.
Parker is a lot more tenacious than Jenas, and he has a good bit more footballing ability than Palacios...I think all round he'll be a great signing for a couple of seasons anyway.
We need top 4 next season or we are going to lose our best players, its as simple as that. We need players coming in who are going to hit the ground running and Parker fits the bill...his leadership qualities will be big too, we need characters on the pitch, something we always seemed to have lacked.
Harry might have is eye on England and is thinking short term but in reality its what we need, we have to hit top 4 next season and need players in who will have an immedidate impact.
fozzi44
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Yeah because we can guarantee a long run in the cups right nuff:roll:
Mr Pink
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who can ever gurantee anything when it comes to knock out football?
nedley
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This. As long as Parkerisn't bought for some ridiculous fee.
BringBack_leGin
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Jenas is so undervalued that he started both away to Madrid and Inter.
