I don't understand why we acccepted the bid regardless of the amount. If he had accepted we would have had no chance to replace him. Crazy.
Your post implies that Rose asked to leave. All indications, all summer, have been the opposite: that the club wanted to give him the opportunity to leave if he could find a suitable club, but he preferred to stay.Rose is a fabulous defender, with good attacking instincts. I suspect the issue is that he doesn't really know what he wants in life. I imagine Spurs have decided let him find out for himself (I doubt he can be told) that the Grass is not always Greener. Of course media seeking headlines distort and sensationalise the situation.
I for one hope he has had a look around...and realised he is onto a good thing at Tottenham. The clubs at the very top can only go downwards you cant stay at the summit forever (e.g. Barcelona). Spurs, however, are at the stage in the cycle where they have a chance of scaling the giddy heights - its an exciting prospect.
Rose can and should be part of this. Likeable as they are, Watford would have been a retrograde step for him.
Im wondering what his agent is advising, and whether the advice tends to push Rose into situations where the agent stands to benefit?
it has been said that Rose is looking for a new challenge and no disrespect to Watford but why would he want to go there,
I think he will still be our first choice LB, so I don't see the appeal for him there.
I think you are being a bit in generous. Isn't it a case that Spurs are not offering him a new contract (covered somewhere on this forum)? What do you expect him to do?I imagine Spurs have decided let him find out for himself (I doubt he can be told) that the Grass is not always Greener
Exactly!I don't believe anything of the kind has been said by anyone, except perhaps in forum speculation. My interpretation of the summer's events is that Rose was left behind on the summer tour because the club wanted him to look for a new employer. But he didn't find one and didn't want to leave.
Your post implies that Rose asked to leave. All indications, all summer, have been the opposite: that the club wanted to give him the opportunity to leave if he could find a suitable club, but he preferred to stay.
He's been with us since 2007 and he's still an effective player, so they weren't prepared to push him out. But they would have preferred him to move on.
I agree, there is no way they would want to loose a motivated settled Rose. He is a fabulous player - one of the very best LBs in the premier league. Im really pleased he is still at Spurs and I hope he settles down this season.I just cannot understand why we were prepared to let him go in the first place and suspect there may be more going on. I don't know that but imo its can't be football reasons unless we are stupid.
Rose is one of the best Lbs around imo and we would not find it easy to replace him, by the look of it we weren't even trying, so wtf?
I dont get it.
He scares the crap out of defenders, draws more fouls in dangerous positions than anyone and we know that without decent attacking full backs Pochs teams turn into AVB stodge crab football.
Makes no sense letting him go, especially as Trippier has also gone.
Anyway whatever is going on I for one am absolutely delighted he is still with us.
Transfer window shutWhy are we posting rubbish from Football Insider anyway?
We just signed a left-wing-back yesterday.I just cannot understand why we were prepared to let him go in the first place and suspect there may be more going on. I don't know that but imo its can't be football reasons unless we are stupid.
Rose is one of the best Lbs around imo and we would not find it easy to replace him, by the look of it we weren't even trying, so wtf?
Because it was too low, not because the club shed tears over his potential exit.