Funny or Tragic???

[AngerManagement]

Fulham are forced to sell their top scoring star player to us and they replace him with our ex top scoring star player

Watching Berbatov score to and make one against Arsenal and just his general vision, movement and skill its so obvious he is ten times the player Dempsey could ever dream of being

Still can't stand him for the way he conducted himself to get his move away but for fuck sake if both players were available this transfer window you would have to be a fucking moron not to realise that Berbatov is the better player and would be the bigger asset to your team

I only hope it was Berbatov himself who did not want to come to us for whatever reason because of Levy or AVB (or both) thought it was not in the best interest of our football club to resign him or indeed thought Dempsey would be a better option for us then something is very wrong and I have to question the logic and decision making ability of whoever in our club made such a decision

Berbatov is undoubtedly still a class act and he could have been pulling strings for us right now uptop and we would be a dramatically better team and squad if we had had him instead of Dempsey

First I thought it was ironically funny that Fulham managed to sell Clint and sign berba but the more I think and the more I see Berbatov running the show for them the more tragic I am starting to find it

Like I say I only hope it was Berbatov who wanted to sign for Fulham and perhaps play under Jol again rather than Levy deciding we shouldn't resign him or indeed thinking Dempsey was the better bet

 

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

He is still a quality player but I couldn't see him playing with Adebayor. I guess that's irrelevant at the moment as Adebayor's not really playing either.

 

[AngerManagement]

He is still a quality player but I couldn't see him playing with Adebayor. I guess that's irrelevant at the moment as Adebayor's not really playing either.

I think either of them could play the lead role and either of them the role just deeper and they would make a very effective partnership, Berbatov's vision, movement and skill would make it work I have no doubt

 

[IMISSVDV]

Dempsey really is shit isn't he?!

 

[AngerManagement]

Dempsey really is shit isn't he?!

I don't think he's that bad and I hope he will prove somewhat valuable as a squad member by chipping in with a decent share of goals over the course of the season but let's be honest he's never been and will never be fit to lace Berba's boots and if we indeed had the option to sign either and chose to sign Dempsey and overlook Berba that is just a bad bad decision

Losing VdV and Modric cost us a lot of flair and vision, replacing them with Dembele, Sig and Dempsey didn't really replace much of it. Dembele is looking a great signing but that's not really his game, Sig is raw and young and Dempsey is a work horse.

Berbatov would have gone a long way to replacing some of the creativity and vision we sold

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

There was a thread at th ebeginning of the season as king if we should take Berbatov back. I said "in a heartbeat". My opinion on that matter hasn't changed. I always thought he was the missing piece in our Bale, VdV, Modric puzzle. He doesn't run as much as Adebayor, but he is more skilful and a vastly superior finisher. His game never relied on pace, and due to that I don't think he has lost much of a step over the years.

 

[AngerManagement]

There was a thread at th ebeginning of the season as king if we should take Berbatov back. I said "in a heartbeat". My opinion on that matter hasn't changed. I always thought he was the missing piece in our Bale, VdV, Modric puzzle. He doesn't run as much as Adebayor, but he is more skilful and a vastly superior finisher. His game never relied on pace, and due to that I don't think he has lost much of a step over the years.

Yea, the only reason not to take him back would be resentment for previous conduct.....from a footballing point of view it was a no brainer.

That being said I am sure many a fan would have said no to Berba during the window while we were dreaming of Llorente and Leandro etc but I doubt any and by this I mean I doubt one single Spurs fan would have said sign Dempsey instead of Berbatov

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

Yea, the only reason not to take him back would be resentment for previous conduct.....from a footballing point of view it was a no brainer.

That being said I am sure many a fan would have said no to Berba during the window while we were dreaming of Llorente and Leandro etc but I doubt any and by this I mean I doubt one single Spurs fan would have said sign Dempsey instead of Berbatov

I never really resented him that much for leaving. He was head and shoulders above anyone else in our squad at that time, and time was running out for him to win some big trophies.

 

[radkovic]

Dempsey really is shit isn't he?!

I still refuse to belive that the guy who was regularly scoring almost in 1 in 3 ratio mostly from attacking midfield is completely shit. Maybe the key to his success at Fulham was playing off Zamora, who isn't exactly a perfect footballer, but his hold up play was always very good, so he complimented the Deuce very well. And maybe we could replicate this with Dempsey playing off Ade. And yes, maybe there's a better potential in this partnership than playing him off Defoe, who mostly just shoots on sight and has a bit of a trouble spotting his teammates. You can't do wonders playing with an attacking partner like that...

 

[Bulletspur]

I forgot about the Dempsey angle to be honest, but I did wonder why we ddidnt go for Berbatov. I would have had him back in a heartbeat.

 

[AngerManagement]

I never really resented him that much for leaving. He was head and shoulders above anyone else in our squad at that time, and time was running out for him to win some big trophies.

YEa but I think its valid to resent him for going on strike, refusing to come on and putting no effort in when he did play as part of pushing for that move he needed to win major titles, not to mention he forced us to accept a lower fee from Utd than City by meeting sir alex when he had only been given permission to speak to City

He's a shit no doubt, but to me the club comes first and unless its a truly questionable character like a racist, a murder, padeo or a rapist I'd put the clubs best interest first over my personal opinion of a players personality

 

[Hot-Spur]

I never understood anyone that didn't want us to buy Berba back this summer, yes I know what he did was terrible but sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture. He's still a great player and he would have given us something extra, made goals and scored them.

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I would have welcomed him back. Quality player.

 

[AngerManagement]

I never understood anyone that didn't want us to buy Berba back this summer, yes I know what he did was terrible but sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture. He's still a great player and he would have given us something extra, made goals and scored them.

The only reason I think is that some believed Levy had stock piled money for a new manager because he knew he was replacing Redknapp and that on top of the massive fees raised by selling Modric we would go out and sign a real top quality striker like Llorente

Delusions of grandeur is the only reason to not have wanted Berba back, well that or a major inability to let go of grudges lol

 

[rabbikeane]

Probably easier for Ferguson to allow Berbatov to leave on the cheap to Fulham,
rather than send him to the club that got £31m for him a few years ago.

I do support the angle that Dempsey will be better with Adebayor though,
Defoe does him no justice. He needs someone to feed off - Dempsey is a hard working goal scoring attacking midfielder.
He'll run for the team, he'll be in good positions and he will often score.
Expect him to create for Defoe, or do things on his own, then you're in line for a huge dissapointment.

 

[BK007]

Levy.

 

[marion52]

Lots of fans would have welcomed him back - but Levy? Don't think he would have had him back after the way he left (apart from the big money we got)

 

[jimbo]

He may not have wanted to come back, after the abuse we gave him.

 

[theShiznit]

Even if a lot of fans had not initally welcomed him back, seeing as he is a great player, a few performances like he can and all would have been forgotten.

If ever there was a move to hijack it was that one, not Dempsey to Liverpool.

Better than what we have and makes players around him better.

 

[kaz Hirai]

meh non fussed, he is too similar to Adebayor, and you can't really play them both together. Just needed to sign a better player than fucking Dempsey to replace a world class creative talent we let go to Hamburg. Even a player half as good with similar attributes wouldve been fine, instead we've got a player who doesnt fit at all