Ghaly return

[thfc_2004]

I think this is the right time to ramos to make some changing in the team before the next game against stoke city he can get ghaly & taarabt another chance in the middle & hutton in defense

rofl

Taarabt in the middle? :rofl: Have you already put a fiver on Stoke to win?

As for Ghaly, well we now have Bentley and Dos Santos to act as cover for Lennon, all 3 of which are far better players than Ghaly will ever be.

 

[AngerManagement]

Reason#1

Things like this help me sleep easy!

Atleast I know the people incharge of my club know excatly what they are doing

 

[striebs]

Of course we are clutching at straws, we are bottom of the league and have hardly won a game since February.
We need something different, at least until January, and we can do no worse now by recalling some of these players and giving them a go

No we don't , not unless we want to get relegated .

We need to have the courage of our convictions and to persist .

Forget about February it's a red herring , the squad had major surgery only 7 games ago and people are just being unrealistic to expect it to hit the ground running .

The management grasping at straws this soon would send completely the wrong message to our young squad .

 

[AngerManagement]

Ghaly's return ends in defeat


Reserves 2, Pompey 3

All the action from Monday night's 3-2 reserve loss against Portsmouth at Leyton Orient.
Cesar Sanchez made his first appearance in goal for the reserves in the Barclays Premier Reserve League South encounter while Adam Smith stepped up from the Under-18s. Ricardo Rocha, Hossam Ghaly and Adel Taarabt all started.
Pompey included Glen Little in their line-up - he started against the first team at Fratton Park just over a week ago - while other familiar faces included keeper Jamie Ashdown, Djimi Traore and Jerome Thomas
THE KEY ACTION...
FULL-TIME: SPURS 2, PORTSMOUTH 3

88.35: Taarabt hit free-kick from 20 yards into the wall.

85.23: Ghaly dragged shot wide.
84.20: CHANCE - SPURS. Golden chance for 3-3. Daniels whipped in low cross from the left, Olsen, free in the six-yard box, only needed to tap in but failed to connect.
83.24: WOODWORK - SPURS. Ghaly and Daniels worked an opening for Taarabt, right channel, smashed shot onto the junction of post and crossbar.
69.12: GOAL - POMPEY. Duffy crossed from the right for Kilbey to head home from eight yards.
Spurs 2, Pompey 3

67.12: Taarabt curled just wide from the edge of the box.

64.19: GOAL - POMPEY. Two magnificent saves from Cesar, both from Kilbey, the first from a downward header, then up again to block the follow up - unfortunately the ball then fell to Nlundulu who drilled home from 10 yards.
Spurs 2, Pompey 2

60.20: CHANCE - SPURS. Quick break, McKenna played ball into Taarabt, he threaded through to Hutton, shot straight at Ashdown.
53.45: YELLOW CARD - POMPEY. Blackman.

46.26: CHANCE - SPURS. Hutton into Taarabt who guided into path of Daniels, through on goal, right channel, blazed wide.

8.01pm: Pompey kick-off the second half.

HALF-TIME: SPURS 2, PORTSMOUTH 1

Added time: SAVE -CESAR. Thomas drive from the edge of the box turned aside by the keeper.

43.01: GOAL - SPURS. Sharp one-two between Taarabt and Ghaly on the edge of the box, opened up for Taarabt to shoot, decent hit clipped off Pack and left Ashdown stranded.
Spurs 2, Pompey 1

39.42: WOODWORK - POMPEY. Nlundulu chased ball over the top, got to it left corner of the box where he unleashed fierce drive that clipped the corner of crossbar and post.

33.40: GOAL - POMPEY. Good free-kick routine. Free-kick in right channel, just over halfway, Pack played it into Little, edge of box, he turned it around the corner to Duffy raiding down the right, first-time cross picked out Kilbey six yards out, free header planted past Cesar.
Spurs 1, Pompey 1

33.12: YELLOWCARD - SPURS. Ghaly.
30.37: GOAL - SPURS. Taarabt rolled a free-kick square for Daniels to hit a low drive from 30 yards thar crept in off the post with Ashdown at full stretch.
Spurs 1, Pompey 0
29.27: WOODWORK - SPURS. Wilson's clearance from Taarabt's cross landed at the feet of Ghaly, 15 yards out, low snapshot cannoned back off the inside of the post with Ashdown rooted to the spot.

27.20: After a quiet spell, Ghaly rose well to meet Hutton's corner but glanced header well wide.
14.30: CHANCE - POMPEY. Thomas floated a free-kick to the far post where Traore was free, couldn't guide header on target.

8.28: Taarabt drive from 20 yards stung Ashdown's hands, keeper took it at second attempt.

5.44: CHANCE - POMPEY. Big chance as Duffy's cross from the right found Nlundulu, six yards out, free header, headed wide.

7.01pm: We kick off as the rain pours down.

THE LINE-UPS
Spurs: Cesar, Smith, Hughton, McKenna (Olsen, 82), Dervite, Rocha, David Hutton (Fraser-Allen, 73), Maghoma, Taarabt, Ghaly, Daniels. Subs: Butler, Berchiche, Mtandari, Fraser-Allen.
Portsmouth: Ashdown, Duffy, Blackman, Wilson, D Traore, Pack, Little, Kilbey, Nlundulu, Martin (Hughes, 63), Thomas (Collins, 90). Subs: Reynolds, Stewart, Hurst.

 

[SpurSince57]

See Coyboy's excellent report on the front page. Also http://www.spursodyssey.com/0809/respo061008.html

 

[jamesc0le]

ghaly spraying balls around, how surprising. shocking stuff..

 

[talkshowhost86]

Someone who was at the game posted this on COYS in his report of the game...

There’s only one place to start, and that is with the player I, and I’m sure everyone else, assumed would never be seen in a Spurs shirt ever again – Hossam Ghaly. To put it succinctly, Ghaly was a class above everyone else on the pitch. His work rate was superb. In the first half, he was everywhere, making himself an option for the pass virtually every time a Spurs player had the ball, threw himself into tackles and made intelligent contributions defensively, and looked by far the player most likely to create chances via an incisive through ball or interplay in advanced areas. For the closing stages of the first half, and the whole of the second, Clive Allen instructed him to play up alongside Taarabt, and he continued to make a good contribution from that position – linking well with Taarabt, for the most part, and playing some decent angled through balls to the right to put in Hutton and Smith on several occasions.

This of course is a player coming back from injury, who hasn’t played first team football for months, and playing in the stiffs for a club who has shunned him since a moment of petulance brought on by idiotic elements in the crowd. For him to come out and show the effort and enthusiasm he did (this also goes into things like trying to instruct and encourage Taarabt and his other team mates) deserves massive respect, in my opinion. His awareness of players around him, and of tactical requirements in any given situation, was far in advance of any other player on the park, as you’d hope from a Premier League player, and make no mistake, that is what Ghaly is. Anyone who suggests he’s “Championship at best”, “a donkey”, “liability” and so forth, is simply wrong.

He should be back in the first team squad. It’s as simple as that. He has several things that we really lack at the moment, not least some balls, aggression and ability to put in a tackle in central midfield, and the confidence and ability to create in the final third.

Ability wise I don't think he could be any worse than our current crop of central midfielders. And if his head is screwed on why shouldn't we give him a chance?

Yes he was a jizflap doing what he did...but if he can help us now is it worth continuing to punish him?

 

[Spursking]

I don't think they have been treated as they should have been. I know that some players are more outgoing and have meanings about things, but I think all shall get a chance to impress. If they are willing to fight for a place, they should get the chance to do that.

No players at the Club should be omitted from the first team squad if they have not done anything special.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

imagine he came back and turned our season around. Imagine if we had to sing his name as he powers home the winner in the final of the waffa...

It'd be like a team coming back from 1 - 4 down to earn a draw on the night of their 125th celebrations.

oh... :|

 

[Rocksuperstar]

I don't think they have been treated as they should have been. I know that some players are more outgoing and have meanings about things, but I think all shall get a chance to impress. If they are willing to fight for a place, they should get the chance to do that.

No players at the Club should be omitted from the first team squad if they have not done anything special.

There's a thread about Appiah somewhere, dude... you not found it yet and imparted your opinions on us getting him on a contract? :shrug:

 

[hybridsoldier]

i always thought he made great runs from midfield and was quite good at winning it back too.

he made massivmistake thought and I wont forgive that easily.

what I will say is that he is a very good player, bit arrogant but I like that about him.

Problm is he is a confidence player, he starting playing poorly when the crowd was getti on the sides back at the end of MJ's era. SO putting him in the current team would have no benefits

 

[guy]

Well its pretty obvious Ghaly would do well in the reserves, as he did well in the first team when given his chances.

I would welcome him back, and hope ramos saw/hears about this performance and considers it, because in our current situation no player should be dismissed.

What pisses me off is Ghaly's stupid shirt incident happened during Jol's tenure, so why has ramos not given him a chance to show what he can do when all players were supposed to get a fresh start?

 

[guy]

i always thought he made great runs from midfield and was quite good at winning it back too.

he made massivmistake thought and I wont forgive that easily.

what I will say is that he is a very good player, bit arrogant but I like that about him.

Problm is he is a confidence player, he starting playing poorly when the crowd was getti on the sides back at the end of MJ's era. SO putting him in the current team would have no benefits

I disagree, he has the arrogance to be teh player we need in bad times aka NOW

In that blackburn game when the crowd were jeering spurs, he was the only player to stand up and try to make something happe. It didnt come off but at least he didnt hide like jenas/keane etc did

 

[talkshowhost86]

Well its pretty obvious Ghaly would do well in the reserves, as he did well in the first team when given his chances.

I would welcome him back, and hope ramos saw/hears about this performance and considers it, because in our current situation no player should be dismissed.

What pisses me off is Ghaly's stupid shirt incident happened during Jol's tenure, so why has ramos not given him a chance to show what he can do when all players were supposed to get a fresh start?

Ghaly said that he didn't want to play for Spurs even under a new manager.

 

[SpurSince57]

Someone who was at the game posted this on COYS in his report of the game...

Ability wise I don't think he could be any worse than our current crop of central midfielders. And if his head is screwed on why shouldn't we give him a chance?

Yes he was a jizflap doing what he did...but if he can help us now is it worth continuing to punish him?

He got a pretty good write-up on SO, too, although Coyboy wasn't quite so impressed.

And, frankly, how does what he did in a moment of madness compare with Berbatov being a total ****?

I disagree, he has the arrogance to be teh player we need in bad times aka NOW

In that blackburn game when the crowd were jeering spurs, he was the only player to stand up and try to make something happe. It didnt come off but at least he didnt hide like jenas/keane etc did

Sorry? Keane came on in his place and turned the game—ironically, with the same kind of ball that Ghaly had tried, and failed, to deliver about four times.

 

[guy]

oops your right, i thought he was on from the start but i was wrong, he scored the equaliser if i remember correctly

But keane/defoe/jenas most of our team now usually hide when the tough gets going