Less is more?

[Krafty]

Losing the most productive strike partnership in the Prem will be bad, but in the end could we end up being in a better place?

We were very reliant on Keane and Berbatov to create and score and contribute to all our attacking play. While they do a fantastic job, did it stop other players from showing their full ability and potential?

Its hard to know if its cause or effect - did we neglect our wing play and midfielders because we kept on playing through the two strikers, or were we forced to play through the strikers because there was no width or creativity from midfield? - but when you look at the goals Bent scored last season they were very much different to the kind of goals Berbatov and Keane scored.

While we wont have that ingenuity up front, will that mean we will be a better all round team? Will we play more consistently because we have a better and clearer plan A?

Would you rather have a top notch front two or a much better team?

In the end, could we be better off for losing two of our top players, if we spend the money wisely?

 

[clouds121]

yeah it could happen rooney left everton and they spent wisely and are doing better.

 

[hodspurs]

yeah it could happen rooney left everton and they spent wisely and are doing better.

this is spurs.....we dont do things like that..:bang:

 

[chivers!]

Signing Dos Santos & Modric, and making a move for Bentley doesn't show neglect, does it?
Berbatov's position has been foreseen for some time, and while Bent hasn't won everyone over yet, that's been partly due to still having Berbatov and Keane to call on.
It's a shame we didn't have Pekhart further on in development, with say, a season on loan under his belt.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

This is the way we have to look at it now, at the end of the day if we were to keep them both would that not somewhat restrict Ramos team selection? In that he may want to change system but would think twice about dropping Keane or Berba due to us rejecting bids for them in this window. I think we now need to focus on being a team, and hope Ramos can get in some team players, not really bothered about "big" names tbh. Going by our signings since January, I have plenty faith in the current regimes judgement