Meerly stating the facts.
Meerly stating the facts.
I must admit that the Comolli bashing winds me up aswell. Everyone goes on about how great Wenger is at signing players blah blah blah, but in Adebayors first season for arsenal he scored 11 goals in 47 appearances....pretty god damn average to me.
KPB is 21 years old, has played about 9 games for us and people are slating him (Surely he deserves more time). Let me remind you that a certain Ronaldo was seriously cr*p when he first joined Utd/As was Tevez when he joined West Ham. Kaboul was chucked in at the deep end and unfortunately he suffered a bit but I think that if we got rid we would eventually regret it.
Fair enough these signings havent worked that great last season but Comolli has also brought in some very very good talent: Berbs/Bale/Hutton/Woodgate/Gunter/Gilberto/Gomes/Dos Santos/Modric. Add that to the youngsters that he has signed: Bostock/Parrett/Mpoku/Rose/Ranieri/Jansson/Olsen...
I for one am happy that we have Comolli at the club, and it does make me laugh when people slate Comolli for a bad signing and then say he has nothing to do with it when its a good signing. For example many people blamed Comolli for Gilberto making the mistake against PSV but then praise Ramos for bringing in Hutton & Woodgate......that makes no sense to me. If you blame Comolli for Gilberto then he deserves high praise for Hutton & Woody!
If Comolli & Ramos work together like they have done so far in bringing mega talented players to Tottenham then I think its about time we got off his back & started supporting the bloke. After all we are all THFC!
Rant Over :razz:
yes but as we all know a bad signing mean you are a comolli signing.a good signing means jol or ramos must have gone over comolli head....Comolli does not go off on his own and make the signings in a vacuum, unbeknownst to Levy, Jol/Ramos, etc. The concept of a "Comolli-signing" is a pure chimera. I think that is a pretty well established fact.
he doesn't look much like Bently and he's half a head taller.
thats about as much constructive comment you'll get out me today. i'm in "one of them moods"
We are delighted to announce that agreement has been reached with Perugia for the signing of Italian youth international Mirko Ranieri.
The 16-year-old goalkeeper has represented Italy at Under-16 level and will now join up with our Academy group of players, coached by Alex Inglethorpe.
"Mirko is 6ft 2" and an excellent shot stopper," said Sporting Director Damien Comolli. "His distribution and decision making is improving all the time.
"He is a highly-intelligent individual and another very good young goalkeeper we have attracted to the Club."
He will shortly be issued with his first shipment of pies and, once he turns 17 and becomes a full professional, we can set about making him poo, as we traditionally do with good keepers.
"I cannot wait to get my hands on him" Said Inglethorpe, "we'll get his gloves coated with Teflon in August, then we can really set about destroying his career".
I must admit that the Comolli bashing winds me up aswell. Everyone goes on about how great Wenger is at signing players blah blah blah, but in Adebayors first season for arsenal he scored 11 goals in 47 appearances....pretty god damn average to me.
KPB is 21 years old, has played about 9 games for us and people are slating him (Surely he deserves more time). Let me remind you that a certain Ronaldo was seriously cr*p when he first joined Utd/As was Tevez when he joined West Ham. Kaboul was chucked in at the deep end and unfortunately he suffered a bit but I think that if we got rid we would eventually regret it.
Fair enough these signings havent worked that great last season but Comolli has also brought in some very very good talent: Berbs/Bale/Hutton/Woodgate/Gunter/Gilberto/Gomes/Dos Santos/Modric. Add that to the youngsters that he has signed: Bostock/Parrett/Mpoku/Rose/Ranieri/Jansson/Olsen...
I for one am happy that we have Comolli at the club, and it does make me laugh when people slate Comolli for a bad signing and then say he has nothing to do with it when its a good signing. For example many people blamed Comolli for Gilberto making the mistake against PSV but then praise Ramos for bringing in Hutton & Woodgate......that makes no sense to me. If you blame Comolli for Gilberto then he deserves high praise for Hutton & Woody!
If Comolli & Ramos work together like they have done so far in bringing mega talented players to Tottenham then I think its about time we got off his back & started supporting the bloke. After all we are all THFC!
Rant Over :razz:
as far as i was aware, it was common knowledge that there was no love lost at all between Martin and DC and, when you're a manager being given players that just do not fit your system, and having your star players sold from under your nose, i don't care what the board said about Martin having to agree to these signings, DC did him no favors at all.Couldnt agree more. I think it just sour grapes from what happened with Jol. People seem to blame DC
as far as i was aware, it was common knowledge that there was no love lost at all between Martin and DC and, when you're a manager being given players that just do not fit your system, and having your star players sold from under your nose, i don't care what the board said about Martin having to agree to these signings, DC did him no favors at all.
Aside from any love i have for the big dutch dude, even as a neutral, you cannot tell me that DC had nothing to do with his demise in the long run.
Aside from any love i have for the big dutch dude, even as a neutral, you cannot tell me that DC had nothing to do with his demise in the long run.