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marlbranque was all hustle and bustle, and used to give the ball away cheaply alot from my recollection. modric has adapted to life in the prem now and holding his own,
This thread is a classic!
Destroyer, Gibbs, etc., please go back to the beginning of the thread and revel in your ignorance. Lovely when your own words come back to bite you in the arse! Heh heh...
Oh, and learn something about football.
I did state in my opening post 'that Modric was the sort of luxury we didnt need at the time' - however a lot has changed since then.
replace Modric with Zokora and you'd have been on to something there
Confidence and a lot of 'loving care' changed things around...however Modric was, and always will be, a star at WHL (until THFC sells him for a profit and a healthier bank balance?).
We are playing some of the best football, in years, and Modric has been the chief...then and NOW COYS!
Only with hindsight ;-) lol
Things werent going too well at the time ......
Zokora is the ultimate headless chicken, always has been
I dont know why Zokora gets slagged off so much on here ??
He was'nt that bad, ok he wasnt the best player weve ever bought, & certainly not one of our worst.
great attitude shit footballer sums Zok up for me
If he could shoot he would of been lethal.
If Huddlestone had the pace of Lennon he would be a world class midfielder, everyone would be better if you added something major to their skills.
If Lennon could cross better he would be world class, see the point?
Not that I think Zokora was only missing the scoring touch but you get the point I hope.
I hope most everyone can finally see how good Modric is and how good he was. Sure he might not have the stats of Malbranque(who I also didn't want to get rid of but where would he play anyway? On the right instead of Lennon? On the left instead of Modric? in the center instead of Jenas or Wilson? I just don't see him being anything other than a little bit more talented and experienced than Jamie O'hara so why keep him if we can get money for him?
Anyway, to blame our poor start last season on Modric is just silly, the entire team played like shit and needed a revamping, which is just what Harry did in Jan. and we have looked 100 times better with the changes.
I blamed the bad start on our signing policy of young and flash. Not Modric as a player.
It was the wrong player to buy at the time because we needed Palacios, a Barry or a Carrick etc etc.
I even mentioned Modric would be great in a team like Bolton or Blackburn if he was surrounded by meat heads.
I seem to remember a post about not being able to pass, or tackle then jog on as related to Modric. /quote]
I said IF you can't score, create etc etc you should jog on. At the time, he wasn't creating anything and he was misfiring in front of goal. Also this poor form was months...and months...and months after my initial post that he was not a good signing. Even HE said he was poor and apologized for his form. Do you even remember we were in a relegation battle? That comment was after a particuarly bad game he had, when he went months NOT creating or scoring enough.
What happened? What is that on the horizon...It is PALACIOS!!! He only started looking good when we changed the team in Jan.
And my initial claim, is that he was wrong for Spurs when he signed (over a year ago!). And a worst start in Spurs HISTORY does not help his case in being a good signing.
I also said Modric will now work in a team with Palacios (back in early Feb). And look what happened. This is all without hindsight APART from my jog on comment which was already a reality.
this thread is pointless... we should be talking about the positives? modric is arrys crown jewel like it or lump it
This thread was started over 6 months ago 'Doo-Berry'
yep and was a load of ball licks then :razz:
so what does that make it now