Retire Ledley's number?

[chrissivad]

just take the shirt away for the next 5 years (10/15 years) as a show of respect for King.
can u think what it would be like for the person that picked up that shirt next...

 

[Ionman34]

Tu-fuckin-che my dear fello

But remember Omars opinion/sentiment/food preferences are the only ones that count on here u silly boy...

Oh & spurs_bear

I shall endeavour to knuckle the forelock more frequently in future....... Sentimentally of course :0)

 

[OmarsComing]

You better bow down on both knees

Who taught you all about ZeeZee?

Adief, I know you wished you were OC

But on SC you can't touch me

 

[Ionman34]

If they passed a law against rhyme

You'd be locked away for your crime

While trying your best to sound flash

Your effort was actually quite gash

Snoop Dogg got nuffink on me

 

[BringBack_leGin]

So many threads seem to turn into Omar being deliberately obnoxious and other people rising to the bait, myself included here. Why else, on a thread that has nothing to do with either Hod or ZZ, would he bring up a comparison between them totally out of context in the discussion, knowing it to be something which would be taken as controversial. If it was at all relevant in this thread, fair enough, but it isn't and wasn't.

There was an attention seeker of similar proportions in these parts once. He came from Wales, resided in America and hated Luka Modric.

Omar, I dub thee gibbs131mkii

I think rob should tweak the spelling engine of the site so that whenever someone types Omar, it turns into gibbs.

 

[OmarsComing]

Hi BBLG

I know we had that run in about Kane but I thought you would have gotten over it by now.

Anyway, I started posting on GG 4 years ago and when that forum turned for the worse, I gave coys a quick try but I soon realised that I would rather talk to a Chelsea fan than stay on that site so i tried a couple other sites and eventually I found here.

 

[RickyVilla]

Omars a **** and BBLG is a **** (a very pretty one though) There now you can spit vitriol at me now!!!

 

[OmarsComing]

Love it when you talk dirty, big boy

 

[SugarRay]

Leave the number alone. Ledley is a fans favourite. See plenty of kids with 26 and King on the back of their shirts come match day.
Who knows, maybe one of these kids will be good enough to play for Tottenham one day and want to wear their heros number?

 

[Banny]

Not sure why we would retire a number for a player who probably missed more games than he's played.

Massive fan of ledders don't get me wrong and hes one of the best players we've producced but he wasn't THAT good. Like shirt retiring good. Like Bobby Moore good.

 

[RickyVilla]

Not sure why we would retire a number for a player who probably missed more games than he's played.

Massive fan of ledders don't get me wrong and hes one of the best players we've producced but he wasn't THAT good. Like shirt retiring good. Like Bobby Moore good.

Disagree. Bobby Moore was a spammer, Ledders is a Yiddo so Ledders wins hands down every day

 

[OmarsComing]

to all my haters

 

[RickyVilla]

Don't worry Omar I love you like a brother from another mother

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Hi BBLG

I know we had that run in about Kane but I thought you would have gotten over it by now.

Anyway, I started posting on GG 4 years ago and when that forum turned for the worse, I gave coys a quick try but I soon realised that I would rather talk to a Chelsea fan than stay on that site so i tried a couple other sites and eventually I found here.

I'd forgotten about the Kane thing.

Anyway, I reacted badly. Been a shitty few days with the missus so I'm kinda seeing the worst in any and everything right now. Sorry.

 

[Akqayid]

Give it to Vertonghen..,,

'this shirt son is history, it's a legacy, it means fucking everything to the player that wore it for 14 years.... Wear it like you mean it, wear it like your facking life depended on it, wear it like its the only shirt in your wardrobe. It's Ledleys it always will be, and it's only on loan to you.... Prove everything and more to that 36,455 lot out there and it'll become yours. And your only.'

Welcome to the club that Bill built son



----- I should do the fucking team talks

 

[Akqayid]

I'm actually crying at that

If a manager gave me that team talk I'd die for him

 

[RickyVilla]

Give it to Vertonghen..,,

'this shirt son is history, it's a legacy, it means fucking everything to the player that wore it for 14 years.... Wear it like you mean it, wear it like your facking life depended on it, wear it like its the only shirt in your wardrobe. It's Ledleys it always will be, and it's only on loan to you.... Prove everything and more to that 36,455 lot out there and it'll become yours. And your only.'

Welcome to the club that Bill built son



----- I should do the fucking team talks

Hell yeah

 

[Ionman34]

to all my haters

Not sure anyone 'hates' you Omar, I certainly don't.

The rhyming thing was, I felt, a bit of fun and I appreciate the feedback.

We disagreed, we move on, no grudges.


Peace

 

[Ionman34]

Not sure why we would retire a number for a player who probably missed more games than he's played.

Massive fan of ledders don't get me wrong and hes one of the best players we've producced but he wasn't THAT good. Like shirt retiring good. Like Bobby Moore good.

Really?

Little piece from a non Spurs blog;

Ledley King: A Tribute To The Best Centre Back Of A Generation


Whilst John Terry and Rio Ferdinand have been seen as England's defensive rocks over the past ten years, the truth is, a dodgy knee has robbed us of the Rolls Royce defender we've been crying out for.

Whoever Fabio Capello picks for his squad, England are destined to start the opening match of their Euro 2012 campaign without their best central defender. But it won’t be because Rio Ferdinand’s form has fluctuated, or because John Terry has been proven a racist. No. The reason will be a troublesome knee. And that knee will belong to Ledley King, no doubt sat with his feet up watching the drama unfold live on the telebox. Tottenham Hotspur’s captain proved again this week that, when fully fit, he is unrivalled in his reading of the game, his physical prowess and his calmness under pressure.
Anfield used to strike fear into the hearts of visiting defenders and, while it is fair to say it does not represent the nightmare it once did, King’s performance did enough to suggest that even Liverpool in their pomp would have troubled to rouse a sweat from King’s far-from-forrowed brow. Faced with a £35million Andy Carroll, a chomping at the bit Luis Suarez and a tigerish as ever Craig Bellamy, King strolled through the match like a Victorian squire enjoying a Sunday afternoon jaunt on a seaside prom.
Born in the same year as Terry – and having spent time at the same London junior team as the Chelsea misfit – King has managed just 258 appearance in the same time that Terry has clocked up 357. That represents almost two full seasons, cup runs included, that Spurs have been without their main man while Chelsea could happily rely on their defensive rock.
Look at the England stats and it becomes even more depressing. Since his 2002 debut against Italy, King has played just 21 times for the national side. Terry took his bow a year later, but has pulled on the Three Lions a total of 73 times. That works out at almost, but not quite, four caps for every one collected by King.
Deputising for Terry against France in Euro 2004, King showed his international class. Sadly, it was one of the few occasions he could. Injury robbed him of a slot at the 2006 World Cup and when, four years later, he looked set to finally make his mark on a major tournament, King last just 45 minutes of England’s opening World Cup match-up with the USA being limping off with a groin injury.

King strolled through the match like a Victorian squire enjoying a Sunday afternoon jaunt on a seaside prom​

It seems that, after defensive linchpin, limping is King’s default setting. Which is a shame. Not just for Spurs fans, but for everyone who has ever hoped England could once again compete on the world stage.
To stop the likes of Spain, Germany and the South American giants, you need more than Gary Cahill. More than Phil Jagielka. More than just another Premier League plodder, happy to defend the edge of the box and marshall the near post. You need someone with pace, positional sense and an unswerving ability to stay calm under pressure. In short, you need someone exactly like Ledley King could be. Described by Capello as one of the best defenders in the country, King’s career has been tragically short-changed. Like a classic film cut down for cinema, only with no retrospective director’s cut year’s later.
Ledley Brenton King. The best centre back this country has produced since Bobby Moore and a man with less caps than Kieron Dyer, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Mark Wright.

The best since Bobby Moore .............. 'Nuff said.

 

[Banny]

According to some blog after ledders had a good game against Liverpool this year, which I think most centre backs in the country did this year lol.

Still, not for me