Robbie Savage = Cock

[matjcole]

Gareth Bale could be the new Ryan Giggs. But whether he can do it in a Spurs shirt remains to be seen.
A million words have been written and said about the kid's performance against Inter Milan on Tuesday night, and all of them are right. He made two Brazilian legends look like pub players and made Rafa Benitez understand that the priest on the mound of sugar - whatever all that meant - is a Welshman.
Bale's pace was frightening and the accuracy of his crossing, often on the run, was a lesson to Aaron Lennon on the other flank. Yes, it did remind me of the young Giggs.
He has come on leaps and bounds under Harry Redknapp. But in the modern football world where a handful of the very top European clubs dictate terms to the rest, can Gareth resist the temptations to leave White Hart Lane which will surely come his way.​

That's because for all the way Spurs have come under Harry, they are not now and probably will never be a Barcelona, a Real Madrid or even a Manchester United.
Despite their superhuman efforts against the holders, they will not win the Champions League this year or next. They won't win the Premier League either.
Bale could accept all that and stay at a club where he is obviously thriving.
What makes me think he might not is the Wales situation.
We tried our hearts out but we never could get Giggsy, probably the finest left-winger our top flight has ever seen, to a major finals.
That disappointment was tempered for him by being at United. He got to rest himself at the very highest club level, regularly playing in domestic and European finals. He was surrounded by some of the very best footballers in the world.
Harry won't appreciate me saying this, but that isn't the case at Spurs. And that is why I think Bale will end up wanting to test himself alongside and against the elite.
When asked the other day about the prospect of a massive club coming in for him, he didn't say he was staying at White Hart Lane for another five years. He brushed it off by saying he just wanted to concentrate on Spurs without distractions.
That tells me that leaving is in the back of his mind.
Every player has a price and the good news for Tottenham fans and for Harry is that Bale's progress is going to land them a giant windfall. I think Manchester City's David Silva is a great player, but if he is worth £24m then Gareth must be worth £45m right now.
The hot topic at Derby this week is how you would defend against him. If you man-mark him, close enough to touch, he will go to the ball, spin behind you and burn you for pace.
If you give him 10 yards he will knock the ball past you and outrun you.
The only answer is that you put your biggest and fastest player on him and mark him so tightly you are in his shorts. But even that is a risk at the moment.
Gareth deserves all the plaudits he gets and I'm sure he has been reading all the papers this week.
No, not to learn how good he is, but for any news of a Robbie Savage recall for Wales - I'm sure he would love to play alongside me against England!


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I hate him on 606 he is so argumentative and a fucking know it all.

I wish he'd just fuck off.
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[Coyboy]

What a journalist.

 

[Raxscallion]

What a journalist.

I call censor evasion.

 

[AngerManagement]

I don't think it's fair to slate any of Savages comments there.

It's nothing we wouldn't be thinking right now if we were not Spurs fans or we had seen Bale doing the same thing s for another club in a similar position to our own.

It doesn't matter what they think, what matters is what our club does. The manager and the board surely know that if we do want to be in a position of being able to become one of the elite teams in England and Europe we need to keep our best players and add equally talented players to our squad.

At the end of the day we have to match the abilities and ambitions of players like Modric, VDV and Bale or they will rightly want to leave to achieve the most they can in their careers.

Now is the time to build on the platform we have, if we don't that people like Robbie Savage and I dare say 95% of non Spurs fans looking at us currently wil be proved correct.

 

[SoulDog]

cock.

 

[Kendall]

Most people on here are thinking the same thing. We've already had loads of Bale panicky threads.

It was a great performance, but nobody seems to mention Rafael had him in his pocket at OT.

 

[cwhite02]

cock.

Was about to right that very word.

 

[StartingPrice]

I don't think it's fair to slate any of Savages comments there.

It's nothing we wouldn't be thinking right now if we were not Spurs fans or we had seen Bale doing the same thing s for another club in a similar position to our own.

It doesn't matter what they think, what matters is what our club does. The manager and the board surely know that if we do want to be in a position of being able to become one of the elite teams in England and Europe we need to keep our best players and add equally talented players to our squad.

At the end of the day we have to match the abilities and ambitions of players like Modric, VDV and Bale or they will rightly want to leave to achieve the most they can in their careers.

Now is the time to build on the platform we have, if we don't that people like Robbie Savage and I dare say 95% of non Spurs fans looking at us currently wil be proved correct.

I have to totally disagree with you on this.

The fact is, and I am gonna give this history lesson for the thousandth time, we have every bit as much right to aspire to a period of dominance as Liverpool or United had beore they achieved it, and every bit as much history and success (more, I think, in Liverpool's case, our record with United pre-Fergie was basicaly on a par) as they had had before embarking on a period of dominance.

Where does this dictate from above come from (othrthan above:grin that we CAN'T do this and CAN'T do that:shrug: Other than lazy journos who know nothing of the history of football and pessimists:roll: It's like afa (the Gaffer) calling Everton a small club when they are actually (I believe), in terms of winning titles, one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football.

We have everything in place now (ground pending) to be REAL challengers again, with a young an exciting squad filled with quality, on long contracts and happy to remain at the Lane, a fantastic team spirit, a manager who knows how to weld and take advantage of that, a hugely competent and ambitious chairman. What is more we no have a burgeoning reputation that will have players who 6 months ago would have dismissed an approach from us now, I imagine, thinking what Johhny Metgod told Rafa (VDV) - this would be a great club to play for.

C'mon, good buddy, join the programme...The Future is Bright, the Future is LilyWhite

COYS​

 

[Gilzeanking]

Hang on...Bale is playing alongside the elite...VDV , Mods ..for a start .

It is true that now is the time to invest in the team because we are in a
slightly fragile position .

If our Prem form doesn't improve we may , by Feb , be out of CL and looking at Wafer cup qualification at best .

That is the time heads may start to turn . Its important we get a brilliant striker in Jan .

 

[WhiteStripe]

Most people on here are thinking the same thing. We've already had loads of Bale panicky threads.

It was a great performance, but nobody seems to mention Rafael had him in his pocket at OT.

United played him well. It wasn't Just Rafael having him in his pocket, it was the workrate of United and the availability of another player at all times to double up on Bale when he had the ball.

Rafael, and later Wes Brown were also obviously told to concentrate on getting to Bale early, and getting on his left side, forcing him to come inside of release the ball earlier.

Inevitabely, no matter how good a player is, they will have games where their opposing player outwits them and keeps them quiet.

I do think this Bale hysteria is good in some ways, but we do need to keep a sense of reality. Bale is in excellent form, and is/was a relative unknown quantity in terms of his current run of form. I hope (and in fact believe) that he will push on and continue showing this development, but only time will tell.

 

[Coyboy]

SP, do you have a nervous twitch?

Wait, it's Harry!

 

[StartingPrice]

SP, do you have a nervous twitch?

Wait, it's Harry!

Yeah, M8, yeah, triffic...bring yer boots dahn an' oil get you a game...wot, I ain't a wheeler-dealer, oim a fackin' football manager:rofl:

 

[ethanedwards]

I have to totally disagree with you on this.

The fact is, and I am gonna give this history lesson for the thousandth time, we have every bit as much right to aspire to a period of dominance as Liverpool or United had beore they achieved it, and every bit as much history and success (more, I think, in Liverpool's case, our record with United pre-Fergie was basicaly on a par) as they had had before embarking on a period of dominance.

Where does this dictate from above come from (othrthan above:grin that we CAN'T do this and CAN'T do that:shrug: Other than lazy journos who know nothing of the history of football and pessimists:roll: It's like afa (the Gaffer) calling Everton a small club when they are actually (I believe), in terms of winning titles, one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football.


We have everything in place now (ground pending) to be REAL challengers again, with a young an exciting squad filled with quality, on long contracts and happy to remain at the Lane, a fantastic team spirit, a manager who knows how to weld and take advantage of that, a hugely competent and ambitious chairman. What is more we no have a burgeoning reputation that will have players who 6 months ago would have dismissed an approach from us now, I imagine, thinking what Johhny Metgod told Rafa (VDV) - this would be a great club to play for.

C'mon, good buddy, join the programme...The Future is Bright, the Future is LilyWhite

COYS​

Think your history lesson, needs a bit of revision, we are some distance behind Liverpool in that department.
Savage's comments were just typical tabloid tosh.
I agree we are in the best position for decades to cement our position among the elite clubs, but as GilzeanKing said top class striker in January is imperative.

 

[ravo]

It's taken you this long to realise that Robbie Savage is a cock?!? Crikey!

 

[michaelden]

I call censor evasion.

:rofl:

Can't rep you again

 

[Kendall]

Savage is a lad.

 

[StartingPrice]

Think your history lesson, needs a bit of revision, we are some distance behind Liverpool in that department.
Savage's comments were just typical tabloid tosh.
I agree we are in the best position for decades to cement our position among the elite clubs, but as GilzeanKing said top class striker in January is imperative.

No. It doesn't. Try reading it again:shrug:

What I said was 'before they embarked on a period of dominance', not 'in the middle of their period of dominance' or 'at the end of their period of dominance'. Go back, through the record books, and compare our LeagueCup successes with theirs BEFORE the embarked on a period of dominance.

 

[danielneeds]

The fact is until we actually win something of true merit - a title, or European trophy, people not connected with the club will still think this way.

Savage's article is what 95% of the non-spurs footballing world is thinking, doesn't mean they are all arseholes. It is up to Harry, the squad, and Levy to prove them wrong and deliver something this season.

 

[full-frontal-nudity]

The fact is until we actually win something of true merit - a title, or European trophy, people not connected with the club will still think this way.

Savage's article is what 95% of the non-spurs footballing world is thinking, doesn't mean they are all arseholes. It is up to Harry, the squad, and Levy to prove them wrong and deliver something this season.

Given that the season ends in 1 luck may be on our side.

COYS

 

[ethanedwards]

No. It doesn't. Try reading it again:shrug:

What I said was 'before they embarked on a period of dominance', not 'in the middle of their period of dominance' or 'at the end of their period of dominance'. Go back, through the record books, and compare our LeagueCup successes with theirs BEFORE the embarked on a period of dominance.

Rebuke duly accepted:bowdown: