Spurs so desperate to sign Schneiderlin they were prepared to offer Chadli

[mawspurs]

Tottenham were prepared to use top goalscorer Nacer Chadli as a makeweight in their attempts to land Morgan Schneiderlin in the summer.

Read the full article at Daily Mail

 

[yiddo_4eva]

Erm, yes, maybe so but in the summer who'd have thought the team as a whole would be so poor?

I can't imagine many people would have bet on Chadli being top scorer, Mason being the inform midfielder and the majority of fans crying out for Kane to be the man up top ahead of both Adebayor and Soldado?

 

[penfold_99]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

 

[DCSPUR]

Chadli, Mason, Kane are the real positives so far this season.
Lamela, Dier close to being in that group.
Hugo been his usual good self.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

this post's made me realise we are missing a 'No Shit?!' rating!

 

[Geyzer Soze]

That would ahve been an aweful mistake.

So it must be true.

 

[Lufti]

This makes perfect sense. Can't see anything wrong with this idea/article

 

[penfold_99]

this post's made me realise we are missing a 'No Shit?!' rating!

I do like to point out the bleeding obvious.

 

[stemark44]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

They wanted Townsend but we didn't want to sell one of our better players.

 

[2bearis2do]

I like Chadli - big and strong and seems to pop up in the right places - technically good.
Townsend has such potential - and yet will he ever get there?

If a manager said Andros - "use your speed, stay on the left because you are left footed and spend an hour every day hitting the ball on the run at the byline to get your crosses in" - then he could be brilliant.

Sadly today's (our) managers don't seem to get that we should be playing our players to their strengths. They seem fixated on the idea that every attacking player can play in every attacking position. The outcome? Crowded, narrow football.

"Get some chalk on your boots Andros, hug that touchline. Danny (Rose) …feed Andros, overlap, make the fucking space, Get your crosses in boys - Harry and Roberto will nail them¨

I know - I was brought up on too much fantasy football in comics.

 

[kelloggs]

I like Chadli - big and strong and seems to pop up in the right places - technically good.
Townsend has such potential - and yet will he ever get there?

If a manager said Andros - "use your speed, stay on the left because you are left footed and spend an hour every day hitting the ball on the run at the byline to get your crosses in" - then he could be brilliant.

Sadly today's (our) managers don't seem to get that we should be playing our players to their strengths. They seem fixated on the idea that every attacking player can play in every attacking position. The outcome? Crowded, narrow football.

"Get some chalk on your boots Andros, hug that touchline. Danny (Rose) …feed Andros, overlap, make the fucking space, Get your crosses in boys - Harry and Roberto will nail them¨

I know - I was brought up on too much fantasy football in comics.

I honestly can't comprehend how a professional football manager - and one who played a the highest level internationally, cannot also see what you have summed up in 1 single post.

We are easy to defend against in the main, move the ball slowly in front of teams across a narrow formation and then on the occasion of getting the ball wide only serve to come back in field to the crowded part of the pitch. Static off the ball and no sight of this pressing game that was lauded when we haven't got the ball.

Need I go on...

 

[double0]

We should keep Chadli...they can have Townsend maybe Lennon reckon will end up at Hull.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

I'd rather let Townsend go than anyone else in a Spurs shirt.

 

[parklane1]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

Amen to that.

 

[haxman]

I would rather have Townsend go than Chadli

That ship has probably sailed now, doubt they'll offer as much (if anything) now.