mawspurs
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Rafael van der Vaart – I shouldn’t have left Tottenham, but AVB wasn't the right coach for me
Source: Four Four Two
Source: Four Four Two
VDV: I shouldn’t have left Spurs
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Everlasting Seconds
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Should have stayed, stuck it out for a few months, and soon enough he would have gotten his chances. Is possible that AVB wasn't right for VDV, but Siggy sure wasn't right for AVB.
Pellshek
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A great talent, but there are reasons why he never stuck anywhere too long and never really made the most of his ability. There's a flakiness to him that you could never pin your hopes on. A harsh assessment maybe, but there's ample evidence to back it up I think.
If this post seems mean, please excuse me, but I've just seen the letters "AVB", and thinking of that **** and his beard and voice and excuses and fucking rally cars always puts me in a rotten fucking mood.
If this post seems mean, please excuse me, but I've just seen the letters "AVB", and thinking of that **** and his beard and voice and excuses and fucking rally cars always puts me in a rotten fucking mood.
Armstrong_11
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One of the few people that loves us as much as We love him.
fuzzylogic
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One of those transfers that you think oh ya beauty!!! Absolutely loved him for us and was gutted when he left.
TottenhamMattSpur
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He always turned up against Arsenal.
WhiteHeartLowe
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Just imagine having him in the side now, playing with Harry.......
dagraham
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That’s one of the things I loved about him and he shows he’s a clever guy when he alludes to it in this interview, saying how he made it a priority to stick it to them as much as possibly once he realised how much we hate them.
Best way to endear yourselves to the fans.
Was truly gutted when he left, found it difficult to just shrug my shoulders like when some other great players left. Unlike Bale or Modric it seemed to come out of the blue as well.
bat-chain
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i think you could see his fitness falling away in the last Redknapp season, I remember some games where it genuinely looked like it was painful to move for him.
AVB may not have been the right coach for him but if he'd stuck it out you have to think we would have made the Championship League. AVB was so much the right coach for Bale we got more points that year than a team containing King, Modric and Rafa the season before.
AVB may not have been the right coach for him but if he'd stuck it out you have to think we would have made the Championship League. AVB was so much the right coach for Bale we got more points that year than a team containing King, Modric and Rafa the season before.
kaz Hirai
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He'd be useless, doubt he could even get through one of our training sessions or you mean him in his prime?
Even then he isn't as good as eriksen and lacks the pace and energy of son or lamela to play slightly wide in our.... sometimes intense system. Think a prime vdv would find himself sitting next to Lucas on the bench under Poch.
Magnificent club progress really
dickieven
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That is a nice read. He seems a really geniune guy and obviously loved his time with us. That season he joined us was when I really started to believe we could become great. We had amazing players and Harry seemed to get the best out of them.
I just cant read anything about VDV without his song going round in my head. I now have an earworm that will be driving me crazy all night!
I just cant read anything about VDV without his song going round in my head. I now have an earworm that will be driving me crazy all night!
charliemouse
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We didn't have him in his prime, he was never quite the same player after the injuries he got in his early 20s.
Without those injuries, I seriously doubt he would have ever played for us.
WhiteHeartLowe
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bigspurs
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It was a bizarre miracle that we signed Klinsmann. These days he would have been a Madrid, Barca, PSG or Bayern player for absolute damn sure! We have a way of getting these great players that defies logic, but who cares!
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