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We should sign Taiwo in January

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If you try to look back at the players we bought before - with no director in charge of transfers - like Arnesen and Comolli.

We did so many bad buys in the past, and did not think about the future of the Club. We only bought mostly overpriced players with no special attributes. We did sign players like Austin, Perry, Thatcher, Richards, Ferdinand, Sherwood, etc... All players was overpriced.

Were you happy with those signings? Did you think that those players would make us a top 4 side?

Think about that for a while.....

What is wrong with suggestions like Romaric, Taiwo, Makoun, Cheikh, Mensah, etc......

Compared to the players mentioned that we actually have signed in the past, those players that I recommend are far better deals.

Just think about it. It is a point.

when we signed those players we were in a completely different position than we are now, to compare the 2 periods is basically looking a musicians back catalogue the stuff they wrote when they were 5 was obviously worse than the stuff they wrote when they were 25. that is a very basic way of looking at things, but explaining things to you needs to be simplified as much as possible, 5 or 6 years ago we were shit, now we are sometimes shit, but at least we are on the right course

the signings of sherwood, sir les and richards were important at the time, yes they had no resale value, but at the time we were struggling to break into the top half of the table. now we are looking for players that will push us into the top 4. the aforementioned players helped us out and to be honest a couple of them would have done a hjob for us now

recommending a player isnt the all singing and dancing hope that you hope it will be, for a player to sign there are many things that you need to think about, language barriers, fees, wages, some players might not even fancy a move to london, and especially spurs. yes some of the players you have recommended are decent players, but a passenger on the sunshine bus could run out a list of players that would improve the team, admitasdley not all of them will be of african descent who will leave us screwed when the acn or a home grown player limit comes through.

and finally not that you will reply but seriously how do you get your information, you'll probably claim that you dont want to share youre secrets but all your posts smack of players who turn into decent players in football manager, i just cant believe a kid in norway can see as much of the french league as is needed to base a valid view on a players performance
 

SpurSince57

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Cheeky Guy broke into Metz's First XI this season. Metz have had four full games televised on Canal+ this season. Cheeky Guy appears to play at LB and CB. Scoutingmanagement recommends him as an RB.
 

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Cheeky Guy?

Are you serious? There's a player called Cheeky Guy? :|

Oh, please tell me he's good and we're going to buy him - if only for the name :lol:
 

ever

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i always wanted to sign hakin yakin, just for the name, that would have been cool
 

Bill_Oddie

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Conversely, if you put together a side that included the likes of Djimi Traore, Djerbil Cissé, Emerson Fae, Romaric and M'banga Katanga-Katanga you'd have a team a lot worse than we currently have at the Lane. :grin:

:lol: Yeah, sweet Jesus, that doesn't bear thinking about.

Except Katanga-Katanga. He'd be fucking ace. Not that I've ever heard of him, but what a name!
 

Spursking

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You probably know why I want Taiwo at the back after seeing the Anderlecht game. Lee is not as good as before, and is getting older. Assou-Ekotto is a good player, but injured, and we have Bale, but he is playing mostly left winger.

Taye Taiwo would be an excellent addition to our team, and would suit Ramos' style of play. He likes offensive attacking football, and Taiwo is an attacking wing back with great pace and a wonderful left foot. He probably have the strongest shots in World football. That ball is going fast when he shoots!
 

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oh, come off it, SK - Lee and Steed looked good down that left side for the first half. Lee never gets the credit he deserves, i guess, because he doesn't dive in and make wonder tackles - he's a really good player who knows when he won't be able to use his size to hold the flank so makes up for it by being a superb reader of the game and of other players. I will admit, when in possession he didn't look that convincing unless overlapping onto a swift pass, but in defence, he's still a very useful member of the team.

Considering the problems we've had in.. well, forever, finding a decent left back, and considering the cost of decent left sided players in general, i think we should count ourselves lucky to have Lee right now.
 

Dillspur

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couldn't we just have a sticky "Spurs King recommends..." or something that way he can just keep up-dating it when ever he has a brain wave?
 

Bill_Oddie

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You probably know why I want Taiwo at the back after seeing the Anderlecht game. Lee is not as good as before, and is getting older.

He also got nearly decapitated when he was clearing the ball after being left 4 on 1 at the far post by the morons in our defence and midfield.

If he has indeed lost his head, then I agree with SK that Taiwo would probably be better than him.
 

SpurSince57

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You probably know why I want Taiwo at the back after seeing the Anderlecht game. Lee is not as good as before, and is getting older. Assou-Ekotto is a good player, but injured, and we have Bale, but he is playing mostly left winger.

Taye Taiwo would be an excellent addition to our team, and would suit Ramos' style of play. He likes offensive attacking football, and Taiwo is an attacking wing back with great pace and a wonderful left foot. He probably have the strongest shots in World football. That ball is going fast when he shoots!

A shame it doesn't hit the back of the net all that often, then.

He's also rubbish at defending. Just what we want.

I prefer his brother Tuwit.
 

TaoistMonkey

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spursking..... you say you rate him highlty but on your site you have him down as "reliable", like a pair of marks and spencer slippers.

Taye Taiwo is a pacy young left-back/central defender, who plays for Ligue 1 side Marseille in Le Championnat. We rate him as one of the best young defenders in Europe. He has good physical strength, good pace, and he also has a very powerful shot. Taiwo is even good at set piece situations. Scoutingmanagement's reliable chioce.
 

joey55

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spursking..... you say you rate him highlty but on your site you have him down as "reliable", like a pair of marks and spencer slippers.

He's featured on the homepage. He is in fact the star attraction, as his picture is in the middle of a row of five. He's flanked either side by pictures of two exciting talents (Kaboul and Emerse Fae) who have helped to take the Premiership standard up a notch this season.
 

Stoof

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Didn't we already sign Teemu Tainio?

Surely that's a stupid enough double-teed name? We don't need 2 of them. I'm still confused between Berbatov and Bent because their initials are EXACTLY THE SAME.

If only there was some way to tell them apart ... :think:

Any ideas Spursking? :wink:
 

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How about this:

Thomas Tassaert

Tito Tarchini - Thomas Taavo - Tim Thyssen - Taye Taiwo

Tomasso Toffanin - Teemu Tainio - Timurkhan Timashev - Thor Tyribakken

Tasos Thanos - Tony Thorpe


Shit team, granted, but i like it :up:
 

ripley

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He's featured on the homepage. He is in fact the star attraction, as his picture is in the middle of a row of five. He's flanked either side by pictures of two exciting talents (Kaboul and Emerse Fae) who have helped to take the Premiership standard up a notch this season.

...and here's scouting moo's first bit about Kaboul:

Younes Kaboul is a young talented defender, who plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre in Le Championnat

It seems as though a lot of paperwork keeps getting lost in the old filing cabinet down on Ithinkimascout Drive.
I find Wiki has a better scouting report on Taiwo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taye_Taiwo
Guess they have a better TV.
 

Spursking

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A shame it doesn't hit the back of the net all that often, then.

He's also rubbish at defending. Just what we want.

I prefer his brother Tuwit.

Here is the error many does make when it comes to scouting a player. They think about the errors the player does for his current team. The thing that matters is if he has the attributes suited for the league, and the team. How can this player fit into the squad we already have? In which position can we use him in? How can we use him to get the best out of him? That is the questions we have to ask, and consider tha player's quality based on this.

I do not think of the errors he does for Marseille and Nigeria, because I know about his talent as an individual player. I think he can suit our team together with the players we already have. I don't think Marseille or Nigeria have the perfect back four, and it is always talk about teamplay here. It is about organisation as a unit.

Think about that.
 

HuggyBear

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Here is the error many does make when it comes to scouting a player. They think about the errors the player does for his current team. The thing that matters is if he has the attributes suited for the league, and the team. How can this player fit into the squad we already have? In which position can we use him in? How can we use him to get the best out of him? That is the questions we have to ask, and consider tha player's quality based on this.

I do not think of the errors he does for Marseille and Nigeria, because I know about his talent as an individual player. I think he can suit our team together with the players we already have. I don't think Marseille or Nigeria have the perfect back four, and it is always talk about teamplay here. It is about organisation as a unit.

Think about that.

Did you read SS57's post? He lacks one attribute which is quite crucial for a defender. He cant defend.

Think about that.
 

Stoof

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Here is the error many does make when it comes to scouting a player. They think about the errors the player does for his current team.

Yes. Unsurprisingly. The errors he makes are quite easily linked to his lack of ability to defend. At all.

He's not One To Watch + - unless he's very far away from the Spurs team. That is the only circumstance I would allow to watch him.
 
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