Which player do we miss the most

[Jack2]

Berba, Berba, Berba and Keane and a fully fit King!

 

[Bristol Coys]

Stephan Freund, Paulo Tramanzanni and Ady Boothroyd

 

[stemark44]

Carrick

Without a shadow of a doubt. When he was in the team we were 1 win away from finishing in the top 4, in a team that did not have Berbatov up front, scored plenty of goals, but also had amongst the tighest defences in the league.

When he left and Berbatov came, we scored more, but also shipped more at the other end.

Keane was here during the spells of both Carrick and Berbatov, but as soon as carrick left, our crack on the top 4 somewhat dissapeared.

To understand the importance of Carrick to our team, you need to consider his role in our team, as an analogy of a humans vital organs..

Robinson - Digestive System - His job was to soak any attacks from the opposition team and put them to an end.

King - Heart - The life of our team. Mr. Tottenham.

Carrick - Brain & Spine - Everything ran through him. He was also Mr smartass, so whenever we found ourselves in a spot of bother, he was the outlet to dispose the ball to. He also gave invaluable protection to the heart (defence) and stability.

Keane - I dont know what body part I could relate him to, but everyone know's he was a fantastic footballer. Creative, he could apply the finishing touch to a move, and also had the natural ability of dropping deep and creating for his strike partners.

When Carrick left, we lost his creative spark in the middle of the park, the great balance he bought to our midfield and also the invaluable protection he provided for our back four. To add to that, Carrick was fantastic for dictating the tempo of our games. As ive said, he was the spine and the brain, and outlet for all our players. He would be their to pick the ball up, each attack of ours went through his feet, he was usually the player picking the decisive pass that would set lennon away down the right, or play Keane in through the middle of the opposition defence; he was always ready to recieve the ball from our defenders, and then move to make himself available yet again. We kept possession 50 times better with him in the side.

Is it any surprise his departure soon led to less protection of the back four and more goals conceded. Robinson, King, Carrick and Keane were the spine of our team, taking away any of them would have had an effect on our team as whole...

King - We know our chances of winning go down dramatically when the King doesn't play. We concede more, and as we currently struggle to find the back of the net, shipping in more goals is not going to help.

The abscence of King and Carrick also exposed the weaknesses of our #1 goalkeeper Robinson. He continued to concede a collosus amount of goals, many mistakes were made, and a few 25 yarders flew his way...and beyond him in an awful spell for the keeper.

Keane? Well, since he has gone we have all witnessed the massive effect it has had upon our attacking influence and creativity.

My point is, that each of the players above's absence have directly effected the performances of Spurs as a whole. Keane's departure see's us scoring less goals, whilst King's absence means more goals conceded and less chance of winning as a result.

Carrick's availability however has obviously been the biggest problem for us since he left a few seasons back. The protection he offered the back four, and the support he offered those around him was invaluable, and something we still miss to this day. He was the player who linked the defence to the attack, picking the ball up from the likes of King, to supply for the likes of Lennon, Keane and Jenas.

Sometimes I really wonder,just what are you on?:grin:

 

[Bristol Coys]

Daveed Ginola (Yes, coz E was worth eet)
Seriously guys how long can we continue without a left winger?

 

[Rackybear]

Sometimes I really wonder,just what are you on?:grin:

The creme de la creme :wink:

 

[Petyr]

Why do people rate Carrick so highly?

Well, because when he was here, Spurs were much better defensively wise. There is no doubt that Carrick was very valuable to the team. But some fans tend to overlook two simple facts. When Carrick played for Spurs, King started most games and Davids provided steel and determination. Neglecting the contributions of King and Davids makes Carrick look like a world beater which he isn't, IMO. If he was, he would be a regular starter for England.

King, when fully fit, has made the big difference for Spurs, not Carrick. We beat Chelsea twice after Carrick left and in both games King started and was brilliant.

 

[pablo73]

Carrick, without question. our ability to retain possession and his ability to break up play in front of the back four is something we have never got close to since

 

[TheBigMatch]

Keane - outscored Ronaldo in 2007, 2 x 5th's and a League Cup, £15million profit, and when he left we plummeted to the worst start in history meanwhile his new club are suddenly leading the Premier league by the half way mark.
Carrick - although we managed to secure another 5th after his departure, he was and is surely missed, Man United secured the Title on his return (relegating arsenal to also runs) and have't looked back.
Berbatov - for his sublime skill and partnership with Keane which we an only hope Defoe and Bent/Pav can match. Pity his time was tainted by sulking for the start of two seasons which cosyt us dearly. Still 46 goals, a 5th place, a League Cup, and a £20million profit in two years is one hell of a contribution to Spurs.
Defoe - well once Keane was allowed to leave the value of Defoe can be seen in our struggle since then. Also the Keane/Defoe tag team must rank as the most prolific scoring from one position. They may not have been able to play together but their combined goals per season explains a combined £36million valuation; and perhaps undervalues them as a tag team - not even the great Henry could outscore them.
King - what value a fit King. If we had King, Carrick, and the Defoe-Keane tag team then would surely be a top four side.... oh that is what we were.

 

[BerbaBerba]

Jonnie Jackson:rofl:

 

[Caco]

Has to be Steed. Bring back Steed. Worst bit of buisness we've ever done. At least we got buckets of cash for Keane, Berba and Carrick, who all, incidently wanted to leave. Steed aws happy were he was. BRING BACK STEED!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nickchrissi]

Berba

 

[Maske2g]

Anyone that dont think Berba is just bitter that he left.

The man was the greatest thing to wear our shirt since Le Gin.

Carrick was only good when the team were. Berba could carry the team himself.