With £25m to spend, who might be on Harry Redknapp's shopping list of strikers for To

[joey55]

Kind of agree with Walworthyid about Robinho. He's too lightweight for the EPL and certainly couldn't settle in Manchester and would probably find the distractions of London too much to cope with. Since he's been back here in Brasil he's been scoring goals for fun for Santos but they have made him their "star" and the team plays for him.

He's also been in practically every TV ad going leading up to the WC so he's obviously raking in a fortune in off the pitch activities too. Why would he want to give all that up to go back to Manchester. This lad could give our GDS lessons in how to party.

Why do people always say this about players coming to London? Every major city has clubs and bars. I'm sure there is as much potential to get drunk in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham etc as there is in London. Unless going on open top bus tours, or visiting the London Eye, the Tate Modern, the Natural History Museum and Buckingham Palace are seen as counter to a players career, I'm not convinced London is city of temptation the media make it out to be. In fact most players live in the suburbs, where the main areas to go out in are much smaller than those found in other major cities. There are surely more clubs etc in Manchester than there are in Chigwell. The London issue is something someone like Alex Ferguson comes up with as a problem and I doubt he has the first clue about the comparitive night life opitions for players based in London and those based in other cities.

 

[gibbs131]

Why do people always say this about players coming to London? Every major city has clubs and bars.

Yeah but some cities sleep. London is 24/7

 

[gibbs131]

Don't really see how GDS would help our striker issue. I'll be surprised if he's still here come the start of the season.

Sorry Gibbs have to disagree with ya about GDS just dont think he can settle in the premierleague the guy has great ability unfortunately he wont show that with us

What confuses me is 3 quarters of SC voted we give him another chance, but his knockers are always more vocal than the majority.

GDS in a free role brought on from the bench is an obvious attacking asset if you ask me.

 

[DC_Boy]

GDS might help more if we play 4-5-1

more chance of a game then - if only as sub or Carling fodder (but good fodder!)

 

[gibbs131]

I'd be happy with Dzeko or Forlan.

Man Utd signed Forlan off the back of a good tourney. I think the Prem closes down his type of game.

 

[walworthyid]

So your saying Crouch and Defoe are not good enough but Doyle and Carroll would be i honestly cant get my head around this mate,im Irish bujt i couldnt honestly see what Doyle would bring he has no pace hes a very average player and Carroll aint proven

I'm not saying that they are "better" players, just that they might give us more flexibility.

 

[joey55]

Yeah but some cities sleep. London is 24/7

I lived on Balderton Street, opposite Selfridges, right in the centre of Oxford Street and can tell you that London is not 24/7. Other than Tesco, virtually nothing is open all night. Even the tube closes around 1 am. Go to Soho at 3am and it's not really any different to any other City centre at that time. Even Leicester Square will be pretty dead. People who don't or haven't lived in London make it out to be like Ibiza. The truth is the shops close out about 7 pm, most people who work there don't actually live in zone 1 and in the night clubs and bars they serve the same things that are served in night clubs and bars throughout the country and close at same times.

 

[danielneeds]

I lived on Balderton Street, opposite Selfridges, right in the centre of Oxford Street and can tell you that London is not 24/7. Other than Tesco, virtually nothing is open all night. Even the tube closes around 1 am. Go to Soho at 3am and it's not really any different to any other City centre at that time. Even Leicester Square will be pretty dead. People who don't or haven't lived in London make it out to be like Ibiza. The truth is the shops close out about 7 pm, most people who work there don't actually live in zone 1 and in the night clubs and bars they serve the same things that are served in night clubs and bars throughout the country and close at same times.

Its true. Despite the change in licensing laws, getting a drink at 1am in London is a right pain in the arse.

 

[gibbs131]

I lived on Balderton Street, opposite Selfridges, right in the centre of Oxford Street and can tell you that London is not 24/7. Other than Tesco, virtually nothing is open all night. Even the tube closes around 1 am. Go to Soho at 3am and it's not really any different to any other City centre at that time. Even Leicester Square will be pretty dead. People who don't or haven't lived in London make it out to be like Ibiza. The truth is the shops close out about 7 pm, most people who work there don't actually live in zone 1 and in the night clubs and bars they serve the same things that are served in night clubs and bars throughout the country and close at same times.

Were you a 23 year old millionaire when you were there?

The rich and famous see a different London to you and I.

 

[Huddlestone22]

I think we should just buy Aguero and Forlan, simple :wink:

 

[joey55]

Were you a 23 year old millionaire when you were there?

The rich and famous see a different London to you and I.

But they don't see a different Manchester or Birmingham?

 

[Caboose]

Yeah but some cities sleep. London is 24/7

Really? I'm a southerner living in Leeds, I find getting kicked out of bars at 1am a weird thing when I'm in London when the majority of bars in Leeds go on til 3-4am and then it's a saunter into a club for a while.

I've wondered about the London distraction myself, the way I look at it is that London probably has more 'exclusive' clubs that cator for the rich than other cities.

 

[Caboose]

I should have read further, ol gibbsie came to the same conclusion as me, better city for rich boys

 

[gibbs131]

Really? I'm a southerner living in Leeds, I find getting kicked out of bars at 1am a weird thing when I'm in London when the majority of bars in Leeds go on til 3-4am and then it's a saunter into a club for a while.

I've wondered about the London distraction myself, the way I look at it is that London probably has more 'exclusive' clubs that cator for the rich than other cities.

When Ledders is spending 10 grand (which was his bill at Ledleygate), you don't get kicked out. The party goes on as long as the Champaign flows.

Their Dublin bender went on all night. I am sure that place closes normally. :beer::beer::beer::beer:

 

[joey55]

When Ledders is spending 10 grand (which was his bill at Ledleygate), you don't get kicked out. The party goes on as long as the Champaign flows.

Their Dublin bender went on all night. I am sure that place closes normally. :beer::beer::beer::beer:

Isn't that contradicting your London argument?

 

[mattyspurs]

Is any of this really relevant though??

 

[gibbs131]

Isn't that contradicting your London argument?

Not really. Dublin is another place where partying is readily available on every corner if you have the cash.

There are over 1000 pubs in the city. I know, I've been there. And I ended up on an endless (expensive) bender.

If there is nothing to my argument, why did Harry ban night clubs and getting drunk?

 

[joey55]

Not really. Dublin is another place where partying is readily available on every corner if you have the cash.

There are over 1000 pubs in the city. I know, I've been there. And I ended up on an endless (expensive) bender.

If there is nothing to my argument, why did Harry ban night clubs and getting drunk?

But there aren't party places in other major UK cities? I'm sure other clubs not based in London have bans or players getting drunk. You were going on about Spice Boys for ages and this was largelly based on photo's of our players coming out of clubs in Essex. They weren't exclusive or anything like that. There is no difference between our player being seen in clubs in Chigwell to there is Man utd players in Altringham or Liverpool players in Southport. In fact the Spice Boy name is something the media dubbed the Liverpool players a decade ago.

 

[brasil_spur]

Very few of their players ever amount to anything in europe and they are generally not the flair players, with the notable exceptions of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Romario.

WOW, what a bizarre statement.

I'd argue that the likes of: Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Fabiano, Kaka, Diego, Maicon, Alves, Baptista, Rivaldo, Pato, Juninho Pernambucano, Adriano, and some others would think differently.

 

[gibbs131]

But there aren't party places in other major UK cities? I'm sure other clubs not based in London have bans or players getting drunk. You were going on about Spice Boys for ages and this was largelly based on photo's of our players coming out of clubs in Essex.

Yes I was going on about it BEFORE Harry said there was a club culture at Spurs and BEFORE he handed out the bans. BEFORE Ledders got a night in the cells. BEFORE Bentley drunk driving/crashing his sports car. BEFORE Daniella got thrown through a glass table. BEFORE Hutton kicked his dads ass, BEFORE Dublin Gate, BEFORE DJ piss pants Crouch, BEFORE pretty much everyone.

In fact the Spice Boy name is something the media dubbed the Liverpool players a decade ago.

I KNOW THIS. I stated before that it was a case of a close knit bunch of friends whos off the pitch activities together was just as focussed on being a playboy off the pitch as a player on it.

It's not just drinking BTW. It is the modeling, the red carpet events, the DJ WAGs, the 3am speeding tickets, the overseas night club buying and all the other flash shit Spurs players were doing when they should be getting a good nights rest.

I see the point you are making. But I don't remember Defoes posse fighting with paparazzi when he was at Portsmouth, or Bentley crashing cars drunk when he was in Blackburn.

There are more flames for the moths of Spurs in London. And an argument could be made that Arry banning night clubs and benders could be one of the positive factors that helped us clinch 4th.