Same Transfer Policy, Different Season

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:01 am

David Bentley signs for Spuds to become the 358th attacking midfielder to join in the past 18 months.

Do they ever learn?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:33 am

All those midfielders feeding one Darren Bent. Wow...

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:41 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:All those midfielders feeding one Darren Bent. Wow...

That brings to mind a disturbing image of Bent, sprawled like a Roman emperor across a couch, whilst a plethora of midfielders put grapes in his mouth.
And that, surely, is just wrong.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:58 am

Could be worse. Could have been plums they were feeding....

FD · Post by FD » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:01 pm

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:David Bentley signs for Spuds to become the 358th attacking midfielder to join in the past 18 months.

Do they ever learn?

I understand your point but it's a great signing in my opinion.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:20 pm

FD wrote:
KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:David Bentley signs for Spuds to become the 358th attacking midfielder to join in the past 18 months.

Do they ever learn?
I understand your point but it's a great signing in my opinion.

Yes, I wish he'd signed for us.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:01 pm

FD wrote:
KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:David Bentley signs for Spuds to become the 358th attacking midfielder to join in the past 18 months.

Do they ever learn?
I understand your point but it's a great signing in my opinion.

not in the context of their squad and improving on last season it's not.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:01 pm

I suppose it all depends on what formation Ramos will be playing. If he misses out on the apparent joint deal for Pavlyuchenko and Arshavin, then their squad screams to play 4-2-3-1, one of those formations that people say everyone should play in order to make them look good because they've seem Barcelona play it on Sky. This is only because they've got the option up top of a sulking Berbatov (any other type?) and Darren Bent who, in true Spurs fan tradition, has already been designated "stick on for Golden Boot" by some of the windowlicking Spurs fans I have the shameful job of talking football with. All because he's scored seven goals in friendlies against Norwich and Leyton Orient. Thing is, I can never see 4-2-3-1 ever working in a country that loves it's holding midfielders, and that loves to attack the flanks. And Spurs definitely do not have the full backs to cope with that.

So yeah, I'd have thought that, having made £20 million on one of the three strikers in the entire club, you'd go and spend that on bolstering that two pronged strikerforce rather than further improving the one department you don't need improving.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:11 pm

Would've thought they'd bolster their defence seeing as there were only 4 teams to concede more than them last year, and 3 of them went down.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:13 pm

That's the Spurs way, though, innit? "They score 5, we'll score 6", and all that....despite it never happening like that...